¶ Hugo Boss Fragrance and Tennis Club
What's up , ladies and gentlemen , welcome to the Cologne podcast . My name is Mike .
My name is Ryan and we're just two best friends . One of us has got hiccups . Hopefully it won't mutilate this episode . I hope it does .
I hope it does . Todd , leave that in . It's pissing me off . I fucking hate hiccups . Well sometimes it do be like that .
Yeah , so Hugo Boss interesting company . Huh Yeah , interesting pass to that Yeah we'll leave it at that . But they , after the head honcho died in 1948 , they made a lot of changes and one of them was going more pedestrian .
Okay , yeah , they made a lot of clothings , men's suits and fragrances , that's right Like this one , hugo Jeans , which ties together because they're making jeans . now they're making fragrances . now they're making Jean flavored fragrances . You think that's what it is . I don't know . We'll talk about what we think it's going to smell like here in a sec .
Actually , let's talk about it right now . You want to say what you think it smells like . What do you think it's ?
going to smell like . I mean I read the notes before the show Oh , huge cheater . I think it's going to be a little summary vibe , i think . I think of easy wear . Okay , that's what I'm thinking .
What do you think ? I think it's going to smell like your average designer fragrance , just based on these reviews that I've got . Oh yeah , hit us up Playing with Candy Andy who says try it today at Sephora on paper , not on my skin , so you know we can immediately trust this review . It's fresh and fruity , feels very airy and only has a bit of sweetness .
A casual day scent to put on and forget quickly . There's nothing wrong with it , but I can't say I plan to buy it or even try it again on my skin . A very forgettable release for me .
That seems to be a lot of furniture lately , huh .
Yeah , I am afraid so . Well , I got another one Go ahead From Stan Fragman , 84 .
Wait was this last one you just read . Was that a positive or negative or kind of a negative ? Was this one a positive ? Did you hear this one ? the ?
positive . Yeah , yeah , this could be . This is a good one . This is the other side of the fence . Very bubble gummy . Okay , dry down , nice scent , all right , stan .
Fragman . Thank you , stan Fragman and Candy Andy . You think Candy Andy probably named something that passes out candy at places and names Andy . I hope not . That's creepy . Well , he's , the motherfucker named something .
Candy Andy . I don't know , maybe he's just super sweet . What's one of your internet handles ? Chunky Lover 88 .
So , yeah , i'm looking forward to smelling this , but before we do , we wanted to touch on something . We just sent out to one of our Patreons a full bottle of the Lunarosa Ocean EDP that we've been talking about . It's a brand new bottle . So , Jonathan , out there in our Patreon land .
Yeah .
Thank you for supporting the show . and hey , that ball's gonna hit you Monday . Let us know what you think . We hope you love it . It'll hit you today Yeah , the date you hear this episode , you will be holding and spraying on Lunarosa Ocean EDP on your skin . And it's gonna be .
Prada . All right , let's get into our one night stand review . Thanks again , Jonathan , for being a Patreon . Be sure to be a Patreon . One night stand review Tennis Club . Take it away , Todd , Yeah .
One night stand review . Well , mike , after hanging out with Connor Barcelona and swinging for the fences , hitting fuzzy tennis balls and all that fun stuff , what do you think ? I liked it .
Yeah , i loved it . It was fresh . It was that citrus with that neroli orange blossom . It was floral , it was citrus , it was fresh . You know , when you say neroli , though it wasn't like that hardcore neroli , it wasn't like that dirty bathroom neroli Yeah , it was very light .
Really well done . I was not expecting a lot from this , honestly , and I was pleasantly surprised . It didn't smell like tennis balls in the beginning , but there is a part of the mid-tone where you kind of get the citrus and a little bit of that opening up of a tennis . Can you know ? It's pretty badass .
I like it .
The dry down was fucking good .
It was really good . It's more summer vibes than Dolce and Gabbana's summer vibes , Yeah definitely .
I think , ever how many times we're going to talk negatively about that one ?
We never officially released our Lunarosa Ocean EDP episode where we go in depth about how we didn't really care for summer vibes . We tried it . It just wasn't inspiring in any way , so we took it back . We exchanged it for a bottle of Lunarosa Ocean EDP . That's what Jonathan got for being a Patreon . Thank you , jonathan .
So we never really released the episode where we talked about it , so I'm just going to keep taking little jabs until we , you know , release that Man .
I just don't think that's one of the rare furries . I think really just kicked us , It just really rose , shambotis man .
It did . Summer vibes should have smelled like tennis club 100% .
So I agree . For me now it's a buy . I don't know what I'm , I can't remember what I said because it's been a week . guys , I think it's ample . I would , I would buy it and it's not crazily priced on .
I would buy it too . I would totally buy that and wear it and it smells good and you could definitely get away with spraying that puppy on in the summer .
All right . so there's our one night stand review of corner Barcelona's tennis club , And now let's get into the Hugo boss himself .
Let's just slip into those jeans , baby , you go first , hugo first . Yeah , hmm , i get the name . Wow , this immediately smells like fabric softener and mint .
Yeah you're right Wow .
That mint adds something to it .
That's a shocker for me . So when you start saying that , part of me goes fuck , i'm going to hate this , but you know what This smells so close to either fabric softener or a laundry detergent . Yeah , you know , when you get your clothes out they're fucking steaming hot .
But you put like whatever in there , a little fabric sheet or whatever , and it just smells fucking good And you like put it up to your face like this Yeah , you just smell it .
It's like this It smells incredible on that tester strip . This is a really low key .
Pretty bad ass , little fragrance .
This is not at all what I thought it was going to smell . like Me neither . This is a smart move . Pretty genius . Those Germans are pretty clever .
I mean , but it does remind me of fresh , clean clothes , and that's not a bad thing to smell for people to walk by .
They'd be like at least the motherfucker washes clothes But the mint cuts through man . This is an interesting one . This is such a smart move , that mint I would have never thought to put those two things together And the mixture of the two . I normally wouldn't lean for hardcore fabric softener type of smell .
We smelled 724 by Francis Kurtjohn and he was like it smelled good but it just smelled like a very expensive laundry detergent . This with that mint , which I don't care for mint either , but together kind of nice , got you Hony . One could say I'm harnsey . That smells good man .
It does . I'm shocked . I'll just get into it real quick . Price and trend Trend . It started off good . It came out last year . It's kind of meh , It's meh .
I think people wait for Hugo Boss fragrances to be discounted .
That probably is one , and , yeah , you can get this thing for 50 bucks .
Man , i can't wait to get into our skip it sample and buy it .
But yeah , that's a pretty good little deal . My thing is like it is kind of fabric softener . but I will agree Wildly enough here . This has done way better than the MFK thing that we smelled . That was kind of like fabric detergent .
I won't say it's done better , but it's definitely more palatable to me That tells me it's done better to me .
Man on the skin . I kind of like this a lot , man . you know what I bet Forbus would ?
like this . You think so I do . He's got something interesting for us . I talked to him on the phone yesterday . I mean , what's it got ? He's got a vintage polo fragrance Man Like late 80s , early 90s , that he wants to do an episode with us on . Man , he is a hurry to get up on here .
I know He told me that yesterday I was like dude , come on , We should have done that yesterday .
¶ Reviewing Fragrances
Forbus , I know you're going to hear this . You're probably cutting some of his dumbass hair right now .
He's headed to Colorado .
Oh well , then you won't hear this .
Yeah , have fun in Colorado . my man , what's he going to do there ? He said there his wife and daughter are going to go watch Taylor Swift from outside of the arena . Oh , and who knows what he's doing ? Probably fun and different horticulture type things to celebrate . Yeah .
Well , we'll get him on here , we'll smell his little polo thing . We've got to give him the smell to see what he thinks . But yeah , i think this is a pretty easy pleasing Fragrance .
It's nice man . Who do you think's wearing it ? God ?
I see something like you wearing this man . Honestly , i would wear it . There's times where you're like you love expensive shit , but then there's times where you're just like , hey , this cheap smells good , you know , yeah , And I feel like you can get away with this profile .
I don't think I could , though I think you could , god , i think you could wear what you're wearing today . Tell me if I'm fucking crazy . It smells like Southern Peach Tea a little bit .
Oh , he's talking about Cam's Southern Peach Tea from Coastal Carolina Parfums . A little bit , actually . It was just in . Carolina almost texted Cam . Damn I should have . What an asshole . I was just slammed , i was busy , i wouldn't have got to hang out , you shouldn't have just invited him to watch you do whatever you're doing .
I get where you're saying with that . It's like I think the mint in this has the same cilantro type vibe that that has , but it's not similar . But there is like a note ringing out in the midst that does . I could see the correlation , man .
I don't know why , but this shit's nuclear on my skin .
Probably it's 90 degrees in the studio right now . I'm sweating .
God , i smell the carbate so light , but on my skin it's fucking nuts Yeah it's crazy .
Well , let's get into it . Then Skip it , go to myfreakingsamplescom and sample it Or buy it . What are you gonna do , ryan ?
Well , like he just alluded to , with no shame , yeah , this is actually sent to us by Mark from MyFragrantSamples . He actually sent us for free , full disclosure .
That's fun .
He wanted us to try a couple things . This is one of them , and they're the one's tennis club , but we put that in my sample bag .
Look , and when you go to myfragrantsamplescom and buy something , he sends you something for free as well . That's right . That's why we have the random sample bag , free samples with every order . It's a skip for me , really . Yep Man , what about that liquid death mango chainsaw ? Is that a skip Sample or buy Sample ? You're not sold on it yet , huh .
It reminds me he's talking about . It's a sparkling water , but they can it and make it look like it's an old Anheuser Bush can or something , And champagne and beers . It looks badass and it tastes really good , but it almost kind of reminds me of those what do they call them now , The hard cell serves or whatever a little bit .
Oh yeah , Doesn't obviously have alcohol in it , but it kind of Like ranch water type stuff . There's a little something going on , but it's good . It's really good . I like it . I think I'm a simple man .
Oh , you think you just straight up like the lacrosse . huh Shasta , if you're listening , I think this is a buy for me .
I figured it would be .
It's definitely a sample . It's super safe . If I'm going to recommend it to the listeners , i'm going to recommend you sampling it by . go to myfragrensepplescom saying hey to Mark for us . But yeah , i think you should sample it For me . I might just get a wild hair and drop 50 bucks on a bottle of it at some point .
I know you will . It's good , it's really good . I'm surprised .
It's fresh , but there's something extra to it . There's something unique about it . And here's the thing that people complain about designer fragrances . I consider this designer fragrance . They go on and on , just like homeboy said it's bubble gummy , it's whatever . I don't think this is bubble gummy at all . It's not Not even close . And he's a liar , yeah , stan .
Fragman or whatever .
Typically a designer fragrance does smell very bubble , gummy , very sweet , very . One note This is kind of unique . I'm shocked . I'm shocked this isn't more celebrated in the community In a weird way .
It's like off and on , but as we've been kind of smelling off and on , sometimes it kind of hits a little like a little ginger , almost note to me . I don't know why .
I figured out what I'm gonna do , what I think I'm gonna get , like maybe 15 mil for Mark . Okay , go to myfragmanstowcom buy me 15 mil rather than go buy the you know full bottle of it . I'll never go through an entire bottle of this , but on the rare occasion this is unique enough to add a little something , something . Little something extra .
Yeah , i'm with you on that . Again , it's a , it's a sample for me , just because it's not my 100% style , that I think I could pull off , but I like what I'm smelling . It's not that I don't like it . I love what I'm smelling . I'm I'm surprised . I did not think , cause this is our first Hugo boss , by the way , we've never really cared to try one .
Yeah , there's a lot of people who , like the boss , bottled stuff . Yeah , and we , even when the parfum and stuff were coming out , we got those samples that we just never did . Episodes .
Yeah , i don't know how , we just weren't ever drawn to it . Yeah , today we're like you know what . Let's try that one .
Yeah .
I'm kind of pleasantly surprised . Makes me want to smell the other stuff . Try more , yeah .
I feel the same way . Yeah , if this is pretty good , maybe there's something about those other ones that kind of sticks out and maybe it's better than just your typical average designer . Makes me want to figure it out .
Yeah , for sure , i know this episode is a little bit loose . We're still getting our Barrens back . We're actually uh want to let you guys know we're going to be uh trying to get an episode out this coming Thursday . This , so this may be a shorter episode , but bear with us , we're trying to get a bigger episode out Thursday .
That's what the fragrance of Prince . We did an interview with him a couple of weeks back .
Yeah , we're trying to get caught up . I mean , life has thrown so many curveballs , yeah , so we're trying to get things caught up . So , yeah , a little more loosey-goosey in the studio for the next couple of weeks , but we're going to get there , guys . Yeah And so deal with it .
Yeah , and until next time , $ch .