Boss Femme - Hugo Boss

*Please Note*

For those of you who don't know me, the notes mentioned on these perfume entries are fully my personal opinions. I am not a trained perfumer so I could be completely wrong.... 

I met this perfume quite a while back, although there are hardly any similarities between me and EuroTraining beside stubbornness, one of thing we did have in common was the love for perfumes. There were quite a few perfume sale in Dunedin, and it was SO hard not to be tempted to buy each time there was one, although I already had a few at home! This one was originally brought for Xmas 2008 for EuroTraining's sister's present. It really helps that both him and I had a really similar taste in perfumes. In fact, I don't think there was many that we disagreed on, and there was no fight when we found "the one".  Although this was launched in 2006 and not the "top of the line" perfumes, I think when it comes to picking perfumes, I don't think there is such thing as being too "old".  There may be various perfumes launched every year and in "high fashion", like clothing, good perfume will always maintain as a good perfume no matter how old it is. Take Chanel No.5 for example, still the high roller although it was launched in 1921, and still being sold every thirty seconds.

This perfume, was a random bottle I picked up after seeing the cute pink solution within the simple exquisite  bottle design. One of my favourite perfume that EuroTraining used to wear was "Boss No.6" by Hugo Boss, released in 1996. He only used it when we first got together as he had hardly any left in the bottle, but whenever there was a "special" occasion, I always begged him to put it on - that's how much I loved it.  And this little bottle is for me, is a female version of "Boss No.6". 

It still resembles the musculine note like musk,lemon and woody base note, yet the warmth from jasmin, rose, white lilly, red currant and apricot. Especially on the mid-note and base note is just so so so so divine. Although the top note is quite strong and resembles me the scent of women putting on puffs in refreshment rooms, the base note  around after 1-2 hour after application is my utter favourite - it makes me feel like being wrapped in arms of a very sexy man. 

If "Boss No.6" is a sexy man in tuxedo, this is a dark wavy mid-length blond woman in a satin champagne strapless full length dress, holding a glass of pink champagne poured into a flute. Or perhaps champagne with a drop of fresh raspberry?  Well, either way, that's how sexy both of these perfume are. Yet, it's not too classy that you only can wear at certain special occasions; although I do prefer to wear this from late spring and summer evening especially on a warm night, but it definitely can be warn quite casually. 

The funny thing is, although I find this perfume very synchronising with "Boss No.6", I prefer to wear this when I'm single, and fully enjoying the fact that I'm single, rather than wearing it together as a couple.  But if I was on an outing with my girls, and meet a man that wears the other half of me, I'd definitely be tempted...... Maybe coz I'm not the dark wavy blond in a champagne dress.... who knows?

I only brought this bottle for myself at the end of last year almost like a xmas present for myself. I am more than glad that I didn't get tempted to buy this when I was still with EuroTraining, as it would have been too painful to use it again and would have put me off forever.  But now, I'm just loving every single sent of it, and liking the fact that my brain still managed to remember the scent of a perfume I smelt in 2008.

Hypnotic Poision - Dior

Yesterday, me and Poet was out for coffee in town, and chatted away like we always do.  Life, future, "the perfect day", whatever that comes to our mind really.  Everything and anything.

I have this thing of liking to be in the corner, especially at cafes or restaurants, and yesterday was no different.  Until this couple sat right next to us.  Both with blond hair, in the late 20's and speaking with an English Accent - which sounded quite pleasant for some funny reason.  Now I have to say, I do think English accents are quite beautiful, but only so when it's used correctly.  I've never been the greatest fan of teenage or typical youth way of corrupted speaking.  Too much or too less accents can often ruin it too.  Only if everyone talked like they do in the movies - but yeah, that's a day dream.

It was Poet that recognised the scent originally.  As they sat down next to us, he leaned over close to me and whispered 

"is it just me, or does he smell AMAZING??"

I had to crack a giggle.  Indeed there was this beautiful scent swifting in the air as they sat down.  But funny enough, I recognised that there was 2 different scent, and not 1.  And I wondered which one he was talking about.

"Are you talking about HIS smell or HERS?? coz I'm loving hers"......

I must have look like a weird person, even when we continued to talk after they sat down, I was still puzzling my mind, trying to figure out the accords of this perfume. 

I thought it smelt like some fresh cut lilies and roses, still attached to the stem.  As for roes, it was not too strong like red, not sweet as white, and my image was a pale pink or yellow rose.  It was a very fresh scent like in the early morning with dew still on the petals, slowly vaporizing into the air as the sun came up.   I guess if you wanna simplify that term, it's also referred to as green - but I always think there are more than 1 word to describe scents.

While Poet left the seat as he got a phone call from his worrying parents at the airport giving him a last minute lectures before they flew back home, I had to ask....

"excuse me for this sudden question, but do you have any perfume on yourself by any chance??  because we were just discussing how amazing it smells"

She gave me a very cute smile with words of "well, thank you", and told me that it was this perfume....

I can't say I've ever heard of or seen this perfume before, but she even had the miniature bottle on herself, and as I was smelling it, Poet came back from the outside, and asked him if that was what he was smelling too, and it was.  So obviously it was HER that was smelling amazing, and not HIM.

I went online this morning, to find out what the notes of this perfume was.  One of the website defined the following

"It is categorized as an Oriental scent with a touch of vanilla. The base notes consist of sandal wood, vanilla, moss, jacaranda wood, and musk creating the mysteriously exotic foundation of this fragrance. The heart notes or middle notes include rose, lily of the valley, jasmine, and tuberose, creating a mixture of the signature scents of the original perfume with the exotic scents that are mesmerizing. The top notes consist of bitter almond, caraway, coconut, plum, apricot, and pimento which combine the lower notes into the primal and exotic scent of Hypnotic Poison."


I was quite pleasantly surprised to find out that jasmine was in it too, as i thought it didn't think the smell was as sweet as most jasmine based perfumes, but then saying that and now thinking back, that's probably what gave the kick into the notes.  I don't think I've met a perfume that is as refreshing as this without having citrus notes in it, and I LOVE IT.  To the point I'm almost tempted to go to the store and buy myself a bottle or tester on trademe so I won't get overloaded with perfumes that I can't use up....


Also, the word "orient" always makes me think.  It tends to be that the perfumes containing jasmine is often referred to as "orient",  but especially for this perfume, it makes me think of a french palace and some beautiful women, in middle of a rose garden with dresses.  A place where men can only observe from distance while the ladies gives a mysterious smile at them behind their fans, while hinting their sexual innocence...


Simply put, a classy seduction.....??