Boss In Motion Cologne by Hugo Boss is an oriental fougere-themed perfume that radiates a zesty citrus scent blended with spicy oils and fresh woody notes. This scent tailors the active lifestyle – it’s soothingly crisp and full of energy. The notes features bergamot oil, basil flower, violet leaves, spicy pink pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, sandalwood and vetiver. The flacon’s shape, in metallic-pewter color, bespeaks class and effortless sophistication that corresponds with the Hugo Boss brand. Designed by perfumer Domitille Michalon in 2002, Boss In Motion brings out a certain aura of plenitude. It calms and embraces with a distinct warmth created by the contrast between citrus and vanilla.
Perfumistas like the initial kick of vanilla and old citrus. The invigorating appeal doesn’t last though; sillage is not that good. At least for some but others find it a tad heady at the opening like one user who reviewed Boss In Motion in Basenotes, “Some days I love this frag’ on me and other days I hate it!My wife likes it all the time thank goodness. Can tend towards fizzy and heady! I would suggest this frag’ is very skin dependent.”
In addition, not all men can pull off this fragrance. It’s a sweet masculine scent to begin with. So if your man is leaning towards the tobacco cum leathery notes fragrance, he may not like Boss In Motion. It’s lightly sweet bordering powdery-lemony. Sweet as it is, it’s not the type of sickly sweetness that turns off. It possesses a certain youthful pizazz that invigorates – active and very modern.
The Hugo Boss fashion house was established in 1923. Initially, the company made worker’s clothes and uniforms during the war. When the war was over, the company explored into designing men’s suits and later, women’s clothing. The fragrances were launched in the 1980s are under the licensing agreements with Procter & Gamble.
