hugo energise

The past couple of days I've been wearing Hugo Energise, a several-year-old fragrance from Hugo Boss. Apparently, experts and critics think it's ho-hum, but I think I like it. Nice peppery and fruity smell right up front, and then it mellows to a warm spicy, slightly chocolaty smell. After a few minutes, though, there's a powdery thing to it that's extremely synthetic and industrial-smelling. Hm. Don't like that. But it doesn't stay that way.

Overall, very pleasantly manly, just off-center enough to be non-cliché, probably very good for fall and winter.