Boss Bottled Oud (2015)
by Hugo Boss

Spiced apple with medicinal oud in the opening. Once the fruity apple goes away, it starts to resemble Halston Man Amber or Liquid Night. Sweet, incense and woods.

Performance is decent with average projection, meaning just about right with a few sprays as to not offend. Longevity is very good, into the 8-10 hour range.

If you are familiar with boss bottled then imagine that but with added saffron and oud ..to me it's a match made in heaven (juicy apple,spice and smokey wood) and it works a treat. There are occasions I can almost detect a very slight tobbaco tinge in this, absolutely perfect for nights out and certainly exotic. Another great designer oud release. Longivity is very respectable with a good 7 hours of noticeable performance ..projection good in the first 2 hours ..settles into a sophisticated 1ft bubble there after.

Gave this a try on a freshly shaved, showered face, with two layers applied. Boss Bottled Oud is a really nice interpretation of the oud mystique, with a nice fat stamp of the Boss Bottled "legend" upon it. :-)

This Oud version still has the original Boss #6's fruity-vanilla musk dna in it. Only this time, there is cinnamon and saffron to add a subtle spiciness; altogether, these coat the "arms" of the agarwood woodiness with a special sweetness that's fairly restrained.

When layered, the scent has moderately decent sillage and lasts for many hours. I made the mistake of testing it out on the back of my unwashed hand initially, which yielded a skewed result with poor performance (i.e., sillage and presence was atrocious and disappeared after 15 minutes of application). It reminded me that, among a zillion other factors, that my reviews of any particular scent must be done in a more realistic, proven manner so that I don't hastily put down what really is a great fragrance.

I've turned into an oud fragrance collector as of late, and after getting over my originally skewed interpretation of the scent, I can now say that Boss Bottled Oud can give both lovers of the original and oud lovers something to enjoy. :-)

To be honest i find this to be the best of the designer ouds, it keeps the Boss Bottled DNA but just adds a very nice oud note to it, 3 sprays is more than enough for a full day

5/5 for me

I could not find a sample of this so I blind bought it. I can find a situation to wear just about any fragrance and am pretty well aware of what I will like based on fragrance pyramids and reviews. This one doesn't do it for me at all and I blame it on that Apple note... it's going on my swaplist