Star Men

I bought a bottle of Angel back in the day, easy 10-12 years ago. Man, I loved that stuff. I feel all fragrance nowadays is pretty similar. This is different. Unique. Polarizing. Angel (rebranded A*Men) has seemingly been discontinued, but you can still pick up a bottle. Didn't feel like paying the price, so I picked up the clone, instead. To my nose, it's a little different than the original, but it stays true to the spirit of Angel. It gets to the dry down right off the bat, and stays there for a while. Chocolate and floral notes. Stays pretty linear throughout. Subtle and stays pretty close to the skin, but lasts a good 8-12 hours. I wouldn't wear this in the high heat, but cool days and nights should work. This is not for everyone, but I like it. Punches above its weight class, and smells like an expensive niche fragrance for less than $20. If you dare to be different, to smell different, then pick this one up. Would I buy it again? Yes.

I have a nearly full bottle of original A*men with the Theirry Mugler script on the box (early 2000s era) and two bottles of Star Men - (one with green juice from 2021, and one with blue juice from 2022) and I can confirm all 3 smell identical. Both star men smell the same (I guess the coloring dye was different- but the scent and strength is identical) and both of these are dead ringers for the original A*men. They are an amazing clone, and well worth it. Patchouli, coffee/chocolate spices, etc. All the goodness and performance of the original captured perfectly. They knocked it out of the park with this one. So... we also have Nebula, a very good Pure Malt clone, how about cloning some of the other flankers... Havane? Zest? Kripto? Fragrance World.. are you listening??

As the reviewer below me stated. I have a green juice bottle as well and I get...a chocolate patchouli BOMB! Those are the two most prominate notes which to my nose, is super addictive. When I started my frag journey I thought I would HATE something like this but after smelling the OG and this, I can see why this was so interesting back in the 90s. If I purchase another bottle and it is blue, I will report back if it smells any different! Good stuff!

This is good weird and chocolaty and the dry down smells a lot like A men and Angel. It’s still a fairly unique scent all these years later. A real bargain. I’ve given decants to a few friends and I might try to score a back up. My juice was green though, not light blue. Expiration date was still two years away though so I dunno, guess it turns green? I am really enjoying this as it turns to winter where I live. I would re-purchase or buy A*men.

This thing is NUCLEAR. My best performing frag ever. The OG is higher quality, and this slips the OG opening and smell more like the dry-down for the entire duration. But I got it for $17, and it smells and performs like at least a $60 designer fragrance. Projection is LOUD for 3-4 hours, then good sillage for another 2-3 hours, then close to skin for another 6 hours, and on clothes for over 24 hours. It's not a safe blind buy though. Try the OG at a store first.