This bold but sophisticated scent is an intense reimagining of the iconic BOSS The Scent Eau de Toilette. If you’re a fan of the original fragrance, you’ll recognise many of the same notes here – but this time, the sensuality has been amped right up. The Scent For Her’s jewel-shaped bottle features elegant plum lacquering in a sleek ombre design that offers a darker take on the original The Scent flacon, mirroring the way that the fragrance is more intense too. To complete the design, the bottle is topped with a light-reflecting cap in a precious rose gold finish for a final touch of luxury. Sweet, sensuous and seriously addictive, BOSS The Scent For Her Le Parfum is the latest addition to HUGO BOSS’s beloved The Scent line. While honouring the original, BOSS The Scent Le Parfum for her reimagines the aroma to offer unexpected touches of subtle spice and a warm woodiness for a perfume that’s impossible to resist…

The original HUGO BOSS The Scent for men is all about seduction – and that’s a theme that’s definitely carried through to Le Parfum. Just like its predecessor, The Scent Le Parfum for him is the type of fragrance that makes an impact; it’s powerful and it’s addictive, but it’s also incredibly wearable. All in all, it’s mastered the balance between strength and softness.

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Le Parfum blends a hot and exciting ginger note with an exotic Maninka fruit accord to start, creating a surprisingly fruity tone with a seriously spicy and seductive side to it, drawing you in and leaving you wanting more. The maninka fruit is said to be an aphrodisiac, after all! If you loved the original The Scent Eau de Parfum for her, you’re going to want to try this version. It has a similar white floral tone but also builds on the fragrance to stand out in its own right. Although I had high expectations for the longevity of this HUGO BOSS fragrance based on the fact that it’s an intense flanker, I was still really impressed by just how long it lasted. I spritzed it once on my wrist at 9am and I could still just about make out its soft earthy-woody base by evening. BOSS The Scent Le Parfum for her is a cross between the original, the Eau de Toilette and the last flanker to join the collection: The Scent For Her Absolute. Le Parfum takes the sprinkling of pink pepper found at the top of the Eau de Toilette but builds on it so it stands alone as the star at the top. Then, Le Parfum borrows the sweet white floral tones at the heart of the Eau de Parfum and the Eau de Toilette before leaving behind their rich gourmand cocoa bean base in favour of the smoky, earthy vetiver accord found at the base of Absolute, while Le Parfum is lifted by an airy akigalawood accord. All in all, HUGO BOSS BOSS The Scent For Her Le Parfum honours each fragrance in its line, drawing them together for arguably one of the most seductive flankers yet. The bottle is a deeper, darker twist on the original, just like the scent. It’s lacquered in a sensual shade of taupe and set within a matte rose gold cage, which the fragrance bursts out of in one powerful spritz.

Of course, BOSS The Scent Le Parfum is best compared to the original Eau de Toilette. But how does it differ from its predecessor? In terms of its note structure, it’s actually relatively similar; the only key change is that the maninka fruit lies at the heart of the original, whereas it’s added at the top here so you can enjoy its unique fruity qualities – which are often compared to a delicious blend of rum and passion fruit – even earlier. The original’s lavender heart is also swapped out for iris here, but it doesn’t overpower the scent or release an overly powdery tone. Instead, it works by softening the fragrance to encourage an ultra-smooth descent into that addictive leather base. As the name suggests, this is marketed as a fragrance for women. It definitely does have a more traditionally feminine style due to its rich white floral tone, although the most important thing about any fragrance is, of course, that you love wearing it – and not who it’s aimed towards. As The Scent Le Parfum’s initial notes wear on the skin, the heart of precious iris softens the scent in a way that’s both sexy and comforting. Finally, the deeply masculine leather base that set the senses alight in HUGO BOSS’s earlier The Scent is recaptured here, adding an addictive warmth to this inviting fragrance. It’s a scent that you’ll want to spray onto your wrist so you can sneakily breathe it in throughout the day, purely for your own enjoyment.

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If you’re a HUGO BOSS fan, you’re going to want to hear all about their latest fragrance for men: BOSS The Scent Le Parfum. A recent addition to their iconic The Scent line, Le Parfum is a suave and sensuous take on the beloved ambery signature scent, releasing a fruity-spicy warmth that’s hard to resist. Tying in to the rest of BOSS’s The Scent range, The Scent Le Parfum for women takes seduction to a whole new dimension. It builds on its predecessor, which offers a deliciously gourmand exploration of seduction, by instead offering a slightly spicier and woodier take on the original whilst ramping up The Scent’s sensual side.

BOSS The Scent Le Parfum for him is incredibly long-lasting; when I spritzed it on my wrist at around 8am, I could still smell its soft leathery side by around 5pm.