Boss The Scent Intense

Hugo and Bruce Springsteen were the bosses during my twenties. I remember more than a couple of friends of mine that consumed every product carrying the Hugo Boss brand name. Even if Hugo Boss clothing was kind of difficult to reach by youngsters with small pockets, perfumes were easier to get and everybody was hooked on the striped bottle of the original Number One.This iconic perfume was - it still is - alluring, performant and with an unmistakable manly woodiness and honey sweetness that captivated everyone's attention. This scent was so good that outshined the launching of Boss Bottled (Boss Number Six) in 1998. Boss Bottled has always been an uninteresting fragrance, nice but boring. It became more lively with the Intense versions. The Intense EDP version has a good acceptance nowadays but it is a bit pricey and appeared "only" 18 years after the original version. The original "The Scent" EDT showed up in 20015 with an expensive fanfare launching, promising that fragrance to be the next Boss upscale mainstream hit. Unfortunately for Coty that has not been the case. If "Bottled" was to common, "The Scent" is just to different. Being different does not always ensure success and the new strong maninka note, that no competitor uses, has a major market trial for this very nice amber coloured juice bottled in a very beautiful flask. Hugo Boss (probably Coty) did not take the same amount of time to react to the market passivity. This Intense version was launched in 2017 along with the very good and more expensive and exclusive Parfum Edition, and in 2018 was launched the "Private Accord" version. Even if the Parfumo and Fragrantica elite active users don't reward the new Boss perfumes with top votings, well known youtubers - like Redolessence - gained high marks for both Intense and Private Accord when confronting them with a vast number of competitors, specially when using women noses for the tests. As far as I am concerned I like this Intense version a lot. The Scent Intense is a woody, seductive and addictive Eau De Parfum available in a large 100ml or small 50 ml bottle. It opens with spicy notes of ginger and cardamom that frame an exotic maninka fruit during the heart evolution. Sweet dark vanilla and woody smoky strong leather are disclosed in the bottom and are combined to reveal the scent drydown strength. On my skin (3 sprays) it lasted for 7~8 hours from which almost 4 hours as a projecting scent that people around me could at least notice, and more than 3 hours as a strong skin scent. I got spontaneous compliments from women while wearing it, with adjectifs such as "strong" and "sexy" scent. For the first couple of hours the maninka note prevails together with ginger, and, in the drydown, you get a pleasant sweet leather woody scent. Rating the Intense EDP version of "The Scent": ________________________________________________________ Scent opening: 8.0 (One must still get used to maninka, but it's pleasant) Scent Dry Down: 8.5 (Manly, sweet, woody and leathery) Longevity (h): 8.0 (Up to 8 hours with 3 sprays) Sillage (ft): 8.5 (up to 6-7 ft sillage and 2.5 h projection with 3 sprays) Versatility: 8.5 (above average but better during Spring or Autumn) Usability: 8.5 (Everywhere except very hot or very cold outdoors) Compliments: 8.5 (Good at attracting compliments) Uniqueness: 9.5 (This fragrance is a flanker of the regular "The Scent") Quality: 9.5 (quite high) Presentation: 9.5 (a matter of opinion) Price: 7.5 (€40 / 100 ml + taxes) ________________________________________________________ - Average:.........8.59/10.0 between 7 and 8 => above average; between 8 and 9 => recommended; equal or bigger than 9 => don't miss it; Opinion on The Scent Intense EDP: Very good flanker and providing a higher satisfaction than the original. Value for money is above average if you like the different maninka note. Always choose this version over the original. You may also decide for the more aromatic "Private Acord" version (mocha and cocoa notes) or for the even more intense and iris scented "Parfum Edition". Both are very masculine and suitable for any user looking for a manly scent. Recommended? Yes due to its looks, quality and uniqueness. Blind buy worthy? No, you better try it first. I recommend this fragrance. It is an almost inexpensive niche quality unique fragrance. But you may reject the maninka scent, so do try it first.

Hit Or Miss, Who Knows? I still remember when I tested The Scent for Him EAU DE TOILETTE for the very first time. It fascinated me straightforwardly and I liked it a lot. Well, The Scent Intense is even better. To be honest, I don't understand the controversial rating, Love and Dislike roughly have the same rating. I don’t comprehend all the hate for this fragrance. Though, the mode is a solid 7, which is not bad at all. The Scent Intense is a classic cologne, not groundbreaking, but it deserves more than 7. Besides, I find it something that transmits me strength, confidence, elegance, and style. If you have never come across The Scent Intense, you must know that it is a perfume full of cool spicy, aromatic, semi-sweet, and slightly leathery accords, with smoky and powdery undertones. Compared to the original, it has lifted and amplified the more aphrodisiac ingredients. And the Hugo Boss DNA is there; like Guerlain’s “Guerlinade”, Hugo Boss fragrances also have a secret formula present in each perfume, recognizable as a trademark. While it has a core built around the Maninka fruit, which delivers the sweet and fruity edges of this essence, the key players in the opening are the spices. There is a profound cool breeze coming from the spicy ginger root that tingles in my nose, along with a minty and balsamic undertone of cardamom, so green, resinous, and aromatic. The bitter freshness lasts for about ten minutes, and it’s on my face, energetic, bright fresh, and crisp, before revealing a fruity and aromatic heart, full of intriguing hints. The opening pleases me. In the heart, therefore, the aphrodisiac fruit Maninka awaits me, already used in its predecessor, but here it has been intensified, amplified, and appears even more powerful. Its facets are rich and complex, magnetic, with a dried fruit aroma and strawberries dipped in chocolate. But I like the fruity component and it doesn’t disturb at all. The exotic and unknown fruit blends with the aromatic facets of lavender, a soothing and grooming aroma from the bluish blossoms stolen from the fougére family. The middle notes of this perfume stay with me for a long before the leather jumps in. The dry-down reveals a massive dose of wood, with a tone of powdery vanilla and smoky leather shades. The leathery notes are sophisticated, soothing, and not too raw or animalic. However, it gives strength to the scent with wet dampness. The sweet vanilla is spicy, cosy, and inviting to cuddle. The fresh opening settles down into a refined, warm, and sensual caress. There is more bitterness than sweetness despite the fruits. This perfume is ideal for parties, dates, and romantic evenings, and is best worn in cold weather evenings and nights. It is intense from a redolence point of view. Indeed, the performances are moderate, the projection is not obnoxious and the scent moves close to the skin after an hour or so. It lasts a good nearly five hours, but it works fine for evening or night events. Bottom line, a lot of people say it is ordinary, though, it features the Maninka fruit that has not been used in any other fragrances before, other that The Scent series. I'm basing my feelings and review on a bottle I've owned since December 2021.

I really don't get all the hate about this fragrance. I almost overlooked this one and tried due to the salesperson's suggestion, and instantly loved it! It has a fresh and fruity opening due to ginger and maninka, but I can smell the leather right from the beginning and tell that it will dry down into a leathery scent. After 10 minutes, the freshness decreases but is still kept in place by the lavender note stepping in. At this point, I must say that it becomes somewhat of a generic man's fragrance, which I do not really like at this price point. After 1 hour, it dries down into a leathery vanilla scent with a hint of fruit, which is very nice in my opinion. I bought an 50 ml bottle because it was on discount, and I would suggest everyone to do so. Not sure if it is worth the full price though. Overall, this one has very safe and pleasant smell and is a crowd pleaser. Pros: - Easily Likeable - Safe and versatile - Smells beautiful - Lasts long - Great dry down Cons: - Not quite unique - Sillage is moderate at most - Becomes a skin scent in dry down

The Scent Intense is a woody, spicy and leathery fragrance. Its opening is fruity and spicy, where the aroma of ginger is perceptible in a sweet way. A few minutes later the fragrance settles into an aroma of vanilla, maninka and leather, and no longer changes in its development. The aroma of its drying phase is quite attractive, especially if the aroma of the maninka is to your liking. The Scent Intense is a fragrance that lives up to its name of "Intense" compared to the regular version, because its duration is much longer (with me it lasted almost 10 hours and a good sillage the first hour, then it drops to regular). It is suitable for use on cold days, especially in autumn and winter, for casual, romantic use or family parties. I had not used the Intense version for a long time and I liked it almost as much as the Private Accord version. Even so, my favorite version is still the Parfum Edition, which is the most formal and elegant, but this Intense can be used as a complement in more casual situations. I'm lovin 'it.

Hello to you all! I ve been reading reviews from fragrantica for some time and learned a lot so thank you all for reviews. I am wearing boss scent intense for a couple of months now and this is my humble opinion. When I put it on my skin(3 sprays) it smells for good 7 hours from which 5 as a scent that people around me notice strong and 2 as a skin scent but strong one. I got compliments from women for it like strong and sexy scent. Maninka note is prevailing in it with ginger for long time and in drydown its a pleasant leather woody scent. Its not the best scent out there but its a decent one. I tried boss the scent and its pretty the same but softer then intense. Its more night time fragrance but it can pass as a work and everyday scent if not applied to much. Scent 8/10 Longevity 9/10 Sillage 8/10 Versatility 7/10 Overall 8