The Collection Bold Incense

The Collection Bold Incense is a smoky, fruity incense from the German brand Hugo Boss, released in 2021, composed by Loc Dong and marketed for men. Gourmand, green, floral, resinous and ambery are all words everyone uses for it, which is a lot of agreement for a five-note formula and suggests each note is clearly audible.

Violet leaf opens it with a sharp, green, cucumber-like freshness, and geranium adds a rosy, slightly minty edge, so the start is cool and leafy rather than smoky. Plum arrives next, dark, ripe and syrupy, and it is what gives the scent its sweet, gourmand side. Then the incense takes over: frankincense brings a dry, lemony, church-like smoke, and coal adds a darker, sootier, mineral note that makes the smoke feel burnt rather than perfumed. Together they form a resinous, slightly ambery base that lasts well on skin.

It is an autumn and winter scent for evenings, for men who like incense with fruit and green leaves around it rather than the usual woods and spice.

The Collection Bold Incense — for men fragrance by Hugo Boss (released 2021). Notes: Coal, Geranium, Olibanum, Olibanum (Frankincense), Plum, Violet Leaf. — Parfica open fragrance database