Angel Mugler for women

I belong to the Angel's lover since day one.
It really is groundbreaking, but only in its vintage version. Today's Angel is a ghost of what it used to be: this is why I love Angel Muse, which retained the vintage vibes (and is, of course, discontinued). This is how happiness and love smell to me

"pee pee poo poo I don't like patchouli or fun"

...This perfume is for cotton candy enthusiasts who already have enough friends.

If the devil had a signature scent, this would be it. Some perfumes can clear elevators, this thing can clear an open air football stadium. If I were a divorce lawyer, I would encourage my clients to start wearing this to get the other party to abandon the primary residence. When Luca Turin called this scent groundbreaking, he was being literal, as too many sprays of this can shift the tectonic plates. This is a weapon of mass olfaction. Seriously, has the CIA considered this fragrance as an alternative to water-boarding? I would claim that there are no words to describe this, but that would be ironic, as I could do this all day. Worst perfume in history going back to eau de smashed wild berry brine in marinated mastodon feces from cave man times. If you wear this one, no we cannot be friends and no I do not have a cup of sugar so get off my lawn.

This smells like cat piss and sweat on me / in the bottle. This is actually my best friend's signature and on her it's beautiful. But for some reason this scent hates my skin lol

Smells like fresh szechuan pepper, a little bit of BO on the opening but the dry down might be quite pleasant to some

To me it smells like rum combined with spices and sour fruits. Then layer that with just pure sweets!! The dry down to me is pure patchouli, chocolate, & spices. I personally love it, it’s very unique but very very strong!!

I had been very keen to try OG Angel for a while - the EDT turns to a mouthwtering praline for me, and Angel Elixir is a complex sweet and woody mix that is perfect for aututumn and winter evenings. So I got a little 1ml tester spray and I am really,really glad I didn't blind buy. My skin took the patchouli note and did not let go. I had a single test spray on my arm, and for eleven hours I was a one note sensory bomb. Even after scrubbing it at the eight hour mark, my entire world had been reduced to patchouli.

However, my partner described a fruity, juicy fragrance that he really enjoyed, and even asked if I was going to purchase the full bottle. So I can only assume I smell great to other people, and I was the Patchouli Monster to only myself. I might get a mini so I can wear it when I have a cold and my partner doesn't.

first impressions: i get a blast of the patchouli with something b.o. it almost feels spicy. the b.o. thing then goes away quickly and the patchouli starts feeling raspy and earthy along with a tart, sparkling mixed berries like note. those are the 2 main accords i get at first. its in your face, colorful and sparkling. then as its settling down on my skin, especially interacting with the heat of my skin and the environment, the mix of sweet notes are emerging. i get the caramel, maybe the honey, but mostly caramel for me, some chocolate perhaps, cotton candy with a crystalized sugar feel in it and a lot of vanilla which reminds me of vanilla sundae at some point. all while blending in with the sparkling tartness of the red berries accord. and what makes this so interesting is the patchouli which adds such a cool touch to the mix, giving off an almost mentholated/minty, herbal, and cool earthiness providing a texture that grounds the sweetness adding some depth to it but not in a dark, borderline gothic way. for a lack of a better word it fancies and dresses it up rather than just being a straight up dessert. finally in the drydown, its mostly the vanilla with a touch of the coolness of the patchouli that i mostly get on my skin.

definitely a going out all night til day light, clubbing scent. i can envision this being a perfect scent that mixes with the smell of people's vapes perfuming in the air and a perfect scent to mask the smell of a really good kush and alcohol😊 just all throughout a good time scent. now i'm dying to get a bottle of it and spend nights with it<3

Honestly - kind of obsessed with this. I would never buy it and I would almost certainly never wear it. But at the same time, it's a masterpiece. Smells like being viciously attacked by a very sexy woman.

Ok, not a review so much as my first impression on spraying the sample on my skin. The sample is a current formulation of the EDP. I have smelled this before, but no recently. Upon first spray, my first thought was "OMG, did they add a strong cumin note to Angel now?" Came here to verify the notes, and looks like not. But, here's what it smells like on me: cumin and patchouli. I don't like any sort of cumin scent in perfumes, so even though that may not be a note in the perfume, that's the note that is showing up on my skin. Very odd.

Angel EDP (2023, L’Óreal - Current formula)

One of the most random thoughts I had at the beginning of this year was to buy Angel based on a good impression I had of it in 2015 (!!!) and the insane fetish of wanting to have the beautiful blue star bottle (!!!). Crazy, I know.

When it finally arrived, I was immediately delighted by the beauty of its iconic bottle: the heavy glass, slightly tinted a light blue, faceted like a diamond, the sky blue liquid, the mirrored silver of its spray... Angel has the most BEAUTIFUL bottle of perfumery, a work of art. It makes perfect sense to be refillable, as I'd never have the courage to throw it away, as it was made to be eternal and preserved by its owner.

The fragrance? Complex. Unique.
In the early days, Angel on me was just patchouli.
Camphorated, mint-y, cold, damp, earthy, dark, a bit “musty” patchouli — and I LOVED it. From beginning to end it was this note, I felt practically nothing but patchouli.

But then the magic happened!!!

As I wore it, Angel revealed itself, transformed, expanded...
In addition to the patchouli, I began to feel its gourmand notes more and more: the drydown, on me, reveals a delicious and cozy creamy vanilla, pieces of dark, dark chocolate, wads of cotton candy... It's an INSANE perfume because you can feel these sweet notes at the same time and in an abstract way, as if it were an impressionist/cubist painting: there is no defined shape, the lines are misshapen, the colors are blurred, but you know it forms the image of sweets.

It's a gourmand perfume, with sweet notes, but it never smells like something edible, as the patchouli stops it from smelling like food, from being silly, childish. Fortunately!

It's a bizarre, crazy perfume, but it's ADDICTIVE!
Angel has some kind of spell in its aroma that makes you insatiable, all the time wanting to feel its strange and changing scent develop, revealing new facets. It holds your attention, it bewitches your senses. It causes repulsion and attraction. The scent that remains on the skin, hours after being applied, is the SEXIEST thing I've ever smell, super appealing, it exudes a *very* sensual energy.

Angel is that type of perfume that seems to get even better when it starts to merge with the natural smell of your skin, when your body starts to heat up and sweat.

But let's get to the negative parts: Angel is no longer the apocalyptic bomb it used to be.

The new formula produced by L'Óreal has an okay performance: it stays on me for around 6/7 hours maximum, but its sillage, projection power and trail have been reduced when compared to the old Angel.
Proof of this is that with 4-6 sprays (!!!), I can easily use it to go to work and not bother/kill anyone. I even asked my co-worker if she could smell it, sitting at a desk close to me. She said she didn't smell anything. I offered her my wrist to smell and she thought it was “nice and smooth”.

For longtime Angel fans, this is disappointing, catastrophic. For me, it's not a completely negative point, as it's no longer such a prohibitive perfume to be used, however, a small part of me still thinks that it was born to cause outrage, controversy, and not just be “nice and smooth " LMAO

The point is: even with the current formula, Angel is still one of the biggest and most impactful perfumes launched in the last 30 years.
Love it or hate it, still a reference, an avant-garde, an icon, a moment, a legend, a pioneer of its genre. NO, I repeat, NO modern perfume can be as polarizing, as controversial, exciting and interesting as it.
Still UNIQUE.

Later on, I'll review the oldest versions I get to try.

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Just a PRO-TIP: I purchased a star-shaped bottle of the body wash/ shower gel. It is older and says "Thierry Mugler" on the silver twist cap (very small). LOOK for this as it has the vibe of the older formula ! I use it as a "dab on" soft perfume -- it's pretty strong -- I can smell it for most of the day ! Thank me later. P.S. The shower gel has that "slightly dirty" vibe that the new ones do NOT have ! You long time users - KNOW of what I speak !

Angel is heavenly! I first encountered Angel in 2000 and was deeply intrigued by the complex aura that my high school best friend wore. Sniffing the tester didn’t do it justice.. the magic of Angel is born when worn. Overnight, I became a fan and transfixed by the layers of Angel.

Angel was my signature fragrance up until 2012, until I decided to experiment. I’ve just gone back to it again and love it as much! The Angel of today as many reviewers have said is slightly different but honestly, it has the same magic! I have however just ordered the preformulated version and another bottle as backup of the current version because I know I just entered another era of making Angel my signature fragrance.


Angel possess the complexity of high end, niche fragrances. With multiple layers that transition for what seems like all day. A true luxury and amazing value for money.

She is not for the faint hearted and is designed to turn heads. Personally, 4 sprays in total lasts all day!


I’m so glad I’ve gone back to Angel. It brings back such amazing memories.

Genuinely such a beautiful fragrance. My dad got this for me for my birthday and I've never loved a perfume more. It's an earthy sweet scent that mellows out into a spicy gourmand. So so so addicting! If you like light scents this is not for you. She is STRONG!! A perfect scent for girls with big personalities ^_^!!

Firstly, if you prefer light scents then this REALLY is not for you, it’s unapologetic, aggressively sweet and has an olfactory punch still not matched by many others.

Angel has a unique ability to create hatred for itself or a deep love for it, there isn’t much in between. This is very much like Poison by Dior in as far as that it is designed to be worn by the person who is unabashed and cannot be worn without a sufficient level of personal confidence, if you have the courage to wear Angel and the confidence to ensure it doesn’t ‘wear you’ then it certainly can make you feel like an Angel if you embrace it. It can be very empowering. The fragrance itself is extremely memorable and it is unique in my collection in as far that you will still reach for it even when you are on the fence because it is oddly addictive in nature.

Looking at the fragrance itself, it’s obviously aggressively sweet and extreme with silage, the sweetness itself despite being gourmand doesn’t really have a pin-point-able singular food it matches its more of a general mysterious sweet. The patchouli is blatant even from the very few seconds after application, it grounds the sweetness with a nearly grassy note on my skin.

Final thoughts are that Angel is absolutely the style of Thierry Mugler Haute Couture collections (at-least 80s & 90s) if it was condensed into a fragrance, unusual, intriguing and daring in every sense, exactly as Diorissimo arguably is the spirit of Dior in an olfactory essence.

Angel is a dare to be different.

The amount of trials and tribulations I’ve gone through with this perfume.. one of the first ones I tried in the store when I started my fragrance journey only 2 short months ago lol.. initially.. HATEDDD IT!! thought the opening was so harsh and borderline disgusting.. howeverrrrr.. the dry down is DIVINEEE FEMININITY! Istg the first time I sprayed this on myself in the beginning of my journey it was literally wretched.. but I just recently tried it again in the store after starting to figure out what I like and don’t like (spoiler alert I loveeee Mugler).. and I’m?? OBSESSED???? Idk if my nose and palette has already evolved that much in a short time, but this literally smells NOTHING like it initially did on me.. every time I’ve tried this perfume it’s smelled different, but this last time was something of magic. I literally ran to Mercari to buy a bottle. I think I’m truly obsessed. I didn’t choose Angel, Angel chose me <3

ABSOLUTELY SICKENINGLY SWEET. Suffocation by a fruit punch bowl that had been laced with chocolate syrup and vanilla extract.

I get most of the notes that are listed (I also get notes of sweet melons) and it dries down to a light powdery chocolate after 3 or so hours (It's summer)

Surprisingly my mother who has a keen nose told me it smelled nice (same with A*men)

5/10 absolutely NOT for everyone

I've tried SO HARD to like this perfume as the notes on paper seem magical, but it just doesn't seem this perfume is for my skin.

I have fond memories of a classmate in school smelling so delicious and sweet and mysterious, because she was an angel girlie so I tried sampling it at Sephora. Biggest mistake of my life.

On my skin it smells like a very masculine patchouli. In the opening I could also smell the bergamot but after an hour in the dry down I didn't get any sweet notes or bergamot. Im still wondering where the cotton candy is.

I thought maybe it smells so horrible on me because the new reformulation is different than the old Angel. I found a vintage angel from the early 2000's (the liquid in the bottle was green tinted so I am positive this was the OG formula).

I sampled that too. Still smelled horrible on me.

So I guess this perfume just doen't match with my skin chemistry.

I'm not saying this perfume is indeed horrible, because Ive smelled it on other women and it smelled DIVINE, however on me, it smells like a spicy patchouli aftershave.

Dirty, sweaty, passionate sex in a bottle!
This scent is so damn sexy! It reminds me of Tom Ford London.
Funny enough, my girlfriend hates how this smells, but she loves the male version (A*Men), which I hate, so maybe Thierry Mugler was on to something... Each version attracts the opposite sex.

why does this smell like carmex, how do people like this stuff?

This is literally a MEN perfume! Women smell vulgar when wear this....sorry ladies, but i ll get it for myself

It's like your entire body has been dipped into the most rich honey with fresh jasmine petals carefully placed on top as decoration. It's opulent, it oozes a sexual energy and almost masquerades it as something sweet and innocent. I absolutely adore it on me, admittedly I love a gourmand and a loud scent and angel definitely fits the bill. But I also understand the dislike, my friend tried it and mixed with her skin chemistry it smelled horrid, not at all the sexy yummy honey bomb I experienced. Most definitely try it out on yourself before buying :)

weird. smells of menthol and old wardrobes. or dusty car boot sales and stale sweets. the patchouli masculinises it too. unisex. incense-y. quirky old man who wears a fur hat and reads tarot cards.

Mixed feelings. Straight from the bottle? I LOVE so unique and distinctive. On my skin? So overwhelming, I have awoken from sleep the days I have sprayed it to literally go throw up. Eternal longevity. Im still experimenting with how much is too much and I figured one or two sprays on clothes might be ideal. Not on skin where its bothersome but on clothes in a way where you can leave a delicious and enticing trail and while it is not seeping in your skin.

Sweet caramel, vanilla, spicy with heavy patchouli in the background. Everyone hating I believe has a big problem with patchouli, which can be very earthy, and musty. I personally love patchouli so if you love patchouli and some sweet caramel you will love angel. I found a new way to spray it. You definitely have to spray this in the air and walk through. It can be overwhelming if you heavily spray on your body.

Smells like licorice to me.

I was in a gym class recently and a lady near me was wearing this. It took all my restraint to not call the police.
Absolute sociopath behaviour.

I find this to be a balanced blend of fruity sweet and spicy cinnamon scents. The balance stops it from being cloying. Sometimes I pick up a pleasant whiff of it on my clothes the day after I wear it, other times I can't smell anything after 3 or 4 hours. I enjoy wearing it to elevate casual winter days to make me feel more put together. It does feel 2000s to me. Maybe because I was in high school at that time, it doesn't give me the stripper vibes other people talk about. It's more innocent or juvenile to me.

I literally ADORE the smell of the Body Lotion and Body Cream!
My signature.
Best dry-down ever.
Addictive!
Thank you Mugler for this masterpiece.

The Dry Down makes me swoon !! Its an absolute LOVE for me ! You need to get to the dry down! if you don't like the first hour or so and you're only making judgement on Angel in the first hour please give it a chance .. sometimes even a few tries on different days does it . My Favorite ..

This is such a offensive perfume , I have never smelt anything like it such a foul scent so hard to get rid of the smell , such a bad experience

i was gifted a travel spray this a couple years ago when i wasnt as into perfumes so it ended up getting tossed into a drawer and forgotten about. i ended up finding it and trying it and i had to immediately scrub my skin to get the scent off me. it smells like an old catholic church. i was SHOCKED to find out it was the angel everyone raves about?! maybe its just on my skin but i dont think ive ever disliked a perfume as much as i have this one.

I can't help but love this. It smells like my mom in 2000. On me it leans a bit spicier and I've never gotten much of the more gourmand notes--but I prefer this. I will never not own a bottle.

I am absolutely addicted to this shit. Noticed it on my mother's bureau and my jaw dropped open.

"Is that...?"

"-Angel by Thierry Mugler? Yes it is."

Immediately hypnotized by this vanilla, and secretly citrusy little devil. I sincerely pity anyone who feels nausea or has a headache, sucks to suck. 10/10. The sexiest thing I've ever smelled.

What the fuck?!? This is hands down the worst fragrance I've ever smelled. It smells like the exotic cat enclosure at a zoo.

No matter how many times I wash my hands, I can't get the stink off me. I'm being victimised by this scent.

this is what my nightmares are made of i stg

Absolutely not. Sour patchouli. With some spice. Doesnt smell like a perfume at all.

Got my lil ol hands on a sample of a well macerated, earlier batch; and the difference between now and then is so marked. The earlier batches are a honeyed-dark chocolate patchouli bomb with a more distinct juiciness and herbaceous qualities, rife with complex, multi-faceted layers; giving different vibes of gourmand, fruity, earthy, grunge, flowery. I can't stop sniffing, it's making me crazy! God I love the real Angel and missed this like crazy. Still not as good as what I remember the first time smelling it on a friend in 2001, but way closer than what I smell out of the testers at Ulta! I need more 🥺

Swap offer: I'm on the highest level of the Mugler circle but cannot utilize my 1900 points because I'm outside the UK (EU). If you want something from the circle offers, I could ship it to you and you could in return send me something else. PM me if interested.🕊

I've been sitting on a sample of Mugler Angel for a while now, and I've gotta say, it's been quite the journey. At first, I really wasn't a fan. The patchouli was just too dominant for my taste, and it reminded me of, well, BO after a hot day. But strangely enough, it grew on me over time. It's like a guilty pleasure now—I find myself reaching for it more often than I'd like to admit. However, there's one major roadblock: my boyfriend absolutely despises it. I mean, he hates it with a passion. Even at the dry down, which I find beautiful, he can't stand it. And let's not forget the hefty price tag on a full bottle. As much as I've come to appreciate Mugler Angel, I think I'll have to pass on this one. I can definitely see why people call it polarizing.

I loved this fragrance when it first came out and it was divine. But till this day especially the body creme is really nice on its own. This was the start of the gourmand realm of fragrances for the fragrance world. It sold like crazy. I like it and you don't need to spray heavy. ppl are over spraying to get a headache. This scent works well , on mulatto or darker skin for some reason and it works for me.

gives me a major headache & nausea, i can’t bring myself to enjoy this perfume. it is a very sharp smelling fragrance and clogs up the room.

Smells like someone poured condensed milk into herbal soup

This fragrance is addicting! Sweet like dior hypnotic poison, dolce by Rosie Jane, and Prada candy. It smells like being on the beach all day then walking the boardwalk with cotton candy, coconut Australian gold still on the skin. A bit like the OGX coconut miracle lotion, but even sweeter. Truly do not understand the negative reviews. A warm gourmand frag with a tiny hint of apple. Lasts forever and only needs a spray or two.

The instyle brand "inspired by angel" is an exceedingly cheap dupe for anyone who wants to try angel before truly committing.

Oh Angel, they could never make me hate you. I recieved a 1.7oz bottle of this sweet syrupy strange patchouli elixir from Ebay in January and it's almost gone. I love this shit so much I spray it on my pillows before I sleep. Not to mention how fuzzy and soft it smells on my skin even after a whole day of classes. Opening is distinctly bright fruity/green patchouli and then after that bergamot and orange fades its a warm, dark sugar bomb with some dampness i guess but in a sexy way. I love Angel. I want a big ass bottle like that lady from 90 Day Fiance so I can smell like an angel too.

It smells really weird and spicy on my mom though. Skin chemistry is cray cray

Awful. I smelt it years ago and I remember that I did not like it at all, I recently got a sample and I had to wash the house because of it.
To me this is a vulgar perfume. It grows on you and sticks to everything in your environment.
Rotten sweaty fruit smoothie with salty bad breath saliva.
Warm, not fresh, sour, salty and sweet.
Do not dare wearing this in hot weather.

this patchouli is eternal. i sprayed a single spray to try it out and the smell has latched onto my sweater and 4 days later it still radiates patchouli.

i don't know whether or not i love it or i never want to smell it again. it's like a warm hug from someone that you're not sure you like. initial spray is so off-putting but it dries down to the most intriguing sweet mess. i couldn't stop sniffing it. is it addictive? weirdly. is it sexy? definitely. is it strange? yes.

a little goes a long way, it can be overwhelming and overpowering. this fragrance is a migraine trigger for my boss lol

This fragrance stinks but it’s so addictive, it’s like I don’t like it, but I kind of do??

There might be some cotton candy sweetness in there? Maybe? I think all I smell is patchouli. It feels like one massive dominating note on my skin rather than the huge blend fragrantica is suggesting.

Not bad, in any case. Not necessarily good or sexy or interesting, either. Just... well, again, patchouli. I'd recommend grabbing a tester for a few bucks on Mercari or Ebay before blindly buying a fb.

Edit: Updated to bad an hour later. I’m trying to scrub to no avail. Super heavy and cloying. My stomach is turning. Something smells cheap and body-odor-esque about it, which isn’t helping. I’ve got some “dirty” scents I like, but this is more “I haven’t bathed and am trying to cover it up with cheap dry shampoo and drugstore perfume” than “come hither” vibes.

Long story short, this fragrance is walking into a room acknowledging every fucking guy would like to fuck you

First of all, let me say, this is not What I expect from the name... there is no angel here LOL, pretty much the oppossite. Strong patchuli and sweetness along.
When I first tried it years ago I couldn't with it. I found it too sweet and kind of dirty scent. Years passed by and my smell has changed so I gave it another try... well, I really like it. I smell patchulli over any other note, but it is pretty addictive and unique as other mugler's scents as alien or aura.
I keep it for nights out but I guess that if you have the personality this fragrance requires, you could wear it any time.

A signature for me since the 90’s. Divine, iconic and cozy. I adore it. It is heavy and can be cloying so you have to be a little careful with the number of sprays. The patchouli, vanilla and sweet caramel are the prominent notes. This is the best lasting perfume in my fragrance wardrobe - at least 24hrs on me.

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The dry down is so addictive yall !!!!!😭, green patchouli kinda minty with hints of honey, coconut maybe. It gets better over time, it’s one of those interesting unique addictive scents,
it’s not overly sweet, anyone saying that is delusional & don’t come and tell me ppl have different noses

This would be sexy af!!!!! on a guy, you would stand out wearing it,
I just want to get a bottle to sniff it when I’m craving the smell

Not a safe blind buy but I recommend testing it, give it time to dry!, if you have love for perfumes you’ll love it the more you sniff it

Where is the sweetness people are pointing out?? In my opinion the listed notes doesn’t AT ALL represent this fragrance. Even if it has chocolate or pineapple notes, for me it gets completely washed out by the overpowering patchouli. For some reason it reminds me of licorice and polypody. The opening is extremely strong and headache inducing. I have a love, hate relationship with this fragrance, some days it’s mature and addictive, and on other days it gives me a literal migraine. Even when I find myself enjoying this fragrance, I would never wear it outside of my home, it is so extremely offensive and putridly strong.

Fascinatingly horrid. I get pineapple chocolate upside down cake that’s been vomited at a Christmas party (and I’m not exaggerating), my mom gets dirty motor oil. I actually thought Angel may be a love for me because nearly all of the notes are ones I enjoy, but all I smell is the aforementioned chocolate and pineapple, and patchouli. Truly so vile I was torn between throwing the testing strip away immediately or continuing to smell it because a perfume this bad is a once in a lifetime type of thing where you’re a bit amazed. Now that I’m thinking about it it’s like the olfactory experience of seeing insane takes on social media that you can’t stop reading because you’re just internally going…damn bitch you live like this. Except in this case it’s damn bitch you smell like this..

i tried this on a tester strip and for some reason it smelled a lot like a sauna to me!!!! definitely not bad, i think i just need to try this on my skin

Oddly enough the scent of Angel by Mugler was so off-putting I had to give the bottle away. It reminded me of cockroach insecticide from my childhood, so it felt like dousing myself with Baygon. Perfect recipe for a headache

So I wouldn't say I love it, but I don't hate it either - it's definitely intriguing, but I don't think I'll be wearing this one out in public. This is mostly because on me, the patchouli reads like hot skin - you know the smell your skin has when you've been out in the sun all day. It's a bodily odor, but not sweaty or dirty like BO. Combined with the sweetness of the cotton candy note, this is truly a strange olfactory experience - I appreciate it as I would appreciate a challenging puzzle that I'm always on the cusp of solving.

I’m fairly open-minded when it comes to fragrances and love a range of notes and profiles from niche, to designer, through to celeb and beyond. I wanted to love Angel.

Angel smells totally different on my skin than it did on the tester strip; my skin seems to amplify and push forward the patchouli, musk, and synthetic over-ripe sweetness. So this isn’t even a safe buy based on what you smell on a paper tester strip. Give it a go in your skin. Dries down fairly quickly, so you’ll know by the time you leave the store whether it agrees with you or not.

The first time I smelled Angel was around 99-2000. It was shockingly sweet. I’d never smelled anything like that before. It wasn’t bad at all, just too sweet.

Years later I sprayed it at the Nordstrom counter, walked outside, and ran straight into another store searching for a sink to wash it off. Where had all the sweetness gone? My wrist smelled like literal putrid garbage. It was so bad, I was embarrassed to be in public. As I rushed towards a sales lady desperate to ask for something to wipe my wrist, she complimented me on my stinky perfume!
It made no sense at all, so I did some research.

Angel is the first mainstream fragrance heavy on ethyl-maltol, which is supposed to be cotton candy sweet. Just like Iso-E Super and Ambroxan, wide portions of the population are various levels of anosmic to these synthetic chemicals. That’s why perfumes like Angel, BR540, Eccentric Molecules are so polarizing.

I think, if you can smell ethyl maltol properly, Angel must be heavenly. If you’re sensitive to it, Angel is too sweet. And if you’re anosmic, whatever’s left of Angel is beyond vile.

I don’t know when I went from sensitive to anosmic with these chemicals. But as someone who’s been on both sides of the “delicious vs disgusting” debate with Angel, I can attest that the haters aren’t being overdramatic.

I'm sorry if you love this fragrance, but the first time I smelled it, I found it so disgusting. Insecticide, dirt chemical smell. The Patchouli is so overpowering I could barely smell the gourmand, sweet notes that I thought would make this scent smell delicious. Very sad. Please don't over spray this. Longevity is excellent and projection is huge, so everyone around you will be nauseous.

In my very first review of this, I absolutely loathed it. No matter how many times I tried this, I couldn't get over that stinky patchouli note. Fast forward a couple of years later, and trying out many of its flankers, I found my almost full bottle and gave it another go.

I don't know what's changed, but I love it. I still detect that patchouli note, but for some reason, it doesn't bother me anymore. It's still very hard to detect particular notes. In the opening, I do get the fruity vibe. The dry down mellows a little bit, where you start to smell more of the vanilla and sweet notes.

There is a lot going on here, but it lasts. I can smell it on my clothes all day and get random wafts of it throughout the day. Again, people will notice you with this, and not all will have a positive reaction to it. I will continue to use this sparingly, because I can see the sweetness getting a little bit overbearing and sickly (and I love REALLY sweet scents). But, I love it!

Overly sweet. Nauseating and despicable. I like it on others but frankly horrid on myself.

this is the worst thing i have ever smelled it is genuinely repulsive i cannot believe how anyone approved this i would rather kill myself rather than smell this garbage again all of those notes you see? all lies the notes should be garbage juice mystery liquid rotted body and 55 week old tomato i apologize to all the fragrances i haven't liked invictus og im sorry azzaro chrome im sorry both spicebomb infareds im sorry axe body spray im sorry bath and body works body mist im sorry and every thing else im so unbelievably sorry because i didnt know what this smelled like i wasnt familiar with this you almost have to respect something for being this bad maybe its because im a stupid cisgender man who trembles at the genius of women but it doesn't matter this might have ruined patchouli that dastardly patchouli in this conglomerate of ingredients made in hell what pshychopath created this and what psychopaths enjoy it even though i am an athiest this is a ploy from satan to deter people from heaven because angel is a disgrace to humans and life in general once the sun blows up in 10 billion years i will rest happy because this will be gone no number can describe how horrible this is

Zero agreeance on my skin. When I look at the notes, they seem nothing at all like what I smelt on myself, which was like insecticide thrown onto a pile of broken rotten eggs. It was so hard to scrub off too.

very distinct and unique, but it was way too strong for me. i don’t think it suits my age or my skin chemistry. i have family members who wear this, and i don’t think it’s offensive on them, but i think it is on me! overall, very complex and very elegant, but gave me headaches and i couldn’t scrub the scent off of me.

Overly sweet

I'm 30 and I remember my mum having a bottle of Angel when I was a kid. This perfume reminds me of the early 2000s. Makes me so nostalgic. It's a masterpiece.

I don't understand why a lot of people don't like it. I wanna take a bath with it.

NOT a safe blind buy. For goodness’ sake, try it before you buy a bottle. I still have it on me after i washed my wrist multiple time and it reeks. To my nose, it’s a mess- smells like a cheap men’s cologne, those minty creams my grandma used for arthritis and a jarring blend of spices. I was disappointed since i heard so many stories about this fragrance monolith.

I had an alien flanker one one hand and angel on another hand and i was wondering why are they called this way, since the schens give off the opposite vibes: why is this strange, jarring smell called ‘angel’ and the soft, creamy one called ‘alien’?

I love the way Angel straight up messes with peoples’ heads. That’s what a perfume is supposed to do. (If it’s got anything about it) Angel chooses you. You have no power.

I have a giant refill bottle from my mother that is half full, and this bottle is certainly from the 90's or the early 2000's.
EVERY woman was wearing it in the 90's (ok, not *every* woman, but you could smell it practically everywhere). I remember smelling it on my mother ALL the time (she doesn't wear this anymore, though.)
She'd even let me wear it, as a young girl, because I loved it so much. I thought of myself as such an adult, strutting around in my Limited Too clothes and butterfly hair clips, lol.

The memories of the Angel craze make me so nostalgic. It was a sexy, unique fragrance that went fully mainstream; the Flowerbomb of its time (as far as popularity and sweetness).
Even though it is a gourmand patchouli beast, there's no way I could hate Angel.

Unfortunately, it was so iconic that when I smell it on someone today, I go, rather flatly: "oh, they're wearing Angel". Haha, not an excited "oh my gosh what ARE they wearing?!"
Angel is too distinct, so there really isn't a wow factor to it. It's like a song you really loved on the radio, but it was over-played so much that you just wish it would stop...
But it's really not about wowing others, it's about wearing what you like.

Angel, as impactful as it is, plays out very simply for me.
I'm in awe at the slew of notes listed here, because I can only make out the following: cotton candy, pineapple, vanilla, patchouli, and a mix of florals sandwiched in between.
It stays the same all day long, and the sillage will forcefully pull strangers into it's orbit.
Winter fragrance for sure, most preferably in the evening.

Oh, Angel. You are a fallen Angel, but your enticing qualities will never cease to linger on my skin and in my memories.

I didn't think I'd love this as much as I do! There's something kind of stoner chic about it all. I have realized I simply love patchouli, and the way it blends with all the sweetness and vanilla is actually divine. This feels somewhat manic pixie dream girl in a way. Clearly influential on the Ariana Grande lines, feels like the next maturity level up from something like god is a woman (and actually lasts!)

patchouli hater mfs when they realise without it their fav perfumes would last two hours🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

Finally tried this out. I definitely understand now what people say: you're generally in the Alien camp or the Angel camp, but not both. I thought I might be in the minority and end up liking both since I do enjoy Angel Nova. As a die hard lover of the original Alien, Angel came as an unpleasant shock. Only two sprays but it radiated this grassy small with something cloying underneath, probably jasmine. I have a hard time understanding why a female would want to smell like this. Hard pass!

There's a few components here : there's a warm woody/patchouli scent, then what I at first thought was peach, but settled into something less easily identifiable, like a sweet pastry on a buttered crust. There's a hint of floral, not overpowering, just some background white floral. It dried down to something more powdery that seems to last forever. Overall an enjoyable scent, more suited to cooler weather because this can come off as pungent at the start.

I like how this smells on clothes about 24 hours after spritzing, but in the meantime I feel like I’m babysitting the patchouli, which is so strong and sharp and lasts for way too long. For how many other notes there are listed here, you may never smell them through the hours-long stinging sharpness that dominates the fragrance. I smell this and I think old church lady.

Barbie's jet fuel

Evolves throughout the day and long, long into the night. Don't dismiss this as dated *but try before you buy* and if you're lucky, it will suit you and be a stunning, complex, masterpiece

this is one of the worst fragrances I have ever had the horror of smelling (not the worst however, that goes to Clinique Happy.) It smells like rotting bodies under the most nasty way past mature compost, If I smelt this on someone in public I'd probably pass out of shock, If the government ever tried to kidnap and waterboard information out of me they wouldn't have to, simply put me in a room where this fragrance has been cemented into the walls and I'll start spilling more than a waterfall could imagine.

I tried this for the first time this week and completely understand why this scent is so polarizing. What I did not expect was to have a simultaneous love/hate relationship with it myself. The opening is the dirtiest Patchouli I've ever smelled...definitely a bit reminiscent of B.O. to my nose. It's also super loud...the kind of projection that travels up your nose and zaps your brain lol That being said, I'm obsessed with the dry down and sillage. I now realize that I've smelled this dry down in the wild a few times and it's a scent I've been hoping to one day come across and add to my collection. Now I have! Even though the opening is obnoxious, I will be keeping this one in my collection.

Angel has such a legacy. Its her-story and influence goes beyond me, and I couldn't possibly give any insight there that hasn't already been shared.

What I will say is that as a 20-something (me, at 29, hanging onto my twenties lmao) experiencing this for the first time in 2024, Angel is not the challenging demon of a fragrance that I had expected it to be. For me, this comes as across as very tropical and fruity with patchouli. The pineapple is the most noticeable note to me, and even though it isn't listed, something comes across as very mango-y as well. 🥭🍍

I think since 1992, Angel's sugary influence has made such an impact on mainstream fragrance that I (we?) grew up and experienced this saccharine overdose as "standard" fragrance. The drenching of ethyl maltol feels a dime a dozen when we're looking at past and recent offerings from celebrity fragrances, Bath & Body Works or Victoria's Secret. So coming back to it now, yes, it's certainly sweet, but it feels more palatable than how I imagine it was when it first arrived on the scene. And let me be clear, this isn't a criticism. I'm not saying that Angel's lost it's charm or allure. What I'm saying is that I really appreciate Angel for establishing a hallmark moment in perfume history and seeing it's impact on fragrance even decades later.❣️

WOW. Just wow. This is beautiful. I love it, my mom gave it to me at christmas and I’m in love. She knows I love coconut, but also classy smells. By the way i’m 27, so this doesn’t smell like an old lady at all.

I'm not sure if I like it since I can smell tabbaco in it or some sort of smokeyness. It's overly sweet and smokey to my nose. Even though I own it I never reach for it.

All these notes and the only one that's detectable is the patchouli, actually it screams into the deepest depths of your nostrils. I wanted to see what the the hype was about for awhile now so when I saw a tester for this in store, I was excited to try it out.

I expected an intense, fruity, sweet, gourmand fragrance. My god, I was right about the intensity, because this is PUNGENT. The first time I smelt this, I had a physical reaction. I winced and coughed from the attack the gave my nose. I made my mom smell it as well, she had the same reaction and exclaimed that it 'stinks'. I could have not been more disappointed in a perfume. If this was an angel personified, it would be Lucifer.

Since A*Men is discontinued, this really does make a very good masculine scent, IMO 😉 Just don’t get carried away with it.
I prefer the older bottles of this, the current version of it in the store now is depressingly watered down.

i have no memory of what this smells like anymore. i only remember the visceral reaction i had to it in an ulta, the only time a fragrance has ever completely repulsed me.

EDIT: i smelt it in an ulta again. not as visceral of a reaction as i remembered but i still really do not like it. i cannot imagine a fragrance that tried to squeeze 28 total notes in it to be good. contrary to their names, Alien smells way more normal, even though i don't enjoy it either.

What can I say? This smell is just me. :) Can not imagine it on anybody else. Amazing, intense, long lasting. Have it since 90s and still have it. Tried it in the shop lately, it doesn't smell as intense as it used to. Thanks god I still have plenty in my bottle.

I’ve been wanting to sample this since at least 1998. I remember asking someone at Perfume Mania or one of those mall perfume shops if I could sample it, she said, “sorry, it’s too expensive for you to test it.” Now that I am finally trying it, I don’t care for it, I don’t get all the hype or the high price. All these notes, but all that really stands out is that dirty patchouli. I can’t fathom how anyone would over spray this? I feel like you would choke people out. Please don’t overspray this, or any strong, polarizing scent for that matter. It will leave a trail of victims and not everyone will tell you it’s offensive. It does smell familiar, I’ve probably smelled it many times over the years and I’m sure there have been many copy cats. I might have liked it in the past, I used to be more of a patch fan, but to my nose this smells off. I am even wondering if this sample is bad. It’s also kind of boring and the name Angel does not suit it at all.

Just awful.

I could never pull this off but I remember kind of liking it on others. I mostly get patchouli, chocolate and sickly sweet fruit. It's definitely a love/hate polarizing perfume. I'm sure it's currently watered down like Alien and much less in your face which is probably a good thing for this one.

Definitely a 'you love it or hate it' scent. Out of the bottle, I smell almost an impact of citrus. On my skin, it smells really good dried down, almost like a sweet sangria/mulled wine scent or like candied spiced orange sort of scent, definitely a gourmand scent. I definitely think it could be worn all year round.

it was one of the worst fragrances i have ever tried. overly spicy and almost dirty smelling

I absolutely ADORE this fragrance. <3
Was able to buy for a veryyy accessible price an old formula (Thierry Mugler) of this beauty through Ebay and it’s absolutely gorgeous. But don’t get too disappointed, I also have the current version (Mugler) after reformulation and love both sooo much. There are some differences of course but in my opinion you’re not missing out a lot if you only have the current version, it’s almost the same scent but it does change a little bit. The opening has a very sharp patchouli and the old formula has a sweet cotton candy patchouli. Also longevity is a little less, the old formula is a BEAST, but this is still a GEM, one of my favorites ever. <33
Ignore some of the comments down below and wear fragrance for YOU not for others, I overspray Angel (15-20 sprays) and get nothing but compliments. This enters the room first and goes before you as the most beautiful guardian angel with a lovely delicious sillage charged with uniqueness. It is a vintage scent of course but I’m 23 y/o and it’s just delicious on my skin. A MUST in every collection, this will not disappoint. xoxo. <333

For me, this one is a bit too edible, like smelling the smell of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, but in your neck. Or that you just sprayed on perfume and then started baking cookies. I can't figure it out, somehow you keep sniffing it. Very cosy.

Someone walk me through how they enjoy this perfume. Worst perfume Ive ever smelled! It is so dark and heavy and stinks up the whole room. I like how someone described this as traumatizing. I was bagging up some mini perfume samples I had, and this one leaked. I couldnt get the smell off my hands for a solid 12 hrs and I washed my hands multiple times. The stink is overpowering. Immediate headache. All I smell is dark, heavy & overbearing pepper & patchouli. Very very harsh. If you want to turn heads, wear this cause people will be wondering who shriveled up their nostrils.

I had so many perfumes and this one is absolutely the worst! Couldn't stand how sweet and wierd it was ..don't get this mix scent, all I got is like cheap cheesy overdone sweet scents but not a likable sweet... never want to smell it again lol

It’s not often I would say that a perfume smells bad, but this is so offensive to my nose. It’s harsh and sickly sweet at the same time. I like Angel Nova after it settles a bit, but I’m not sure that Mugler will be my guy.

I have this and there is just a note that amps up & smells so strong. Maybe it's the caraway that makes this go horribly wrong? I love a good patchouli scent. This smells like overly sweet, dirty patchouli tinged with BO. Not for me.

I have two bottle from the original (1992) formulation. I inherited them from my mom (RIP). This scent is the embodiment of the early 90s, as I remember them.... a hangover from the 80s excess. Edie Falco (Carmela Soprano) wore this a LOT back then, and I definitely associate this as a "mob wife" type of scent. I feel like a powerful Jersey baddie when I wear it. Soooo much better than the newer formulations. You own the room when you wear this!

I’m actually digging the new Angel formulation, I got a gift set for cheap and I must say this is very wearable. It has all the Angel DNA but the honey and patch and some of the stankier notes are a bit toned down and I get more of the praline, vanilla, tonka and musk. Yes, unfortunately the sillage and longevity is way toned down. But still pretty present.

No. I feel traumatized.

Angel has stood the test of time for me, I have never found a night time perfume that I love as much. I have worn it since the mid nineties and it holds so many memories for me happy and sad

I can't even describe how disappointed I am about this fragrance. It smells horrible and I can tell right away when someone's wearing it. It's disgusting! Strong, dirty/ dust smell, linear and overpowering. Literally nothing good about the smell, but it does seem to last forever. It smells like a baby boomer trying to act like she's hot. Can't even describe how it makes me want to run away when i smell it. It's a good refference for me tho since anything that's described as similar is a sure NO for me

Anyone who loves this, try La Rive - River. You can thank me later. Great clone at £12/100ml which is perfect for work wear at the price, it's not as strong so I do overapply but it's such a close scent match with a pretty bottle and lovely blue colour. It saves me wasting my Angel EDP or EDT for work when I still want to smell like a boss.

Of all the finer things in life, perfume is undoubtedly the trashiest. The idea of ‘cheap perfume’ seems to be somehow both a socioeconomic location, and an attempt to transcend and transgress class boundaries with beauty. From the very beginning, perfume was a piece of fashion you could touch. The original Miss Dior was a small chunk of Christian Dior’s flesh, his heart – even – the average woman could just barely afford to own. Small crystalline dogs sit neatly upon their back legs with a collar that reads – J'Appartiens a Miss Dior! (trans. I belong to Miss Dior!). The subtext here is clear: perfume has always been a way for laypeople to indulge in the fantasy of becoming luxury itself. But why, then, does a seemingly masochistic view of this commodity fetish – one that places the grandeur of its aspirations against the reality of perfume’s cheapness and disposability – feel so damn endearing? Perhaps, I will argue, there is a certain pathos in knowing that the dream is only a dream, and still dreaming it for dreaming’s sake. The beauty of popular perfume to me, is one of artifice. It harkens back to an emotional moment where perfume was something special and strange your mom kept on the top of her dresser. Just barely out of reach, you strain towards it like a moth to a flame – hoping to capture some contrived essence of what turns girls into women: what galvanizes somewhere between your unformed breasts to make your boyish prepubescent body into the same stuff of stars. You know now, the name of that scintillating star you were reaching for – and it can be bought at Ulta for ninety five dollars, even.

Mugler’s 1992 Angel hit the shelves and the subconsciousness of Middle America as hard as the first brick thrown at Stonewall met an unsuspecting cop’s face. The impact this perfume had upon the landscape of not only designer but niche fragrance cannot be understated. Often heralded the first gourmand, its noxious mix of cotton candy, honey, fruits, chocolate, and patchouli is unmistakeable. Believe it or not, this was the first major perfume to smell entirely like something you could eat. I have written at notorious length about the politics of women smelling like food, but needless to say this problematic dynamic is now virtually inescapable in modern life. Angel, however, speaks the subversive language of unrepentant y2k maximalism. There is a delightful performance here of men being punished with an excess of what they want – sweet, sticky, slutty, syrupy, sexy smells broadcast so loud they cease being alluring and only make your ears bleed. If Mitsuoko was the 20th century’s first perfume – all enigmatic and earthen – Angel is the last real perfume of the century: heralding Modernism’s breathy collapse towards Post-Modernism with a cacophony of coconut consumerist cum-tributes. The fulcrum around which this perfume fluctuates is the patchouli note. Without it, Angel would be all clouds – sweet, saccharine, and nothing more. Isolated, the patchouli kills the party. You can find countless reviews on fragrantica calling it “disgusting,” “sweaty,” “body odor-like,” ad infinitum. But as jasmine needs cat-pee-indoles and rose needs civet secretions, Angel’s cotton candy needs that dank patchouli base to truly shine. An exquisite candy corpse, what makes Angel’s chemical makeup unique is the first real use of ethyl maltol as a main note. Originally used as a food flavoring to mimic the taste of chocolate, trace amounts had been used in other perfumes before, but here it was held front and center. Alongside a near 30% inclusion of patchouli, I am reminded weirdly enough of Fzotic’s Corpse Reviver – an off-kilter niche perfume consisting mainly of the marriage between chocolate cake and animalic whiskey. Needless to say, Angel is, to me, a lighting-in-a-bottle moment of one off designer experimentalism. Where else can we find a perfume idiosyncratic enough to be worn by both Nicole Kidman and Hillary Clinton. Wear this to an orgy or to the opera. You’ll be sure to turn heads and trigger gag reflexes either way.

Angel is an olfactory carnival. It's evocative in a big, rowdy, overstimulated way; more chaotic than coherent. As friendly and playful as it is oversized and pushy.

Angel's core is comprised of chocolate, vanilla, and caramel, so muddled they've become a single conjoined note—a sort of 'cara-choco-nilla' accord that subsumes all other notes in its radius. Giddy hints of syrupy fruit and subtle, earthy spices present as facets of the cara-choco-nilla core that has swallowed them up.

The only note that manages to resist being assimilated into Angel's gourmand maw is patchouli. Like a single parent chaperoning a child's birthday party, the patchouli remains ever-present and separate; attendant to the chaos with its dry, slightly musty oversight.

All I have to say is, if you don't like this fragrance, that's more than ok. It's also more than ok to state your opinion on what it smells like to you. This is my signature fragrance and I find no offense to the people who hate this. Not every perfume is for everyone. I do agree, this is not a safe blind buy even if you love patchouli. Test it first! Happy sampling!

Hmm. I left a glowing review yesterday, as I'd been using up the last of a bottle I assumed was the newer formulation. How magical and unique and well designed the scent is. Today, I opened my new bottle and realized that the bottle I just finished was a previous formula. So today I'm wearing the newest formulation, and wow, it sure has changed, and not for the best. The review below sums it up perfectly. This is a strange, menthol patchouli now. Vicks vapo rub was the first thing that came to mind. Dries down somewhat baby powdery now? It's so light an airy and vanishes shockingly fast. I just resprayed 20 minutes ago and I'd describe its performance as similar to the strength Angel used to be the next day after I'd wake up.

The previous formula I finished yesterday was so weird and unique. It was patchouli, but very fruity, and very sweet, and after much searching, you got a sense of a chocolate caramel thing happening. Somehow it also translated in my mind to the smell of rain puddles.

This new formula is *barely* fruity, I can hardly detect any fruity notes, and I get no chocolate caramel at all... This has at most, 1/3 the amount of sweetness of the previous formula. Truly, just menthol patchouli with baby powder in the drydown, almost seems done in those airy molecule scent styles which I freaking hate. Seems they were trying to go more aromatic than gourmand in this version and I'm not here for it. I don't know what this is. I never liked patchouli, but I loved Angel, but I don't like this. I'm truly not a snob about this stuff and don't care who bought Mugler, but this is not a nice perfume. I'm shocked that some people made money to release this. I also need to find a vintage bottle now? I don't even think I want to keep this bottle, and of course I bought a huge one. Uhg. Just uhg.

Update: I sprayed HEAVILY before bed. When I woke up 6 hrs later I couldn’t detect any evidence I wore this perfume. Reapplying the new formula makes me sad. It feels like a really bad fake dupe, cheaply made with no lasting power or quality to the ingredients. I really try not to be closed minded about reformulations, often I can’t even tell, but they removed all the nice notes from this scent and gave it zero lasting power. At least I can dump the contents of my rechargeable star and fill it with something nice in the future.

Luckily, I wasted two whole days tracking down a couple of old formula bottles. Guess I’ll be cherishing them for the rest of my life, lol.

Mugler, you are now 0 for 2. I sprayed Alien onto a tester strip at Sephora, and I gagged a little. I'm so glad I didn't spray it on myself. I did look at the notes after the fact and understood why I didn't like it. However, the notes in Angel seemed intriguing, and since Fragrantica described it as having a sweet accord, I had higher hopes for it. Another gag-worthy scent (not in a good way). I sprayed it, and immediately, I knew I messed up. It smelled medicinal to me, similar to menthol and a commonly repeated ingredient by reviewers, anise. It reminded me of Vick's VaporRub, which may seem pleasant and comforting for some people, and if so, then this is the perfume for you. However, steer clear if you don't want to smell like ointment. This was pretty potent for a couple of hours, but luckily, it dissipated pretty quickly on me. I want to love a Mugler perfume so badly. Maybe one day.

Stepped out to sample D and G's new frag Devotion, saw Angel and remembered that so many people talked about loving it, called it the holy grail of big girl frags. Cute bottle too, it looked so futuristic and collectable. The sniff of the automizer gave me heavy, earthy hippy incense. That's weird, the bottle design said: "Fresh, Light, Angelic." Confused, I decided to spray on paper.
Dirty underwear. Stale sweat. Dirt/wet earth. Flea Market incense. Rotten fruit. Vague women's deodorant on unwashed bodies. This pretty much smells like the old stereotype of a "Dirty Hippy." It's hideous, and it LASTS. There is nothing sweet here, i just cannot find it. This is the scent of a woman who never bathes, wears mildewed clothes, rolls in the wet dirt, covers up the scent with deodorant and burns incense to cover the smell. It wouldn't be a necessarily bad frag, if not for the blatant dirty crotch note. I was shocked. The bottle was absolutely the complete opposite of the fragrance inside. How this translates to angelic and sweet for other people baffles me. I've heard that Angel is a love or hate, and even as a person who wears off beat frags, this is disgusting.

It was not love at first spray for me either… I see everyone in the comments hating on this perfume and I can completely understand where you are coming from. I wasn’t going to buy this for myself but my bf got it for me for Christmas and I have ended up really loving it. You need to give this perfume about an hour to settle into your skin for the true scent of it to come out, at least for me. When I first smelled this I immediately smelled cola and nothing else but after leaving the store I smelled it a few more times and I could completely smell some of the other base notes included in this fragrance. It’s definitely unisex and worth a smell. The notes that stick out to me the most are the cotton candy and the chocolate. It’s also refillable which is nice. Could be headache inducing for some but the longevity/ projection are there.

I thought I’d love it but oh dear…it was a disappointment! No sexiness whatsoever.

its DISGUSTING. i was so excited to smell this because the notes seemed divine but i literally could only smell patchouli when i sprayed it at the store, it wasnt fruity or sweet it was plain patchouli and anisse. It does last long though.. cuz i spent the whole day with that horrible scent on me even if i washed my wrists right after spraying it...

this might be the worst perfume i have ever smelled

NOT SAFE FOR BLIND BUYS !!!

idk man, i loved angel elixir and i bought that before i ever smelt this. i’m actually glad i didn’t buy a full bottle, it was given to me as a 10ml sample and i can honestly say, i HATE this.. i can smell PURE ANISEED and CAT PISS and it smells so medicinal to me i actually find it really nauseating.

im trying really hard to like the original angel but it’s just not for me :(

i definitely prefer the younger, fresher flankers such as angel nova and angel elixir much much more even though people say they lack the original angel dna which is why they got so much hate!! but for me, that’s a good thing as i absolutely do not like original angel !

it’s quite interesting when you blind buy a polarising scent, i knew what risk i was taking when i bought angel EDT but if anything it helps me discover more about what notes i do like and don’t like so it’s not too bad!

UPDATE: after a couple hours, the dry-down is much more tolerable but still very unisex. i like feminine scents so i don’t love this, it’s still very much a hate for me…

With this much ingridients, it is a masterclass to put it so beautifully.

I decided to revisit Angel after a conversation with my partners Mum. I never liked it years ago, but thought I'd give it another chance as I recently blind brought Angel edt and absolutely loved it
Il admit I'm still not sold on the first spray but after a while it settles into a beautiful scent which was enough to convince me to buy a 15ml bottle. However the Angel I remember lasted for eternity... which at the time was awful as I was convinced I hated it! Now I've grown to love it it doesn't seem to be as long lasting. Maybe I go nose blind to it after a few hours or maybe as others have said its been spoilt by reformulation.
Over all I do find Angel edt to be more long lasting (pretty much all day on me) than Angel edp but theres definitely room for both in my collection

Horrendous beyond words!
I've had this and liked it when l was a lot younger as I'm into sweet heavy scents. However now I'm a mature lady l dislike it intensely. I get why others love it, and l used to for the same reasons. But now l find it cloying and offensive and it gives me a headache and eventually makes me naucious, its sweet to the point of becoming a bit urine-y. If someone in a room is wearing it, l immediately feel uncomfortable and offended by the smell and if someone wears it on a sweaty unwashed body & they have a body chemistry that doesnt mix with it well, then it smells like rotting flesh. And of course its fragrance power is nuclear too, so no chance of a subtle flickering whiff, nope it's like a brick to the face when someone wears this. Sorry its not for me not even if it was free, actually, maybe if it was free I'd have it just to sell or swap for something l do like. l also find it ridiculously overpriced too, so I'm glad it's not one of my favourites. Plus l hate perfume bottles that won't stand up, this bottle design has always bothered my love of order and symmetry on the perfume table. It's semi triggering for a neat freak like me. All my bottles are arranged in rows of height and shape of bottle on clear glass descending shelves this would mess up the pattern. These little things matter to me.
Hate the price, hate the bottle design, hate the smell, hate how overrated it is, hate how everyone seems to love it and looks at me like im a weirdo when l say l dont like it, as if l have no taste. I actually have excellent taste, and that's why l dislike this. I give this hateful antagonistic little purple savage a 2/10. I bet Thierry Mugler secretly hates it too, and would rather wear the anal glands of a dead decomposing skunk before they'd put this "bowels of hell" scented atrocity on. 😆 🤣 😂 But l feel l have to mention that Mugler is an amazing brand overall though. I came for them a little hard in this review and they didn't even send for me. Sorry Mugler. 😆 😆 😆 But this perfume though, it invokes those neggy feelings in me. I just can't...

Angel my beloved- the perfume that started my obsession. This one taught me perfume can be anything other than just light, fresh, and inoffensive. Angel is loud. It lasts forever, and projects more than any perfume I've ever used. It's controversial. It's sweet but has a dirty, almost animalic edge. The patchouli is unavoidable from initial spray to dry down, and it turns surprisingly musky after several hours. It's sweet without being syrupy or cloying. Some people hate it, and I can see why. When someone else walks in wearing Angel, you can instantly tell. I have sampled many perfumes, but I hope this is the one that people smell and think of me. If Angel has 100 fans I am one. If Angel has 1 fan, that is me. If Angel has no fans, I am dead.

Let's start a campaign to get the original Angel back on the shelves. The current angel reformulation is a travesty to the iconic and legendary angel fragrance created by Thierry mugler in the 1990s. Mugler needs to stop discontinuing iconic fragrances such as aura and muse and to stop reformulating these iconic fragrances that bear no resemblance to the original and have no lasting power. These new basic and linear releases are a dishonour to this brand. Please comment regarding requesting the original angel to get back on our shelves.

If you feel as strongly as I do about this please submit a comment requesting the original angel formulation to be put back on ort shelves by submitting a comment to mugler.co.uk and [email protected].

Straight up patchouli and dark chocolate with a very medicinal quality. I agree with another user who said it smells minty; but it’s not minty in the sense of peppermint, more like how mouthwash smells where it almost feels like your nose hairs are going to burn off. People will smell you from across the room.

Angel opens with such loud and unapologetic PATCHOULI!!! that I can see how people walk away from the experience with a bad taste in their mouths (quite literally, she’s a beast.)
But the dry down is where the magic happens. It smells like nothing else before or since. There’s a reason this fragrance is so iconic. It’s bright like citrus but doesn’t smell like citrus, sweet and rich like chocolate cake without smelling like chocolate cake, smooth and clean like soap without being remotely soapy. Addictive like…. Idk, crack? I keep swearing I need just one more sniff.

I walked into a perfume store and spritzed this on today and wow. Body odor. As it dries down, this sweetness comes to the fore. So the initial stages of the drydown = candied body odor, and the candied aspect becomes more prominent while the body odor fades with time. There was a review that said that this smells like someone with BO tried to cover it up with perfume. This.

smells like banana every time i try it

I mean… I have too many perfumes to count. Probably 400 by now? Yet, no fail, I keep coming back to Angel when I go out ( the vintage version), nothing elicits compliments like this. It lasts and lasts and mixes with my skin perfectly. It’s not for everyone, but it adds sexiness and sass to any nightly outfit. I feel like I was meant to wear this perfume ( I have had it since I was 14). It’s not my most elegant. It’s not quiet luxury. It’s not refined. It’s not discrete. Here’s what it is: it’s womanly, it’s enticing, it’s a mood lifter, it’s decadent— it commands attention while being mysterious at the same time. It enhances my confidence immediately. To me, it does not smell dated at all. Angel on moisturized skin with the cream is just femme fatale. While I’ve never been able to pull off Alien, Angel is my second skin and part of my DNA. If you know, you know. Bear in mind that L’Oréal destroyed it.

A strong classic amber and spicy patchouli fragrance. I get a bit of orange and powdery jasmine too. If you like amber, you’ll probably enjoy this.

Every time I need a pick me up - Angel will do it. It's positive, uplifting and yummy. Patchouli is prominent and delicious. I can also hear woody and fruity notes. I especially love wearing it during holidays, it simply is sparkling! Even a tiny spritz will last all day and give waifs with each move. It's a classic year-round and is popular for a reason - it's a masterpiece!

This fragrance is heavenly to me.Probably the smell of the Eden Garden.I honestly don't get why Angel is hated but Chanel n°5 is loved and praised all the time?
It's what marketing does to people. (Comparing those 2 not because they are similar - they arent by any means similar- etremely worldwide popular fragrances)
Angel on me is fresh citrusy a bit woody.Then it gets sweet.
Its like I'm in a theme park on a chilly summer night and I'm eating cotton candy.Surrounded by burning patchouli incense.
Just incredible.
I have 2 different bottles of Angel.
The old formulation is my favorite.The newer one is a tad more masculine maybe.
Frizzy sweetness,earthy smoothness.Good for all year round,all ages all ocassions.Simply apply with moderation.

Just a guy impression here, I recognize it often in the streets. Clear as a day it's a heavy composition of over-saturated ingredients but to me it always translated into a synonym for a natural, fresh, cotton smell. It makes me lie into it like on a cloudy pillow :shrug:

I didn't love it at first; alcohol and citrus. But it's dried down nicely. Very pachouli, and I'm getting the chocolate too. I like it

I regretted it as soon as I sprayed it on my skin in the store. The scent remained strong even after the shower and the next day as well.

Honey and white chocolate.

why. just why. way too many things going on. i don’t get any of the notes listed and it smells like medicine, mint, and the dentist’s office to me. if she has 10000 haters i am one of them, if she has 1 hater, that’s me. if she has no haters, i don’t exist.

I didn't like this at first smelled like rosemary herbs to, so I stored for years. I just recently found it again and wow, I can smell chocolate! The herby smell is there but smelled sweet now.

oh no, when I first sprayed it, I thought I got an old sample and it must be expired or something. So I went to another store to check it and...no, it is the way it smells.
Hm...it super intense patchouli , winter forest from the start . Warm gourmand spicy start and than patchouli, patchouli and patchouli. And somewhere in the background there's a peach screaming 'hey, I am actually here too, don't you see me?" I can also feel the chocolate base.
I am definitely not getting a bottle. It's too much.
And I don't get to notice cotton candy, coconut, vanilla, tonka and most of the pyramid at all. Completely.

It gives me the feeling that I am in the 90th and somebody left me under the Christmas tree in the yard in winter and I am waiting to be picked up :) Chilly, wintery spruce mood.

update:
I tried several more times and I just hate the opening. And I want to blame the pineapple :) But the base and what it turns into a couple of hours later is really really nice. It's patchouli and chocolate. Very gourmand. And the silage so amazing.

To sum up: I don't know, I am confused. I understand why it's a legend. But still the opening is so much not for me, I cannot even describe it. And later it turns into something really nice. So I like the second part almost as much as I don't like the first part :)

noo i had it
and gave me headache

Oh gosh no😭😭 and it WILL NOT COME OFF

Caution: Not for everyone. This fragrance, with its strong vanilla notes, can be overpowering and might suit an older demographic more. Not recommended for blind buys due to its intense nature. Test it first to ensure it matches your preferences for a robust scent.

So, I was sent a 3.4oz bottle by the brand & I was very confused by the scent at first. I had to wear it quite a few times to understand it. But.... Wow! I ADORE this fragrance. I only wish I had a decant of the ORIGINAL first made batches because judging from all the reviews I've read. The 2023 version is a watered Down version of the orig. This is everything a fragrance lover craves in a scent. It goes through every stage & has legs. I adore Layering this beauty to change it up or add power to a scent that needs a little kick. If ANYONE has the original batch & is looking to declutter.. Please DM me. Fragrance LOVER here & I am dying to experience this one in all its glory!

I adore Angel! I have being using it since 1998 and it is one of my all time favorite fragrances together with Hypnotic Poison.
To me Angel smells like honey, meringue, and a lovely earthy (but not too much) and chocolatey patchouli, with some caramel, vanilla and tonka. I do not smell the fruity notes, but I suppose they somehow contribute to make it so special.
I think this is a luminous, bright yet warm and comforting scent, a real masterpiece and the very blueprint for gourmand fragrances.
When people say it is dated and smell like their mothers.... yes, if you are in your twenties now, probably your mum used to or still wears Angel, but guys, try to open your mind, widen your perspectives, try to go back in 1992 and see how groundbreaking and modern it was and still is, since it is the OG. Like Chanel No. 5 or Shalimar or Opium, they are such masterpieces and were so unique and ahead of their times, that they really are timeless, in my opinion.
I see why Angel (and Alien as well) is so polarizing, being so strong and intense and unusual. Fortunately, I still have a pre-L'Óreal formulation since I have heard that this current one is quite watered down (I tried the current Alien and I see it is pretty changed, and for worse...).
What else can I say? Angel will always have a special place in my heart!

sprayed on my wrist at the airport. so alcoholic and strong on application, but mellows to a sweet spicy pineapple, warm mango… the guy I was with absolutely hated it lol but I thought it was quite interesting. It’s not for me but it’s bold and conveys all tones of yellow and orange. ooh you know what. it smells like my mango arizona drink.

One of my Mother's favourites, though feminine and ageless, encountered by me on some of my partners, would not be a fragrance i would consider wearing as a man, however noses change, and hearts too, recently i stumbled on a left over refillable bottle which i kept and i sprayed a bit to see if there are any fumes left, and there were more than enough for a day's work. actually it lasted on me 24 hours and more as a fantastic distant magical scent. however now after Mugler had left us, the house focused on newer and perhaps updated flankers which are strongly marketed and finding a decently priced original Angel for Women becomes an issue in the present, at least here. however, with all the superlatives, i can not rate it as feminine anymore, even though the animalic tones were used by me with Animal Animal which clearly has the same DNA but masculine based. i would not hesitate wear Angel as a man, wearing my mostly manly outfits and in most manly environments. as to those complaining it being too bold and too strong, please learn how to tone down you own spraying habits, we who loved the Mugler repertoire for decaded love to pay our money for a Bold and unchanging and non diluted product.

Nauseating to me. I know it has a following and I think we all know at least someone who has this as a signature scent. Evokes mixed memories to me. A classic divider.

Incredibly strong and bold. I can understand why people either love it or hate it.

I don’t understand the hate around this perfume. I got a sample expecting to hate it based on the reviews, but i think it smells amazing. It’s the perfect mixture of sweet and spicy. It is definitely a strong and bold scent and that’s something I love about it. It lasted hours on me and the longer it did I could really smell the patchouli (one of my favorite scents). I can’t smell every note since there’s like a million lol but on my skin it smells a lot like spicy honey. Will definitely be purchasing the full size.

I wish I'd tried the original Angel, because I love the notes I pick up in the current formulation, but they're weak and disappear quickly. I'm really disappointed in this one. I get a nice dose of citrus at the start, very tart and fresh, then it quickly settles into a sweet caramel scent, but just as quickly that's gone too, leaving the faintest breath of powdery sweetness if I press my nose to my skin. The whole experience is over in well under an hour. It doesn't even hang around on my clothes. 😕

Such a bold fragrance, but I adore it! There's a lot going on here, but at the forefront is a dry "dirty" patchouli along with dark chocolate & caramel.

There is one thing about this perfume that no one mentions. For me its very shocking, and i think about it every time i wear it....the bottle is blue, therefore the scent should be fresh and oceanic, light....but it smells SWEET, HEAVY, STICKY! So contradicting! Sweet perfumes always have red, black or pink bottles! Anyways this is one of my all time favourite.

My Aunties signature scent. When i was younger she used to give me the empty bottles which still smelt long after the perfume had run out.
I brought this for myself in my 20s but it was too mature for me then.
Now I've revisited in my 30s and it suits my skin so well. This is a very comforting, mature scent. Elegant & Beautiful, 10/10

The scent after about an hour is lovely and pretty and sweet... but I absolutely cannot stand the first 59 minutes. Dry patchouli dankness on my skin with a touch of cleaning product. I wish it worked better on first spray for me, or maybe I just need exposure therapy...

Angel by Mugler! Where should I start??? Like actually so much going on here. My first impression of it was a bit powdery and an intense sweetness. Then some honey, cotton candy, fruity notes, and fabuloso.

Personally I barely smell any pachouli. In my nose it’s very sticky, sweet, and almost sour for lack of a better word.

I will say it is an extremely strong scent, lasting all day and even getting whiffs of it after a long shower.

After pondering what it reminded me of all day, I’ve decided it smells reminiscent of a middle school girls room. Messy, sticky, grotesque, with sweet chemically perfumes all over the vanity (bath and body works). Im talking you almost feel like you can’t sit down anywhere in her room.

I’m thinking the virgin suicides. Cluttered bathroom, with a carousel of a thousand perfumes.

It smells dated as well, like you would pick this up in your moms bathroom but she hasn’t used it since 1990.

As for the cat pee… I don’t smell that exactly. I do smell cat litter though. Almost like they tried covering it up using stronger, sweeter smells.

Overall I’m not a fan of this perfume, but I do appreciate it for what it is, and what it could smell like on/to different people.

Incredible patchouli for designer, I only just smelled this last week and was shocked at how bold this is for a designer fragrance. Really impressive, definitely can understand how this is polarizing. Not my cup of tea but I can appreciate it. Slay Thierry

i’m partially delighted that i can now join the clan of people who pick up “cat pee” as a note in their perfumes ! however, i will be steering away from cassis in my fragrance as it is personally not for me. in the opening, i verrrry briefly smell flowerbomb, which i attribute to the patchouli, though it exists in the base notes. but that could also be because i’ve been non stop spraying flowerbomb these past few days and even tried out LVEB this afternoon (lovely, might i add).

apart from the cat pee, i would say the opening is rather bright and citrusy. i don’t pick up the cotton candy on my skin nor the jasmine, which is fine by me since i am not a huge jasmine fan. no coconut either. i personally am unsure of how a pineapple note would smell like, but this fragrance is kind of tropical if you think hard enough. overall it has a medicinal touch to it, like a minty zambuk ointment. it’s .. bearable.

after more than 20 minutes the cat pee blends in but the medicinal smell lingers. after an even longer period of time it smells like those steaming hot face towels airlines give you before the flight. clean, soapy, almost like an expensive bathroom or hotel lobby. strangely enough, the patchouli is gone in the dry down, i get no chocolate or vanilla… i can faintly pick up the amber but i am overwhelmed by how this smells like the aftermath of a hot bath. it’s strange! it’s not unpleasant but it’s confusing since the notes DO NOT SEEM TO LINE UP! i’m sure it’s much different for others, so please try it yourself. i’ll probably revisit it in a week or so.

this fragrance is so weird in the way it changes and it’s definitely a complicated and complex one that tells a story, though im not sure if a cat pee to hot towel plot would entice anybody. not a “bad” fragrance by any means, but the vanilla + gourmand lover in me was sorely disappointed.

edit: THE CAT PISS DID NOT GO AWAY HELP I AM GONNA WASH IT OFF

beautiful bottle -- it was what first caught my eye.
as you can tell from the reviews, the fragrance itself is a hit or miss; it isn't something you shouldn't blindly purchase.
the bitter patchouli and the harsh spiciness is incredibly prominent.
i cannot detect the gourmands, but to me, it unfortunately reeks of alcohol.
i wish i could enjoy this, due its design and its notes, but i just cannot -- maybe one day.

I know this is classified as gourmand but nothing about this smells gourmand to me. All I can detect is the patchouli.

Makes me nauseous and gives me a headache. It's very busy and there's too much going on. There's nothing like it though... And it projects like crazy. People usually say if you hate Angel, you probably love Alien... And I do. In my opinion, they're opposites.

This is beautiful and infinitely more wearable layered with Mazzolari Vaniglia

Nostalgia in a bottle. My scent.. My fave… My Potion…

I distinctly remember as a child in the 90’s when my mom was gifted this gorgeous star with blue juice and was amazed from the packaging at the time it was something like no other and till this day it’s still the same, it’s like no other love it or hate it it’s one of a kind. I remember she loved it so much but she couldn’t handle it, was too strong for her gave her a headache, so she would have it sitting on her dresser and occasionally as a child she would let me spritz on myself, when I turned 12 I was allowed to wear perfume on a regular basis and she gave me her bottle of Angel that she had sitting on her dresser for decoration for years till this day my mom loves the fragrance but can’t wear it herself so she enjoys smelling it off of me. Angel gives me a sweet heavenly juicy candy, chocolate, vanilla, spicy woody powerful patchouly scent, I remembered when I first smelled this as a child it reminded me of being in a candy store and it was very surreal to me to smell something like that at time, this is definitely a masterpiece way of ahead of its time. IMO this needs to go with your body chemistry and tolerance for POWERFUL sweet patchouli aromas, DEFINITELY not a blind buy but I feel like every perfume lover should have this in their collection as a appreciation for it being the PIONEER of the gourmands family of fragrances. Definitely a MASTERPIECE CLASSIC and legend. Been wearing this perfume as a young teen over 20 years, fortunately I have a large backup of the vintage formulas, The new reformulations are a little heartbreak for the OG Angel wearers, it’s good but lacks in power, longevity, projection, depth and roundness of the patchouli, still great but less naughty. Muglar if any of you are reading this please do not change this anymore we can’t lose our angel

my most hated perfume. smelss complicated. you can feel the spicyness. do NOT blind buy it because you definitely gonna hate it.

Tried this in Ulta after previously smelling it on paper. Seriously seriously not for me. It smells like Carmex to me. If I go noseblind to that smell, it smells sort of clean underneath and maybe a little sweet, but I have a hard time getting past the Carmex smell. I wish I liked it! It sounds great based on the notes.

Oh, Angel! What a beautiful mythical creature you are. I remember 12 years ago when I received a comet shaped bottle of Angel edt but I did not wear it because it was too strong and inappropriate for a young teenager. I gave it to my mother and she wore it religiously, that was when I fell in love with this whole line of Angels.

Years later when I finally considered myself mature enough to wear it, I found out that the comet bottle was discontinued but I bought instead different formulations of Angel edp. At the moment I don’t want to discuss about reformulations and all of that, unfortunately it is part of our reality. To me Angel smells like a deep dark forest covered with snow, it’s like entering into a magic realm covered with pine trees and forest fruits, to me Angel is not about angels living up there in the sky but here on earth hiding in magical forests or walking through a Christmas fair. Angel smells sensual, naughty and innocent at the same time.

Longevity and projection are strong even with the newer formulations, giving it some time to macerate it became better with time, the body lotions are great too. I don’t think it needs a certain type of personality to wear this fragrance, as I said earlier Angel can be naughty and innocent, I think it only needs a person who appreciates it’s artistry and of course the strong dose of patchouli, chocolate and fruits.

A classic scent that spawned an entirely new genre, Thierry Mugler's Angel is one of the first perfumes I loved (at age 12!), And it loves me back, This scent DNA blends beautifully with my chemistry, And not once have I ever found anything off-putting in it. Rich Chocolate, Vanilla, And Patchouli are the main notes here. If you smell something rotten, BO-like, Disgusting etc. this is unfortunately not for you.

This fragrance was a complete journey for me, I remember hating it for a loooong time then I bought Angel Muse and decided to give the original Angel EDP a chance.

This is not a fragrance that many people will get at first sniff, hell, not even at a 10th sniff, you need the right conditions for this lovely fragrance to show its true beauty.

I managed to get my hands on a Thierry Mugler vintage 25ml and I am in love. To me this smells like honey, dark chocolate bit of a burnt caramel and a lot of patchouli, I’d be lying if I say I smell any of the fruits listed.

Long live the mythical and extraordinary Angel, I’m so glad I finally understand you.

This is an incredible fragrance. When I first tried it I hated it and thought it smelled like orange chicken, but when it sat on my wrist throughout the day it just kept smelling better and better (or more and more interesting, I haven't exactly decided which yet). By the end the fragrance had shifted to something resembling period blood at which point I knew that I had to buy a full bottle, so much so that I went to the Galleria while on a business trip to Houston to buy it and resolved to send it home by mail if it didn't fit in my liquids bag.

As a man, i can def wear this with confidence. That praline is distinct to my nose.

Very characteristic parfume. The trail is multifaceted, sweet and iconic. Sometimes i can appreciate the fruitiness and sweetness better but other times the earthy and bitter patchouli gets to my brain and that’s all I can smell. I don’t think it is due to my skin because my family can still smell it sweet on me, it is a matter of personal perception which can change from time to time.

I once tested it in a perfumery and liked it a lot, thus put it on my wishlist for christmas last year and was gifted an xl-version of it. Sadly after a few weeks, I was already sick of the smell. It is very intense and characteristic - I recommend testing and thinking about it for longer before buying it. I don’t hate it and wear it now and then but when I go out and want to smell good - I use another perfume.

Angel è meraviglioso! Lo vado a riscoprire ogni tanto verso l'inverno,quando l'aria si raffredda e c'è buio..
Mi ricorda il mese di dicembre,di metà anni 90,l'atmosfera natalizia,il calore sulla pelle di questo profumo che contrasta col freddo di fuori..
Naturalmente uso sempre le verrsioni vintage,ricche,profonde e buone,profondamente buone.
Angel nella sua forma originale ha una partenza celeste,fredda,che porta con se odori di frutta candita,pesche sciroppate e anguria,poi si scalda e prende corpo una sfumatura cioccolatosa,marrone,miele e caramello,un mix che non si riesce a sezionare ma va preso così,per intero.
Angel non ha sesso e non ha età. è buono e confortevole per chiunque abbia voglia di calore e festività,è sensuale e intimo,un compagno meraviglioso nelle giornate autunno/inverno.

Dossier Gourmand Patchouli (Inspired by Angel)

I have been tempted to purchase Angel for a few years now but was had so many mixed emotions about it because I was simply not sure that I will like it long term.

Eventually, I came across Dossier and saw that they offered an inspired version for a very affordable price, $25 to be exact.
No better way to test out the Angel DNA to see if our chemistry will stand the test of time. Lol

Dossier’s version is sooooooo much like the original. They even have the same extreme smell at the very beginning before settling into all of its sweetness. To my nose, it may be a little sweeter than the original. I only sprayed my wrist and the way my skin pushes the scent out into the air is so captivating. I’m excited to wear this out because I believe the magic in the scent trail.


Weather it’s Angel or Dossier that you choose, PLEASE allow it to settle into your skin. Don’t judge it at first sniff.

And it’s true what other reviewers have said, Angel chooses YOU! Lol
Heart broken that I’ve rejected it for so many years, even when it always picked me.

Historical importance or not (I am certainly not here as a maître parfumeur or luminary) it is a perfume that is literally disgusting on my skin. A fragrance of ferocious, furious impertinence, the perfect taste for those who want to arouse attention while leaving behind - but also in front - an asphyxiating trail of chemical orchard.

As a somewhat vanilla-obsessed teen in the nineties I spent quite some time searching for that one sweet scent that would project and last. I recall reading about Angel, and when the time finally came to smell this celestial body whilst shopping in Boots, I committed the cardinal sin of sniffing the bottle rather than spraying it. Naturally I recoiled in horror – that harsh blend of sweaty patchouli and dankness had me running for the hills, never to consider this fragrance again.

Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago, and I was curious about Alien. I'd heard good things, and recently caught a whiff of it on a colleague. I ordered a 2ml sample from a fragrance sample website and when I received it was a little put off (having never learned my lesson) by the smell emanating from the bottle. This time, however, I took the plunge and decided to give it a chance by spraying it. Just once, mind. What I discovered was a glorious blend of sweet and dirty, a scent that clung to me and seemed to seep from my pores for 12 hours. I loved it, but I couldn’t tell you why. As a result I purchased 30ml of Alien only to be shocked and somewhat disappointed to find it wasn't the same as the sample at all. Beautiful, but it wasn't the same scent.

Clearly, I assumed, they'd given me the wrong sample. But a sample of what? My mind darted back to that disgusting whiff of patchouli so many years ago in Boots. Could it be? The designer is the same. The names are similar. Could it be Angel? And so, begrudgingly working on a hunch, I purchased a 25ml bottle. Thankfully, my hunch was correct.

I have to say, I'm addicted to her. Sometimes she smells earthy and dirty and almost rotten. Sometimes she smells sweet and fruity. Sometimes she smells like coffee and chocolate. She's captivating, and I can absolutely understand her divisiveness.

Am I annoyed I've spent nearly £100 because of an incorrect sample? I would be, if I'd never discovered Angel as a result.

I picked up a travel size hoping for a bit of nostalgia since this fragrance was super super popular in my club days. So popular that while I loved the scent EVERYONE wore it,and I mean all the time, the salon to work, brunch, someone if not many ones had it on, I wanted to be different and went for chanel chance (another patchouli bomb). I was really hoping to be transported to my shore summer share days but this has been completely reformulated and it's a shame. It's just so idk synthetic and off from the original. I can understand why now others have such a negative experience with it. It was yes heavy and complicated but that was the beauty of it and It was so beautifully complex like I get from Tom ford black orchid. I still like it....but why do they have to go and ruin a good thing.

Fortunately I only have a travel size. I like it at the beginning and the middle, and so does my husband, but later on--it smells like benzene on me! And since it lasts forever, "later on" is a long time. I had to get up in the middle of the night and wash it off, because I couldn't sleep!

This is a nostalgic fragrance, it's like a late 90s - 2000s night ceremony / party full of classy people in the city, the women wearing this also wearing expensive, glittery dresses. This vintage scent profile would definitely not sit right today and I can see why people nowadays wouldn't like this considering how fragrances nowadays are less complex and more one-two note. This smell encapsulates a mood and time, good for novelty.

edit: the scent profile is just so complex its hard to pick apart what this actually smells like, just a blast of sweet, womanly aromachemicals. i wouldn’t classify this as a “gourmand” at all!

I've never smelled anything so disgusting in my life. It traumatised me. Incredible headache and the urge to vomit.

Out of all my perfumes, even my expensive niche luxury hot girl perfumes, this is the fragrance that I get the most compliments on. For me, this is my signature scent. It's has a heavy, freshly laundered boyfriend's hoodie coziness. It lasts for your entire life and is a statement. Somehow it's soft and bold at the same time. This is a really polarizing scent though. I absolutely love it and probably always will. My other favorites are Bond No 9 Nuit de Noho, Tom Ford Santal Blush, Perfumes De Marly Casili, and Kilian Intoxicated, so if you like powerhouse, beast mode fragrances like those noted, I think you'll like Angel. I personally don't get the patchouli that everyone references, maybe it's a more elevated patchouli that I don't relate to the hippy, earthy patchouli I normally think of. It has so many notes, that I have a hard time picking individual ones out. I get sweetness, woodiness, and fresh laundry. I'm surprised how many people dislike this perfume, it must be like how some people eat cilantro and it tastes like soap to them.

Wow, the reviews here are very disappointing. To say that this smells like a grandma is a stretch. This is basically hot caramel coffeee and patchouli.. how can you hate this? Is it just because it was released in 1992? This is the blueprint of 80% of the gourmands in the world after its release. Most gourmand fragrances these days have this maltol patchouli combination that reminds you of Angel, like Hypnotizing Fire, Layton, Black Opium etc and patchouli is in almost every formula.
Relax, You’re not cool for saying that you hate Angel.

I hate this perfume. No matter how much I try to wear it, even with one spray it always smells overpowering and horrible. It feels like a cleaning agent is masked with an extreme citrus and sweet scent to cover the "chemical" smell. It causes nausea (e.g. when I am in a car other passengers also get nauseous). Unsuitable for closed/ intimate environments due to the strong projection. It did get a lot of compliments though, so I suppose it is a personal perception but my consensus is that if you do not like it the first time, don't try to get used to it, it does not get any better.

I believe this is not a scent for everyone. After reading some reviews in Spanish, comparing it to “cat pee” or “some dead insect with a gross odor”, I can’t really relate! I do enjoy it a lot, while admitting the pineapple is a pretty strong note. I hardly notice indulgent notes, my skin makes nutmeg and sandalwood pop the most.

Would suggest wearing Angel during the winter and in the nighttime.

I smell no sweetness. I only smell patchouli. i hate it.

É o tipo de perfume que gruda na alma, peguei trauma desse, nunca mais.

I know it’s a woman fragrance but who cares I love it so much and wearing almost everyday. People think it’s not popular anymore and boring scent but simply and simply it’s a wonderful simple notes fragrance I never smell before. Sugar and patchouli. That’s the perfect combination in Angel. If you interested fragrances any old fashioned you should have it in your collection.

So I have never smelled the “original Angel” before the reformulation. My review is from a bottle from 2022. The bottom line, is you have to like patchouli. If you don’t like patchouli steer clear of this fragrance. I personally love patchouli. To me this smells like patchouli, mixed with caramel, and praline, I smell a little bit of pineapple and the red berries. It is strong, I would not do more than 3 sprays. I love to wear this on a chilly October night. Most of the reviews are about the original angel which is frustrating since I will probably never get to smell it. I love the sweet, powdery caramel and vanilla dry down! Angel is one of my favorite perfumes. It’s not for everyone but it’s for me.

so at first for the initial 1-2hrs its giving more sweet warm patchouli, reminds me of carmex . but drydown its straight unrecognizable .
to me, it ends up smelling like praline, fruit, and a bouquet of flowers which i like a lot . its eternal, theatric packaging, nonlinear, grown

Angel was my first loud grown-up perfume, but I have since parted ways. She’s fearless and bold, sweet and spicy. I liked to wear on cold nights, to party or bar hop. Great for living in NYC where you’ve got to compete with a lot of smells in the nightlife (some of which are very foul) Iconic for NYE celebrations, I’ve yet to find another scent as perfect for New Year’s Eve. My best friend thought it smelled “grandma-ish” but I disagree and would say it’s sexy & playful. Very hard to describe this fragrance and with the giant cauldron of notes I can see why. You love her or hate her, but either way notice her. Only some can really pull this off.. I eventually felt like Angel was wearing me so decided to seek out a new perfume that is equally bold, but perhaps less iconic/distinct.

Oof. This punches you right in the face and is (ironically) not for the masses. Angel is the absolutely wrong name for this, and the bottle is a complete mismatch as well. There is nothing heavenly, peaceful, sweet, or glowing about this. This is intense and earthy, incense-and-patchouli. You love it or hate it, and I hate it. Respect to the people who have found a friend in it--it's not your average scent, that's for sure.

I’m SOOO disappointed in the current formulation. It honestly doesn’t even smell like the Angel I remember wearing as a teenager. Gone is the mysterious deep coco buttery, chocolaty aroma. It’s now another shallow fruity sweet concoction flooding the market today. The mystery is gone.

Avoid the latest formulation by L'Oreal at all costs! It's no different than a bodymist compared to old formulation of Angel. Find a bottle manufactured by Clarins if you can, even better if it has the Thierry Mugler signature on the side of the cap, meaning that it's pre 2016. I have 2 bottles of Angel, one's from 2013 and the other is 2015. It's incredibly potent and lasts and projects for an ungodly amount of time. The scent itself is complex, very heavy on the patchouli initially, but gets sweeter and smoother in 30 minutes or less. After that, the scent that I fell in love with comes out (sweet, fruity patchouli) and stays that way for hours and hours to come.

How people find the current formula to be a beast is beyond me. Angel barely lasts 4 hours before it’s a skin scent. I guess it makes sense since people nowadays seem to gravitate towards “light” scents 😒the fragrance itself is too much patchouli but it’s not earthy how it used to be it’s more chemical now, the sweet notes are toned down significantly and the citrus amped up… I’ll cherish these last few bottles and go onto something else. Such a shame, Angel really was my go to ride or die fragrance but she’s been nipped and tucked one too many times she’s barely recognizable to me 😪

I honestly don't get all the hate. To me all these notes combined smell like a very ripe mango.

Why can’t they make perfumes that last like this anymore? The main reason I would buy this is that it’s almost impossible to find anything that lasts all day. This is a well blended strong patchouli bomb with a million other notes. A classic!

This is one of my all time favorite fragrances, but unfortunately it has VERY strong silage. The fragrance is they type that some people may associate with “sophisticated older women” (whatever). In my opinion it is WAY to strong to wear in the workplace, especially if you work in healthcare. At best you can spray it into the air and run through it if you don’t want to smell like you took a bath in it. On a scale of 1-10, this bad boy gets a 10 on the strength (silage) scale. Discretion is advised. When worn CORRECTLY and with discretion, Angel smells magnificent.

I cherish my 1997 & 2005 batch. I can say that the vintage formulations are blended so beautifully it makes your eyes roll back in your head. I have a 2015 batch and it is simply not as beautiful. 2015's has a minty opening and this is not in the '97 or '05 juices. The 2005 batch is probably the smoothest and my favorite.

My mom had this perfume and it smelled amazing on her, so I decided to get it also but guess what it smells horrible on me.. my mother used to wear it in winter so that why I will not judge now I will stop using it and when winter I will give another try then i will write my opinion.

Update:
It’s January 20th,2024,
I waited for the winter to try it and it smells bad at least on me

To everyone saying that all they get when they smell this, is rotting fruit…that’s what I got when I first got Angel (Twas a blind buy…I know). HOWEVER..it has turned into my signature fragrance, that I wear pretty much every day. Give her a chance, you may just have to get used to her 🥰 Understandingly a polarizing fragrance though. I’ve gotten the most amazing compliments on this..and have had a woman at my job not only complain to a manager, but call back the same day and crab about it again…she was apparently “completely offended by the body Oder fragrance” I was wearing. 😂😂 Luckily my managers love it on me and continue to let me wear my all time love whenever. Peace and love everyone 🤞🏼🥰

Unfortunately, I am not one of Angel's chosen ones.

The first time I tried Angel I found it abhorrent, probably thinking about Fantasy rather than old school gourmand. The second time (in cooler weather) I found it absolutely addictive.

But I don't get anything but sickly-sweet rotten pineapple on my skin. No chocolate, no caramel, no vanilla, the barest hint of patchouli. It's just so overripe on my skin. Unfortunately rotten fruit is a major OCD trigger so this is a scrubber. I'm heartbroken.

I don't have this specific one but I've been using the Hair & Body Mist variant of Angel, and I must say I always get compliments because of it! Not my preferred scent but it grew on me, as it is definitely a crowd-pleaser.

For some reason all I smell is rotten fruit with this. I don't really get much sweetness from it. I do get the melon, but it smells like a rotten melon to me. I do also get a very damp patchouli. I wanted to like this so much. The bottle is gorgeous.

Angel is a reference fragrance. Patchouli first, everything else second. She set the stage for many after her. If you go into trying Angel and expect marshmallow chocolate bunnies (like many do, I am sure) you will be kicked in the teeth by Angel’s bitter/sour edge. You should not be fooled my the promises of chocolate and caramel. This is not bath and body works, kayali, or the watered down “niche” toys at Sephora. The Muglers, in general are for the big girls. The girls who will tell you how it is. To your face.

What Angel isn’t, is too serious. Angel is brassy and funny and loud and deliciously tacky. Furs and jewels and leopard. I find it to be quite cozy and reach for it in the fall and winter.

She smells different every time and with every spray. I find that Angel is my favorite when I can smell it on a scarf or sweater from the day before. Sometimes I get straight patchouli and sometimes I get the strange sour edge and sometimes it goes totally sweet.

What I love most of all is when I smell it on other people. Angel is unmistakeable and one of the best of all time.

Ok. Don’t come for me, please.

Wearing this feels like I’ve just rolled down a soggy, earthy hill.. landed in patchouli and to soothe my wounded ego, I eat a piece of chocolate as it melts in the midday sun.

And I LOVE it.
But…
I also HATE it.

True story.