Baldessarini Hugo Boss for men

I don't know about all this "separates men from the boys" bullshit, but I do know that Baldessarini is a very unique, distinctive fragrance. It's a sweet, fruity citrus accord (think coconut), but at the same time paired with a cold, dry pine/tobacco accord. The overall effect gives the fragrance a glossy feel like the Silver Surfer; or perhaps a cool, foggy morning. If anything, the overall accord has a chypre-like feel. It's not a chypre, but I smell a familiar face. Despite being an Eau de Cologne, Baldessarini's longevity is good - 5 to 6 hours, and the sillage is excellent.

Really, Baldessarini is a very unique smell. You'll have to smell it to understand it, because it's tough to describe. Also, if you're going to buy it, don't pay more than $30 for it. You can find Baldessarini at most discounters in America.

I would like to love this fragrance. It DOES smell spectacular on a paper strip - fantastic, masculine, grown-up, sophisticated, everything you ever wanted from a masculine grown-up fragrance, if it were not for the UNFORTUNATE really NASTY chemical dry-down ON SKIN. And you will go PDQ (in 1-2 hours) from "grown-up" to "groan." Do not let yourself be fooled, like Luca Turin, by smelling only that scent strip - it smells GRREAT. But on skin it can become REALLY NASTY, like the grating sound of fingernails scatching a blackboard - it's all chemical smells, like a needle up your nose... What a shame, what a pity! A promise that falls flat on its face. Ditto for Luca. Sorry old chap, I've smelled a few lab chemicals for a living (not in aroma chemicals) in my life and I find lactones (read: Guerlinade) particularly challenging in the pleasantness sector. ARTIFICIAL chemicals, darned ARTIFICIAL chemicals! And Hugo Boss' supposedly "great" Baldessarini ("the vituoso modernist complexity of Hugo Boss' Baldessarini" - see the review for the sublime Dior Homme on page 142 of LT's & TS's "Perf.mes. The Guide") gone to really crap HAZMAT smell) turns into a nightmare experience on skin... SCARY!
Promise: 10/10
Delivery: 0/10 (CRAP, CRAP, CRAP - only Dahleks could possibly stand, let alone like, this)

I find Baldessarini linear. Disliking a linear fragrance is somehow worse than disliking a scent with a traditional top, middle and base. Whereas the three-tiered fragrance might surprise you and win you over, for a linear scent, the first sniff becomes the lasting impression. A linear fragrance must have notes that can connect at various points to keep your interest. It allows for reconsideration from different perspectives and in different lights. Here is where a good linear fragrance can hold its own against a known classic.

In Baldessarini, I found the saccharine sweet note was both unpleasant and a bit like the nose equivalent of a high-pitched whistle. The cedar-like tobacco note has no connection to the odd sweet note, and so the two sit uneasily side by side for the duration of their mutually linear paths. Another difficulty with the tobacco note: a known plant note will likely demonstrate changes over time if it is in fact botanically derived. When it doesn’t, a ‘reference’ note must be used carefully. If it simulates tobacco, but is not tobacco, and the other components to the fragrance don’t enhance it, the nose may recoil, as mine did.

The first blast gives me a lot of pepper and cloves. Initially it's reminiscent of Calvin Klein's Contradiction for Men, and then it goes a different direction becoming less fresh and sweeter. It's pleasant and easy to reach for when you're not in the mood for heavy orientals or squeaky clean citrus.

Baldessarini is a fragrance that screams "in the middle" in every way.

I bought this because of the Boss brand, but I soon grew tired of trying to figure out what exactly it resembled - is it woodsy? Oriental? Spicy? It just seems like all the notes mix together into a bland mish-mash of half-baked ideas.

Sillage, longevity and scent are right in the middle - it's non-offensive, but it doesn't really stand out from any one of the hundreds of other brands on the market. While the tagline proclaims this "separates the men from the boys", I never got the sense that this was supposed to be anything more than a "pit stop" cologne that you use for a short time before switching to other brands. However, it definitely works better in the wintertime.

Ohhhh, lovely. What I get is a creamy grapefruit!, the best grapefruit scent there is, but creamy. Later, it becomes a more mature, but soft, Tobacco/patchouli. Lasts all day on me, and the projection is great, lots of compliments. This one is becoming my favorite after Givenchy's Pi.

First that this perfume is from Hugo Boss and named Baldessarini.
Now get back to the scent...
It opens with citric and blossoms, so springy and light and can be easily a unisex one because of pure blossomy sweetness which is mainly away from men. But the blossomy odor is not bold that much to disturb it; it's so chic and gives the scent a semi aquatic sour and sweet tidy theme.
Can be worn on casual easily and on formal too but the weather is important; tropical chilly, and preferably windy.

longevity 7/10
sillage 7/10
scent 6/10

It goes on with a splash of citrus, a very arid kind of citrus, and a tinge of something like high-end cologne smell. Like Hugo Boss, it vanishes for a moment, and then it returns with a serious scent that reminds me of money – the actual scent of money – and it makes me feel as though I belonged to the upper crust of society, that I already own everything I need, a kind of elevated confidence, and a trifle arrogant. It is a serious scent.

I can’t identify any notes except for a very distant pepper that just brings out the reserved, almost formal nature of this scent. It might be a little too serious for me, but I enjoy the way it smells. I think it’s best as a formal scent or a work scent if you are high up the corporate ladder.

As the day goes on, it becomes more peppery and arid. By this time it loses some (say ½) of its projection, but it’s still there. By 7 hours, it’s faint. It does return with physical effort, though.

The silage was detectable, but not a stink-up-the-building powerhouse. I’m not completely enthralled by it, but I like it and I can see it being useful for formal occasions.

This is very good, but it's also quite "rounded," meaning that it comes across as a kind of olfactory blob. I have no problems with this, but others might. The notes seem to be merged into each other and there are no "sharp edges." You can tell that there is mint, tobacco, etc. in here, but they seem to all belong to each other, as part of a whole. Projection is very good and I get around 5 hours before it starts really getting weak. Overall, much better than almost all recent "masculine" offerings from the designer houses and can often be found really cheap. It's not unnatural smelling but there is something I find a bit unpleasant in the "background." If you are used to vintage or niche, this might bother you. If you are used to recent designer fragrances, I doubt you will notice.

Men istifade etdikden sonra bele bir fikre geldim ki bu aromat esl kisiler ucundur.
Ve butun kisiler ucun yox asl kisiler (erkekler) ucundur.
1. BALDESSARINi
2.THERRE D'HERMES
3.DUNHILL DESIRE BLUE
4. AZZARO CROME
5.CREED EROLFA.

ben denedikten sonra bana uygun olduğuna karar verdim.sıcak seksi ve aynı zamanda kendine güven hissi veren bir koku.
uzun süre kalıcı olması güzel bunun yanı sıra dengeli olduğunuda düşünüyorum.
35 yaş üstü için tavsiye edebilecek bir parfüm...
yetişkin,kaliteli kendini bilen ve güvenen kişiler için ideal...

A great fragrance, suits me very well and balanced composition. This refined cologne is so mature like a good cognac. A must have for guys. Easily score 9.5/10

Fantastic Musculine Perfume.Opining With Soft Citrus Note.Well Done

When I smell this I see the face of Werner Baldessarini, it so personal, maybe too ellegant, hard to combine with a style.

For Mature Men.

Like having your favorite cup of tea in the winter time. Inviting top notes!

Warm, Masculine, Sweet,… and very pleasant scent.

It introduces you as a lovely sociable man and increases your self-confidence.

Longevity and sillage are about average.

I like it very much ☺

یک عطر گرم و تا حدی شیرین و بسیار مردونه که بوی بسیار خوشایندی داره.
عطری که شما رو بعنوان مردی خوش برخورد و اجتماعی و دوست داشتنی معرفی میکنه و اعتماد بنفس شما رو بالا میبره.

دوام و پخش بوی متوسطی داره.
بسیار دوست داشتنیه

Well I love this fragrance ! they say its for a more mature man "seperates the men from the boys"

im 27 and i wear this and i always get compliments - people say they can smell 'tangerine' - it is in fact 'bitter orange'- its so fresh and invigorating . As its an EDC and not an EDT i use the shower gel ,aftershave balm and fragrance to have the scent of baldessarini with me all day long - This is Hugo Boss High End fragrance -it doesnt get much better !

The only distinctly sweet scent I've continued wearing. Been through the Pi, the Rochas Men, the Roma, the A*Men and god knows what else, settled on this one. Sophisticated and mature, but unfortunately extremely unstable, just like all the Boss products I've tried so far. The scent is 4/5, the quality 2.5/5

This is very pleasant and enjoyable scent
with a fresh start of tangerine and then elegantly morphing into warm chamomile.
I think they mislead the whole concept with the sorcerer on the commercial side

i can see why it's "only" edc not edt. edt would be way to strong. for cologne it has very good longevity. opening is strong, fresh -all those citrus (specially tangerine). when scent settle down it comes very enjoyable for person who wear it and for ppl around.
for me it can be worn by men at any age. this scent is very universal and good for any ocassion.

Loved this. The tangerine and orange instantly titillated my olfactory nerves. The scent's more sporty than casual, but more casual than sophisticated.

grown man stuff 4 sho. Refined,and classy.

Tried ,,, I will buy

Baldessarini is a woody-spicy-fresh fragrance.
It's sophisticated, discreet, elegant and manly. Sensual, but not pushy.
Could be worn by a man of a prim taste, who respects high quality. A man who has already attained a high position in society and can keep people at bay, but who, still, is polite and winsome.
The scent is very universal - it matches the luxurious decoration of a study - both in classic and futuristic style. It can be worn in the evening and during the day, not only with the suit.

smells pretty good.....thank God it's no basil in this

I bought a tester of this on Ebay and it lasts all day long on me with lots of compliments and "what is that you are wearing"...i can still smell it on my skin as i take a shower in the evening...

Yes, it is relatively light; it is also a very mature and pleasant scent. I'd say it is more modern than casual though.

unusual opening must be the tangerine and chmomile , drydown is average

I've only ever had a small sample vial of this. It has a very nice fragrance, not overpowering. I really like it. This is definitely one I will buy.