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Angel: The Perfume That Invented Dessert
Every caramel-vanilla bestseller on the shelf owes rent to one bottle. In 1992, designer Thierry Mugler asked perfumers Olivier Cresp and Yves de Chiris for something that recalled the funfairs of his childhood: candied apples, cotton candy, sugar in the air. They gave him Angel, a perfume with almost no flowers, a shocking dose of patchouli and a sweetness the industry had never dared to bottle. Critics and historians credit it with creating a whole fragrance family: the gourmand.
Every caramel-vanilla bestseller on the shelf owes rent to one bottle.
It was polarizing then and it's legendary now. It was inducted into the FiFi Awards Hall of Fame in 2007, and it still comes in that unmistakable blue star.
The notes
- Top: Calabrian bergamot, red fruits
- Heart: praline, caramel, cotton candy
- Base: patchouli, vanilla
When to wear it
Wear it in fall and winter, on nights out and to anything with a dress code and a dance floor. Mugler itself says one spray is all you need. Believe them.
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