Boss Element

I honestly believe most of the negative reviews here does not understand the use case for Hugo Element. It is so naturally clean and fresh. It is so light as in airy like a summer breeze and fits perfectly for spring and summer days. It starts off with the water and air notes and as it dries you smell the earthy base notes of cedar and musk. Element is the perfect name for this one. This is my go to fragrance every time I just want to smell clean and fresh. It is a very soothing smell. Perfectly for those days I do not want to attract too much attention and also do not want to offend someone wearing something that smells too much. Perfect smell for job interviews, business meetings, lunch dates, airplane travel etc... Contrary to what many says here, I actually get compliments for this one every now and then. One women sitting next to me at the airport once told me I smell like I am in very good health. Strangest comment I have ever received wearing a fragrance.

I love Hugo Boss Element. Boss doesn't really get any love in the fragrance community, aside from maybe Boss Bottled. Well, I love this much more than Boss Bottled! Probably my favorite from the house, that I've smelled. A big part of the reason is that I have many memories tied to this scent. Because of that, I probably can't give it an unbiased review, but it smells absolutely fabulous to me. Fresh yet smokey. This is one I will always keep in my collection.

Please bring back this Hugo Element. I need this! The best fresh, clean, breeze, aquatic scent. If you are a fraghead you probably not appreciate it because your nose are too much with other fragrances notes such spices & sweetness whatever. However to most passerby, Hugo Element smell like something breeze & clean aroma. My colleages, men & women, they said I smell like a clean man. It is mass pleasing clean scent.

Very fresh, clean, and crisp. With a balance of warm and cool, this is my new go-to fragrance when I need something unoffensive and fear wearing something too "stinky." More of a warm weather fragrance but I think it could really work at any time.

My only bottle has gone off and just smells like rubbing acohol at this point. Was my daily wear from 2009 to 2013. Loved the stuff. Hope they bring it back. Hugo boss bottled aqua is a good substitute for it

love this perfume...the opening is a bit spicy... then turn into warm and refreshing... perfect for sunny evening...your girlfriend will stick to your neck. so far the best i ever had.

Love this scent. It smells very "modern" and refreshing. Although there are citrus in the pyramid, I can't really smell it. It's not a sweet scent at all. Really recommend this one.

the first Element by HB is like earthy, the Aqua Elements is obviously water. This one is windy in my opinion. I feel like Im carried around on a wind when im wearing this.

This is such a beautiful scent. I love it so much I consider it one of my signature scents. Smells like I've been swimming in a salt & pepper water falls

I love this perfume! I wish I could find a woman's perfume to love as much as this one!!!! Wen men wear this they seem somehow more good-looking :))

Love this juice, a great safe blind buy. Recommended.

Old but gold. Sad that it is no longer produced.

I love this one it's clean and pleasing

Hugo Boss Element opens with a moderate projection of citrus, aquatic notes, and ginger. The opening is very pleasant, refreshing, and vibrant. The citrus notes come up as a mix of bergamot with a pinch of sweet orange. The aquatic note is evocative of a fresh oceanic breeze but it isn’t salty. The coriander is just a light aromatic and spicy accord. The initial moderate projection is short-live and it drops very quickly in just a few minutes. At that point, a soft musk accord enters the blend creating a soft airy and powdery accord that enhances the citrus tones, but it is weak. Finally, Virginia Cedar is a soft touch. The transition from the opening to the dry-down is characterized by a sudden drop of projection from moderate to low. Once Hugo Element has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a low projecting, slightly sweet, soft citrus, aquatic, and ginger fragrance with the slightly powdery musky, spicy and faint woody accord. The fragrance feels airy, clean, cold, delicate, faint, fresh, gentle, light, marine, masculine but not for much, modern, sporty, weak, and pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020 WOW RATING: 5/10. A clean, fresh, and pleasant citrusy fragrance, but so weak and unimpressive. DISLIKE RATING: 0/10: The fragrance contains no offensive notes. UNIQUENESS: 4/10. A good fresh fragrance although its notes are relatively common. MASS APPEAL: 10/10. This is a crowd-pleaser; its notes are pleasant. PROJECTION: 1/10. Low, about 1 foot around the wearer. SILLAGE: 1/10. Low, about 1 foot behind the wearer. APPLICATION: Six or more atomizations to improve performance and longevity. LONGEVITY: 3/10. Low, about 3 hours with less than 1 hour of moderate performance. SEASONS: Spring, and summer. OCCASIONS: Any. VERSATILITY: 8/10. This is a versatile fragrance and can be worn at almost any time for any occasion during spring and summer. GENDER: Masculine, but not for much. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Hugo Boss has produced fantastic scents but very poor performance is consistent across almost all fragrances from this house. Hugo Element if another one them, an exquisite scent but with such poor performance, below body sprays, very disappointing. Consider alternatives. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with citrus-based fragrances. SIMILAR: The market is full of citrusy fragrances. Here is a list of some of them. Armaf Le Parfait Men EDT is a good one and affordable; Bond No 9 Bleecker Street contains citrus/bergamot notes but adds more green notes; Creed Viking for Men EDP adds more spices; Dua Fragrances – Poseidon's Tux is a citrus-based fragrance; Dua Fragrances – Caribbean Waters contains coconut and more gourmand notes; Dua Fragrances – Lone Star is a citrus refreshing fragrance; Mancera Lemon Line is a pure citrus fragrance. SUMMARY: A low projecting, slightly sweet, soft citrus, aquatic, and ginger fragrance with a slightly powdery musky, spicy and faint woody accord. The fragrance feels airy, clean, cold, delicate, faint, fresh, gentle, light, marine, masculine but not for much, modern, sporty, weak, and pleasant.

"Well dang, I already wore all my other colognes this month, what should I wear... Hmm.. Oh! Hugo Element, ok, I forgot how much you smell good!" And it truly does smell good. Generic yeahhhh I know but it's a good generic. Casual, youthful, fresh, spicy (to me) and urban. I also think it's aquatic and since it has no olfactive group I hereby declare it Spicy-Aquatic! Weird combination, I know. Fragrantica does not have the notes listed so I'll do us the honors... This is directly from nstperfume.com posted by Kevin: "Hugo Element contains Limonene, Linalool, Citronellol, Geraniol, Citral, coumarin, and wisps of ginger, coriander and cedar wood, but Calone overpowers the other notes." Which I totally agree with him on.(I like how some of the ingredients have a form of "lol" at the end, hehehe!) He also states: "When the words “aquatic,” “marine” or “oceanic” are included in a list of perfume notes, or in a perfume description, the chances are good Calone is in the formula." That being said, I smell two main ingredients amongst all those other funny looking words that look like words on the back of a shampoo bottle. The Calone and I swear there is pepper in this. I do smell some ginger in it but it isn't very stong. I guess that's where H.E. gets some of its sharpness from. Longevity ain't to bad. I wish it would last longer. But hey, you get what you pay for right? It's not strong, stays close to my skin and its welcoming. A good chick magnet I guess. In conclusion, H.E. can be worn whenever, however. Hugo definitely targeted this for the young crowd. P.S. I feel like I just did a research paper. ;)

I like this fragrance and I make no apologies for that. In fact I really like this stuff. It's aroma therapy in a bottle. It has a vibrancy to it that's energizing. On my skin it starts off with a sharp citrus and ginger opening then it dries down into a green and bitter aroma (yeah, I said bitter) which is why I find it aromatic as opposed to aquatic. This scent reminds me of thick, green, raw vegetation )or 'bush' as we say in my neck of the woods)after the rain has fallen (If that makes any sense at all). contrary to what seems to be popular opinion here, I find the juice quite appealing. It's not complex neither does it evolve much from opening to end, I just like the darn thing and that's that. Elements is not for everyone. If you're young or young at heart, love the outdoors, full of energy and possess an unparalleled passion for life then go for it. It's a welcomed break from the usual. And the stuff lasts a long time on my skin, if my body temp raises the smell gets even stronger. Good stuff. Two thumbs up

A very nice aquatic citrus fragrance with a clean musky undertone. There is a hint of some spices in the background as well. This is one of the most work safe fragrances around as this will offend exactly no one, but I can understand if people find it boring or redundant. I just happen to love it! This is a very calm and relaxing scent for me. It works best as a daytime casual or office fragrance in spring and summer. It would work great for a lunch date as well. I get 5-6 hours from this with mild projection. I bought this on a visit to Tokyo when I was in college. This scent brings back so many good memories from that time and I will always keep this in my collection.

I like it, but I certainly didn't fall in love with it! It's too ordinary for my personal taste. I also don't get how there can be so many rather oriental-spicy notes in this fragrance; my nose doesn't smell them (I really adore coriander as a perfume note but it gets lost in this one). I think Boss "Element" it's rather a fresh citrus smell which can and should be worn to business events mainly. You can imagine Jonathan Rhys-Meyers wearing this one in the movie "Match Point" - it's like that Woody Allen film: interesting, but still a little bit disappointing. My rating: 8 out of 10 points.

Overall light and easy to wear fresh and clean. Very pleasant to wear. A great summer fragrance. Not necesarily a scent used by larger crowds. I used 2 bottles in my past. Performance: 3-6 hours Sillage: Ok at arms length For whom: Gentlemen >20 My background: I only write reviews about scents I have worn already (until the bottle is finished) or are in current use. I'm a Gentlemen - middle aged - predominantly in an executive office environment wearing suits and representing with many official gatherings.

Its a light scent, but its nice and fresh, sits kind of close to the skin, but its pretty cheap. You really smell the water notes, i cant explain, water dosent really have a smell, but i smell it lol i smell the citrus and ginger too. I like it, i think its worth having, if you just want to smell fresh. Perfect for really hot weather. Suitable for any age man, i think woman could even wear it too. Longevity 6.8 Sillage 5.8 Projection 7.2 Performance 7.3 Price 10 Overall 37.1 Grade- A

Just dug up a half empty bottle from my storage unit, was in another unit from 2016-2023 in LA. Still smells good, never my favorite but has a fresh berry / sneaker store - new rubber / candle-soap kind of odor thats quite origional and I'm enjoying the scent - brings me back a decade. I will be purchasing another bottle at some point, worth owning for certain.

I like it so much, it's very fresh,young, comfortable.For me it's very long lasting! If you like somethings that makes people around you feel relaxy, you should try it! It's a litle spicy at the beginnig. If you compare it with BLV Aqua, i can say : Hugo Element is more better! because Hugo Element's smell is natural and unique but BVL Aqua's so commonly used!

I am convinced that Hugo element smells identical to kenneth cole black. There is absolutely no difference at all except you might get more of a bargain on Kenneth cole since it came out first in 2003. This fragrance still smells great regardless and I own them both. Unfortunately, I bought element first before discovering they were twins.

Lovely fresh start. Later reminds me the Hugo Boss Hugo (however this lasts much more longer). Good for everyday use. Comfortable. No alcoholic or soap smell. I like it very much. Weak longevity. 3-4hours max - on skin or shirt either.

This is one of my Summer Favs, Fresh and clean, very subtle, I had a lot of compliments wearing it, this is the fragrance that only you and the people near you can enjoy, a must have for summer. This is an aquatic fragance.

I blind-bought this and sadly it's not what I expected to be. I definitely don't love it, but I started to like it after I got a few compliments. It has a fresh and clean scent very nice for the heat of the summer.

this is not hugos best cologne i can say that much. but its not bad ethier. i feel its more of an everyday kind of thing which i dont mind but kind of pricey in my opinion for that

Seem the fragrance in market got sometime and yet, i still don't know what is the Note from this. And why they never list out the note over here??? is it a secret from Hugo Boss???

Its very pleasant. aquatic but not to alcoholic smelling like cool water. Does not last that long though. Good grapefruity sort of smell after it has been on for a while too!

I got it for my BF and I love him wearing manly fragrances, so I dont think so...anyway, another Boss Scent is very feminine, indeed: Boss Pure. highly recommend for Girls!

one of very few fresh perfumes that can blend nicely with my body odor. Clean, fresh yet not overpowering, and one thing that I like most: the longevity is superb!

my housemate love it so much, he is a guy who hardly love perfume, and this one turn him on... cos it smell like his favourite tropical fruit---> Mango ^^

personally for me the opening isnt very nice, but after around 20-30 minutes the smell is very nice. disadvantage is that its longevity is very very bad

This is great, very aquatic and fresh. I'm on my second bottle. The only problem is that it don't take a long time in my skink :( 4 hours tops.

Love it! My brother has it & it is soooo citrusy, so fresh. It's prefect for day time, very urban, very young. It's great for guys under 25. :)

i have that one... i use twice a day but the scent is so refreshing,cool,woody,citrus also the longest lasting.... my rate is 8/10 :) ;

at the end of the day, does this smell good...yes or no YES. its not a perfect 10 but ill give it an solid 8

it's alright. wouldn't buy it again though

Very nice, good spring/summer night frag.

very good scent, refreshing, modern, ;)

LEMON AIRY METALLIC WATERY FRESH CLEAN lemon is main and most prominent note throughout + water-aquatic metallic accord with some clean musk... run of the mill fresh-clean-airy linear generic everyday office scent; Boss Element by Hugo Boss smells very much the same as Free Time by Salvatore Ferragamo, both are some what sharp (synthetic) but not headache inducing, just gives off a slight windex cleaner type of vibe. Projection/Sillage: DECENT, not bold or loud, leaves ok 'scent bubble' initially for about 1-2 hours then remains an in-close fragrance. Performance/Longevity: DECENT; will last on avg about 4-5 hours

A freshie that is nice but very much of its era. Its odd combination of aquatic notes with lemon, ginger and coriander, plus a kind of light metallic note, reminds me a bit of a chlorinated swimming pool (but just a tiny bit, given that it is also inoffensive). This would be a pleasant thing to cool down with in hot weather, although be warned that like many summer scents, it doesn't last especially long.

I don't think it's light and I don't think it's inoffensive. it's very sharp. maybe it's better in the heat. I don't find much depth in the scent and it really scratches the back of your throat

Hugo element should fall into a hot and spicy category, IMHO. Pepper strikes my nose at the instant it is sprayed. Well done Hugo boss if you want to mark this pepper opening as phenomenal. I have to say, I don't think so buddy :P I'm sorry to disagree with many lovers of this fragrance but I just cannot tolerate its pepper note. This is just too spicy for me even thoguh it is my second try. My reaction remains pretty much the same. All in all. 1/10 thanks to its cool bottle :) Thank you for reading :)

A yawn. It's like a copy of a copy of a copy. Nice, fresh scent that brings nothing to my senses. It not even inspires me to write something. Safe? yes. clean? yes. Long lasting? No. Doesn't have character, it's bland, like a wallflower. strangely I smell the cedar right from the beginning, the ginger is like a sour pickled ginger, accentuated by the citrus. But it all fades away as quickly as it started, leaving a faint musky scent that is barely perceptible.

I liked the fresh feeling I got from a sampler and got the full bottle. After a few days of wearing it, I started to hate the bitter (maybe from coriander) and nauseating (water note for sure) scent on my skin. This is the perfume that makes me realize how much I dislike water notes. I still have 9/10 of the bottle sitting in my closet.

This smells like a mixture of green-sweet smell too cloying, smell is also very linear, I really think is addressed if any, the teen audience. I see more potential than a fragrance for a nightclub. This can really cloying.

Another casual from Hugo Boss :) It's nice, fresh and with good sillage... Good for sporty days i guess... i can smell from top notes to the base notes the citruses notes mixt with ginger... nice...

This is extremely soft. I couldn't smell it about 10 minutes after putting it on unless holding my wrist right up to my nose. The fragrance is pleasant enough, but, honestly, what's the point?

Have a bootle and it opens too bubblegumy for me, staying power is not that good, not a really bad scent in any way but not good either. I would definitely stick to classics