Nirmala

This is one more of my recent blind buys among Molinard frags: even in France they are difficult to find in stores (and to test), and the last time I was in Paris no time to drop by the Molinard boutique. I couldn't resist, indeed, the perfume pyramid above which is in fact quite accurate. We do get some citruses notes during the opening, but they are short and globally not significant, as very quickly they are overwhelmed by a fake-gourmand passion-mango association, mango being IMHO the dominant scent. This association acts like sort of an orchid-like twist, while vanilla is struggling to enhance jasmine and hibiscus as a counterpart. The woody notes never succeed in providing a real base to these airy scents, so my next task is to combine this frag with high-quality oud frags, as I expect that this will probably be quite amazing. All in all, one more outstanding and neverless classical work of Molinard from Grasse (actually it is a vintage frag).

First of all I grew up in a tropical city, eating mangoes every day. There's no winter, only summer. Granted all noses are wired differently, I smell real ripened mango first, then a bit of the passion fruit, and little flowers. The drydown is great because is slightly different than most gourmand. I always just smell vanilla with the rest but this one I smell mostly vanilla, jasmine and sandalwood. I like that is similar to Innocent TM because I get the most compliments when I wear that one. I bought it because my Innocent is 40% and they cost like $190 2.6 oz now (I bought this one for $54, 2.5 oz, Amazon). I am happy with my purchase and I am using it starting now at 66°F here in the OR Spring. It's more refreshing than Innocent and more fruity. I enjoy both very much. Will probably purchase again. My fiancé likes it, he says it smells yummy like mangos 🥭

This is a really peculiar scent. the very beginning was so tart and sour that it almost smelled like some citrus cologne gone bad which I guess is what another review called "cat pee"). That didn't last and Nirmala soon became so much much better! Forget the opening notes: this is some sort of... patchouli free Angel? The resemblance is there, for sure. I'm really intrigue by it: because his is supposedly a vintage fragrance that hasn't changed much. Is this Angel grandma? Or another beautifully done Angel clone? No way for me to know! What I can say is that it's a wonderful fruity rich scent. It's SO much better than Angel! Lighter and more airy, without that super dense gourmand note. This gets better after every sniff: you get mango, and jasmine, and tons of vanilla, and tonka. Blind buy it, if you see this one around. you won't be disappointed.

This is a quirky delicious thing, nothing indolic about it. Some of the reviewers suggest strong resemblance to TM Angel Eau Croisiere and since I have both I can not fully agree. While TM is some juicy tropical coctails in paradise, Nirmala is an exquisite small wooden candy shop, full of open cedar chests that contain all sorts of fruity delights. Icing powder lifts in the air every time the candy is moved around and mixes all the smells together, leaving the bedazzled customers in a happy trance, walking among the goods while filling the little box they are going to take with them. It is a bliss when it lasts, but you can not stay forever in the shop, can you? Sooner or later you have to leave, enjoy your candy and alas.. be left with an empty box. The whole experience lasts about 4 hours for me and I enjoy every minute of it.

Nirmala was the start of my perfume hobby two years ago. I was looking for a better, more mature Escada fragrance and I found it in Nirmala. Nirmala opens with a blast of sweet juicy mango. It dries down creamy while avoiding being musky, with an interesting slightly spicy note present in the background, all the while retaining the mango note. My skin tends to amplify musky and powdery notes, but Nirmala never follows down that road and stays fresh and clean throughout. I don't think it projects too far, rather it creates a close, intimate bubble around you and you get lovely whiffs of it throughout the day as you go about your business.

This is the most realistic mango flesh I’ve ever smelled. Like, you just cut it and are biting into the almost sinewy part near the rind. It’s that realistic. The passionfruit adds a fantastic harness that turns the scent into a tropical smoothie. This is vacation in a bottle. One of the best fruity scents in my collection. It dries into a fruity and woody hibiscus, and really developed, depending on your skin. An absolute stunner.

Upon reading the disappointing reviews on the now mutilated Angel I had a craving for Nirmala. This is so beautiful and fun on its own- I often forget I own it, and am delighted when I bring it out again. Back to the distant memory of when Angel was released and how dazzling it was- well I just went hard layering Nirmala with Reminiscence Patchouli and it’s the 90’s Angel! Yay!

It does have similarity with "Innocent", but there is also obvious difference, ok, I would define Nirmala as "Tropical Innocent" - and I find it really nice. I think I can imagine myself craving it, especially in the mornings when I go to work, but wish to be somewhere in South India, eating fruit salad and watching people around me... :)

Gorgeous fruity and tropical perfume with body. This Nirmala is gorgeous, fresh and sweet but not juvenile. It does remind me a bit of the fruity top of Angel Muse EDT and of course, Angel Crossiere 2019. Very happy, bright but mature. Brings a little gourmand fruitiness to a cold day. Exactly what I was searching for.

Tropical bomb! Sweet, fruity, but not sickly. Ciruses and flowers make it also somewhat fresh. Love it!

This fragrance starts fresh and tart with the grapefruit being most prominent but that fades quite quickly and within a minute or 2 you are left with a sweet tropical scent. To me the most prominent note is passion fruit, then vanilla. To my husband the most prominent note was mango, so depends on the person. It stays like this for about 3h. On my wrist and paper it smells more tart, fresh and fruity. While the fragrance that surrounds me is sweeter with vanilla being the most prominent note with the passion fruit staying in the background. Due to this I am a bit disappointed, I hoped it would be more tart with the tropical and fruit notes being most prominent, not the sweet vanilla. I am also curious if this will be a safe summer scent as I am afraid it could get cloying in hot weather - we shall see. Weirdly I don't see it as a winter scent either, more for spring, maybe fall. It could work for a cold summer day or maybe for the beach with a nice cocktail. The dry down is quite simple - sweet, slightly powdery passion fruit. Lasts at least 6h but the silage, I would say, is more intimate, not sure if it is felt by others. Good news is that, despite being sweet it can be sprayed several times (I did 6-7) and does not get too cloying or overwhelming. A nice fragrance but too sweet for me, reminds me of the syrupy summer ice lollies when they melt on your hand.

On my skin, Nirmala reveals surprising notes of musky black currant and various fruits. It shares its fruity notes with Angel, but even more with Innocent, as just like Innocent, it lacks patchouli, and both smell pretty similar. The sweetness is moderate, somewhere in between the unisex sweetness of Innocent and the intense sweetness of Angel. The sillage is moderate, and it's pretty linear, unlike Innocent. Despite its moderate sweetness, it might be a little bit heavy in hot weather, but is easy to wear the rest of the year. It's an addictive and affordable fruity fragrance that will be loved by everyone, and even more by Angel and Innocent fans.

picture a sweet heart wife who is religious, traditional, cute and lovely character, tends for her garden, wears flowery clothes, makes art craft, very balanced and loyal to his husband : that kind of innocence because there is 0 sexiness involved here. Now picture that woman on vacation sipping a daiquiri seating at the patio at the Hotel Nacional in Habana in a very sunny warm afternoon refreshed by the breeze coming from the sea and the fruity drink. It's a happy time. There is a dirty note at the bottom that rather gives it the more grown up age instead of the childish fragrance that I'd be without that touch of wood.

This smells like a hot, foamy bath in the best possible way - warm, fruity, soapy and soft. However performance is rather potent - medium to heavy sillage and lasts all day. Hibiscus, coumarin and vanilla takes vibrant, soft spicy (almost woody), soapy (on the verge of creamy) foreground. Slightly misbehaving grapefruit and jasmine gives some intrigue, but mango and passion fruit are in charge of fruitiness. Unique and amazing. Easily suited for any season or time of the day, however everyone could have their preferences, perhaps considering it too warm, too heavy, too fruity. Pleasant, but not a crowd-pleaser.

I like it but I'm still not sure if I want to smell like this. I have a sample and I almost bought a full bottle. On me it smells like a mango syrup and for now I will pass as I feel strage smelling like food. Somehow winter gourmand fragrances (chocolate, cinamon, rum etc.) are OK for me but this summmer gourmand is not. Maybe I just don't like so much fruity fragrances. If you like to smell like a sweet mango then go for it. It's a good perfume - longevity is around 8 hours, on clothes I can smell it the next day. However, the projection after the 1st hour is rather moderate.

This is a delicious, sweet, slightly tropical and tart perfume. On the opening, I can smell the similarities with Angel, so I already like it! It has a sweet and tart aspect to it, cotton candy with pungent grapefruit and passionfruit, but mainly the grapefruit: the sweet tartness is actually mouth watering. As it dries down, I can start detecting the mango and the vanilla. This is an excellent underrated gem! Love ❤️🥭 🍬

REALLY loving this one. On my skin, it is very, very similar to Mugler Angel. This current Nirmala, on my skin is so not tropical fruit, or sweet or really vanilla. It is a soapy Mugler Angel. While patchouli does not seem to be listed, this pulls a lot of patchouli on me. If you like Mugler Angel, you will love Nirmala. Longevity on my skin is much longer than Angel. Sillage is strong, but not offensive.

A bright, fruity gourmand with juicy tropical notes of mango and passion fruit, with citrus, creamy vanilla, and soft florals. It’s sweet but not heavy although a bit linear. It’s a fun, playful fragrance.

The opening of the fragrance is very beautiful in my opinion. We can smell the passion fruit but in a very fresh and clean way ( I usually hate sweet perfume) I loved it, even if it's far away from what I use to like. But then, when it dry down after 2, 3 hours it just leave a simple, basic vanilla without any personality. I'm truly disappointed with this perfume that gave me delusional hope of a fresh and clean tropical scent.

Maybe I would like this more in the winter. It is very sticky sweet and agree with the review that it is mature. My teenager stole it and wore it one early summer evening and it was too much and too mature- just didn't fit her youth. Not sure how I feel about this one.

Starts off fresh, sweet, and a touch floral. Quite feminine. It's a very pleasant opening but sadly reaches a powder-point of no return in only a few minutes. The dry down smells like slightly sweet makeup right out of a compact.

Usually I like all fruity fragrances, but this one has something unbearably horrible in it. Don’t know how Molinard even manages to achieve it. Usually I like all the notes, that are described. Maybe some cheap and not well made materials are used.

This perfume is exactly how I think Beyond Paradise by Estee Lauder *should* smell like. Beautiful fruity tropical notes of a luscious honey-sweet mango, I hope I don’t burn through my 30 ml bottle too quickly as I got it only for £25. Instant antidepressant for summer. The tonka bean in base is strong and complements the mango, while the hibiscus and sour passionfruit freshens it up. I prefer this to Vilhelm Parfumerie’s Mango Skin as it has less of a soapy drydown. Remarkable longevity of 10-11 hours at least on me. Didn’t expect anything less from powerhouse Molinard. Edit: I asked for a backup 75 ml bottle of this for my June birthday. Allbeauty for £45!

I bought this because it was supposed to smell like Angel Innocent which i loved and can no longer get. There is a split second in the opening of this that smells like Innocent but it is quickly overpowered by a tropical fruity note. Usually that is not something i would be averse to but this fruitiness is extremely tart - perhaps the grapefruit (i am not a fan and t grapefruit in general so that makes sense). I also get some kind of coconut and vanilla on the dry down. Personally, the sharpness of the grapefruit ruins this for me. Definitely not an Innocent dupe in my opinion.

I literally just sampled this scent as I was considering buying it in a sale and I am so shocked to find that it smells like Cat's pee !! And it's not just on me but from the bottle too. Which is such a shame as I love Habanita, so I just can't comprehend this. The drydown is much better and thank goodness it starts quickly but even then this is a weird one ! I don't smell anything remotely tropical or like a mango, hence I can't even think what note would be responsible for this but I do know that it's a no from me unfortunetly :-(

This perfume is very unique and not a safe blind buy! I smelt it on my friend and on her it smelt like this scrumptious mango tropical musky fragrance, so soft feminine and sweet without being cloying. On me it smells like a tropical deodorant on a sweaty armpit. I think the cedar and fruit combo doesn't agree with my skin. It does then settle into a palatable mellow fruity musky base, but I just can't get over that initial unpleasant burst of BO and rotten fruit. A no for me. Yet I continue to absolutely adore it on my friend 🤷🏼♀️

I really love this. It has the qualities of Angel that I loved before it changed to be more of the lighter notes, this feels denser somehow. It’s fruity but in a somewhat fermented sense, the cedar is the main star here. However if cedar isn’t your thing it may not work for you. It feels like a grown up fruit perfume, it isn’t flowerbomb! My kids weren’t keen, in fact they suggested it smells like armpit sweat, but despite that I like it. It feels comfy, a good winter perfume, without amber which I think of as also being wintery.

I'm a long-time fan of Habanita and asked for this again as a gift - but husband went off track and bought Nirmala. Interesting, I thought, as I am a fan of Molinard fragrances, and have tried many, most recently Citrus Noir (love it). Nirmala isn't going into my "favourites" category. I get a strong cherry fragrance - which is OK -I don't mind that but as the fragrance develops it seems to just - wear off. Within a short time it develops a fruitier, mango scent which lasts quite a while but doesn't do anything for me.

this is closer to what i had imagined angel smelling like, if you like angel but cant hang with the armpit patchouli(my skin amplifies anything sharp like this and makes it unbearable) youll probably enjoy this. great lasting power, enough projection to be surrounded by it and catch whiffs on yourself throughout the day, but not enough to suffocate nearby people

Such a gem of tropical goodness. The mango and passionfruit notes - which are tricky to do without smelling like BO - are beautiful here. This is sweet, juicy, and fruity throughout but the base gets progressively more complex with floral and woody notes popping in. I don't wear a lot of gourmand fragrances, but I do love this one.

Takes me back to 2003 when I used to cover myself in Innocent by Mugler. This smells a lot like Innocent, especially in the opening. I would never call it „tropical”, to me it’s a sweet frag with a green edge. I get mango skin and a bit of passionfruit, with a hibiscus background. Fun and unique.

Molinard will be famous to relaunch the same identical fragrances with the same identical name, notes, concentration every year. They make an announcement like it was a new realise, but the fragrance is the same of one or two years ago. And that's it. Sometime they change the bottles. Stop.

I discovered this some 10 years ago and bought 4 bottles before it got expensive. It is Angel-ish, no question. Remember this scent was first introduced in the 1950's, well before Angel, not 2017. My husband loves it. I love it. Gourmand, as my husband says, good enough to eat.

This is a deeper version of Mugler Angel Eau Croisiere that replaces the patchouli with tonka. (Or, more likely, Eau Croisiere resulted from a perfumer sniffing Nirmala and thinking, "I wonder what this would smell like if we replaced the tonka with Angel DNA?)

How this smells like angel, I’ll never know. Also, I think the scent profile it’s misleading. I do not find this to be “tropical”. Honestly, it’s just straight strange. It’s not smooth, or well blended, or balanced. It’s a bit harsh and the notes clash.

This smells really nice if I sniff it from a distance, but when I smell it up close... uh it smells like someone didn’t shower in 2-3 days and decided to spray a tropical body mist to freshen up. Lol idk how I feel about this man

On my skin its very soapy at the beginning. Fruitty-fresh and a bit musky. Long lasting. Nothing like TM Angel (with or without patchouli). I like it :)

If there was an « angel mugler » note,I would have pushed on it. Heavily. It’s Angel having washed its hair with a fruity shampoo. Fans only.

@kl99 think it's pr exercise to increase brand value...as I see it tgey made the bottles fancier and increased prices on the way

Mmmmmm , this is fun for summer ! A rich fruity woody scent ! I love it !

Hmm, Angel without that horrid patchouli note? I'm seriously intrigued!

tropical vanilla soapy paradise