Thierry Mugler’s passion for superheroes and theatrical fantasy are captured in a mesmerizing oriental gourmand fragrance called Angel. After its success in 1988, a full suite of Angel-inspired fragrances followed suit. Angel Men or A*Men, the men’s version of Angel, is an explosion of woody notes of musk and toasty aroma of roasted coffee beans. B*Men on the other hand is A*Men with zest. It’s a combination of masculine citrus scents and wood accords. The energy emanating from the Angel fragrances is a continuum of Mugler’s wild imagination. His perfumes show his penchant for anything cosmic and surreal.
Angel cologne is like dark chocolate in a bottle. It’s fiery, powerful and never fails to draw attention. Mugler’s fragrances emanate a distinct sweetness with a sillage that’s above average. It clings longer than expected. One dominating feature that is not entirely a surprise: it smells like food, the melt-in-your-mouth kind, you can almost eat it. Think caramel, vanilla, cotton candies and all the sugar-coated foodstuff that you can imagine. Some find the candy-like sweetness too juvenile, too cloying, and too playful. Angel is an acquired taste, to put it bluntly. Only those who appreciate the gourmand-themed perfumes can stand Angel.
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Angel is a fashion fragrance. It’s nice to wear during the cold weather, afternoons with the girlfriend, traipsing around the mall but not advisable for office wear. That is according to the neutral reviews by various Angel Men users. One cannot really vouch for its versatility as each person’s chemistry gives the accords a different rendition. You can say that this is a love hate fragrance. It works well on others but reacts differently on some. Perfume aficionados even rate this as a unisex fragrance. The inherent sweetness perhaps is the reason why some women don Angel Men.
Here is one interpretation that seemingly adapts to Angel Men’s unique fragrance, “Strolling through the billowing snow, scarf around your neck, and tuque on your head, breath completely visible, and the warm yet subtle scent of hot cocoa, mint, and coffee beans rising from your jacket. Delicious and comforting in the best possible way.” And another one who thinks that there’s too much coffee in the fragrance,” Overall, A*Men is well constructed and quite potent so don’t expect to shower with it and still retain your olfactory receptors. It is unique and long-lasting, which makes it very special indeed considering that it came out in the era of the aquatic invasion. Despite the coffee imposition, a definite thumbs up.”
