Angelique Encens

Ahhhh, my beautiful Angelique Encens. What am I going to do without you. I put a tiny spray on today so I could do justice to this review and I cry thinking they are making you no more. I think of what is in you and it seems so simple but they are all my favorite things wrapped up in one fragrance. Well, except the tuberose, but even the tuberose works in this. I find it gorgeous from the first spray although stronger and sharper in the beginning. It almost seems to work in reverse of most perfumes, seeming woodier and heavier at the start and then mellowing out with the flowers of jasmine and angelica taking the stage, backed up and supported by it's base notes but never overpowered. I know there is no perfume equivalent I have ever smelled, but as the day wore on, I kept thinking I knew this scent from another place or source. It haunted me. Then I got it. Blue Pearl Incense. Either the Jasmine or the Sandalwood Blossom. I used to burn them all the time but haven't for a while. I pulled out my little box of incense for a sniff and there it was. Someone, I beg you, recreate this marvelous scent.

This is a beautiful, beautiful floriental with finely blended incense and vanilla. This is so different from the bombshell tuberose fragrances I am used to that plop down in your face screaming "look at me" I can't really say I smell tuberose here but I smell Jasmine and Roses for sure. This actually smells like flowers, creamy, dainty little flowers that act as servants. Servants that continuously run to your beck and call as you crave for more. The vanilla is ever present as the notes play ring around the rosy but they never fall down. They stand to fulfill your craving and you cannot get enough of the seamless intertwining of all the ingredients that are mixed by a master for sure. The incense is just right, not bossy or masculine, rather reserved like a sharp dressed man. As a Queen rules over her castle, Angelique Ecens rule over her subjects. You may feel the need to courtesy but I recommend taking a bow. Thank you ever so much to the kind member who gifted me this precious fragrance.

Angelique Encens is my absolute favorite perfume from Creed. The scent is so unique that I can't find any similar perfume on the market in either the oriental or incense group. AE starts with green tuberose and vanilla and follows by a rich blend of resins. In the end, the Creed signature ambergris lingers on forever. The fragrance notes listed above are quite accurate. I'm sure there are many other perfumes that contain these notes. What makes AE special is how well all these ingredients are blended together to achieve the perfect balance and harmony. To my nose, AE is rich without being heavy, it's spiritual rather than sexual, it's an incense without the smokiness. For those who are able to hunt down this perfume on eBay, it's definitely worth a try.

Interesting that many reviewers attribute the name "Angelique" as if its an adjective for "angelic". I thought the name literally meant Angelica Incense; as in "incense with Angelica essence". Angelica essence is musky, herbaceous, and rather dark. To me, Angelique Encens is very "gothic" and mysterious, and it definitely smells of Angelica essence. I find it challenging rather than comforting, even though it's distractingly beautiful. The flowers are part of the overall blend, but I get no distinct flower notes, other than angelica, as I wear this. The Angelica essence plus incense, combined with dark vanilla, creates an aroma that is positively haunting, making this perfect for dark autumn nights.

To date, the best Creed I have tried. I am reviewing the old perfume, that has been discontinued. Not tried yet the 2019 version!. It started spicy sweet and cloying but this first note (angelica plant?) disappeared within a minute...Just to give space to the most round, soft, powdery, and sensual fragrance. The development is quite linear: these heart/ base notes stay the same and are there, close to your skin. I smell a lot of amber, iris and some light oriental spice and incense. I like it a lot: it reminds me of Opium a lot in the dry down. It is perhaps less “in your face” than Opium. Excellent staying power. Sensual... feminine, wraps you like a cashmere blanket....A masterpiece.

I've always been a fan of vampire literature, and yes, I do indulge in watching True Blood as a guilty pleasure. However, the current vampire trend so far has produced a pseudo-gothic, suburban, teeny-bopper culture that is far removed from the tortured moral ambiguity of the classic vampire. Fans of classic vampire tales, with all their bloody sexual tension, need to at least try Angelique Encens. This creates the feeling that made Gothic literature a sensation in the first place - the irresistble horror...the call and need for a dark side that is somehow beautiful, and fulfilling.

It's an ultra niche product and not meant for the teenagers, amateurs and immature noses. I've felt both the original and the reformulated versions. Only chief difference is the presence of that touch of royalty, Nobility and Class which isn't present in the new version of it. Something smells like Victorian Era bed rooms with the musty smell of old silk, cotton, wood, candle wax, hints of smoke and old books. A unique fragrance and it's specially targeted towards the Nobility. 9/10 from me.

I would sell a kidney to get my hands on a bottle of this: all I have left is a 1ml decant and that's it. This is a breathtaking and beautiful fusion of incense softened with a hint of vanilla and underpinned with smooth and sultry jasmine. Its seductive and mysterious. It dries down to a wonderful powder-not an old lady perfume powdery note, but a sensuous lingering note hinting at pleasure, almost carnal (in a ladylike way). It is most definitely an evening scent,

This is one of the most unique and magical perfumes I've been lucky enough to wear! Incense, angelica, and ambergris share the spotlight here. Just a few dabs creates a mood of mystery and excitement. I get lots of compliments from both men and women when I wear this. Perfect for evening events and adventures. If I could declare an official scent for October, this would be it. All time favorite scent for this night owl. I only wish this wasn't so hard to find.

This is a beautiful creation, fresh incense !!!! I don't see much of this around which I believe is BS. This is underrated. This isn't anything offensive, very delicate, almost like love in black, it's clean but a little powdery. I can see why some people say this is a grandma smell but I find it for mature women for sure. THe florals balance the incense so its not overpowering with the angelica is very unique. I like smelling this though. 9/10 for me!!!

This is a beautiful oriental ambery floral vanilla! ;) If you like amber with a touch of incense, you should try this. On my skin, vanilla is particularly strong, but I don't mind, as it is powdery and cozy. I like how it doesn't go overboard crazy with incense and does not turn into wood-chips incense, as many incense perfumes out there often do. Incense is intense here, but it is blended well with other notes. I love this!

I bought a bottle of this while I was in the throes of a divorce but thinking we might get back together. We didn't. But I don't regret the marriage any more than I regret the hundreds of dollars I spent on smelling like Marlene Dietrich.

Smoke and vanilla, sort of muffled and very warm scent. Not sweet, just dark elegant floral incensy vanilla perfume. It's more winter scent.

Incredible fragrance! Smells very Roman Catholic. No wonder it was the signature scent of Pope Saint John Paul II.

Angelique Encens is a perfume that I love for memory's sake. Tuberose and amber shoulb be a dream for me. Instead it has never been my type in spite of my search for a good ambery scent, but AE is also very woody and incensey. Too much for me, almost choking and too strongly reminding of old wooden furniture like an old library with many shelves and tons of old books with yellowish paper. I expect a noble intellectual wearing this while studying ancient texts. In this sense it is enchanting as it can conjure such a vivid image in my (poor) mind! It's a high quality perfume with lot of style and it makes you feel stylish and elegant in a old world kind if it works fine with your chemistry. On my chemistry it's old furniture. Angelique Encens was signature for a friend of mine I haven't seen for ages. She was beautiful in an extravagant way. She lives far from me. I still remember how AE smelled on her: sweet amber, highly enjoyable true amber, powdered but kicking and sweet. A dream. She sported it around with great nonchalance and made her even more interesting and lovely even if not a stereotyped beauty in herself. Even better.

Creed ANGELIQUE ENCENS is a dark and heavy oriental with a strong incense note. This composition has a very middle eastern feeling to it and seems perfectly in keeping with the sultry femme fatale image of Marlene Dietrich, who apparently donned this eau de parfum. I can see her now, cigarette dripping from her lip, captivating in her aloof, androgynous beauty. Some may find ANGELIQUE ENCENS overbearing and befitting only of the employees of a smoke-filled brothel. The somewhat oily incense note definitely overshadows the florals and lingers on seemingly forever with an undeniable presence (= large sillage radius). On the other hand, aoud perfumes appear to be all the rage of late, and I am entirely ignorant of the distinction between the incense note, tout court, and the specifically "aoud" incense note. Is there one sufficiently significant to be olfactorily detectable? Or are all aoud perfumes simply incense perfumes? ANGELIQUE ENCENS is not a fragrance to wear everyday--to say nothing of draining the 250ml bottle!--but perhaps now and then, in a suitably dark, smoky and mysterious setting.

assai incuriosita per la giustapposizione di fiori e incenso ho spruzzato abbondantemente il mio campioncino con il risultato che io qui l'incenso non lo sento. piuttosto si percepiscono delle note fiorite iniziali, non meglio identificate per la verità, cui segue un fondo ambrato e polveroso assai ordinario. non male ma nulla di che.

Smells like incense soap to me. Amber accord comes out in the drydown to round out the fragrance and making it more elegant. Actually this reminds me of Passage d'Enfer* by Serge Lutens but with amber. I've wanted to smell this fragrance for years. I finally picked up a sample and it's nice but nothing I would pay creed money for. -

I don’t think I’m mature enough to appreciate this perfume. It is a very intense powdery incense. It smells like what the nice old lady at church who would sneak you a peppermint smells like. I can say it smells very fresh, but I think I’ll stick to royal princess and aventus for her.

I agree with flhterrie that this fragrance seems to work in reverse, starting off woody then becoming more floral. It's certainly an unusual fragrance, and I desperately wanted to love it (especially as it was very expensive!). Unfortunately, on me the incense and even the tuberose were almost undetectable and it settled down to become an underwhelming musky jasmine.