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Essence de Femme

Concentration not recorded

White floral · Floral · Fruity.

4.06 / 5Rating · 381 votes
Sizes offeredNot yet verified
Brand originGermany ↗
Made inNot yet verified
About these origins

Brand origin means the country where the house was founded. Made in refers to fragrance manufacturing, not the origin of every ingredient or the brand’s current headquarters.

Brand origin: Hugo Boss group history · Checked 2026-09-21
The official history explicitly places the 1924 founding in Metzingen, Germany.

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Year2007
Marketed forWomen
PerfumerNot recorded

Collection: Boss Femme

The short answer

A scent, in focus.

Essence de Femme by Hugo Boss has a listed white floral, floral, fruity profile, with notes of Freesia, Black Currant, Mandarin Orange, Lily, Jasmine.

Based on listed notes and accords.

Catalog snapshot · 2026-05-29. Ratings and votes come from the source dataset, not Parfum Bible users or live measurements. This entry has not yet received an individual editorial review.

The bottle / Formats

Sizes offered

Bottle sizes for this exact fragrance have not yet been verified.

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01 / The scent profile

Understand what you smell.

01

Top notes

Freesia ↗Black Currant ↗Mandarin Orange ↗
02

Heart notes

Lily ↗Jasmine ↗
03

Base notes

Apricot ↗Amber ↗

These are the listed scent notes, not a complete ingredient formula. Note placement does not establish how long a fragrance lasts.

The label / Ingredients

Inside the bottle.

Ingredient list not yet verified for this edition and market.

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Performance / Community impressions

How it wears.

Longevity

3.31 / 5

91 votes

See vote breakdown

category average, not hours

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13
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23
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Projection

2.52 / 4

130 votes

See vote breakdown

1 = intimate; higher = stronger

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20
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46
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40
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24

Value perception

2.86 / 5

7 votes

See vote breakdown

1 = overpriced; 5 = great value

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These are subjective reports, not controlled measurements.

245Own it
265Previously owned
345Want it
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45
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213
5
119

Different measures can have different numbers of votes.

Explore a combination

Layering ideas to try.

Starting points from listed profiles, not community-tested pairings or compatibility scores.

Suggested experiment
Hugo Boss Essence de Femme bottleEssence de FemmeHugo BossPortrait of a Lady bottlePortrait of a LadyFrederic Malle

Both list Amber and Black Currant. Explore Essence de Femme’s white floral direction alongside Portrait of a Lady’s warm spicy profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.

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Suggested experiment
Light Blue bottleLight BlueDolce&GabbanaHugo Boss Essence de Femme bottleEssence de FemmeHugo Boss

Both list Amber and Jasmine. Explore Essence de Femme’s white floral direction alongside Light Blue’s citrus profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.

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A little more clarity.

Before you try
What does Essence de Femme smell like?

Essence de Femme by Hugo Boss has a listed white floral, floral, fruity profile, with notes of Freesia, Black Currant, Mandarin Orange, Lily, Jasmine.

Who created it?

A perfumer is not recorded in this catalog.

How long does it last?

The longevity rating is 3.31 out of 5, from 91 category votes. This is not a measurement in hours. A wear test is the best way to assess it for you.

Which notes define Essence de Femme?

Its listed notes include freesia, black currant, mandarin orange, lily, jasmine, apricot, amber. These describe the scent rather than its full ingredient formula.

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Essence de Femme

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Hugo Boss Essence de Femme bottle
Leading accords
white floral
floral
fruity
soft spicy
citrus
Relative prominence, not ingredient percentages.
Listed notes · a selection

Freesia · Black Currant · Mandarin Orange · Lily · Jasmine · Apricot

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