Description
After irresistible and very intense aromas of coffee, precious wood, masculine leather, Cuban tobacco and sweet spices which marked previous versions of the famous A*Men, positioning them successfully in the world of fragrances, this year Mugler tingles the imagination with luminous citruses blended with the popular composition of the original perfume. By creating a harmony of aromas with the accent on juicy, luminous and optimistic citruses Mugler introduces a new, strong version which perfectly combines layers and continues to surprise us regardless of the numerous editions and versions.
The composition of the latest edition THIERRY MUGLER A*MEN ULTRA ZEST introduces a new dose of juiciness, tartness and strong accords of red orange and tangerine cooled additionally by mint along with tart-lemonish ginger in the opening. As the composition develops, we will feel fine aromas of coffee (repeated from numerous version of the original) blended with sweet spicy accords of cinnamon and black pepper. A game of warm, bright and cold notes stretches all the way to the base created of warm and deep notes of vanilla, patchouli and tonka. The latest fragrance of the house of Thierry Mugler results in a top quality woody composition spiced well with a game of warm and cold spices and refreshed with citruses, evoking the pleasant feeling of summer mornings and the first rays of the sun tingling and warming our skin. The perfumers of the composition are Jacques Huclier and Quintin Bisch of Givaudan.
The new flacon of fragrance A*Men Ultra Zest repeats the design of previous editions and this time it arrives in a strong orange color with a star iridescent in shades of orange to yellow. The fragrance has been available since early 2015 as 100 ml Eau de Toilette.
A*Men Ultra Zest was created by Jacques Huclier and Quentin Bisch.
Slavus777 – :
Spiced orange creamsicle.
Tbh I would have thought this fragrance to be darker or spicier than it is but the patchouli and coffee are very toned down imo.
Ultra Zest is mostly a very sweet and creamy fragrance with a heavy dose of blood orange/vanilla/tonka. Then they added a dash of ginger/cinnamon to give it a little spice.
It is very uplifting and a good change of pace from your run of the mill warm weather citruses/aquatics. Sadly discontinued.
Scent: 8/10
Longevity: ~6 hrs
Sillage: Moderate
Value: C (b/c of typical discontinued price gouging)
Versatility: B+
bmwxxx5 – :
To me it just smells like the classic A*men with splash of orange. The orange fades away quite quick and then all i smell is patchouli and coffee
svetik_101 – :
The scent is incredible,i love the smell. But poor lovngevity on me. Just 1 hour perform and last for 3 hours skin scent.
alexeleseev – :
OFFICIALLY DISCONTINUED.
oldemidow – :
If you can bury any preconceived notions about the nine hundred A*Men flankers and their goofy looking bottles, then you just may be able to enjoy the rejuvenating orange choco fiesta that is Ultra Zest. A burst of citrus kicks things off. Chunks of blood orange, tangerine, and a quiet mint announce themselves like a deep sunrise. Mugler’s trademark rubbery gourmand DNA lurks in the background, until eventually taking over the entire party a few hours later. It’s a fun citrus scent because it’s an A*Men scent, and in this case it’s predictability works in its favor. While many citrus based scents tend to conjure the spritzed Hermes ambiance, neroli vetiver classic hotel bar soap (not that there’s anything wrong with these), or just plain generic mall cologne, Ultra Zest remains at home in Willy Wonka country. It’s a fun one, and could be great for a relaxed summer evening. I understand the gripes one may have with the what you see is what you get redundancy of the A*Men line, but it’s a product that obviously does very well on the market. For me they’ve always been wonderful scents that remind us not to take fragrances too seriously.
HomoJamnSwalm – :
Absolutely spectacular fragrance. One of my new favorites by a mile.
Radik25 – :
One of the best summerfrag of all time!! IF you find it, buy it!
xmq886Unlogrere – :
One of my favorites! As others have said – it’s an orange creamsicle. It’s got the trademark coffee and patchouli base of the other A*Men flankers but enough zesty orange to make it versatile and a fantastic choice for warm and cold days alike. Wore this last night on Canada Day and a girl told me I smelled delicious when I went in for a hug. Probably one of my most complimented (up there with Aventus and Cool Water)
evrey_g – :
I dont get the orange cream smell everybody says it smells like,I honestly sold both bottles I had cause to me mandarina duck black smells better and similar and it only cost 20 bucks,this one was not a like for me
MariyaS – :
The smell…..hmmmmmm…..have you ever been pimpslapped by an orange cremesicle? If not…..come get you some gents, It’s amazing!!! Summer in a bottle!!! You can’t go wrong, great frag.
serkoff77 – :
Wow woooow Very good summerfragance longlasting too….one off my favorite fragance:-)
Just buy it if yuo can get it 😀
f117 – :
It is a nice scent bot not wow, moderate performance, if you want to wear it every day it will be boring.
6.5/10
lance617 – :
The smell iz amazing, start is incredible especially(such a blast of citruses ginger and mint)! It’s a smell of happiness, all that I can say.
But it just doesn’t last. At all. Top is fading after 10 minutes and then it becomes so quite I can barely feel it. No sillage at all. 2-3 hours and it’s gone.
Maybe it’s my skin, maybe my nose, maybe bad batch. But I wish this perfume of joy to last longer. And it’s not giving me that time.
But the smell is fantastic. I’d recomment even as a blindbuy.
Dja1981 – :
Sweet milky-ish vanilla orange. Lasts a long time. very pleasant during sunny days. But… it feels very sticky or sugary sticky when in high heat like Philippine level 37 degree C heat.
Scent: 8.38/10
Longevity: 9/10
Sillage: 7/10
DaemonGras – :
I purchased 2 bottles blind and I can’t stop wearing it!!!! Just sweet orange vanilla..
Monk-Errant – :
smells like you sprinked royal tru orange. I love the smell too bad it fades so quickly. nevertheless it is a good summer scent. Longevity is the only let down.
sizov.i.ko – :
orage candy, hot summer, lady’s love this stuff in Hungary 😀
not a beast mode scent but if you want to be sweet go and get it 😀
IGLman – :
Original a men with an orange twist. Would of been incredible if the orange lasted throughout the scent. It dies down quickly in the opening leaving behind the orininal. Average longevity. Good flanker but not great
pek210 – :
disclaimer: my bottle is second-hand, it’s roughly 1.5 years’ old
I cant smell much of the mint. The creamy, citrus opening is definitely pleasant, but I’m not a fan of how it blends with the chocolate base. In my opinion, I can smell too much of the chocolate together with the citrusy notes, and they don’t go well together.
Maybe it’s just because my bottle is old and the citrus/mint notes have faded over time…
JENYA1993 – :
I like this one. A Man with a splash of orange.
dandan – :
Tonight im wearing this juice
Wow this is amazing makes me relax to sleep now the smell is reallyy great full of fruity notes like blood oranges , oranges , mandarins and tangerines
Wow very nice its really like blood orange juices has little bitter smell in it too and also some fade sweetness
Love it
But the longevity is not good maybe just for 3 or 6 hours and about 1 to 2 hours projections but still i love it
I can’t stop smelling my hamd very delicious smell of oranges
Love.
My rate is :
Scent : 7/10
Longevity: 4/10
Projection: 3/10
Bottle : 2/10
Performance : 1/10
Value : 8/10
Overal: 4.16/10
Buy again : NO
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به به پرتغال خوني من
اين ادكلن را من به بهاي ١٦٠ تومان خربدم و نسبت به قيمت راضي هستم (مواظب دلالان نامرد باشيد) وقتي كه اولين اسپري را روي پوستم ميزنم
بوي پرتغال خوني و گرفروت با تلخي خيلي كم و همين طور بويي كه ادعا ميكنه شيرينه اما اصلا به نظر من در طبقه شيريني ها نياريدش
واقعا بوي خيلي خاص و خوبي داره
خيلي دوستش داشتم
اما خوب ايرادات بزرگي داره اولين اسراد اينه كه پخش بوي خيلي كمي داره و بدتر از اين هم اينكه بعد از يك الي دو ساعت نشده انگار نه انگار ادكلن زديد
ماندگاري هم كه حدود ٣ تا ٤ ساعت متغيره كه خيلي كمه
با قيمت حدود دويست تومن اينها كه الان دارن ميدن اصلا نخريد ارزش خريد نداره چون هم ماندگاري نداره و هم پخش بو حتي اگه روي خودتون خالي كنين باز هم فايده نداره
اما خوب بو پرتغالش دوست داشتنيه
شايد اگه من اين نظر رو ميخوندم با قيمت پايين هم حتي نميخريدم بهتر بگم دوباره براي خريدش اقدام نميكنم وقتي تموم بشه
Embaraprah – :
No freshly peeled oranges here. More like Fanta Orange or an orange scented freshener.
I am fine with Mugler’s synthetic smelling A*Men line, and i actually love the plasticky nuance most of them have. But in the “Zesty” version it bothers me. Not sure if it’s the pepper that’s too much in the coffee, or the cheap smelling orange, but overall this release gets my like just because of my love for the original.
I hope i’m wrong but it looks like Mugler is getting a bit lazy with his A*Men Line. Last year’s Minty A’Men is a disgrace, 2016’s Pure Tonka smells a bit like a recycled B”Men (which i adore), and this one is neither ultra, nor zesty enough.
On the other hand it’s a colorful and interesting addition to the A*Men family.
I would like a yellow (amber for example) or pink (rose) A” Men for 2018, please!
***(**)
yoffi – :
My God this is beyond incredible. The only A*men fragrance that I own and love. Playful, sweet and seductive beast. 10/10
lqb814speagoessenda – :
Another brilliant flanker and the perfect name for it, cause that opening is zesty! The blood orange is brilliant in this. It does however, and unfortunately, tone down, making way for the familiar A*Men DNA. Unlike many others, I still get the orange zest even in dry down, it’s in the background, giving it enough to make the fragrance stand on its own two feet.
Test before buying. To some this might be a redundant, but to some it’s bottle worthy.
mikele – :
That exotic blood orange/tangerine had me wanting to go out and hunt some down and devour them! The opening to the first couple hours makes this one from the Mugler lineup the best one! After that, however it dissipates to a light coffee vanilla smell for a few more hours and then gone, not even a skin scent. Best smelling, yet the worst longevity out of the Mugler lineup. The opening left me begging for more, such a tease. Interpol will be after me for hijacking the world supply of blood oranges after this one, folks.
odoev – :
A*Men Ultra Zest makes you stop in your tracks and say whoa! This is something new and original. Oranges and zest in all their glory. At first sniff this fragrance is a no brainer… except for one thing… the Mugler DNA and simply a too heavy of a hand of coffee.
A*Men Ultra Zest opens brilliantly, blood oranges, tangerines and ginger create a truly unique scent. This opening is brilliant then it just gets pushed away by a heavy dose of coffee and patchouli, and it leaves you wanting more. C’mon zest is in the name and the bottle is a vibrant orange. After the coffee and patchouli have made their presence felt we are left with the A*men DNA and a bit of orange, mint and pepper to give this scent some energy. This fragrance does not evolve much and stays very gourmand. This scent is classified as a woody spicy but wood is the last thing I pick up here, and I’d even add that some sandalwood may have helped here. A*Men Ultra zest is neither a hit nor a miss with me, I am just slightly disappointed with how this trick of flankers with a singular fragrance as a base is getting old and I am sad I keep believing in it (To be fair Pure Tonka was a real redemption in my opinion!).
This is a great scent for spring/fall/winter. I wore this around Christmas time because I found it to be a great tribute to Terry’s Chocolate Orange Ball. I think this can be worn by twenty year olds and up. When you wear this think fun and good times so forget the office, think gatherings with friends and family. This fragrance is a great way to switch up the winter/fall rotation while still staying interesting and within the theme.
GordonSt – :
Bummer! This opened with a lovely orange and patchouli but almost completely faded, in record time, leaving only a faint saltiness. None of the other notes made any sort of appearance.
I just received mine from Ulta, clearly unopened or tampered with, so it’s absolutely authentic. I checked the batch code and it was made in December of 2015. I was able to register it at Mugler’s “Circle”. ( I have no idea why Ulta is selling such old batches. I also ordered Pure Malt and returned it due to it being nearly 4 years old.)
I love A*Men and nearly all the flankers, but this is such a letdown!
Ultra Zest smells nothing at all like Kryptomint, a delightful unisex wonder as far as I’m concerned.
artur0701 – :
This one puzzles me quite a lot.
I love A*Men. LOVE it. It’s one of my must-have essentials on the shelf.
As a flanker, this clearly is a close relative to A*Men. Perhaps too close. It comes roaring out of the trap just like A*Men, but instead of that amazing dirty sex tar note, there’s a blast of orange. It’s a sticky orange, like a Valencia covered in sugar that’s been left out in the Florida sunshine. It’s quite nice, but it doesn’t last. And the lack of tar makes it very sweet, maybe too sweet for me.
As it dries down it slips into classic A*Men coffee-and-toffee, again with some of the grunt taken away. It’s pleasant, and I enjoyed wearing it. Would I buy a whole bottle? Not sure. The way I feel about it is if I wanted an A*Men option without the tar, I’d just wear Angel.
Kolobbok – :
Fantastic pyramid, but dry down is terrible. I don’t know why. Maybe because of chemicals. If it was a natural probably it would be better.
Victor6724 – :
Ultra Zest opens with blood orange that gets almost ran over by patchouli, this in really pleasant juxtaposition of bright blood orange and darker patchouli. After a while the scent starts to blend out more, I do still get the blood orange and patchouli but they are not that pronounced with more on the background, like vanilla and something else, I’m bit hesitant to call it coffee. Ultra Zest is easy to identify as part of the A*Men line, the DNA is definitely there. When the scent has dried down its mostly the same as mid but quieter with this one off note at times, I just can’t pin point it as I get it constantly inconsistently, if that makes any sense?
Longevity surprised me a bit, the blood orange sadly died bit too quickly in my opinion and left the A*Men’ish drydown that lasts quite a while, but it is milder compared to one from the original, but that might be cause its reined in a bit for summer scent. Sillage is nice; I smell nice little wafts from time to time. As with longevity, I thought I would get more than I did but then again this is for summer, right?
Overall I find Ultra Zest to be good scent but as I’m indifferent about the A*Men’ish drydown, I don’t hate it nor love it so that’s quite a big part why I’m not in to this one as many others are. If you are one of those who love A*Men lines drydown I don’t really see why you would not like this, as this has added nice blood orange in the opening and the overall strength has been only brought down a notch for warm weather use.
sanata – :
Where is the orange creamsicle? :’c I only get an Orange Glade air freshener. Pleasant but not the yummy orange creamsicle I was hoping for. I hate the bottle too. It’s so awkward to spray.
Amunkbernita – :
I hate sweet smells. tonka, tonka everywhere! and I hate classic A*men – I’m blonde and believe the classic one is only for dark haired, mature guy. but this one… OMG, this juice was so tasty I’d love to literaly lick myself. amazing sweet orange for hot summer nights. and all girls loved it too! this was what a ‘flanker” should be about – next, fadcinating layer of the core one, something people who hate orginal could truely love. I really miss Ultra Zest. hope they will make a re-issue in 2018
plq369Diobtetty – :
Let’s be frank,this isn’t a summer scent and for me,the least sweet of the range. That sweet,bright opening of fresh orange barely lasted an hour on my skin. After that it turns slightly spicy with the cinnamon and pepper and ginger, I suppose. Throughout the long life of this fragrance on my skin,the blood orange,combined with patchouli give off a woody like note. Sometimes I ask myself, why do I smell encre noire sport? Or is it Norwegian wood?
It truly scrambles my mind and that’s where the disappointment is,it fails to fulfill it’s promise of light and bright.
There’s no addition to my summer collection, after all,nevertheless I do enjoy it.
sanjoks212 – :
For me the best flanker after Pure Malt – However like Pure Havane & Tonka, very poor performance. 2 hours and its gone. But those 2 hours are magic!
Virlozan – :
This is one I loved, then didn’t and now love again.
While I agree it opens with a ton of citrus, it is certainly a gourmand fragrance, and one for warm weather at that! I love the mixture of citrus and the A Men DNA, specifically the patchouli. It is so much more interesting than some of the citrus scents on the market.
That being said, for me it is a warm weather NIGHT fragrance. I think it would get cloying if worn in the hottest part of the day.
It has good longevity on me and I have no idea how to measure projection because I refuse to keep asking those around me if they can smell my fragrance. However, I can smell it for most of the time I wear it so that’s a good sign.
sayva24 – :
I have been using ultra zest since last spring. It’s unique for sure. When i first bought it i liked it so much and bought another bottle after 2 days. It reminded me so much of pure malt and more wearable during spring and summer evenings on hot summer days i find it too thick almost gourmandy. Not quite but bitter sweet citrus. Patchouli at the dry down very dominant which makes this scent easy to wear all year around. And the longevity is really good it stays on my skin around 10 hours, even after 5-6 hours i get whiffs of it from time to time, without spraying clothes. Compliment factor is also very high. I wanted to sell this recently but thank god i didn’t. It grows on me everytime i wear it which is once a week. But better this way, a bit distance to miss it!
8/10
matvey1602 – :
Too much citrusy for about 1 hour not bad it,s smooth and then after u begin to smell like vanilla cofee pure havane is the best of the line and second pure malt and then ultra zest
ruxa – :
Ultra Zest isn’t the fresh type of fragrance you might imagine, but actually more of a gourmand. The trademark Amen smell is present throughout the duration and the orange is sweet. I do believe its more versatile than the other flankers, but I would personally keep this to casual wear, perhaps a summer evening party would be it’s best environment. It gives off a fun vibe that I know a lot of people will like, it’s just whether you’ll enjoy it as much as they would. I personally was hoping for something fresher, but I still like it.
vovagrubyj – :
I really like the opening on this, but once it hits that creamy drydown, it unfortunately starts to grate upon me and loses its appeal quickly. Shame the brightness of the opening wasn’t carried out for longer, the first hour or so is great.
Performance is not as good as others in the line neither, I get maybe an hour and half of decent projection then with a much lighter sileage and projection during the drydown.
bojenaru – :
Of all the A*men flankers, Ultra Zest (for better or worse) is the most true to the original that I have tried thus far.
(I have sampled A*men Original, Pure Malt, Pure Havane, Ultra Zest, and Pure Tonka)
It starts off with a very potent orange/citrus which stands strong for just over 30 minutes on my skin. After which, it dries down to the familiar scent of the original A*men which started it all!
update: about 3-4 hours into wearing, the patchouli is so strong and potent I had to wash it off as I am no fan of that particular ingredient. Patchouli lovers rejoice!
DUH1968 – :
A*Men Ultra Zest is nice. It’s a better more expensive gourmand version of Dunhill Desire for a Man or Cuba Orange. Like if you replaced the citrus notes with blood orange and tangerine and added coffee while removing florals, you’d get Ultra Zest. At first I only kind of liked it but found it a bit lacking. I normally hold scents and this would be one of those scents that become un-detectible to my skin after about five hours. Then my now ex-girlfriend smelt it on me. She loved coffee notes on me for some reason. Now it is a bit stronger like but the fact it is pretty pricey is an annoyance to me, especially if I could instead wear Cuba Orange and get the same vibe.
Don’t get me wrong, Cuba Orange is nowhere near as good as Ultra Zest. Cuba Orange is a prototype Ultra Zest if you remove a lot of true gourmand feel of this scent. The Friendly’s orange creme accord smells more natural here. That said it also has a coffee smell to it that Cuba Orange does not have (mainly because it was rather a Dunhill Desire clone which doesn’t have that aspect either.) The fact is you can easily trick people with Cuba Orange once Ultra Zest is no longer in circulation.
Overall I give A*Men Ultra Zest a 7.6 out of 10. It’s really nice but too pricy for me, even before we throw in that it is not in circulation now. It’s really nice and semi-unique but not quite unique enough.
flash93 – :
Sorry guys but pure malt smells so much better ultra zest is heavy on the citrus but after 1 hour u only get vanilla cofee with some citus in the back but pure malt drydown u smell like vanilla caramel honey with hints of chocolade cofee pure malt is much much better smoother sweeter fruty
CD43 – :
any substitutes guys? even on the Internet in Poland is almost finished and that’s my favourit fragrance of all. mhm?
KurtKentin – :
I’m an Angel addict and A*men addict! I love Thierry Mugler’s Patchoulis! Wherever they’re hiding their infinite recourse of this smell, I hope they would never run out! It’s heavenly!
Ultra zest starts whit a lovely mixture of Patchouli with bittersweet zesty, tangy blood oranges. Tangerine? Sure but the smell of the whole fruit, along with the bitter skin. This smell is backed up by coffee, tonka, vanilla and a hint of cinnamon and ginger. Mint? Maybe, but it’s blended with the patchouli and bitter skin of the oranges so it basically would smell the same. Oddly enough, the smell of coffee is very obvious to my nose more than any other A*men flankers.
Ultra zest is a coffee and patchouli flavored orange creamsicle! I’m just gonna consider it unisex because as a woman I NEED to wear this, and I don’t care what people think! I want this scent around me in the spring and summer. I hate warm weather and this scent along with a few others like D&G light blue for women make me happy and more patient in the heat. The sillage is my only complaint with this scent which is elbows length for the first 30 minutes and then starts getting close to the skin. The longevity is about 3 hours on me. One of those scents that you can spray like five times; or better still, re-spray every 2-3 hours.
At the end of the day, I love you Ultra Zest; my summer is already brighter and more tolerable because of you!
myncgrikirm – :
A different take on a fresh scent. It seems to have an all season versatility factor to it because its fresh enough for summer but still strong enough for winter. My mate wore this to work and he couldn’t smell it on himself however i could smell it projecting off of him pretty much all day and i also got decent longevity myself. Only gave this one a single wearing so far since iv’e only just acquired it but it is all good in my books!
lauman – :
This is a weaker Pure Malt + citrus. End of story.
7 out of 10.
imisephompeli – :
Wanted to like it, but it’s a bit too cloying to my taste. There’s a note there that annoys me, might be the blood orange, it’s very heavy and far from fresh.
andr6525 – :
No way in hell batch variation makes for a 6 hour longevity difference or more.
People lie about longevity all the time, look at some aquatics/citrus based.. all voting lasts very long 8-12 hrs.. lol alright… Those last 4-6 hours AT BEST being generous.
My ultra zest also lasts 3-5 hours at best, april 2015 batch.. its the weakest of the 4 muglers I own. Pure malt, tonka and havane all perform excellent 8 + hrs… Zest doesn’t and it’s a legit bottle.
The scent is amazing, but not much joy when you and others can’t even smell it a few hrs in.
gydaylota – :
A blast of sweet orange at the top which gradually dries down to the patchouli a men formula. A brilliant scent however for me the performance is pretty poor. Only about 3-4 hours of longevity and projects for only around 1 hour. It is a genuine bottle so I’m thinking there must be different batch variations as many say they get great longevity. Nevertheless a great scent and the lucky people who get 8-10 hours on the skin are in for a treat.
Scent- 8.5
Longevity- 5
Projection-5
Tatulka – :
Ultra zest is sweet but not supersweet a less sweeter version of amen whit almost same dna…the swell is amazing….just like sweet orange vanillie patchouli and the amen dna …….but pure malt is the best…u get sweet berries whiskey caramel at top and the vanillie chocolade koffie patchouli amen drydown
CENTER19 – :
can someone tell me if this one is sweeter than CH men?
CH men is too sweet for me and I don’t want to bind buy something as sweet as that
3,80668E+11 – :
I really like this one from TM, My favorite from the AMen line. I can see why people keep describing this as having and orange creamsicle vibe, but to me this reminds me a-lot more of oranges with Li-Hing powder(sweet/salty/sour dried plum). The patchouli and the orange really give off a nice sweet, creamy, zesty, and slightly earthy smell to it. I get some vanilla too, but it’s way more earthy than just a creamsicle description. If I were to make this into a food, it would be a Shaved Ice with orange and li-hing syrup, topped with some vanilla sweetened condensed milk.
Performance is very good for me, I get about 8-10 hours of longevity on my skin, which usually holds a fragrance well, so performance on others may not be quite as good. It also has decent projection, with a solid 2-3 ft bubble for the first couple hours, before it settles down to more of a close quarter scent. This is definitely something that could be worn year round, and I could see this being the perfect winter scent for places that don’t get too cold. Can’t wait to give Kryptomint a try, because the consensus seems to be that it’s pretty much an Ultra Zest flanker.
9.5/10- Scent
9.0/10- Performance
9.25/10 Overall
arnautas – :
@36thDisciple – Hull City? How can hate the Tigers?!? Lol!!!
Great scent, longevity, character. Mugler line is full of winners for me!
mihail00070 – :
Like the name its so Zesty … also sweet.
you can’t go wrong with this fragrance. Love it.
9/10 for me. Thanks all
Mad1987 – :
I blind buy this one.. First smell I’m lil bit disappointed, not close to my expectation but after few hour the dry down really2 good.. Love this one.. Not to sweet, warm, fresh..
Ceacymnzeme – :
I really wanted to HATE this fragrance. I hate everything orange! Dutch people, carrots, egomaniacal man-babies, Hull City… I went to try it in-store for the first time today, just so I could hatebate all over it with my hatepaste!
Yet.. it smelled so sweet. What a gem this fragrance is. What an honour it was to experience it. What an unequivocal ‘tour de force’! I was whisked away to a field of daisies and daffodils on a picturesque spring day.. where my imaginary love Padmilla and I dashed towards each other in slow-motion.
I am not worthy.
immivopsy – :
There’s not much I can say that hasn’t been said before. Blood orange and tangerine literally bursting out of the bottle, Ultra Zest truly has an amazing opening. Unfortunately, that mouth watering citrus opening leaves within 45 minutes to 1 hour, which gets replaced with patchouli, vanilla, coffee and cinnamon. It has an almost gourmand-ish dry down, but it’s still suited very well for the spring and summer months, even early fall.
Performance is respectable, longevity is probably at the 7-8 hour mark, projection is fairly weak, definitely a skin scent around the 2-3 hour mark. The sillage is quite weak after the initial citrus wave but I have gotten a lot of compliments from both sexes and I had a coworker love it so much he bought himself a bottle. This is very wearable, extremely casual. Great for relaxing in the heat (indoors or outdoors), hanging out with friends and I would even say it’s pretty good for clubbing during the summer nights.
Overall: 7.5/10. Even with it’s respectable score, it’s still one of my favorite spring/ summer scents which I reach for a lot.
Edit March 6th: I’ve worn this a few times since my review and I must admit my performance review was no quite up to par. I can probably get 10-12 hours of longevity, sillage and projection stays the same, the skin scent lasts a while.
krotkrot123321 – :
@ HurAcraft
Nice to know it isn’t just my box and bottle that have non matching batch codes. Like you said it’s probably nothing to worry about, but since it was the first time for me I wanted to hear what Mugler had to say.
Recently I have also contacted three stores in different countries in Europe with Ultra Zest in stock and all of them have the same batch code on the box: 514293A. This is a little weird though, because first: it’s an older batch than 0511*** and second: two of these stores didn’t have Ultra Zest in stock a couple of months ago.
Where did they get their hands on this older batch of a limited and discontinued fragrance???
Pure Tonka I literally have to scrub off, otherwise the scent won’t go away. So far I have a roller coaster relationship with Pure Tonka, sometimes it’s comforting and others it’s cloying, but I totally agree that if Ultra Zest had that kind of performance I would stock up before it’s gone. Fantastic scent!
Peewhehardeby – :
@ danielbas
Yeah I have the very same batch codes. 514293A on the box and 0514293 on the bottle. My pure havane has two different batch codes aswell, my PM and PT do not. Just like ultra zest my pure havane did register on mugler circle and the batch code related to november 2015 I believe.
Maybe the differing batch codes on the box and bottle, had something to do with them messing up package production in that time period (april). Having to reproduce new proper packaging then added the letter A behind the batch code on the new packaging to indentify it as such.
Like you mentioned, I also did some digging and people that did a review on it in feb/march/april of 2015 also claim they get 8-10ish hours. At the time of those reviews it was impossible to have a november batch of Ultra Zest.
Maybe longevity is exaggerated by people. Whatever it is just spray some extra sprays to make up for it. If this had the performance of pure tonka or pure malt it would be beyond amazing.
tinkiboy – :
@HurAcraft and Chazas:
I have exactly the same experience as you. I recently blind bought Ultra Zest and my bottle is also from an April 2015 batch. It lacks very much in performance compared to my other A*Men fragrances (PM, PH and PT). The weird thing is though, that the batch code on the box and bottle doesn’t match. It is similar, 514293A on the box and 0514293 on the bottle. It wasn’t readable on the bottle because the engraving is super thin and shallow (unlike my other A*Men fragrances) but with a pencil and then a rubber I managed to make it visible. Non matching codes has never happened to me before so I contacted Mugler about it. They wanted to know the store in which I purchased it and after giving them that information they answered that it was an unauthorized stockist and therefor couldn’t help me further.
The code inside the box for the Mugler circle is legit and the box and bottle are without doubt the real thing. I also find it hard to believe that Ultra Zest would be a target for the faking industry. But it is weird how people have so different opinions about the performance of this fragrance. Even before November 2015 (when batches with code 0511*** wouldn’t have been available) the comments here and elsewhere differ very much, some saying it’s a beast and others it’s very weak.
I love the scent while it lasts, though!
lescha.spirin2012 – :
Batch of “0514293” April 2015 seem to lack in performance compared to other Muglers I have, Pure Havane, Pure Malt, Pure Tonka and original A*MEN.
There seem to be a two batches of Ultra Zest, at least what I have found. Probably the first release of batches is April 2015 with batch 5*****A or 514**** and the later one from November 2015 with batch that starts 0511***. All of those later batches have an amazing performance, which is strange.
Scent wise, the opening and dry-down is super energetic and uplifting, love it absolutely. A new very fresh citrusy vanilla orange vibe with a touch of minty ginger and this DNA of spicy fruits, gourmand coffee and burnt pie from original A*men and Pure Malt.
maratik11 – :
Scent is nice.. orange/citrusy and smooth. Bit sweet too.
However performance is garbage on me… everyone talking about 8-12 hours. Well I get 1-2 hours at best, after that its gone? Not talking about the citrus aspect, the entire scent is gone after 1-2 hours.
Mine came sealed with offical mugler seal and the mugler circle invitation thing. Also has a legit unique code inside the box (it registered online) and the batch code relates to april 2015. Meaning my bottle cant be a fake?.
I dont know… Really like