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B*Men
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B*Men by Mugler is a woody oriental fragrance for men. Launched in 2004, this composition was created by Christine Nagel and Jacques Huclier.
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On my skin, it smells like Mennen Fresh Speed Stick deodorant. I don’t know if anyone else experiences this.
I wore it for a while, a 100ml bottle, haha. It left a trail smelling of aromatic herbs like rosemary or sage, even though the notes don’t list them. Very pleasant; what a shame they discontinued it. So many limited editions of Mr. Mugler, but this was totally different. This and Pure Malt are true masterpieces of Mugler perfumery.
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One of the best from the Mugler house, and it’s been discontinued, what a pity, a gem in my collection.
If you happen to find this fragrance someday, don’t hesitate to buy it. The scent is a perfect blend of resins, sweets, and spices, very delicious and inviting to smell. This perfume suits autumn-winter seasons and nights. It can be worn daily in the office with a measured application, and it looks great at formal events. Unlike A*Men, this fragrance is attractive in all its phases.
It has an opening slightly similar to A*Men, that roasted caramel sensation, which I suppose is attributable to the vanilla, anise, and licorice. Afterwards, I think it evolves into spicy and violet notes, giving it a slight powdery feel. The finish features the prominence of musk and patchouli. Clearly, it’s a winter fragrance, better for the night, a proper oriental. However, regarding the woody aspect, I disagree, as I feel the vetiver is very soft, same as the cedar. It’s more gourmand or spicy oriental. It has good longevity, over 10 hours, and its projection goes from heavy to moderate (less than its brother A*Men, in any case). It’s a youthful fragrance, suitable for semi-formal to informal occasions (certainly not for sports activities). Its opening is striking, just like A*Men, but not its finish. It’s a good fragrance, but personally, I’m not excited enough to buy it in a large size. Maybe I have an issue with Thierry Mugler, since their A*Men didn’t impress me too much either, or simply they aren’t the type of fragrances that motivate me.
The opening recalls A*Men with that toasted caramel from the vanilla, anise, and licorice. Then it evolves into spicy and violet notes, giving a powdery sensation. The dry down highlights the musk and patchouli. Clearly a winter scent, ideal for night, a true oriental. I disagree that it’s so woody; I barely notice the vetiver and cedar. It’s more gourmand or spicy oriental. It has good longevity, around 10 hours, and the trail goes from heavy to moderate, less than its sibling A*Men. It’s a young fragrance, suitable for semi-formal or informal occasions (not sports). The opening is striking, just like A*Men, but the dry down isn’t. It’s good, but it doesn’t excite me enough to buy in large quantities. Maybe I have an issue with Mugler, since A*Men didn’t impress me much either.
I think it seems very extravagant at first; it smells very strong and aggressive, but then it softens and leaves an exquisite scent.
At first, it seems very extravagant, smelling strong and aggressive, but then it softens and leaves an exquisite scent.
This fragrance generates compliments; it opens very strongly, similar to A*Men but easier to wear. What a pity it has such low longevity, only 4 hours on my skin and one hour of heavy projection.
It has a strong and striking opening. The notes I perceive most are anise and licorice. It’s curious, but the combination of these notes and others gives this fragrance, on the first spray, a smell similar to church incense, but sweeter. The opening is sweet and strong like A*Men, though in this B*Men the sweetness is greener and spicier, unlike the caramelized and caffeinated opening of A*Men. From there on, this fragrance develops around notes of vanilla, cedar, vetiver, and spices (I perceive the musk and violet more towards the end). A very pleasant fragrance, somewhat distinct, with good longevity and projection that goes from heavy during the first 2 or 3 hours to moderate until 5 or 6 hours after application, feeling weaker at the end but not as skin-scented. Longevity can vary from 9 to 11 hours depending on the number of sprays. It’s more of a formal or semi-formal fragrance, with a classic yet modern touch, better suited for cold or rainy seasons, though I don’t rule out use on non-sunny summer days. The age range is roughly 25 to 45 years old. A good fragrance, pity it’s discontinued.
It has exceptional reviews, with some ranking it as a Mugler masterpiece alongside Wood or Malt. For me, it would be up there with Wood and Cuir. Licorice takes the lead with pepper touches in the opening, ending with a very warm coffee note, a red Bordeaux aroma like the color of its star. It has a lot of personality. I remember the Mugler ad with two superheroes fighting, A*Men and B*Men; they gave away a comic with the special edition, which I have. It’s an apt metaphor; I recommend searching for the ad on YouTube. In short: for nocturnal loners. Ideal occasion: going out at night. Alternative: Gisada Ambassador Intense. Blind buy? No. My vote: 8.
This fragrance has exceptional reviews; some even rank it as a masterpiece of Thierry Mugler alongside Wood or Malt. For me, it would be up there with Wood and Cuir. Licorice is the star, with those pepper notes in the opening. In the dry-down, it leaves a very warm coffee scent, a red Bordeaux aroma like the color of its star. It’s a fragrance with a lot of personality. I remember the Mugler ad featuring two superheroes fighting; one was A*Men and the other B*Men. In fact, they gave away a comic book with the special edition, which I have. An accurate metaphor; I recommend everyone look up the ad on YouTube; they explain it very well. In short: for nocturnal loners. Ideal occasion: going out at night. Alternative: Gisada Ambassador Intense. Blind buy? No. My vote: 8.
The best part is the opening: a blast of patchouli followed by licorice with an impressive woody touch. I’m not a huge fan of woody perfumes; I usually find them boring, but these two have completely captivated me. It smells very distinct, very different from everything else. If you’re looking for something original, you’ll notice its smoky, woody aroma—fine woods, green, and dry, like that trail of smoke when wood burns in a fire. Now I understand why the bottle’s star is red, as if there’s fire inside, giving you that fine smoke. Frankly, it’s a very intense perfume, not for everyone. You can tell it uses fine components; it has an exquisite incense dry-down that makes it warm. The entire development is woody, with very subtle leather and anise notes. Without a doubt, this is for strong personalities, determined minds, mature and self-assured individuals. I think this perfume should say ‘for ages 18 and up.’ With its matte green metal bottle and red star (it looks like a war helmet), it projects the image of a sniper preparing for his mission, in military suit and camouflage gear, weapon ready and all set to survive days in the jungle. Night falls, he can’t abandon his mission, can’t fall asleep or even blink; he has to be at maximum concentration, allowing no mistakes or noise, not even the sound of breathing. Total determination to complete the objective; the dew falls on his lap, he perceives it all, his senses are sharpened, his sights are set on the target, and his finger is firm on the trigger like his signature. All those sensations remind me of B*Men.
Spectacular for winter. If you’re looking for the best-selling Thierry Mugler fragrances in Europe and the US, here they are: A*Men, A*Men Pure Wood, B*Men, Pure Leather, Pure Malt, Pure Havane, Pure Taste, Pure Shot, Urban, and Ultra Zest. Ultimately, you evolve, dare to see and feel another world in the perfume universe, and start exploring scents you never imagined, leaving behind the typical perfumes found in mass-market stores.
After searching for it for ages, two sprays revealed just how interesting the work of Christine Nagel and Jacques Huclier was; their approach contrasts with the American house. As the second launch after A*Men, B*Men is superior to flankers like Pure Leather or Pure Wood. Its beauty lies in a powerful opening where anise and rhubarb sit atop a gourmand-spiced vanilla. It’s bright, intense, and long-lasting, with pleasant classic undertones. While it has hard-to-reject accords, it feels more like a woody oriental than a gourmand, which I like. The price is high, but worth it if you can find it on sale. 12-hour longevity, high to medium projection.
After applying two sprays of this proposal, which I had been searching for a long time given its renowned fame, I can imagine how interesting it must have been for Christine Nagel and Jacques Huclier to work on this creation, as the approach of the now creator nose of Hermès contrasts greatly with that of the American house. And it’s that, to be the second proposal after the already popular A*Men, B*Men offers a proposal that, personally, I consider superior to the rest of the flankers derived from the mother fragrance, with proposals using notes like leather (Pure Leather), Wood (Pure Wood), Pure Tonka, etc. The beauty of B*Men lies in an incredible opening where anise and rhubarb (note that, by the way, this isn’t mentioned in the sheet here but is in the English version) and a gourmand-spiced vanilla are built upon wood. The impression of the POWERFUL set, certainly very bright, intense, and long-lasting, has impressions of extremely pleasant olfactory and peripheral classic reminiscences; a citrus anise and the rhubarb-vanilla gourmand set are accords difficult to reject. However, B*Men feels more along the classic line of woody orientals than gourmands, something I personally like quite a bit. It’s not hard to understand the high price that must be paid for this fragrance, unless, by an act of luck, you find it at a reasonable cost… the recommendation is to acquire it; it’s a fragrance with immense intrinsic value and unquestionable aromatic quality. Longevity: 12 hours, Projection: High to Medium.
The original A*Men wasn’t like the one today. The one from before, which I wore almost 20 years ago, was much more powerful, wild, and savage, with a projection that bordered on criminal and could cause a good headache for oneself and others. It was just as novel and extreme; at the time, a gourmand was something unprecedented in men’s perfumery, but the joke stopped amusing me quickly, and I stopped using it. Anyway, back then, I frequented the Sephora on Plaza Cataluña a lot. There was a lanky guy of Indian origin who, for some reason, ended up winning my trust, so I could get many good tips and samples, but he also occasionally told jokes that threw me for a loop. Anyway, on that very distant day in 2004, he saw me enter and offered his usual mocking smile: ‘Hey friend! It’s rare to see you here again, huh? If you come almost every day, always here. Why not ask to work?’—all said with taps on the shoulder in response to my awkward smile. But today there’s a novelty, friend. You have to try this. And he led me to the ‘Thierry Mugler’ section, where B*Men stood out with its wonderful red star bottle and superhero comic lines. I was captivated the moment I smelled it and took it home. That wasn’t like A*Men, although it started similarly. That smelled more like the perfumes I liked. The first thing you perceive when you apply it is that same burnt sugar tone found in A*Men. That same cloying and brutally sweet sensation. But this note settles to the bottom quickly, and what emerges is ultimately a classic oriental with a foot in the ultra-modern. Let me explain: the base is vanilla and an intense cedar that relate it to wonders like Davidoff Zino or Heritage, giving it its canonical shape, along with woods and flowers that sparkle like the glitters of cellophane. The modern part comes from a very original anise nuance, with licorice and rhubarb, which turn B*Men into an almost avant-garde experience, extremely pleasant, spicy, sweet, but also earthy and dry. Very for men, but not for ‘gentlemen.’ A*Men and its numerous flankers took the fame (we’ll see what happens with Alien Men), but for me, the true treasure has always been B*Men. It’s not as loud; it has its classic part but also smells completely different from everything else. The sillage is excellent and lasts forever on the skin. Anyway, the Indian guy from Sephora left, and his place was taken by an aseptic girl who believed in vaporizing clouds to perfume herself. It turns out B*Men also disappeared; in fact, as I remember, not much time passed before it became impossible to find it. But for me, it’s the best men’s perfume Mugler has ever launched. A gem that fell from the fine rope of time and fashion, but which must be reclaimed as one of the happiest episodes in men’s perfumery.
Thanks to Bofifa, I got to try it. B*Men is a good product, balanced, refined, and very different from the A*Men flankers, with undeniable style and quality. It’s worth it, elegant and fine, suitable for any event. Longevity and projection are medium on my skin, the opening is very pleasant, and the dry down is high quality. It’s a well-matched combination of spicy and sweet that sparked my interest; I’ll wear it at other times to discover all its facets.
Thanks to the courtesy of Bofifa, I was able to try this perfume. B*Men seems to me to be a good product, balanced, refined, and quite different from the A*Men flankers, with undeniable style and quality. It’s worth trying; it’s elegant and fine, suitable for any event. Longevity and projection are moderate on my skin; the opening is very pleasant, and the dry-down is truly high quality. It’s a successful combination of spicy and sweet that has sparked my interest; I’ll try it at other times of the day to discover all the tones of this brilliant and complex aroma.
All the men’s perfumes by MUGLER I know feature the unpleasant note of burnt sugar, scorched, and vulcanized. It’s a pity that this aromatic note isn’t to my liking, because they are novel, original, and in a way, revolutionary perfumes. But that’s the reality: this aromatic accord makes my stomach churn and twists my gallbladder. Its opening didn’t promise great surprises or special cravings for me, since the burnt ethyl-maltol reminded me unpleasantly of A*MEN, which turns out to be one of the most nauseating fragrances for my stomach. In the case of B*MEN, it’s not such an extreme scorched sweetness as in A*MEN, but the ‘made in Mugler’ note remains present, which I dislike. Other reviewers don’t mention this note as much, but unfortunately for me, it persists quite a while in my perceptions. Maybe because my pituitary gland is especially sensitive to this aromatic cadence, and my nose and brain retain it longer than others. Fortunately, it doesn’t reach the strength of the original A*MEN, nor its power or intrusiveness, but it’s there. After about half an hour, other aromatic notes, more pleasant to me, begin to appear. A certain warm and sensual sweetness, produced by vanilla, anise, and licorice, gives it an aura of a softly caramelized sweet dessert, with a spicy point, like a Central European gingerbread. The aroma, which lingers, retains a sort of digital Guerlain vibe, without the creaminess of Guerlain, and with a bitter and earthy point that adds uniqueness. In the final dry-down, which takes a few hours to appear, a cedar with a musky air and a classic soap-like note is perceived. B*MEN by MUGLER I like much more in its final phases than in its beginnings. Its sillage is quite moderate, but the longevity is very prolonged. Although the overall aroma doesn’t fully excite me, the good quality of its components and the intelligent work in its composition are detectable.
As the comments say, it smells like burnt wood with a sweet touch and very slight spice. This B*Men has nothing to do with A*Men; they don’t resemble each other at all, though I do notice a faint similarity to A*Men Pure Shot/Energy Rendition. 10 hours of longevity and 4 hours of projection.
As the comments say, this smells like burnt wood with a sweet touch and very slightly spicy. This B*Men has absolutely nothing to do with A*Men; they don’t resemble each other at all. However, I can detect a faint resemblance to A*Men Pure Shot/Energy Rendimiento. 10 hours of longevity and 4 hours of projection.
B*Men has one of the most delicious openings I’ve ever smelled in a perfume; I feel an 80s style in that opening. Then, as it dries down, it changes to a spicy, woody aroma with a patchouli that gives it a green, earthy touch. In its dry-down, it becomes sweet without being cloying. It’s an ideal lotion for autumn-winter, cloudy and rainy days. It lasts a very good 8 to 10 hours on the skin with moderate projection. Apparently discontinued, highly recommended if you can find it around.
My perfume. My signature scent. My youth. My 90s memories. As my wife says… IT SMELLS LIKE YOU. Nothing more to say.
I have the metal case version. This is already a collector’s item; it gives me the sensation of being in a cabin by the fireplace.
It’s a nice scent, but nothing extraordinary. Licorice, vanilla, and the usual Mugler touch with patchouli, especially the spices, with a hint of berry-like fruit. It has the backbone of the original but is less sweet, less powdery and sharp, and more fruity and spiced. What surprises me most is that it doesn’t last long enough to be a typical TM; maybe 5 hours before it becomes very skin-scented and fades. I think it’s good, but nothing special—maybe for people who lean towards gourmand, though not really due to the price and difficulty of finding it. I wouldn’t wear it myself, but I’d like it as an ambient scent in an office or car. It’s safe, relaxed for a TM, subtler than the original; the notes are perceptible but it’s more linear. There’s a fruit or flower that stands out here; I’d never pay more than $40 for this. The perfumer is good, and the scent quality is high, but it’s somewhat unusual for a TM. It would be great if people could smell it before buying blind; I don’t know if they’re collectors. Scent: 8/10 Fulfillment: 7/10 Quality: 8/10 Originality: 6.5/10 Sillage: 7/10 Projection: 7.5/10 Price: 6/10 Longevity: 7.5/10 Total: 7.5/10 It’s a fresh fragrance despite being by Thierry Mugler.
Joy de Mugler, I don’t know why it didn’t last longer on the market. It was discontinued in just three years, though given its low profile, some units remained hanging in small perfumeries. Maybe it belonged to an era when houses didn’t take risks and if a scent didn’t work, it was dropped. I wonder if the public didn’t connect with B*Men because olfactorily it had little in common with its ‘sister,’ despite sharing quality and a pioneering character. But they missed out on a great fragrance; under an 80s base, it weaves original layers of rhubarb, licorice, and anise, all over a spiced and patchouli background from the house. I’d even say it shares the same concept as Dior’s Sauvage Elixir many years later. Thierry Mugler, as always, was ahead of his time.