Boss Bottled Triumph Elixir by Hugo Boss

It opens like freshly cut cake; if you’re craving herbal and natural scents, this is a total win, especially if you’re a patchouli fan 🍃

Fabulous and perfect. It conveys masculinity, formality, and maturity. Pleasant, earthy, woody, green, and ambered, with a patchouli that isn’t sweet but leans toward cocoa. Heavy notes well-balanced, niche aroma, and original. Smells amazing on skin and exquisite in the air. A joy to wear with nothing like it. Ideal for fall, winter, cool spring nights, or fresh weather. Dress well when wearing it. Lasts eight hours without issues, stays in your bubble without bothering anyone. Perfect for daily wear, work, or dinners. Great for learning to distinguish patchouli and vetiver. Edit: after three months, I like it more every day. New edit: I used up a third of my 50ml bottle and already feel the urge to buy a 100ml refill.

I tested the regular Elixir and this Triumph side by side. Triumph won hands down. It lacks the incense note of the regular version, which I prefer; it’s purely woody when dry, slightly earthy and green. Very pleasant aroma with beastly longevity. Applied at 2pm and lasted all afternoon and night, even detectable on skin the next morning. Projected in waves for about four hours. Totally recommended, except for the inflated price. On sale in Chile rn: $100 USD for 100ml, while the regular version sells for $170 USD.

This HUGO BOSS BOTTLED TRIUMPH ELIXIR is exquisite. I love it. I tested it alongside Bottled Elixir, and both are very good; I liked the Elixir for the incense, but this Triumph surprised me by capturing me. It evokes a landscape, like a field wet by night or a rainy, gray day. The violet leaf gives it that ‘petrichor’ smell, elegant, masculine, and rich, without causing unease (though if you’re looking for trendy perfumes to please everyone, this isn’t for you). Performance? It lasted 8 hours on skin. The projection is curious: at first it seems soft, but then it gains intensity and stays moderate for 4 hours. When to use it? Rainy days, better at night and with good clothes, since it radiates elegance.

This Boss Bottled Triumph Elixir is exquisite. Based on my experience, let me tell you: I absolutely love it. Today I tested both the Bottled Elixir and this one; both are great; I loved the Elixir for its incense note, but this Triumph surprised and captivated me: it’s one of those scents that evokes a landscape. It reminds me of a field wet at night or a rainy, gray day. The violet leaf is what gives it, depending on how you layer it, a ‘petricor’ vibe (like Narciso Rodriguez for Him EDT). Smells elegant, masculine, and rich, without causing unease (though if you’re the type to wear trendy perfumes to please others, this won’t work for you). Performance? Lasts eight hours on skin. Projection is curious: starts soft, then gains intensity after a while and stays moderate for four hours. Occasions? Rainy days, wear it at night, and dress well because it radiates elegance.

I tested it in a perfumery; I own the Boss Elixir and this new one is very similar in certain notes. I wouldn’t buy it because it smells just like the Elixir, though it does smell quite good. Given the price, you’d have to think about it, as it’s not cheap.

Excellent scent: opens fresh with that violet leaf, then turns ambered and woody, closing with a very elegant and rich patchouli. I had no high expectations but ended up liking it; it’s a perfume for grown men.

Since it’s almost impossible to test it in-store, I’ve visited several Corte Inglés locations without finding any; I only feared it might be a copy of the regular Elixir Sauvage, as brands often cash in on hype to release replicas, and if that were true, I wouldn’t buy it. After ordering it online after failing to find it anywhere in person, I must say, thank God, it doesn’t smell like the regular Elixir. The violet gives a fresh touch at the start, while the sandalwood adds a very rich creaminess, and as the saying goes, less is more: with so few notes, they’ve created an incredible perfume. Great scent, good longevity, trail, and projection; I absolutely loved it, they nailed it, for me it’s a 10 out of 10.

With so many elixirs coming out, we have to demand their price be justified. This is the third men’s Elixir from Hugo Boss, and the previous one, The Scent Elixir, made no sense. With Triumph, they got it right by staying close to Boss Bottled Parfum, which I like for transitioning from fresh to balsamic without losing the essence. Boss Bottled Elixir has that warm spiced base that returns here, although it overlaps with the violet dust. The best part is that Annick Menardo is back. The downside might be that the marketing masks an interesting aroma; if not for using overused terms like ‘elixir’ and multiplying flankers, we’d be looking at a fragrance with a real hook.