A*Men / Angel Men (1996)
by Thierry Mugler

This is the flagship of unisex...neither feminine nor masculine. It's Pat...in a bottle.

Not sure what the hype is about this one. I guess I'm one of the many who just don't like it. There is too much going on with it and my wife surely didn't like it on me.
Longevity and sillage is a plus, but since I didn't like the scent of the fragrance itself I obviously can't approve.
Thumbs down.

Reminded me of L'Artisan's Jour de Fete...in a bad way. This is another one of those gourmands that has an unfortunate sticky/unwashed character. Makes me think of dried chocolate ice cream smeared on the face of a small child at a birthday party. In my home, this one is called "Eau de Give That Kid a Bath". Dire.

I really, really wanted to like this one. The thought of a men's fragrance that smells like coffee, chocolate, caramel, etc was very enticing. I picked up a small sample spray bottle and brought it home for testing.

The opening spray is a synthetic nightmare! I can smell the chocolate, caramel, coffee, tar note.....or rather, I can smell the fake chemical versions of them.

I was hoping the dry-down would reveal something much more natural, and indeed it does (to some extent), however it takes 2 hours for that to happen. And even then, it still smells a bit too synthetic to pass as anything even remotely natural or edible.

Only one small spray of this stuff lasted hours and hours, with strong sillage. Even after scrubbing my arm with soap, I could still detect the scent of this fragrance. I couldn't imagine sharing a room with someone wearing more than 2 or 3 full sprays of this. And furthermore, what would you use to wash it off, turpentine?

Bottom line: The idea behind this fragrance is genius. The execution is quite bad.

I could not live without this. It is and has been for a few years "The One" fragrance I HAVE to have. I never grow tired of it. I can't stop smelling myself when I am wearing this. Sometimes I wonder why I wear anything else. To me there is nothing else like it. Very Loud at first, but when it dries, it is to die for!!

Cloying to the extreme, and lasts two days on my skin. Trying this on was akin to torture.