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Hugo Boss · Est. 1999

Hugo Dark Blue

Hugo Dark Blue opens with a brisk citrus collision—lime and grapefruit cut through with ginger's biting warmth.

ConcentrationFragrance
Formasculine
Released1999
Statusenriched
Hugo Dark Blue — Hugo Boss
1999 · Fragrance
vet·pat·car·lem
Rating
3.8
1.9k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 10 accords.

Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.

  • Vetiver
    45
  • Patchouli
    40
  • Cardamom
    35
  • Lemon
    35
  • Orange
    30

By the editors · 2 min readHugo Dark Blue opens with a brisk citrus collision—lime and grapefruit cut through with ginger's biting warmth. The brightness feels athletic, alert, like cold water after exertion. Within minutes, the sharpness softens into cardamom and sage, adding a subtle herbal haze that tempers the initial energy without killing it.

The drydown shifts to something more grounded: vetiver and patchouli anchor the composition while benzoin and vanilla lend a faint sweetness that never tips into dessert territory. There's a whisper of suede beneath it all, smoothing the edges without dominating.

This is a cologne that dresses up easily but doesn't demand formality. It suits someone who wants clarity over complexity—a dependable choice that feels clean, composed, and unpretentious.

Filed: Hugo BossSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap