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.

Angelic Incense *The signature perfume of Marlene Dietrich Moods: Exotic, Romantic, Sexy, Dark, Seductive, Soft, Wear It To: Church, Bedroom, Wedding This is a powdery white floral fragrance which although captivating as an incense it's not a heavy incense in the vein of an Arabic Egyptian or Middle Eastern/Oriental incense. It cannot measure up to a hardcore Oriental fragrance because it's more about the powdery florals than it is incense. The first note to reach my nose was a powdery rose. This comes and goes because it's not a rose fragrance. It turns into a decidedly white floral scent. Exotic jasmine, silken, smooth and nocturnal, a true night blooming jasmine, but with an aroma for days (and nights). There's also a mixture of various florals including tuberose, which smells a bit like a butter and the only possible "edible" note fruit replacement in this scent. It matches up with the vanilla which is creamy as it develops in the dry down. I thought I smelled lilies as well not lily of the valley but actual lily so I wonder if Fragrantica editors have actually looked into it's physical composition. This smells like a traditional white floral scent of jasmines, tuberose, white roses, and lilies. It's a little bit like Chanel No. 22. But I would say that there's more florals here because of the angelica and probably an ylang ylang. The softness of these flowers are powdery powdery powdery. But fortunately the amber keeps it from being too sweet too powdery and too feminine. It then turns into a darker spicier and deep scent of resinous amber. Amber dominates the fragrance, not incense. The incense is only there to provide a steamy effect that vanquishes the powder. This can almost pass for smoke like a cigarette smoke, perhaps the one smoked by Marlene Dietrich. She is all over this perfume. It is a fragrance embodiment of her personality, her public persona and her on stage presence. She is sexy, unisex, bold and yet feminine. This is a perfume of white flowers and dark cigarette smoke. Smells exactly like if you walked into Ms. Dietrich's dressing room after a performance in one of her cabaret style shows. She would smell of cigarette smoke and the dresser table would be adorned with white flowers. Beautiful and very hard to wear because it's rather a mature scent and quite a sillage bomb in a world of more timid fragrances. This perfume can only suit a powerful woman, or man. It does not surprise me either to hear that even Pope John Paul the 2nd wore this fragrance and only this fragrance. It has a religious Church feel to it if you choose to see it as such. But there's more going on too. If Marlene Dietrich went to a Cathedral and the incense gave her a religious air in her black veil and dress, she removes the veil and puts on that man's top hat and tuxedo to perform in a cabaret show the following night. She sins sweetly. Fantastic.

This is my Christmas and Hanukah 2017 fragrance. It's been my companion for the past 2 nights at various holiday parties and get togethers. Last night was the first night of Hanukah and I wore it to great success. Lots of compliments. A lady smelled it on me and said "Hmm that smells good is that a Chanel?". I told her no that it wasn't but didn't give out any other info. This could have been a Chanel though it's as lovely but most Chanel scents don't come with the smoky myrrh and incense note that this has. The florals are very Chanel - the rose, jasmine, tuberose, white floral scents and the vanilla. It starts off as a very powdery feminine sweet white floral, hence the "Angelique" "angel" part of the name of the fragrance. Sweet vanilla scented flowers abound and it gives this scent a very charming even innocent air. The sweet innocent white angel is flying over a cathedral during Christmas Mass and the smell of incense wafts into the air. This is a religious beautiful spiritual frankincense scent. Does not smell Middle Eastern but very Roman Catholic. This is a peaceful evening Vesper type of scent. I'm not religious at all; in fact I'm atheist, but I do love where this fragrance takes me - Heaven! The smoky aromatic air is so gorgeous. There's some unlisted notes here as well - citrus and green notes. This is mostly drying into a very well composed amber. The amber is balsamic and resinous and compliments the incense note. Smells of Christmastime in Church. This is a mature fragrance in that an experienced veteran perfume lover is best able to do it justice. For novices this would come off as weird or like pure olibanum so unless you like incense I doubt you're going to like it. The downside is it's quite expensive and far more so than I like my fragrances (I'm into more affordable scents though I would pay 100 or a little over sometimes). It's a fancy Creed cologne and they cost more than I like but it's worth it. This cologne also has some history to it. It's said to have been worn by Marlene Dietrich of whom I'm very fond of and have even dressed up like her in the top hat and tux for Halloween, and of Pope John Paul II who was into the religious incense air of this perfume. Merry Christmas

Angelic Incense is a fragrance rumored to have been Pope John Paul the 2nd's favorite fragrance and in fact the only fragrance he ever wore. It does smell religious. It smells unisex and very pure, like something you wear to purify yourself with. I would say that it's rather too strong on me on account of the heavy incense. More than anything else this is incense in a bottle. As such this stuff is amazing air freshner but when you spray it in the air it smells like Church. I will wear this only in winter time and in December for Christmas since it gives me that kind of vibe. What does this smell like? Well it's basically white flowers and incense. It was reportedly Marlene Dietrich's perfume but I don't find it seductive enough for her. There's a tuberose and white rose, angelica, jasmine, amber and vanilla. The original vintage was probably stronger and heavier on the white flowers on a base of musk. There is no musk here and the amber and vanilla give it a wearable cleanness and sweetness. The incense however keeps everything strong and very aromatic. This doesn't have a progression and you get the whole scent all in one spritz and smells alike the whole time it's on you. Beautiful, heavenly and makes me want to be on my best behavior. Yeah I don't wear this a lot. LOL

Opens with a wafting resinous vanilla musk, and develops subtly into a fantastic "dirty" jasmine as the musk deepens and reveals slight animal facets, like honey and kitten fur. The angelica comes forward in the drydown as the powderiness tapers, offering an aromatic herbal contrast to the gourmand that lingers for some time. In addition to honey and vanilla, are impressions of almonds, sandalwood, and the faintest touch of ambergris. Different from what I know from Creed, and also very scrumptious. This initially comes off as a dime a dozen vanilla musk, but the more familiar I become with it I am appreciating it's composition more than other similar scents. This can be worn by anyone. I'd add an opinion that for men like myself that don't care for very popular sweet scents like Tobacco Vanille or Pegasus, this is in that realm, but I find this enjoyable to wear.

This is the unsettlingly mysterious woman in the film noir who is instantly pegged as the murderer because she’s beautiful and slightly “off”. You later find out she is hiding a terrible secret that has nothing to do with the murder, maybe her twin sister drowned in Monte Carlo and she has stolen her identity in order to escape a lecherous suitor or something like that. It smells of some sort of enigmatic green flower whose essence has been preserved to deepen and darken before it is crushed with a handful of strange, sweet herbs and left in an antique potpourri dish in a dusty lady’s boudoir. A beautifully strange and enigmatic scent, for lipsticked and rouged facades masking dark, dramatic pasts.

As the name suggests, it is very subtle and clean. The herbal, hesperidic opening is quickly followed by strong frankincense scent. There is a touch of vanilla and animalic note hidden underneath to give some depth. The incense for me is just a suggestion from the dryness of frankincense. I do not get the smokiness here. The overall feeling is very airy which is quite unusual for a perfume that was launched in 1933.

The beginning is rather powdery, dark, very vanillic, full-bodied. It morphs quickly, on my skin, into a ancient incense. If you smell closely, you can notice big similarities between this scent and Obsession. Excellent staying power. Oriental Lovers will be pleased trying this scent, i don't know If I can wear this, but Angelique encens is a very interesting olfactory experience.

Just got word that this is being brought back (for a limited time?)and of course it's gone through some reformulation. Looking forward to sampling!

aint this a bullshit, launched in 1933 hahaha