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BOSS Bottled versions compared

parfum1 Team · Updated 2 November 2026

BOSS Bottled spans twelve versions listed on the French store, from the 1998 Eau de Toilette to the 2026 Beyond releases. The table compares Parfum, Elixir, Night and the rest on concentration, key notes, launch year and price per 100 ml.

All twelve versions listed under BOSS Bottled on the BOSS France store; the size used for each per-100 ml figure is in brackets. BOSS France store prices, checked 2 November 2026.
Version	Concentration	Launched	Perfumer(s)	Key notes	Bottle price per 100 ml
BOSS Bottled Eau de Toilette	Eau de toilette	1998	Annick Ménardo	Apple, cinnamon, deep woody notes	€115.00 (100 ml)
BOSS Bottled Eau de Parfum	Eau de parfum	2020	Honorine Blanc	Apple, bergamot, black pepper; chestnut, cardamom, cinnamon; vetiver, musk	€130.00 (100 ml)
BOSS Bottled Parfum	Parfum	2022	Annick Ménardo, Suzy Le Helley	Mandarin, incense; orris, fig root; cedarwood, vegetal leather	€130.00 (100 ml)
BOSS Bottled Elixir	Eau de parfum	2023	Annick Ménardo, Suzy Le Helley	Incense, cardamom; vetiver, patchouli; cedarwood, labdanum	€145.00 (100 ml)
BOSS Bottled Triumph Elixir	Eau de parfum	2024	Annick Ménardo, Suzy Le Helley	Violet leaf, vetiver, patchouli	€145.00 (100 ml)
BOSS Bottled Absolu	Parfum Intense	2024	Annick Ménardo, Suzy Le Helley	Textured leather, incense, myrrh, patchouli, cedarwood, davana	€220.00 (50 ml)
BOSS Bottled Night	Eau de toilette	2010	–	Louro Amarelo wood, spice	€80.00 (200 ml)
BOSS Bottled Infinite	Eau de parfum	2019	Annick Ménardo	Citrus, aromatic and woody notes	€120.00 (100 ml)
BOSS Bottled Beyond	Eau de parfum	2025	Daphné Bugey, Frank Voelkl, Bruno Jovanovic	Ginger, leather	€132.00 (100 ml)
BOSS Bottled Beyond Eau de toilette Intense	Eau de toilette Intense	2026	Daphné Bugey, Frank Voelkl, Bruno Jovanovic	Orange blossom absolute, textured leather	€125.00 (100 ml)
BOSS Bottled Beyond Eau de Parfum Pour Elle	Eau de parfum	2026	Quentin Bisch, Benoist Lapouza, Louise Turner	Peony, maple syrup, amber	€160.00 (100 ml)
BOSS Bottled Striking Lavender	Eau de parfum (limited edition)	–	–	Lavender, mineral notes, earthy base, woody depths	€132.00 (100 ml)

Concentration labels, in BOSS's own words

On the BOSS France store, the original and Night are labelled Eau de toilette; the 2020 Eau de Parfum, Elixir, Triumph Elixir, Infinite, Beyond, Beyond Pour Elle and Striking Lavender Eau de parfum; the 2022 version Parfum; Absolu Parfum Intense; and the newest men's Beyond an Eau de toilette Intense. These labels name the products. The only strength order BOSS itself gives comes from its launch claims, below.

Parfum in 2022 and Elixir in 2023 were each presented as the most concentrated BOSS Bottled at their launch. BOSS then described Absolu in 2024 as "formulated at the fragrance family's highest concentration yet". That is the house's claim for Absolu, not a separate ranking of every version.

Elixir is the one version with mixed labels. BOSS's France store sells it as Eau de parfum and its US store as eau de toilette; Coty's 2023 travel-retail launch coverage also called it an Eau de Toilette, while other launch listings gave Parfum Intense. This guide uses the French store label, which Triumph Elixir shares; Absolu's label is Parfum Intense.

The 1998 Eau de Toilette, where the line began

Annick Ménardo composed the original in 1998. BOSS's UK store gives fresh apple at the top and a spicy cinnamon heart over deep woody notes; the Spanish store adds geranium in the heart, a pinch of clove, and sandalwood, cedar and vetiver beneath. WWD reports that the fragrance took its inspiration from apple strudel.

On the France store the 100 ml Eau de Toilette costs €115 and was out of stock on 2 November 2026, with a 200 ml gift set listed beside it; the UK store also carries 30 and 50 ml.

Hugo Boss
BOSS Bottled
Eau de toilette · 1998
Apple and cinnamon over deep woody notes define Annick Ménardo's original Eau de Toilette. BOSS also names geranium, clove, sandalwood, cedar and vetiver.
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Bottled Eau de Parfum and Parfum, 2020 and 2022

Honorine Blanc composed the Eau de Parfum that arrived in 2020. Apple and cinnamon stay, joined at the top by bergamot and black pepper, in the heart by chestnut and cardamom, and at the base by vetiver and musk; the France store sums up a fruity opening, a warm spicy middle and sandalwood, cedar and vetiver underneath.

Two years later the Parfum carried the family into woody-amber ground. Ménardo worked with Suzy Le Helley, and BOSS names iris essential oil with fig root at its heart; launch notes give mandarin and incense above, cedarwood and vegetal leather below. British GQ puts the concentration at 18 per cent, and the flacon has smoky black lacquer.

Hugo Boss
BOSS Bottled Eau de Parfum
Eau de parfum · 2020
Black pepper joins apple and bergamot at the top, with chestnut and cardamom alongside cinnamon in the heart. Honorine Blanc's Eau de Parfum keeps the apple-and-spice thread of the original.
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BOSS Bottled Parfum
Parfum · 2022
Iris and fig root make the heart, with mandarin and incense above and cedarwood and vegetal leather beneath. The 100 ml is €130 per 100 ml; the 200 ml brings it to €90.
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Elixir, Triumph Elixir and Absolu, 2023 to 2024

Elixir marked the 25th anniversary of the line in 2023. Its launch material called it the most highly concentrated BOSS Bottled composition to date, and the notes run incense and cardamom over vetiver and patchouli, with cedarwood and labdanum at the base. BOSS describes a very concentrated amber woody scent for men; the glass is black lacquer under an icy-gold cap.

Triumph Elixir followed in April 2024 through travel retail. Elixir's base stays, lifted with violet leaf, vetiver essence and patchouli essence; the launch wording calls the result ambery-green. Its flacon turns dark blue.

Absolu arrived in 2024 as a Parfum Intense. Its roasted effect combines textured leather, incense essence, myrrh and patchouli with warm cedarwood and fruity davana. The France store lists only 50 ml, at €110, which works out at €220 per 100 ml. Double-lacquered glass has an amber base and a golden cap.

Hugo Boss
BOSS Bottled Elixir
Eau de parfum · 2023
Incense and cardamom over vetiver, patchouli, cedarwood and labdanum. The 100 ml is €145 per 100 ml, while the 50 ml at €110 comes to €220.
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BOSS Bottled Triumph Elixir
Eau de parfum · 2024
Elixir's base with fresh green on top: violet leaf, vetiver and patchouli. It carries the same €145 per 100 ml in the 100 ml flacon.
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Hugo Boss
BOSS Bottled Absolu
Parfum Intense · 2024
A roasted leather accord with incense, myrrh, patchouli, cedarwood and davana, in an amber-based, double-lacquered bottle with a golden cap. Its only France-store size, 50 ml at €110, is €220 per 100 ml.
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Night and Infinite, the evening and oceanic ones

Night joined in 2010 as an evening Eau de Toilette built on Louro Amarelo wood, with what BOSS describes as a powerful spicy trail. Its 200 ml bottle is listed on the BOSS France store at €160, out of stock on 2 November 2026; the UK store still sells it.

Infinite from 2019 was composed by Ménardo, and WWD calls it Hugo Boss's first oceanic fragrance, timed for 1 April 2019 with Germany and France first. Citrus freshness over woody aromas is the house's own summary. The single 100 ml listing is €120 and was out of stock on the same date.

Hugo Boss
BOSS Bottled Night
Eau de toilette · 2010
Louro Amarelo wood and spice. Listed at €160 for 200 ml, which is €80 per 100 ml, and out of stock in France on 2 November 2026.
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BOSS Bottled Infinite
Eau de parfum · 2019
Citrus and aromatic freshness over wood, from 2019. The 100 ml is €120, out of stock in France on 2 November 2026.
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The Beyond sub-line (2025 and 2026), and Striking Lavender

Beyond introduced ginger and leather to the line in 2025. Daphné Bugey, Frank Voelkl and Bruno Jovanovic built a ginger-leather Eau de Parfum in which, by the launch wording, the two run from the opening to the end. BOSS rates the concentration as comparable to a Parfum or an Absolu. The flacon is refillable and carries a Double B monogram; 50, 100 and 150 ml are listed, and the 100 ml comes to €132 per 100 ml.

The sub-line grew to three versions in 2026. The men's Eau de toilette Intense pairs orange blossom absolute with textured leather and is presented as the brand's first floral-leather fragrance for men; Beyond Pour Elle sets peony against maple syrup and amber. The Intense is €125 per 100 ml and Pour Elle €160.

Striking Lavender sits outside the Beyond sub-line: a limited-edition Eau de parfum with lavender, mineral notes and an earthy, woody base that BOSS links to the original Bottled. The France store lists it in 50, 100 and 200 ml.

Hugo Boss
BOSS Bottled Beyond
Eau de parfum · 2025
Ginger and leather run from top to base, composed by Daphné Bugey, Frank Voelkl and Bruno Jovanovic. Its refillable 150 ml flacon works out at €105.33 per 100 ml.
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Hugo Boss
BOSS Bottled Beyond Eau de toilette Intense
Eau de toilette Intense · 2026
Orange blossom absolute and leather, the men's Intense, at €125 per 100 ml.
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BOSS Bottled Beyond Eau de Parfum Pour Elle
Eau de parfum · 2026
Peony, maple syrup and amber, the women's version, at €160 per 100 ml.
Hugo Boss
BOSS Bottled Striking Lavender
Eau de parfum · limited edition
Lavender and mineral notes over an earthy, woody base, at €132 per 100 ml.

BOSS's UK store also lists a Bottled Tonic Eau de Toilette and its US store a Bottled Unlimited Eau de Toilette, neither of them on the France store. Bottled Intense and Bottled Marine appear in older records but on none of the BOSS stores checked for this guide.

Which BOSS Bottled to choose

Notes separate the family more clearly than labels do. Fresh apple and cinnamon belong to the original and, with black pepper and chestnut added, to the Eau de Parfum; iris, fig and incense to the Parfum; amber and incense to Elixir; green violet leaf to Triumph Elixir; leather to Absolu and to both men's Beyond scents.

Fresh apple and cinnamon over wood: the 1998 Eau de Toilette.
Apple with pepper and chestnut: the 2020 Eau de Parfum.
Iris, fig and incense in a woody-amber composition: the 2022 Parfum.
Amber and incense at high strength: Elixir.
The greener side of that base: Triumph Elixir.
Roasted leather, myrrh and davana: Absolu.
Evening spice and Louro Amarelo: Night. Citrus and aromatic wood: Infinite.
Ginger and leather: Beyond. Orange blossom and leather, or peony and maple: the 2026 pair.

What the prices work out to per 100 ml

Across the bottles in the table, rates run from €80 per 100 ml, Night's 200 ml at €160, to €220 for Absolu's 50 ml at €110, its only size. The smaller Beyond Pour Elle bottles go higher still: €80 for 30 ml and €117 for 50 ml work out at €266.67 and €234 per 100 ml. Wherever a larger size exists it lowers the rate: the Eau de Parfum falls from €130 to €87.50 in 200 ml, and the Parfum from €130 to €90.

Elixir and Triumph Elixir hold at €145 per 100 ml in the 100 ml size and rise to €220 in the 50 ml at €110. The 1998 Eau de Toilette is €115, Infinite €120, Beyond €132 in 100 ml and €105.33 in 150 ml, the men's Intense €125, Pour Elle €160 and Striking Lavender €132.

Three listings were out of stock on 2 November 2026: the 100 ml Eau de Toilette, the 200 ml Night and the 100 ml Infinite. Browse the Hugo Boss perfume range for the versions we carry. Two more version guides compare Armani Acqua di Gio and the Jean Paul Gaultier lines in the same way.

Questions and answers

What is the difference between BOSS Bottled Elixir and Absolu?

Elixir (2023) is woody-amber, with incense, cardamom, vetiver, patchouli, cedarwood and labdanum; Absolu (2024) is a Parfum Intense built on a roasted leather accord with incense, myrrh, patchouli, cedarwood and davana, and BOSS calls it the family's highest concentration yet. On the BOSS France store, Elixir is €145 per 100 ml and Absolu €110 for 50 ml.

Is BOSS Bottled Parfum stronger than the Eau de Parfum?

Yes, by the house's own launch account: in 2022 Bottled Parfum was presented as the highest concentration in the BOSS Bottled line to date, which by then included the 2020 Eau de Parfum, and British GQ puts it at 18 per cent. The two also smell different, with iris and fig root in the Parfum against apple, black pepper and chestnut in the Eau de Parfum.

Bottled Parfum or Triumph Elixir?

The Parfum of 2022 is woody-amber, with mandarin, incense, iris, fig and leather; Triumph Elixir of 2024 is ambery-green, with violet leaf, vetiver and patchouli over Elixir's base and fresh notes on top. In the 100 ml size the Parfum costs €130 and Triumph Elixir €145 on the BOSS France store.

Which BOSS Bottled is the original?

The 1998 Eau de Toilette by Annick Ménardo, with apple and cinnamon over woody notes.

Is BOSS Bottled Beyond part of BOSS Bottled?

Yes. BOSS presents it as a new olfactory signature for BOSS Bottled: a ginger-leather Eau de Parfum from 2025, followed in 2026 by an Eau de toilette Intense and a Pour Elle.

Is BOSS Bottled Night still sold?

It is listed on the BOSS France store, 200 ml at €160, but out of stock on 2 November 2026; the UK store still sells it.