Boss Femme
White flowers are the heart of Hugo Boss Boss Femme Eau de Parfum, and they are handled with a lightness that has kept it wearable for twenty years.
It opens on tangerine, sweeter and rounder than most citrus, with blackcurrant beside it bringing a tart, slightly green sharpness that keeps the sweetness honest. Freesia joins them almost immediately, peppery and clean, and the three together make an opening that is bright without being sugary.
The middle is where the fragrance lives. Stephanotis is the unusual choice, a white flower with a waxy creaminess and a faint green bitterness, and white lily beside it is cooler and more powdery. Rose petal completes the arrangement, soft and slightly dewy rather than jammy, and the three of them read as a bouquet rather than as separate materials.
Underneath, apricot gives a soft, fuzzy sweetness, amber supplies the warmth, musk smooths the seams, and satinwood adds a dry, pale finish that stops the base turning heavy. It is a well behaved drydown, and it is the reason this works as easily at eleven in the morning as at eight in the evening.
Released in 2006. At eau de parfum strength it gives six or seven hours, projecting gently rather than filling a room, which makes it a straightforward choice for work, for daytime and for anywhere a bigger fragrance would be unwelcome. It reads feminine and it suits spring and autumn best, though it holds up perfectly well in summer. The house is better known for cutting cloth than for perfumery. It started in Metzingen in 1924, has stayed in that town ever since, and the fragrances carrying its name have been made under licence since 1984.
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