Nirmala

When people say the first gourmand was Angel , it makes me rolling eyes . This one is so sweet that it would have deserved to be called so too , despite it doesn't have any food notes (well fruits are food, but you see what i mean )because of it's oversweetness . Unlike many i don't believe either that they resemble each other , the main thing about Angel is Cotton Candy , Chocolate and Patchouli ( btw i've noticed that when any scent has quite a strong patchouli note , there's always someone to say "OMG! It's like Angel !!! " even if it's the one and only note they have in common . ) Roll eyes again Nirmala hasn't any of those foody notes ! They're just both very sweet ! Really different . Nirmala has been created in 1955 , but it's so hype in its smell , if it was better advetised it could be a hit ! All the Loverdose , LL Premier parfum , Black XS for her fans .... would love it and BUY it , because it's pretty cheap ( there is also a little 30ml bottle available) I've asked the lady from the perfume store to scent me with it this morning, because i'd always love it on the test paper , today it's quite cold outside, and despite this i believe it's really really sweet . If you're not a gourmand fan , don't buy ! If you are, you'll love it , and yet you won't smell like the other gourmand fans !

Okay...this is a complex one. I have found that the hallmark for French perfumery is they are very complex and need time to settle down or "air out" before their beauty can be judged. Wouldn't it be nice if people would take time to look for the beauty in people over time and not snap decisions? The opening of this lovely perfume is AMAZING! I cannot describe it other than musky...I believe that the cedar note is rearing it's head mixed with passion fruit and all the other citruses it is odd but fear not that smell some people are repulsed by goes away to reveal a sumptuous plate of fruit, ripe and ready to eat. Tonka bean and sandalwood rounds it out while the smell of cedar gently remains throughout.My suggestions: only try it if you can gently and patiently wait for the perfume to manifest itself, spray it on about an hour before you leave your house so that the ENORMOUS sillage settles down and lastly I would say that don't buy this based on your love for another perfume that this one may be like...let Nirmala stand on it's own. She doesn't need help. :) Happy Perfuming! ♥

I just received my first bottle of Nirmala today and I love it!!! It is such a beautiful fragrance. It starts off fruity and dries down to something sweet sexy and confident. No synthetic burn or assault like so many fragrances..... I see that most commentary indicated that the scent is similar to Angel and it really is, but much classier and authentic. I have Angel, Angel Innocent and Star. This is a little more like Angel Innocent with less powder on the finish. Really divine dry down and gorgeous right from the first spray.....OOOHHHHHH I am in perfume heaven again! (Also bought Habanita and it is definitely for night wear and just as fantastic, a little on the daring, edgy and smokey leathery side!!!!) I love love love Molinard!!!!! Please keep these REAL fragrances alive and well!!!

At the start I definitely got the sweaty skin smell, I think it is the combination of the mango with the spicy vanilla notes because I have smelled that 'B.O. type' smell before, wish I could remember exactly which perfume that was so I could compare the notes! Fairly sure the other one I tried didn't end up smelling good on me even at the dry down. However with this little beauty I'm so glad I hung in there and waited because I think that dry down is the part which makes this perfume sexy, heady and delicious. As someone else mentioned, candied patchouli is close to EXACTLY how I would describe the dry down, and luckily the old patch is a good friend of mine :) very glad I got a tester of this for around $20, it was well worth the money in my opinion.

I got Nirmala in a grab-bag of samples and thought it was cloying and strange when first smelled - but I could not leave it alone, had to just check it again, day after day; something about it mesmerised me even though it seemed overwhelmingly sweet and fruity. I used up then sniffed that one little sample container day after day until I finally just ordered a bottle of it. I now absolutely love it, but have to wear it very sparingly - as it is so intense. I find it irresistable but on the edge of being too much! I don't wear it to work. Although it has some shared notes with Angel it is a different experience altogether: it is a very complex and original scent, not at all like anything else. Very worth trying!

Nirmala vs Angel. As a matter of fact right now I have both on (it's a pity we humans have only 2 hands;) So, the opening differs greatly - Angel is more foody and sweet and makes me think of a cup of hot chocolate; Nirmala is also sweet but not in a gourmand way. The middle notes are practically 1:1 on me, rich and smooth, deep and dark. The basenotes are very much alike, but I like Nirmala more - can't even explain why - maybe Nirmala has a more prominent woodsy note in it. A few years ago we had to saw off an old orchard - cherry trees, plum trees, an old eve etc. And this smell of sawdust + tree resins comes to my mind when I smell the drydown of Nirmala - Angel gives me more food-like associations.

I love this - get an older bottle if you can though, not sure if the latest version is the same quality. Yes, it reminds me of Angel, but Angel copied Nirmala, if anything! A blackcurrant note is very strong in this perfume, and it's one of my favorite notes. Passion fruit is very prominent too, and it's VERY redolent of sandalwood, right on the edge of being too much. IN the older version the sandalwood is of excellent quality, so that's not a problem for me. This is an example of the right way to do a fruity scent, and it blows all those boring, smell-alike lightweights out of the water.

I am wearing this parfum today since 7 am for the first time and I loved it, because (I do not know the reason) the atmosphere it creates around brings me happiness. This morning getting the car to work, my husband looked right to me and asked what kind of parfum was that one?...he said it looks like you have a bath with a liquid and fruity candy. That is a good description. It is a rain of fruits, and flowers all over you! Right now at 5:30 pm I still smell like a candy but mixed with clean jazmine... I think is a wonderful addition to my collection!

I have to say I like this after I read the reviews and thought I better give it a go, I am a big fan of Eau De Star and the Angel Rose - I can see that they are similar in some aspects to Nirmala. I wore it a couple days in a row and loved the smell of my work uniform when I picked it up. I must be accustomed to the fragrance as it just blended in and I could not notice it being overwhelming or anything like that. I think this is a great buy at a great price and overall a great perfume that lasts all day.

As a teenager I used to wear Angel until my friend told me about Molinard. Needless to say that I switched to Nirmala as it was cheaper. I heard that Thierry Mugler sued but i don't know if this is true but in any case, this was created before Angel. I hope they didn't change their formula. I used to love it. Now, i'm much older and don't wear it anymore but this smells like magic! Sensual, young, mysterious, beautiful, sweet and sexy in the most gourmand way you could imagine without ever being cloying.

Received today and could not wait to try! Ripped it open, sprayed twice and blah!! OMG Pit and rotten fruit!I couldn't believe THIS is the frag. I have read so many wonderful things about, so I waited.. One hour later..I get Angel, BIG TIME. This is a relief, I can salvage this bottle after all. Angel-I like so this is good! A couple hours later I get Angel+aged fruits(a nice stage) A scary thing, this scent.NOT for the timid, shy or faint of heart.

Kastehelmi, I have both Angel and Nirmala and I love them both, but my husband prefers Nirmala!!! He says it has better staying power and is more alluring. It does not have the depressing effect that Angel has. So if you know the picture of the two clown faces, the one smiling and the other crying, Angel is the crying one and Nirmala the smiling one!!

Nirmala is my absolute favourite, my 'signature' scent. I have many fragrances - one for every occasion, colour, mood, time of day, season, etc - but Nirmala is special. I've been using it for years, and am only sorry that the packaging has been changed from the elegant dark blue bottle to the new clear glass style.

It's hard to believe that such a beautiful, quality fragrance can be found for so inexpensively! Excellent for summer. I absolutely adore it, well done!

I just wore Nirmala yesterday after being out of it for a long while. It's certainly not for the shy or cool personality. At the same time it is sweet enough that it could work for a younger person. For Americans it would definitely seem feminine but I think some men could wear it. In either case a very light hand is the best - this baby is strong going on and doesn't dissipate as much as drop off after 6-8 hours on the skin. It sticks forever on cloth. I was concerned that I was getting a reformulated bottle, but going on my experience the juice I got hold of is the one I remember fondly. I knew it as soon as I smelled that slightly dirty sweet opening of the fruit. It is not a simplistic sweet fragrance - rather there is a fermented complexity to the fruits that lasts into the woody and still sweet drydown. This does have similarities, on my skin, to Angel. The woods are not as strong as the patchouli however the "dirty" or fermented effect reminds me of Angel quite a bit. Even though it's definitely fruity, the way Molinard uses fruit is not the same as a lot of the gourmand frags of the last 25 years or so. I don't think, ooh I will chomp down on that cassis (or passionfruit or whatever). Instead I lean closer and wonder what's so compelling about the scent and making me feel almost like I do after a good dessert. Wearing this made me remember a summer when I wore it daily. It's really a great warm weather scent - if it suits your style, of course. As of 9/30/2011 Parfums Raffy seems to be selling the older formulation.

I've had this scent for years. At first loved the bottle, but didn't quite know what to think of the smell, but it grows on you. The mango definitely comes out on me and a spicy vanilla. In fact, I would guess this has cinnamon, black pepper or cardamom in it. Exotic florals are listed, maybe one of these flowers gives it that spiciness. My daughter hated it when she was little, but the other day I had her smell my wrist after dry down and she said mmm. I have the gorgeous dark blue bottle with the old fashioned lady on it. Pretty sure I only bought it for the bottle! Lol. I don’t get why some people say this is fresh?! Fresh is aquatic, floral or citrus not musky, vanilliac, over ripe, spicy fruit, lol. There are times when this perfume has smelled a little different to me, I think it’s that over ripe, musty, b.o. fruit smell that occasionally comes out or others mentioned cumin, but if used sparingly and occasionally it really is quite unique and sexy! I agree with others, surprising that it was created in the 50’s, though to my young nose I thought well I guess this is what vintage perfumes smell like because I really hadn’t experienced vintage scents, but now I know so many vintages are horrid compared to this juice. Some describe some perfumes as sex in a bottle, this is one of those perfumes, in fact almost certain I have conceived a child wearing this! Edit: I recently sampled Angel for the first time. They maybe somewhat similar, but overall different. I pick nirmala over Angel in a heartbeat.

this to me deffently have the resemblance to bouth innocent and angel by TM. the opening is very much like innocent to me . but this one is alittle bit more fruity and stronger . I can realy smell the citruses , especialy the grapefruit, in this first moments it is pure pleasure , then the Mango and passionfruit come in and makes it a little bit messy for me , im not quite shure if i like it that much in this stage . this have to grow on me i think. The mango has so much neewanses to it and so does the Passionfruit ,but after all the clen smell of grapefruit saves this for me in this stage. then in comes the tiny whiff of vanilla . and my thoughts are mmm... nice . then it grows eaven bigger and takes the Tonka beans to dance. heavenly . the sandelwood iMO could have been left out in this , but it is not to strong so.. in this ending stage the drydown is pretty like angel IMO . the innocent have left and the Angel has arriwed:) this is a unik and very interasting perfume . (The only thing i have to think about whit this is not to put it on whit a empty stomack. i then will get ill by it . some perfumes have that affect , and this is one of them ..) i quite like it , note shure if i easely could use a 100 ml bottle but who knows..

I have been wearing Nirmala for years now, and I also wear Thierry Muegler's Angel. If you smell Nirmala (the eau de parfum, sadly discontinued, is your best bet) you will instantly "get" the inspiration for Angel. Its so blatantly derivative of this 1955 classic that its almost embarrassing, one wonders why there isn't some sort of copyright protecting scents. Nirmala is exquisite, fresh, strong and lively, more elegant than Angel because it has no head-shop inspired patchouli note and less of a chocolat-ey, vanilla note. Its better for daytime wear because the sillage, although decent, is not the atomic blast radius sillage of Angel. Its also a LOT less expensive than Angel. Don't get me wrong - I wear both Nirmala and Angel, I love strong sillage and sweet scents, but Nirmala is probably the most wearable of the two on an everyday basis. Try to find an older, frosted pink glass bottle of the Nirmala eau de parfum, because the eau de toilette only lasts a very brief time.

At another review, it said that this smelled like Eau de Star by Mugler. Not in the least. Not even remotely close! Nothing aquatic here! Apparently, they were clueless as to what Eau de Star smelled like.. BUT, it DOES smell very Angel-esque , without the patchouli. A truly juicy, rich, full bodied, gourmand opening, just delightful. It's like Angel Innocent. VERY much so. Better priced. After just a couple hours, on me, it was completely gone. That said, I find this perfume to be reasonable enough to still purchase and respray occasionally. It's truly wonderful, in spite of the mediocre performance. It's just yummy. I'm NOT a big fan of fruity perfumes but this one is really great. What can I say? I'm getting a back up bottle! EDIT-shocking me how completely it disappears and how quickly! And I have the eau de parfum! If you get this, be ready to reapply many times a day. You will NEED a back up bottle because you will use this juice up quickly.

One of the first fruity florals I fell in love with! It has far more interesting notes on me than the usual, the cedar gives it a pencil shavings note but for once I actually like it! It mixes with the vanilla to produce a rather animalic, 'intimate' smell blended with a strong hint of mango and passion fruit. It's clean yet feels a rather raunchy! I'm a little scared to test this at work but why not! It's funny, so far a lot of people have said sweat, b.o or 'lady parts' (and god do I love perfumes that people label like that... makes me feel like a animal!) but without that hint of skank it wouldn't be anywhere near as sexy or fun, it would just smell like shampoo. Where's the joy in that?! P.S I don't really see the Angel connection... not unless Angel took a tropical holiday and lightened up a bit...