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Hugo Woman

Hugo Woman was born in 1997, signed by Ursula Wandel. Hugo Boss reinvented it in 2015 as a floral, fruity eau de parfum with a boyish touch: boysenberry, Italian mandarin, and Himalayan red grass in the top; sambac jasmine, black plum, iris, and black tea in the heart; amber, sandalwood, and cedar in the base. Freja Beha Erichsen is its face.

Launch year
1997
Gender
Women
Olfactory family
Floral
Secondary family
Fruity
Concentration
Eau de Parfum
EAN
0737052893877 (50 ml)

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Hugo Woman

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Hugo Boss launched Hugo Woman in 1997. Ursula Wandel, a Givaudan perfumer, composed it in the era of aquatic fragrances; she describes it as a little wet, a little melony, a little sweet and juicy, a new direction for the time.

A new version in 2015

Nearly twenty years later, in early 2015, Hugo Boss relaunched Hugo Woman as an eau de parfum. The juice is new: a floral fruity scent the house wants unconventional and young, with a boyish touch that blends feminine tones with other, unexpectedly more masculine ones.

A free woman

Hugo Boss imagines it for a free-spirited, self-assured, and dynamic woman who lives life her own way without following the herd. Its slogan fits in four words: “Your fragrance. Your way.”

The face of Freja Beha Erichsen

Danish model Freja Beha Erichsen has lent her face to the new version since its launch in 2015. The same campaign brings together both Hugo fragrances, with model Adrien Sahores embodying the masculine one.

Hugo Woman today

Coty, now the licensee for Hugo Boss fragrances, still sells Hugo Woman as an eau de parfum, from 30 to 75 ml. The 2015 version is the one found in perfumeries under this name today.

Olfactory pyramid

  1. Top notesThe first minutes
  2. Heart notesThe heart of the perfume
  3. Base notesWhat lingers

What critics say

Leigh van den Berg, of the South African blog Lipgloss is my Life, wore the Hugo Woman of the 1990s and adopts the 2015 version for the same reasons: a fresh, young, slightly masculine scent. She finds it warmer and fruitier than the original, and ideal for the office.

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The advertising

Freja Beha Erichsen, 2015

In 2015, Danish model Freja Beha Erichsen embodies Hugo Woman, under the slogan “Your fragrance. Your way.”

To relaunch Hugo Woman in 2015, Hugo Boss chose Danish model Freja Beha Erichsen. The spring-summer 2015 campaign brings together both Hugo fragrances: Adrien Sahores embodies the masculine one, in a series of images and films.

The slogan, “Your fragrance. Your way.”, echoes the free, self-assured woman the house describes. Asked about the fragrance, Freja Beha Erichsen said she loves a femininity rounded out by the rawer notes of amber.