This is seen as the Crown Jewel in Hugo Boss’ major comeback as a designer men’s fragrance house, which is now about six or seven perfumes deep depending on if you include the last couple of the The Scent flankers and whether or not you liked Bottled Parfum (I didn’t, I thought it smelt like a half-finished The Scent spin-off). And I really DO like this a lot, but if I’m honest in the Murderer’s Row of the last three Bottled flankers, I would probably put it third. Some of that’s not fair because Bottled Elixir was literally my Wedding fragrance that I picked out with my wife, so it can’t compete with that in terms of memories and never will, and I’m also one of those weirdos that absolutely adores Bottled Triumph Elixir, which I can’t wait to log because I have full-blown conspiracy theories about that release. This IS amazing in its own right to me though. I don’t get much of the tobacco others say they do even though it’s not one of the notes, to me it’s a mildly sweet resinous thing with a lot of strong but non-Churchy incense and smooth patchouli, held together by a nice sticky Myrrh accord. Myrrh’s one of those notes where I don’t think I have an opinion of one way or the other but then it shows up in a lot of perfumes I really like so it must be doing something. I will say though, if you already have Elixir I would recommend testing this out first because I think there is a decent amount of redundancy between them. I don’t even totally hate that because I’ve been begging this line to find an identity after it abandoned the Apple Pie Thing it was doing before and it’s finally done that, and if you’re into nuance and occasionality you could probably justify owning both because Absolu is a bit classier (says the guy who got married wearing Boss Bottled Elixir), but for NORMAL PEOPLE they might be a bit too similar.
Found at my local Ross for $39.99. one of the best blind buys in my collection
I dont think it's as good as Elixir but I also think its far too close to Elixir to justify buying it. Its more expensive than Elixir so I don't feel its worth buying. Of the Bottled line I'd say OG > Elixir > Night > Parfum > Absolu > the others. If you do end up buying it then it is strong and long lasting at least.
Reminds me of Red Tobacco but not as hardcore. I even wore it on a hot, humid Texas day. After 10 hours of turning wrenches, i could still get a good whiff, and I liked it. Cant wait to try it on a cold winter night.