Hugo Iced
Hugo Iced opens with a sharp blast of mint and grapefruit, bracing and cool like stepping into air-conditioned shade on a hot afternoon.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Earthy65
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- Aquatic
The note pyramid
- Mint
- Vetiver
- Magnolia
- Vetiver
- Amber
- Grapefruit
- Clary Sage
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readHugo Iced opens with a sharp blast of mint and grapefruit, bracing and cool like stepping into air-conditioned shade on a hot afternoon. The mint is pronounced without turning medicinal, kept in check by clary sage that adds an herbal, slightly bitter edge. As it settles, magnolia appears—pale, watery, more green than floral—softening the citrus without sweetening it.
The base is clean vetiver with a touch of musk and amber, lean rather than woody or earth-heavy. It stays close to the skin, quiet and composed, with that mint-vetiver pairing running through from start to finish. The effect is refreshing in a deliberate, no-frills way.
This suits someone looking for straightforward freshness without aquatic clichés or sport-fragrance sharpness. It's minimalist summer grooming—cool, neutral, uncomplicated.
Scent twins
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