Hoggar Yves Rocher 2005 Eau de Toilette

I owned it some years ago. Re-bought it and I'm satisfied with choice made. I think it's the best men perfume from Yves Rocher. I like Cuir Vetiver and Ambre Noir, but I like more Hoggar. As far as I noted, they only changed the bottle (it doesn't have anymore the brown gradient color, but still have the unique shape), but the smell is the same.
It doesn't smell at all as 1 Million or Le Male, as some commented on other sites. It smells better than them, ie exceptional! It has a very pleasant aromatic and resinous/balsamic smell, with a strong woody component. To me it seems quite unique and it smells pretty expensive, too. No more synthetic than other more expensive perfumes. ;)
Also it DON'T smell like Davidoff Silver Shadow (how ppl say) at all. I own both and they are different.

My overall note - 9/10, a definitely must have.

Smelled "Hoggar" by Yves Rocher (Contained in a bottle similar to the one containing D&G The One) a few days ago in a store here in the city, major retailers of the brand, a pretty nice guy attends there.
However, having smelled other alternatives of the brand such as Ambre Noir (Which i love, astounding creation, one of my favorite cardamom and resins / leather kinda frag which i did the review separately) and some others like for example the Autour De Minuit and Cuir de Nuit, i find Hoggar to be rather poor in its smell when compared to the previously mentioned perfumes of the brand. It's not bad but i find the aroma rather close to insecticide or an Axe bodyspray in particular. Not disgusting at all but not something i find a "good" perfume or that i would wear.

Bottom line: Your opinion might differ heavily. This one was not for me at all, i will try to see if i can get the Autour de Minuit and Garden Party in offer and get some nice higher end unisex modern perfumery from those creations. As long as i know, Hoggar is not signed by any perfumer, opposite to others like Ambre Noir (C. Raynaud) and Bois de Sauge / Cuir Vetiver (Sonia Constant) so that would explain its rather poor choice of notes, from my point of view.

Not at all! Hoggar is the perfect example of a simple everyday scent for all fragrance beginners or people looking for something solid without wanting to spend much. And in this category, Yves Rocher offers quite a bit for both men and women - just dare to try it out, it could be worth it and lead to some wallet-friendly spontaneous purchases. My predecessors have already written a lot of great things about the pleasant office and leisure companion Hoggar, so I don't have much more to add.

Desert and Orient - yeah, somewhat, but in an extremely light version. Actually, it's Tonka and spice, a bit like JS Exte Man. Citrus and Tonka create a cinnamon bomb for me at first, even though that's not listed. Sometimes two things just bring something new, which is why we love fragrances. The rest of the scent is wood - specifically dry cedarwood. Perfect for the office and combined with the cocoa feeling of the Tonka, it's a simple pleasure and a crowd favorite - at least for those who are used to Axe deodorants. Because there's a huge leap in between.

Bottle: simple and very fitting.
Sillage: almost a gourmand, but a very mild one.
Longevity: rivals fragrances that cost three times as much - 7-8 hours.

Not for large collections, but it's hard to criticize or even hate this woody-spicy Tonka scent and sympathy carrier. One doesn't even want to! It will remain positively in memory, even if in 2 months one will certainly have forgotten it and no longer knows how it smells - such fragrances simply offer too little for that.

.. I've heard that many times when I put on this fragrance in the morning and then started my day.
What is that you are wearing??
Then I reply, Hoggar by Yves Rocher.
Hoggar by Yves Rocher has been around for a long time, and I enjoy wearing it again and again and repurchasing it.
How does Hoggar smell?? Hoggar smells incredibly good. Personally, I even smell a bit of vanilla and cinnamon, but in an incredibly unique way that you don't often encounter EXCEPT (and here it comes) Hoggar has, in my opinion, a fragrance twin! namely BOSS ORANGE MAN. In the opening, both smell almost identical, only that Boss Orange starts a bit fresher and zestier, but I personally prefer Hoggar because it is more intense and heavier than its fragrance twin Boss Orange. Furthermore, Hoggar is currently available at Yves Rocher for €25 (often even discounted)
All in all, HOGGAR is a TOP fragrance at a bargain price.
---> Bottle: looks pretty good
---> Longevity: still detectable on clothing the next day.
---> Sillage: Bomb! ROOM-FILLING

Hoggar is definitely for men young and old who want to smell a bit more intense!

Actually, I wanted to stroll leisurely through the streets, but I passed by the YR store. Hoggar immediately came to mind. Wasn't that the one with the desert in the advertisement? I directed my gaze at the store. Should I or shouldn't I? You can always test it! No - never mind, I have enough right now, it's probably not worth it, I thought to myself.

Then at the bakery, sitting with a cinnamon roll and strong coffee, it came to mind again. There I sat like a madman, staring obsessively at my cinnamon roll. The newspaper only half in hand, my gaze fixed on my sweet pastry. My thoughts wandered somewhere in the desert. Automatically, I thought of my trips through Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Morocco. Mhm.. It could fit with Casablanca, I thought. That one thought - and yes, I had to get it.

So I bought Hoggar on Saturday right after breakfast at the bakery. At 9:00 AM, I stood in the YR store. An extremely nice, elegant, and attractive lady asked me if she could help me, and I asked for Hoggar. She raised her eyebrows and nodded. "Yes, I have it, come, I'll show it to you!" She led me to a counter, where she gracefully rummaged Hoggar out of the drawer. To my surprise, she mentioned the fragrance notes and the direction it goes in. A fragrance consultation at YR? Yes, it seems to exist! And what a consultation it was. The lady chatted with me for a solid half hour, sprayed the perfume on my wrist, and also on hers, as she said she liked this fresh, yet spicy, but also warm men's fragrance. She then honestly (!) said that the perfume wasn't world-class, but still an extremely successful one that you can wear well. The fragrance notes appeal to me and are exactly my thing. The price is, of course, unbeatable. For 75 ml, I didn't even pay 35€. I thanked her and left.. What do you expect from a perfume? Well.. not particularly much.. or maybe? Perhaps just average... More likely there, but a bit above.

I applied it immediately in the store. Citrusy fresh, with a fine sweetness.. that's how it settles in at first. It has no strength in it at all. It's a bit overdone at the beginning with its sweetness and freshness. A tad too much for my taste. But first, it’s time to wait. The freshness is subdued, and the tonka bean settles in. Cedar mixes extremely intensely with the tonka bean. It seems as if they are swirling around each other. The freshness is initially lost, and a really gentle undertone spreads in the perfume. The lemon always remains as a support of the pyramid and presents it straightforwardly. No note slips away or really dominates the play. Everything stays somehow on one level. Only, in my opinion, the sweetness and the citrus change. The warmth often plays tricks on the cold. Sometimes the scent gets really warm, then again it rises into the cold. Just like the temperatures in the desert ;) The fragrance notes, however, do not. They do not oscillate up and down but are, as described above, on one level. I perceive the bergamot as extremely neat and really elegant. The scent is extremely pleasant. From beginning to end, it has not made any immense developments, only set itself up warmer or colder, but ultimately it is a warm woody scent, surrounded by hot sand and a faint hint of cold wind. I didn't particularly like the beginning, but after a short time, I found myself with a turban in the desert. You can really wear it somewhere in the sandy states during summer days. Yes, the advertisement hit the mark well this time. I can even imagine it for a trip through Casablanca. Although you would have to spray it more often, as the longevity is not particularly good, but for the price, you really can't complain.

I see Hoggar, pictorially, standing like an hourglass in the desert. The clock is surrounded by hot sand, and the sun makes it suffer quite a bit. The scent flows through the clock, always the same, but slowly, occasionally drifting when you shake the clock. Somehow I find that Hoggar is patient. It flows so beautifully, takes its time.. It doesn’t need to conquer the whole world or the desert for itself. It doesn’t want that either. It wants to be perceived and enjoyed quietly, as it is by no means a monster of perfume extremes.

But it is a good proof that you can smell good even for little money. One more plus point - the fantasy it awakens in me. These colors, this play of the advertisement with the desert. It is successful. However, the cap of the bottle is very cheap and not particularly beautiful. Well, but the content has to be right. And it is. Not 100%, but Hoggar certainly doesn’t want to be perfect.