Hugo Urban Journey, from Hugo Boss was released in 2018. The perfumer behind this creation is unknown. It has the top notes of Floral Notes and Green Notes, middle notes of Tea, and base notes of Guaiac Wood and Sandalwood.
I went through a few different sets of feelings about this but I’m going to start with the positive, I really like the flacon. Love the original Hugo bottle at the best of times with all its nintiesness and army issue, military flask appearance but this one has a rough, graphite texture and bluey silver colouring which both looks and feels great. The fragrance itself was something I was half expecting to be good due to the last flanker Ice which was actually pretty decent. Sadly the opening waft even before settling or putting my wrist to my nose was a disappointing, dull, generic, aquatic affair in no way spellbinding or new. There’s touches of the green, masculinity in there from the original but generally another Azzaro Chrome/ferragamoaqva/versacepourhomme...etc etc... sort of thing. However, when settled does change for that middle section with the tea coming through and an almost mint like coolness. Unfortunately the drydown then reverts to a monotonous scent we’ve all smelled before, but this does briefly glimpse something more interesting. I don’t know if it’s my nose, giving urban journey more credit than it deserves, but I really can’t hate on it.
I went through a few different sets of feelings about this but I’m going to start with the positive, I really like the flacon. Love the original Hugo bottle at the best of times with all its nintiesness and army issue, military flask appearance but this one has a rough, graphite texture and bluey silver colouring which both looks and feels great. The fragrance itself was something I was half expecting to be good due to the last flanker Ice which was actually pretty decent. Sadly the opening waft even before settling or putting my wrist to my nose was a disappointing, dull, generic, aquatic affair in no way spellbinding or new. There’s touches of the green, masculinity in there from the original but generally another Azzaro Chrome/ferragamoaqva/versacepourhomme...etc etc... sort of thing. However, when settled does change for that middle section with the tea coming through and an almost mint like coolness. Unfortunately the drydown then reverts to a monotonous scent we’ve all smelled before, but this does briefly glimpse something more interesting. I don’t know if it’s my nose, giving urban journey more credit than it deserves, but I really can’t hate on it.