Angel Muse by Mugler

Full on patchouli: if you can’t handle it, move on. It can be strong and even give you a headache. But that patchouli blends with a creamy chocolate accord, like Nutella without being it, which balances out that earthy side. Medium projection and lasts about 12 hours. Perfect for fall and winter.

Oh my god, what luck to have a miniature of this masterpiece and be in love with it. The opening is a citrus explosion (I smell oranges or mandarins, I’m not sure why) mixed with patchouli. Strong and peculiar, surely it will have detractors. Something like amaretto and earth. After a few minutes, it softens and a delicious milk chocolate appears with a slight vetiver base. I can’t wait for it to get colder so I can wear it. I feel so happy and I love it so much!!

I love Angel Muse and the regular Angel. I struggle to decide. Comparing them, the regular one is much more intense, fresh, and minty at the start than the Muse. As they dry down, they become more similar in that chocolatey aspect. Still, in the Muse you don’t find the honey or cotton candy of the regular Angel’s dry down. Muse is less complicated and easier to like. It’s sweeter but projects worse than its sibling. It’s a shame it’s so hard to find now.

So delicious! It starts with patchouli (don’t be alarmed), but the star is the hazelnut chocolate, spectacular. It’s gourmand, potent, and lasts forever.

Angel Muse is a creamy delight of chocolate with hazelnut and a touch of bright grapefruit. Ideal for those who found the original Angel too intense. Basically, Angel Muse is the softer version of the original. It’s almost identical, but with more personality. Much sweeter than the original, it’s definitely more versatile and pleasant. I have nothing but praise; I want to smell like gourmet chocolate candy all day. How shameful, L’Oréal, discontinuing this chocolate masterpiece is one of your worst decisions to date (not counting Angel Elixir).

It’s delicious. At first, it smells exactly like the first version of Thierry Mugler’s Angel (now discontinued). Then it becomes sweeter, a bit chocolatey, but on my skin, the sweet grapefruit with lots of patchouli really stands out. I love it and it lasts more than 12 hours.

The first time I smelled it, I was scared; it smelled a lot like Angel with a strong patchouli opening that I didn’t like. Over time, the sweet notes, the chocolate, etc., came out, and I loved the dry-down.

I bought it blindly during the pandemic because videos said it was sweet, like Nutella, but it wasn’t that on my skin. Patchouli isn’t my favorite note; I tolerate it if it’s subtle, but here it’s not. I only smelled patchouli and more patchouli, so I had to sell it. Edit: After COVID, my sense of smell changed. I tried it again after 5 years and now I like it much more; it leaves a sweet patchouli that lasts all day.

Very chocolatey patchouli dragged along by grass (hello, vetiver). I love it. Long-lasting and heavy trail, perfect for cold weather. A gourmand that feels different and special to me. It’s tremendously dense, not a little sweetie; patchouli plays a fundamental role in Angel Muse EDP.

Does anyone know where to buy this in Chile? If it’s available here, please DM me! ❤️

Upon application, a citrusy and sweet opening gives way to an enormous, eternal wave of patchouli, with that distinctive earthy-chocolatey aftertaste that’s so addictive and reminiscent of Gallagher’s Behold. To me, it also smells like honey. I’m not sure how the vetiver stands alone, but it’s there, adding a woody note that emerges around the two-hour mark. I’ve seen it compared to Natura’s Kriska Drama; they share some DNA, but they’re not the same: Natura’s is bland, overly fruity, and has that synthetic praline-like sweetness.

At first, it’s sweet and pleasant, but as it dries down, it smells like very ripe fruit, almost going bad, with a wet earthy scent.

I started with a 3ml oil from Perfumes Parlour without having heard of the original, just because it smelled like Nocilla (Nutella). I liked it a lot and later swapped this 30ml bottle. I’m delighted. The bottle is gorgeous; unlike mine, which I usually throw away after finishing, I’ll keep this one, plus it’s refillable. It has an organic, ergonomic, and futuristic shape. I like it more than Angel, though I need to take it slow since I’m still riding the initial hype. It has all the notes listed, and maybe some more. The Nocilla note is there too. I’ve read that some people don’t smell it, but for me, there’s a phase where I’m not sure if I’m smelling my wrist or a jar of Nocilla. Then it transforms into a blend of cocoa, vanilla, honey, and other delicious things. It’s gourmand, rough, earthy, and woody. It’s unisex, with masculine elements like vetiver, patchouli, pepper, and grapefruit, plus cocoa cream and hazelnuts. Sometimes I worry I’ll get bored because it’s linear, aside from the sharp opening with grapefruit and pepper. It’s very bold in its masculine expressions, which I’m not used to, but it wins me over anyway; it’s delicious. It has personality, sensuality thanks to that velvety cocoa, and decent sillage and longevity.

It disappointed me a lot. I love its fragrance and it smells glorious, but it doesn’t last even half an hour on skin and leaves no sillage. On clothes, it lasts a bit longer but still leaves no trace. Given the price, I expected better projection; plus, I use a lot of Alien, and with a couple of sprays, those perfumes last hours. I won’t refill it, and it’s a shame because the bottle is a masterpiece.

I’m not one to buy perfumes blind; I love going to perfumeries to try them (without being overwhelmed, of course), but since I couldn’t find it, I dared to order it, and it was a hit. In this flanker, you can feel the DNA of the traditional Angel, but it’s much more wearable. On my skin, what stands out most is the vetiver, the cocoa, and the patchouli. It doesn’t smell like Nutella (wish it did!), it smells like intense chocolate with honey but with earthy and patchouly touches. They say it’s strong in sillage and projection, but on my skin, I feel it’s soft and the longevity is low, around 4 hours. Still, it has me hooked. One of my favorites ❣️ EDIT: I got the Thierry Mugler version, and what a bombshell! It lasts twice as long and is much more intense. Try to find the pre-reformulation version; it’s worth it.