OGUH By HUGO also known as HUGO Reversed is the most basic bastard fragrance you will likely ever find at your local Kohl's clearance section. If it was any more basic your would find it at your local coffee shop ordering a drink you can’t pronounce and pretending to like it to impress the barista. If it was a car it would be a Civic or a Corolla, it’s basic, but it’s not a bad thing. This is something you take to work or to see your parents. It’s not good, but it’s far from bad. You’re not getting compliments but you still smell nice when people get to touching distance. Last thing you want to do when hugging your mother is to seduce her with your overly complex frag designed to make people's underwear drop from 3 clicks away.

Now this thing has 4 notes. Yup, FOUR!

Top Notes: Bergamot and Grapefruit

I’ll start with the top notes. This smells like a sports car that ran through a lemonade stand. Not a nice sports car, either. You aren't going to get any leather or complex notes out of this. It’s more like a Pontiac Solstice; it looks the part but as soon as you look any deeper you see it for what it really is: a budget car with a nice outside so you can stroke your superiority complex. These guys hang around for about 3 minutes. Coincidentally this is about how long you can get a Solstice to run before it craps out on you. If you smelled them it’s more likely because you accidentally sprayed your face than actually getting them from the area you thought you sprayed.

Mid Note: Rosemary

Which leads us to the mid notes. If the top notes last about as long as the average redditor, well, at least they showed up to the party long enough to disappoint someone. The rosemary in this is like the kid that goes to a party and stands in the darkest corner and stares at people. I don't think I have ever smelled any mids on this one when I’m wearing this. Either they are overpowered by the top notes, or too wimpy to announce their presence to the world once the base kicks in.

Base Note: Vetiver

Now that you have spent a bit of time pretending you’re driving a sports car around, you are reminded you are still driving a four cylinder. The base note on this one is a soft and sweet vetiver. It’s an ok smell and there is not much distinctive about it. This is a good thing! I don’t think you could find anyone who outright hates this smell. It appeals to almost anyone in a universally mediocre way. You are not getting any complements with it but you’re also not going to offend anyone.

Longevity:

Now remember me comparing this to a four cylinder. Well, just like a cheap car this thing goes FOREVER. I put this on at 7AM and I can still smell it on me the next day.

Projection:

This thing projects about as far as… Who am I kidding, once the top notes fade, unless someone is hugging you, they probably won’t notice anything. The only projecting this thing does is make the area around you smell vaguely sweeter like someone spilled sugar water on the ground at your feet.

Bottle:

Now normally you don’t hear “practical” and “cologne bottle” in the same sentence. But this thing, seems like it was designed for the express purpose of being a practical bottle. The damn thing is a boot flask. It has a waterproof lid that screws down over the atomizer. The lid is attached to the bottle with a nylon strap so you can’t lose it. And it’s opaque white so you don’t have to worry about light degrading the fragrance. The only downside is that it looks less like a perfume bottle and more like designer water. This is made worse by the logo which is a mirror image of the word HUGO. So now you can barely read it. Also, OGUH sounds like a brand you would find on the bottom shelf at your local Whole Foods store.

Recommendation:

OH HELL YEAH! This is a daily driver sort of scent. Get this if you want to smell nice but not be noticed because you smell nice. It would be good in the office or at a family function. It’s nice and professional with out being stuffy. Just look up the three YouTube videos where someone has actually reviewed this and you will see what I mean. Takes two smells, says it’s ok, sets it down and forgets it exists.

I give it a Basic/10