"Are you wearing Angel perfume?"
That is a pick-up line appears every now and then in TV series or in a novel, sometimes I do wonder, have the authors smelt Angel, or any version of it? Because in the little world of perfumistas, despite the name "Angel", Angle by Thierry Mugler has been a rather polarizing perfume.
That is a pick-up line appears every now and then in TV series or in a novel, sometimes I do wonder, have the authors smelt Angel, or any version of it? Because in the little world of perfumistas, despite the name "Angel", Angle by Thierry Mugler has been a rather polarizing perfume.
I happen to like Angel a lot, but it is definitely not love at first site. It is more of a fascination at n+ site (where n equals to or larger than five times of trying).
Well...about the Angles...
- Angel EDP by Thierry Mugler
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Angel by Thierry Mugler is definately not a perfume for everyone, and some people missed out its beauty because of the unusual opening. It takes me several months to finally got that ‘ah-ha’ moment and have loved Angel since while before this ‘ah-ha’ moment I hated it with a passion and usually wash it off before I let it develop.
Angel is really complex; I cannot really distinguish any single monotone note.
The opening is dark, oriental but not too woody middle-east type of oriental. It’s patchouli-y, dark-chocolate-y while there is definitely some kind of fruity undertone which is barely there but essential for softening and brightening up this opening. It is like some kind of sweetness covered with heavy sensual licorice-hinted woodys, while vanilla-blended gourmand aspect simply running along. If Lolita Lempicka was a cheerful girl in up-scaled Chrismas party, then Angel is the same girl left a party early, holding the heels in one hand and texting by the other, and walking alone in dark lanes at night in a big city that never sleeps, to somewhere she knows she would rather end up.
Later on, it gets warmer, and some vanilla and sweet notes come in, in a really sensual and elegant manner instead of the sweet sticky pop pink way. Angel is really gourmand, vanilla-y in a foody way. The caramel is perfect mixed with the popcorn note here, I can smell it every now and then but it never bores you like some straight sugary ones. I cannot help but thinking about Shalimar, tho these two scents are not similar scentwise, but they evoke something, some vision, some kind of sentiment you might get from a film noir. If Shalimar was the nice, soft. really femmine side of a girl who has dinner by candle lights, using gorgeous Victorian style cutleries; then Angel was the girl who wears her black corset with a millitary coat on top of it and holding a Chai-Latte rushing through the subway.
The dry-down on me is really vanilla-creamy with the buttery caramel popcorn accords, all in a cosy comfortable way, which reminds me a line: "...everyone sleeps like a baby at night."
Angel is really complex; I cannot really distinguish any single monotone note.
The opening is dark, oriental but not too woody middle-east type of oriental. It’s patchouli-y, dark-chocolate-y while there is definitely some kind of fruity undertone which is barely there but essential for softening and brightening up this opening. It is like some kind of sweetness covered with heavy sensual licorice-hinted woodys, while vanilla-blended gourmand aspect simply running along. If Lolita Lempicka was a cheerful girl in up-scaled Chrismas party, then Angel is the same girl left a party early, holding the heels in one hand and texting by the other, and walking alone in dark lanes at night in a big city that never sleeps, to somewhere she knows she would rather end up.
Later on, it gets warmer, and some vanilla and sweet notes come in, in a really sensual and elegant manner instead of the sweet sticky pop pink way. Angel is really gourmand, vanilla-y in a foody way. The caramel is perfect mixed with the popcorn note here, I can smell it every now and then but it never bores you like some straight sugary ones. I cannot help but thinking about Shalimar, tho these two scents are not similar scentwise, but they evoke something, some vision, some kind of sentiment you might get from a film noir. If Shalimar was the nice, soft. really femmine side of a girl who has dinner by candle lights, using gorgeous Victorian style cutleries; then Angel was the girl who wears her black corset with a millitary coat on top of it and holding a Chai-Latte rushing through the subway.
The dry-down on me is really vanilla-creamy with the buttery caramel popcorn accords, all in a cosy comfortable way, which reminds me a line: "...everyone sleeps like a baby at night."
However, Angel seems to be one of the very perfume I can smell a difference from people to people, despite that I don’t really believe in the skin-chemistry thing and still speculate that’s just the way sales people get you to believe that you are unique; but anyways, it seems that after one hour of wearing this, the patchouli or oriental-related notes all vanished on my skin and as I said above, Angel is complex, but mostly I got gourmand, popcorn, caramel, vanilla on me; while I smelt really booze woods-infused patchouli on one other girl; and really bad quasi B.O scent on a woman who I saw sprayed Angel EDP on in the duty free shop and set besides me in the plane for one of my really unforgettable 10-hour flight.
Angel is a polarising scent, due to my love to Angel, I do recommend everyone to, at least, give it a try, to see if it is for you or not. Maybe you’ll fall in love with this too. Apply with a light hand and enjoy :-)
- Angel EDT by Thierry Mugler
Later last year, Angel Eau de Toilette by Thierry Mugler has launched, in a comet bottle and a slightly hue of the blue juice. Personally I have nothing against the original Angel, the EDP and I find that if sprayed with a light hand, or spray 1 hour before you go to work, Angel EDP works perfectly for daytime too. Oh well, they have bring in the EDT. The bottle-hovering part of me simply blind-bought a bottle, thinking nothing can go wrong with the EDT version of one of my beloved scent. I was wrong!
The start of the scent is like un-sweetened pineapple, berries and some other discreet fruity notes mixed with a minimal amount of slightly chocolate-flavoured milk and a dash of caramel-in-spirit.
After the rather radiant opening, Angel EDT goes quite linearly, with the fruity aspect tamed and the warm, sweet, milky vanilla-to-be aspect mingled with the typical patchouli and fuzzy buttery aspect the original Angel EDP has. This combination does make me think, oh well, this is a sheer version of the Angel, but it is so sheer, that I find the watery diluted-ness somehow ruins the original. I guess I’m a diehard Angel EDP fan then. Nevertheless, the EDT is pleasant, much less demanding of the wearer and really can be worn any time of the day.
To me, even though Angel EDT does have some resemblance to the original Angel, but it is more like a plain training bra, if the original one is a glamorous sexy laced-up high-end proper bra. Angel EDT to me, scentwise, is Escada-ish girly fruity scent mixed with ten times diluted Angel EDP, while the caramal, the chocolate, all the trademarks of Angel EDP have been suppressed to minimum, yet for strange reasons, Angel EDT still retains some of the Angel EDP-ness. If you want to finally be able to wear the Angel, give Angel EDT a try; if you are expecting something more than simply a people-pleaser version of Angel, skip sampling this, you won’t miss out that much.
- Angel Sunessence, by Thierry Mugler
Angel Sunessence is the limited edition flanker of Angel, launched in 2010. It disappointed me a lot. Since I'm a huge fan of the original angel, and thought the summer version would be just a little bit lighter and cheerful. How wrong I was! This version is indeed cheerful, too cheerful to retain the original Angel's essence. I sense a lot of bergamont and tropical accords made from hibiscus and well mixed berries.
This smells really cliché, like a cross between Chanel Chance Eau Fraiche’s opening freshness and some floral fruity sweet perfume release after 2000; and all the above got moulded into a quasi-Angel mould but couldn’t even fill it properly.
When Angel Sunessence settles down, it's less 'out' or odd. It has the creaminess base, but smells like a barely there watered-down Angel's dry down. If it was just a diluted Angel drydown, I would be happier. However, to me, the 'summer' accord in this Angel has some weird plastic-y honey in it which makes it hasty and nasty to my nose.
If you don't particularly like Angel's heavy, dark, strong and gourmand smell, and you tends to wear 'summer' type of scent, like echo-y, fresh, tropical scent, or find perfume like Chanel Eau Fraiche beautiful and more your thing(in comparison with perfumes heavy on vanilla, chocolate, etc), maybe Angel Sunessence will be the version of Angel that belong to you. However, honestly, I wouldn't recommend this flanker of Angel to anyone.
This smells really cliché, like a cross between Chanel Chance Eau Fraiche’s opening freshness and some floral fruity sweet perfume release after 2000; and all the above got moulded into a quasi-Angel mould but couldn’t even fill it properly.
When Angel Sunessence settles down, it's less 'out' or odd. It has the creaminess base, but smells like a barely there watered-down Angel's dry down. If it was just a diluted Angel drydown, I would be happier. However, to me, the 'summer' accord in this Angel has some weird plastic-y honey in it which makes it hasty and nasty to my nose.
If you don't particularly like Angel's heavy, dark, strong and gourmand smell, and you tends to wear 'summer' type of scent, like echo-y, fresh, tropical scent, or find perfume like Chanel Eau Fraiche beautiful and more your thing(in comparison with perfumes heavy on vanilla, chocolate, etc), maybe Angel Sunessence will be the version of Angel that belong to you. However, honestly, I wouldn't recommend this flanker of Angel to anyone.
- Angel Garden of Stars - Violette Angel, by Thierry Mugler
Violette Angel, as the name implies, is like the original Angel EDP mixed with violet and it is from the Angel Garden of Stars series from Thierry Mugler. I am not that impressed with this, but for whoever finds Angel just too much, and want something slightly cherry-chocholate-y and violet-candy-ish, give Violette Angel a try.
The beginning of Violette Angel is like the chocolate powder/solids, caramel, patchouli, nearly BO-ish (to some), Angel EDP opening. I personally find Angel EDP nice and the opening not as BO-ish as some might describe, but Violette Angel really makes me think of BO and it is quite disturbing.
Good news, the opening is short-lived and Violette Angel quickly settles to this rich, nearly dark-chocolate-y, and violet candy combo glazed with some dark cherry flavoured syrup. I know it’s odd to smell cherry in this as it is not listed in the notes, but who knows, it could be some chemical in the perfume which is also of the chemicals contributed to the real cherry flavour. In comparison with the original Angel, Violette Angel has this breeze light violet floral vibe in it, and from a distance, it smells rather transparent, watery in a good way, and might be the more wearable version of Angel to those who find Angel to dramatic.
As the scent develops in a rather linear fashion after this point, what I can smell is the cherry-sweetness dying and the oddly patchouli-ish incense-wanna-be sweet boozy accord try to come out but couldn’t, which reminiscent the D&G Anthology 10 Le Roue de la Fortune, which is another scent I tried to like but ended up finding it more underdeveloped.
Violette Angel might be hard to find in the average shopping mall, but In Black by J.Del Pozo could be easily spotted at a discounted rate in any of the PerfumeConnection shop and to my nose, there is a similarity with regards to the cherry-syrupy-chocolate aspect in both of the fragrances; not to mention that I find In Black a bit more pleasing as it stick to be more a straight gourmand-y scent. So…I guess, before you splurge on a blind-buy of Violette Angel, maybe try In Black first. I speculate that hardcore Angel lovers might find Violette Angel more a child’s play while Angel-haters won’t find Violette Angel that much different from the original.
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