Ange ou Demon

I remember the first time I smelled this perfume. I was at work and the girl who sat next to me was wearing it. She was a stunningly beautiful, dark haired, dark eyed, petite Polish girl who just oozed sophistication. You know, everything I'm not (aside from the dark hair and eyes, lol). She was also one of those 'beautiful on the inside people' too. Incredibly sweet, funny, intelligent...the kind of person who just exuded everything you'd want to be as a woman. One day she wore this to work and I was utterly entranced. The perfume was so perfect for her, it complimented both her looks and personality. Dark and sweet, yet a little mysterious - in a really good way. Naturally, I wanted myself some of that potion, so I found out what it was and went out and bought myself a bottle in my lunch hour. I'd love to say that by wearing this perfume I too became the epitome of elegance and femininity, but funnily enough it didn't immediately transform me into a classy stunner upon wearing it. Yeah, shocker right? But...it did become an immediate favourite for me. I don't tend to gravitate towards scents that are really spicy. Samsara makes me want to open up the nearest window and jump out of it, whilst Shalimar gives me one of those 'bastard behind the eyes' kinds of headaches and makes me feel like Miss Hannigan from the original 'Annie' movie. I do get on with and love the original Dior Addict though and I totally agree with the other reviewers below who find that Ange Ou Demon & Addict share a similar vibe. It opens with a searing cacophony of notes which at first made me worry that it might bring on a headache, but it immediately seems to calm down into what manages to be both a warm and cold fragrance at the same time. The name is spot on, because it evokes both an angelic sweetness and a mysterious darkness, all at once. The incense note isn't too cloying or overwhelming and is tempered beautifully by the vanilla & white musk notes. In fact the scent overall makes me think of a grown-up, more complex, night-time companion to TBS White Musk. I absolutely love it and so does the man of the house - which is never a bad thing ;-) The only complaint - if I can even call it that - is the fact that I just cannot wear this in the warmer months. For me AOD is reserved solely for the cooler temperatures that arrive at the end of September. I look forward to wearing this every Autumn, once the clammy & claustrophobic heat of summer finally dissipates. And every year, that first spritz brings an immediate smile to my face. It's just a really beautifully created fragrance which never fails to make me feel good when wearing it. It also gets a good few compliments too. I don't think that many people - outside of places like this site - are all that familiar with it now, which is kinda nice. I don't think I've ever smelled in on anyone else in years - it was 10 years ago when I first smelled it on my work colleague - and it certainly doesn't smell like the majority of popular fragrances out there. I will always have a bottle of Ange Ou Demon in my collection...as long as it's being manufactured and sold. It's a bit unique, feels really special when wearing it and I'm incredibly grateful to have such a simpatico relationship with it. Probably not a good blind buy, but definitely worth investing in a tester if you can get hold of one.

I adore this fragrance. This is so much like D&G Pour Femme. In fact, so much so that I had to put one on one wrist and the other on the other so I could compare them. Considering they are fairly close pricewise, it's neither here nor there which one you get but there is a small nuance between the two. The main nuance is that Ange ou Demon is slightly drier in the dry down where D&G Pour Femme is slightly sweeter. Looking at the notes, Ange ou Demon contains both vanilla and tonka bean, whereas D&G Pour Femme contains vanilla and marshmallow. I suspect the difference is in the quantities of the sweet notes used in the formula. So, for this fragrance, you would be trying to work out if she was naughty or nice. Perhaps she is both! The woman who wears this could have a heart of gold and absolutely love and adore those close to her, but threaten her loved ones and like a mama bear, she will very likely rip you a new asshole at the very least. This woman stands confidently in her power, knows what she is capable of, and isn't afraid to speak her mind. She is sexy and sassy, classy, enigmatic, somewhat circumspect, she knows how to read a room and the people in it, she may quietly observe, and if she faces any conflict, her answers/actions will be swift and calculated. She knows what risks she's willing to take and what consequences she is willing to accept because she has read you before you even noticed her presence. This perfume could be considered, dark, rich, venturing into witchy, gothic, alternative even. It definitely works for a rock or metal concert, maybe even a steampunk or Halloween event. Like a black widow, she will draw her prey in. She is exciting and intoxicating! The added bonus is that she will draw you in for at least 12hrs because the longevity is great. She will lure any nose because the prey will smell her and likely search for her in a room. Like The Cult's song, he will be begging her 🎵Come on lil' devil, be my little angel🎵 I've put this as an all year round fragrance as during the summer months, it is a perfect night time fragrance.

Last week I was in a tiny atmospheric health store/ spiritual boutique, looking for my must-have incense , which I'd almost run out of. I was in my own little world, listening to music in my earphones, when this elderly, rather timid-looking woman with beautiful white hair in a french twist, approached me. I almost couldn't hear her at first but she said: " Dear, you look like someone who should be wearing Ange ou Demon. You know, the perfume, Givenchy." They didn't have fragrances at all in that store, except for essential oils and the like, so it came out of nowhere. I had not heard about this scent before so I didn't know if I should be grateful or somewhat "offended". However, she seemed respectful and not like she was "type casting" me as a demonic woman because I have long red stiletto nails and a somewhat victorian gothic aesthethic, so I just asked her in what way she meant and she answered: "Oh, you don't know it? It's very special, It's not for everybody but I think it's for you". Suffice it to say, I was intrigued at this point. I went home, read the divisive reviews about it (which I found promising in a non-crowd pleasing way) and ordered a bottle online and got it this friday. It's now sunday , I've worn it all weekend and I am taking this on as one of my few signature scents. Mind you, I do not take signature scents lightly, but when you know: you know. .... And this is just pure angelic dark magic on my skin. It's the vibe as Dior Poison, Lancome Magie Noire - only richer, more sophisticated, more alluring in a very classic sense. I worship this fragrance already , an absolute holy grail. If I ever meet that woman from the store again, I will surely thank her. Ange ou Demon is clearly not for everybody - but maybe it's for you, too

Ange ou Demon is a very fitting name for this fragrance. There is a duality to it. It is a dark, sexy fragrance that somehow feels light and airy at the same time. I find a lot of darker fragrances thick and heavy, but this one feels like it floats around me all day. This is a pretty unique fragrance for me, it doesn't really smell like anything else I have tried, except it's flankers of course. It is very well blended, I smell a warm, vanilla white floral with a soft, smooth spiciness. I think of this as a strong, sexy, grown woman fragrance. There is a maturity to the scent that doesn't smell dated or matronly. I usually wear this in fall and winter, but i have worn it for a summer night time scent and it worked very well. Since the darkness is not heavy, it performs very nicely in the heat. I just usually prefer this type of smell in cooler weather. The performance is incredible. It lasts ALL day, 12+ hours and has a stunning sillage that I can smell floating around me the entire time and never feels heavy or suffocating. The projection is strong, but not room filling. A light to moderate application is all that is needed for great performance. I usually start most fragrances with four sprays, and with that, this last forever. With two sprays I had the same longevity with a bit less projection, which may be preferable to a lot of people. The bottle, like the fragrance is unique and instantly reconizable as Ange ou Demon, the flankers (which are worth exploring) share the same bottle shape with a couple just being a bit squat. This is a fragrance I will repurchase when I finish my current bottle. I am trying very hard to keep myself from purchasing a back up bottle. I'm not sure if I will win that fight in the end.

I came for the rosewood, I stayed for the magic... 2006 Amber-Floral SAFFRON-LILY-TONKA with Vanilla & Rosewood by Jean-Pierre Bethouart & Olivier Cresp. This scent has a haunting beauty that's both ancient and ahead of its time with the use of saffron to punctuate a succulent lily, all resting on a baby-powdery tonka & vanilla-woods base. Thyme here fluffs up the saffron, while ylang engorges the lily. Tonka here leans more to the baby-powdery-woody-sweet with its sweet tobacco-flower nuances played up more than it's fruity nuances, which blends beautifully with rosewood, and delivers a satisfying hit for fans of rosewood (such as myself). Performance is well above average for year round wear, although this will shine like an enchanting mist when it's overcast and/or cool. It's a love for me. Kudos to reviewer FreshScentz below who references the Owens' sisters of Practical Magic (1998) as befitting this scent, and gives us a fantasy pyramid: "Top notes of silver saffron roses reflected in the full moon, heart notes of the trail of enticing vanilla fireflies, and base notes of damp cemetery oak moss, and the immensity of the 1000 year-old masonry of a bewitched gothic castle, deep in a dense forest." What more could be said?... Update 10/27/24: Sprayed this on today and was surprised to notice a clean laundry vibe with the other notes that I hadn't noticed before. This balances perfectly with the damp base notes. Not sure where that's coming from. however, this has gotten even better than I remember. Still a love. Update 04/21/25: Wow! This has gotten a lot sweeter now. So good. Still has the clean laundry facet. Sprayed it today for the lily which is enjoyable also. Love it.