What does it smell like?
Main smell: leather and vanilla. It opens with leather, moves to patchouli and dries down to vanilla.
- Lasts
- 3 to 6 hours
- Best in
- winter
Alive Absolu notes
Top notes
What you smell first
Heart notes
The main smell
Base notes
What stays on your skin
Smell profile
Main accords
How strong each part of the smell is
Best seasons and time of day
About Hugo Boss Alive Absolu EDP
Alive Absolu EDP is made by Hugo Boss. Its strength is Eau de Parfum.
Alive Absolu: day or night?
This is more of an evening scent: it shines at dinners, dates and nights out. Its leather side feels cosy and rich after dark.
Its style
The strongest accord is leather (100%), followed by vanilla and patchouli. You will probably like it if you enjoy leather and vanilla smells and notes like patchouli and vanilla. Perfume fans rate it 3.98 out of 5.
Price per bottle size
In Europe it costs about €105, depending on the bottle size and the shop. That puts it in the middle price range. It costs less than Initio Parfums Prives Absolute Aphrodisiac.
How long Alive Absolu stays on skin
Expect about 3 to 6 hours on skin, which is about average for a perfume. As an Eau de Parfum, it has more perfume oil than an Eau de Toilette, which helps it last. Initio Parfums Prives Absolute Aphrodisiac and Lush Lord of Misrule unisex last longer, if that matters to you. Base notes like vanilla are the part that stays longest on the skin.
Which weather suits it
It is at its best in winter. It is less suited to summer. From best to least suited, the seasons are winter, fall, spring and summer. Its warm smell feels best when the weather is cold.
Hugo Boss perfumes worth knowing
This house has 55 perfumes on iPerfume. The most popular ones are Bottled Absolu, Boss and Bottled Night.
Flankers and editions
There is 1 other version of this perfume, released in 2020.
Perfumes that smell like Alive Absolu
These perfumes have a close smell: Initio Parfums Prives Absolute Aphrodisiac (5 shared notes), Lush Lord of Misrule unisex (4 shared notes), Junaid Jamshed Imperial Oud (5 shared notes) and Givenchy Gentleman 1974 (4 shared notes).
Quick answers
How strong is Alive Absolu?
Medium: people near you can smell it.
Can men wear Alive Absolu?
It is made for women, but anyone who likes the smell can wear it.