Description
Angel by Mugler is a Oriental Vanilla fragrance for women. Angel was launched in 1992. Angel was created by Olivier Cresp and Yves de Chirin. Top notes are bergamot, melon, coconut, mandarin orange, jasmine, cassis, cotton candy and pineapple; middle notes are caraway, nutmeg, honey, apricot, blackberry, plum, orchid, peach, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, rose and red berries; base notes are tonka bean, vanilla, patchouli, sandalwood, amber, musk, chocolate and caramel. This perfume is the winner of award FiFi Award Hall Of Fame 2007.
Bergamot,Melon,Coconut,Mandarin Orange,Jasmine,Cassis,Cotton Candy,Pineapple,Caraway,Nutmeg,Honey,Apricot,Blackberry,Plum,Orchid,Peach,Jasmine,Lily-of-the-Valley,Rose,Red Berries,Tonka Bean,Vanilla,Patchouli,Sandalwood,Amber,Musk,Chocolate,Caramel
myl759Bessinepome – :
If you’re spraying this directly on the skin, you’re spraying too much already. This fragrance created the cloud gesture of spraying it three times in front of you in a fine mist and then walking through it. The slower you push down on the nozzle, the more you’re putting on you in a concentrated area; way too much! If you’ve never worn the fragrance, put on the cream for starters; it’s just as concentrated, but more control over how you apply it directly on your skin. One thing millennial are afraid to do is ask for help, ask for someone who’s trained on Mugler to help you! No one is always right, even the beauty consultants, but you need to learn how to apply fragrance the French way. There’s so many tips, tricks and techniques, but if you are able to go to a house/boutique of a brand, they can teach you ways of how the house suggests it to be worn. There’s no right or wrong way to wear fragrance, but there’s definitely better ways.
Grajek-D34 – :
Sorry to all the angel fans, to me this on me smells like cow poop. Terrible. I tried it in today.
And I had to run to the bathroom in the mall to wash my hand. Even now after 5 hs Its on my wrist smelling awful line sweaty smell.
Gosh! I think it depends on the body quemistry.
Its not my cup of tea.
kissa090990 – :
Not my perfume at all. Tried this one because of the amasing reviews but didn’t like at all. Smelled like a soft men’s aftershave and didn’t last on my skin (thank god). Huge let down.
SPOULPADESE – :
OMG guys! I’m having a GREAT “Angel Day” today! Over the years, I have changed my vote from “Love” to “Dislike” to “Like” (because I was unsure), back to “Hate” (many times over) and now, today, I’m back at “Love!”
Patchouli is probably one of my least favorite notes of all time (my skin just AMPS it like nobody’s business) and if I try Angel on the wrong day, I just smell like a hippie who tried to cover up BO by slathering on patchouli and rubbing bittersweet cooking chocolate on top of it.
Ohhhh, but not TODAY! It’s a crisp, cold fall day and started by layering on the Angel body lotion. (which is incredible). Then I sprayed on my Angel – NOT too heavily, mind you. And THEN – I layered on some Choco Musk to ensure I bring out the other lovely facets of Angel, especially that chocolate note. I am in straight up heaven!
Today, I can smell EVERY single note of Angel and they are interacting in perfect harmony – chocolate, cotton candy, sure – some patchouli stank is still in there, but there’s still caramel, vanilla, cranberry; yep, there’s the melon, oh what’s that, pineapple? etc. I can detect EVERY note. And it’s exquisite!
These days are rare, but when all the planets align, Angel can be one of the most beautiful smells ever. Today is a GOOD day!
BAHOcom – :
Angel marks me a perfume era.
I wasn’t wearing perfume till Angel came, mind you. Now it’s hard to remember the original version. I smell it now and it still makes me happy. I get red berries, vanilla extract and patchouli. I am glad it doesn’t have obvious floral accords, usually most oriental spicy perfumes are destroyed by rose or jasmine overdose. Angel isn’t a cute thing, but who says that perfumes should be just girly and cute?
xaqani – :
Not just me, Angel is not for me. Smells like a milkshake on MDF in a gravel pit on a rainy day once it hits my skin.if you are of the I want to love Angel but it wont love me back types try Ange Ou Demon, on me it smells how I think Angel should have smelled.
qaw119speagoessenda – :
Disclaimer: I HATE patchouli. Like. A lot. I can’t stand it.
So, here’s the thing with Angel. According to the notes, this should be a fruity exotic gourmand. However, that’s not what Angel is. Angel smells like patchouli, sterile fake chocolate, and plastic bag. All the notes that are listed just drown in the patchouli. Sad.
However, I get why people are so hyped about it. If you like gourmands and patchouli, you’re way more likely to enjoy Angel. Yet, as you can see in the reviews, many people find it dirty smelling or masculine, so even patchouli lovers can be disappointed. On my skin it smells like plain patchouli, plastic bag and some vague fake chocolate. Not dirty, just unpleasant. I scrubbed it off after 15 minutes but OH BOY it lasted for dayyyys
mvgova – :
Dang, these are some polarizing reviews. Well, I’m very much on team Angel. It absolutely has a dirty vibe and as someone said before in another review it does kind of give me the vibe of someone who hasn’t showered for a day or two spraying a fruity vanilla perfume on top of everything, but hey. Perfect for the winter, dates, and nights out. Not great for close-quartered offices unless you want your colleagues hate you.
Tak16739 – :
Smells like chocolate & patchouli on my skin. There’s something dirty and masculine about it on me and I’m not a fan.
ksktatjana – :
It must be a special day.
I have had one of my intermittent squirts of Angel and today I think I can actually smell some fruit, flowers and something sweet.
It’s still mostly patchouli and TCP and I’m straight in the bath after this review but maybe one day I will get this if only I keep on trying.
pasha655 – :
Having spent the past few years thoroughly immersing myself in the world of niche perfumery, I decided it was time to get back to my roots – mass market designer gourmands. I jumped back in with an infamous little number that had somehow evaded my radar during the early days of my perfume obsession: the one, the only, the fragrance that launched a thousand gourmands: Angel.
I’m a fan of Alien (it’s not a “must have,” but as far as designer frags go, it wears better on me than most), and also tend to fall for divisive, hard to love scents, so I just assumed this would be a winner.
NO. No, no, NO. I’m not gonna blather on and on about all of the reasons Angel doesn’t work for me. Suffice it to say, my nose registers this as unbearably rank pineapple-scented body odor from beginning to end. I made my poor husband take a whiff and he said (with zero prompting from me), “That smells like B.O. . . Why would they do that?”
I have no idea.
(My own negative experience aside, I’m genuinely thrilled that so many people love this! It will never fail to fascinate and amaze me how dramatically the perception of scent can vary among individuals. It must truly be our most personal of senses.)
corli – :
Angel, angel – I have always wanted to love him but he doesn’t love me back….
I have planned to test all Angel’s variations I have at home, one week each and Angel EDP was first.
On me it’s earthy and patchouli-y I’d love to smell chocolate/gourmand like I can smell it sometimes from other women but it will never happen. It doesn’t get on well with my body chemistry. It’s ok, but not what I hoped for.
And suprisingly, it doesn’t last long at all (or maybe it’s just me who always sprays very lightly due to having a baby and a husband with a very sensitive nose:)
ddlposter – :
Angel is a state of mind for me. The very first time in 1992 I sprayed just a drop from a sampler wrapped in an alluminium tiny bag, so were the first samples, and had a shock to the system… Something never smelled before, so strong and immediately started the reset of all my olfactory knowledge. I was not disgusted, neither disturbed, just plain shocked. Still remember staring at my wrist trying to realize what happened, like if watching could gave me a sense.. But smelling was the sense turned upside down and already the addiction was starting. The next hours couldn’t stop sniffing and the morning after the spell was still there.. Unbelievable. Angel is a cloud of celestial dust for me, real earthy dust like the ground under the snow.. The connection to winter ice for my is forever, undeniable and so present.. And so apt the color of the juice and the box.. Light blue and black.. I try to wear these exact colors when using Angel and believe me it works. Could never wear Angel with yellow or red.. Maybe I’m just mad but I firmly believe some fragrances are for certain colors only, at least so it works for me. After all is said about this masterwork just one thing makes me angry… All the hype about a reformulation that simply has never happened. Why on earth some people keep on trying to insist the smell has changed when everybody knows it’s not this the case. Legends have been reformulated, I know, you know and it’s reported clearly by the brands themselves.. As for Chanel n5 or some Guerlain, but not Thierry Mugler’s Angel simply because her notes are so chemical from the start and it’s meant to be so. Ifra regulations ruined mostly natural compositions like oakmoss based perfumes, such a shame actually, but the magic on which Angel is based simply is not allergenic in any component that’s why it never changed. Not even toned down and whoever kept using and regularly buying Angel from the very beginning knows it… But sometimes it seems to me we overreact to the reformulation issue and start fearing all our loved fumes changed someway and suggestion do the rest.. And begin to loose lucidity. Anyway opened just now my new eco refill bottle, 100 ml in the box with only MUGLER written on, yes, just that one, the public enemy number one, and my old celestial friend is still there, loud and dusty blue as always.
stalker_2010 – :
I understand why this one is a classic – it is insanely audacious.
Yet I can’t understand why it’s so adored. Angel’s sweetness smells heavy, earthy and dirty – sort of like a person who doesn’t shower regularly, and then they cover up the smell with vanilla fragrance.
igoriok81 – :
انجل یکی از ساختارشکن ترین و تأثیرگذار ترین کارهای عطرسازی بازار انبوه اوایل دهه 90 بود. یه عطر خوشطعم میوه ای خیلی عالی و استخون دار که سراسر جهان جایگاه پیدا کرد. شکلات، نارگیل، آبنباتها به همراه ملون و پرتقال ماندارین در رأس عطر قرار داره و کمی روایح فلورال سرتاسر اون. یه ترکیب منحصر بفرد از این نت ها برای خلق عطری عمق دار، شیرین و خیلی خاص که در سال 2007 برنده جایزه تالار مشاهیر فی فی شد.
خوشبختانه/متأسفانه (بسته به دیدگاه)، انجل یه بازخورد تجاری باورنکردنی داشت بطوریکه تو یه دوره خاص تقریبا همه اون رو می پوشیدن. تو اواسط دهه 90 هر کلاب، بار، رستوران، دیسکو یا فضای عمومی با بوی قوی انجل پر شده بود چون هر دختر یا زنی این عطرو با مقدار خیلی زیادی استفاده می کرد، بنابراین خیلی سریع به چیزی تهوع آور و آزاردهنده وارونه شد.
حالا، بعد از تقریبا دو دهه، زمان کار خودشو انجام داده و بنظر میرسه بسیاری از افراد این عطرو فراموش کردن تا انجل بتونه دوباره پوشیده بشه، اما خانم ها خواهش می کنم… تو میزان مصرفش دقت کنید.
یه نقطه عطف تو عطرسازی و یه کارِ که حتما باید امتحانش کرد.
forest2082 – :
When I first sprayed this perfume I thought it smells awful. It reminded me of a male body odour and living in a warm climate, the scent gives me headache. But one day I sprayed a tiny amount of it on my cloth and keep it in the wardrobe and forgot about it for about a week. When I took my cloth out from the wardrobe to be worn that day, I cant stop sniffing myself. The chocolate scent appeared making it smells amazingly edible. Will surely sprayed this into my wardrobe once in a while but never directly on my skin.
RXobergH – :
Its smells sooo heavvy dusty old patchouly, i gagged and gagged…
After spraying it on me i went in the shower and wash it away. Then i sold it very cheap tho a friend who like it.
The worst perfume i ever had:(
merjan – :
I have such a complicated relationship with Angel. Some days it leaves me smelling like an unwashed hippie, but then other days it smells, well, angelic. Today is one of those days! Angel is lovely when the chocolate, caramel, and fruit can be felt along with that signature sharp patchouli. There is nothing out there quite like it. I may prefer Angel Muse a bit more for the fact that it consistently smells fabulous but the days that Angel plays nice, it is up there in my favorites.
Longevity and sillage are out of this world. One spray is probably enough but I like to do three and be surrounded in that luscious candy cloud 🙂
emanuel – :
What can I say? 26 years and looking better than ever. You are a head-turner, haunting, irresistible, unforgettable beauty… The Shalimar of modern times. A mass seduction artifact… As vicious as an angelic being can be. As tender as a child’s touch can feel. 26 years after, and you’re still unequaled, irreplaceable, eternal…
goodly – :
When Angel first came to mass department stores around the end of the 90’s, I wanted to love it. I’m addicted to gourmand scents, and I love smelling edible. As much as I adored the first hit, it would literally make me ill when I wore it, like the feeling you get when being around diesel exhaust. I still always loved smelling a bottle when I walked by it in a store.
Then the body cream came out. The sales people will tell you that there’s a bottle of Angel in every jar, but it smelled different (less candy floss and a lot more bergamot), and I loved it. Maybe by that time Angel had been reformulateda and either a synthetic or an oil had changed, either way, I was hooked. I then bought the shower gel and luxuriated in the sandalwood, caramel and patchouli accords of the bath gel (it’s very heavy patchouli without the metallic aftertaste because of the sandalwood).
I decided to give Amen a try, because I knew it was similar to Angel but probably didn’t have the notes in Angel that made me sick if I was around it too long. I love Amen (and I typically dislike men’s fragrances), but it didn’t quite cut it for me. So I took the plunge and bought a big bottle of Angel, and OMG, I’m obsessed. I don’t think Angel comes across as anywhere near as complex as it’s stated to be. I smell candy floss, bergamot, tonka bean, patchouli and sandalwood, and it ends there.
Because Angel is so simple, it’s perfect to mix (I guess that’s why there’s been SO MANY FLANKERS). My favourites are mixing it with Sisley Eau de Campagne and Trish McEvoy’s #9 (the regular, not Sexy 9). I also will give a few spritz after putting on Amen and Amen Pure Havane, as well as Clinique Happy for Men.
Angel is absolutely a “love it or hate” fragrance, and it’s totally understandable why people have strong opinions about it, but let’s not hate on a fragrance just because it’s popular.
uggs outletk3 – :
Fall is back with wind and rain, I want something warm and comfortable in the neck and under my shirt… With the warmth of the skin it blossoms, less intense than in the past but still a nice scent. Angel… Back again. What a long strory we share together! Perfume of my 20es, 30es when I’m reaching 50…
Bottles are stunning. I still have a 75 ml EDP but mostly use the 100 and the bath line that matches perfectly with the scent. It’s also an option when you want projection with or without the EDP with great longevity. Cannot do without body lotion by day and body cream by night.
Notes listed here are wrong (Head: bergamot; Heart: red berries; Bottom: patchouli, cocoa, vanilla; no flowers at all); Mugler’s formula’s are known to be short & based on 2-3 main componants overdosed. And Mugler was developped not bought by Clarins!
Angel… loved or hated, but never unnoticed, the first and one of the best fruitchouli for grown up people, far from the yummi, jammy, childish followers.
tautsmapy – :
That’s because it’s been reformulated a few times to make it more modern. It’s not what Angel used to be. Now it’s more tolerable and appealing to a lot more women. Now it’s just a fruity chocolate fragrance
dzudoist1996 – :
I have been searching for a perfume with that “something” for a few years now. Everything just seemed so… meh. I looked up the notes on Alien, hoping Mugler would have the answer, and being a white floral girl, the notes looked perfect on paper. I rushed to Sephora, hoping to buy Alien right away, but when I tried it, nope, I just couldn’t. Angel was right beside it, so I tried her on, and although I was not immediately convinced, I could not stop smelling my wrist.