Hugo Deep Red Perfume

Deep red is a color with a mood attached, and Hugo Deep Red Perfume wears that mood from the first note.

Pear, mandarin, blood orange, clementine and black currant open this Eau de Parfum juicy and saturated, more intense than a typical citrus-fruit top accord.

Tuberose, hibiscus, freesia and ginger flower carry the heart, a hot, slightly spiced floral mix that matches the color in the name.

Vanilla, California cedar, musk and sandalwood settle into a warm, woody close.

Hugo Boss classifies this Hugo Deep Red Eau de Parfum as fruity floral, and it's built for evening rather than daytime, passionate in the way its name implies without tipping into anything overtly sweet.

The hibiscus note is an unusually tart, almost cranberry-like touch within that hot floral heart, keeping the tuberose from turning too heavy and giving the whole composition a lift that most deep-red-themed fragrances skip in favor of straightforward sweetness.

The ginger flower in the heart is doing quiet, important work too, keeping all that ripe fruit from ever feeling one-dimensional across a full evening's wear, right through to the woody, musk-driven close hours later, a shift most wearers only notice once someone else remarks on it partway through the evening.