Hugo Dark Blue
Hugo Dark Blue opens with a brisk citrus collision—lime and grapefruit cut through with ginger's biting warmth.
The scent fingerprint
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.
- Aromatic50
- Fresh Spicy50
- Earthy45
- Patchouli
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Lime
- Orange
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Sage
- Cardamom
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.
Scent twins
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