Angel Eau Sucree

Okay, so I bought this today in Debenhams in the UK! Didn't know it was released, so I was obviously excited when I had seen as I am a HUGE Thierry mugler fan! The bottle, like most Mugler bottles, is stunning, I like the whole frosted and glazed with sugar feel and look! Stunning bottle AGAIN! So the smell, the smell in this, to me, is nothing like the original Angel, which is good but also bad. People who dislike the original because of the obnoxious Patchouli note, will definitely like this scent, but lovers of the original (like myself) who love the Patchouli, might be a bit disappointed. But in my personal opinion, I LOVE this scent. The best part of this scent is the caramelized meringue! Once the fragrance is applied, the frosted sorbet just attacks! It is gorgeous and soft with a very fruity and fresh kick, which smells deliciously gourmand. After about 30 minutes the meringue comes into play and Jesus, this is where the fragrance is, this section of this fragrance is truly memorable for all the right reasons. This smells so edible and sugary without that cloying feel. It is again, fresh and sweet, with a delectable creamy finish. So stunning. With the base, the vanilla I feels to me like it blends in with the sorbet and the meringue, this what I feel makes the fragrance ever so creamy. And the Patchouli, strangely enough, has very little showtime! Thierry Mugler is usually known for his love of Patchouli, where as in this fragrance, it takes the back seat. Don't get me wrong, you can still smell it there just lingering in the background, but it never really 'shows' itself, which I think in this fragrance is a good thing! It smells unbelievably divine, with a very gourmand feel from the start to finish. The lasting power and silage are very mediocre though, but you have to take note that its EDT. It lasts a lot longer than most EDT's but its shame, because this fragrance is so well blended and crafted you can only wish for me power. But if it was stronger, I suppose it would defeat the object of being a summer fragrance. All in all, this fragrance is so delicious and well blended. Perfect for the people who hate the original Angel. I highly recommend you go smell this fragrance if you can, I gurantee you won't be disappointed.

I love the original Angel. In fact, I am a proud Angel addict so I wanted to branch out. I blind bought Angel Eau Sucree with zero expectations (as any Mugler fan knows to do). The first spray is super tart red berries. In my mind, I was thinking "well, this is nice, but I already have a few fruity perfumes." I do get a hint of menthol but what I think it actually is, is the tart berries interacting with either skin or with one of the perfume notes. The berry sorbet phase (closer to actual tart cran/raspberries sprinkled with just the slight bit of sugar) lasts about 20 minutes on my skin. I am slightly re-writing this review because I had applied the original Angel earlier in the day and I think that affected how I viewed Eau Sucree. This sorbet phase lasts longer than I thought but it is actually quite lovely and crisp without falling into the "fresh" category. I will say this for Thierry Mugler; he has some of the most hyper-realistic notes in modern perfumery for perfumes that are not soliflores. As the berries break up and the creamy meringue rises to the top, you can clearly smell each distinct phase. This is a blind buy that was 100% successful. Eau Sucree does become a quasi-gourmand but more true oriental vanilla at the end for me. This perfume starts out on a cool note and gradually progresses to warm. It never gets hot like the original Angel nor is it a patchouli heavy perfume. Again, I love the original in all it's wonderfully gauche glory and I revel in it, but a new take is good, too. This is more of a cousin to the original than a sibling, Like looking for a family resemblance, if you squeeze your eyes up real tight, you can just barely make out some Angel DNA but not enough to be immediately recognized. While no Mugler fragrance is a "safe" blind buy, if you know you like red, fruity scents, like LPRN Couture, you might want to try Eau Sucree. EDITED TO ADD: LPRN is more Guerlain in that it has noticeable powdery notes compared to Eau Sucree. Eau Sucree is appropriate for almost any day/time/event. I can't wait to try the 2017 version. EDIT: Does anyone else get a "creamscicle" sort of vibe in the drydown? Yum!

The first time I tested this on a paper strip all I got was light, tangy sweat, and I totally wrote it off as being one of the only angel summer flankers that was an instant-yuck. I was in a 'eh, fuck it' mood yesterday so after work I decided to stop at Macy's and give it another chance, this time on my skin and I'm so glad I did! What difference from paper to flesh, it was almost unrecognizable. I'm not a huge meringue pie, or meringue anything fan so I can't really say "oh yes, merengue!" or whatever, but the first blast is very sugary, but not cheap juvenile sugar, youthful yes but tacky sweetness most definitely not. More like maybe a gourmet rock candy sugar from a swanky little mom and pop cafe or something... fancy, indulgent but not sticky or gooey. I personally get no La Vie Est Belle granulated sugar bomb vibe from this. The tangy red berry note probably keeps the sweetness from getting out of control. Then comes the slight sweatiness again, but it's light and actually compliments the rock sugar and tangy berries and adds complexity. This is by no means a mind blowingly intense, femme fatale fragrance and it makes no claims to be. It's sweet, youthful, airy, with just a pinch of dirty and well blended. This is ALL Thierry Mugler to me. Complicated, but not too serious, happy, but in no way ditzy. Somewhat comparable to innocent, but innocent has a bit more of that sweatiness, I find. Oh, and none of the usual citrus/aqua notes you'd expect for any summer fragrance. I really like this flanker and I'm so glad I decided to give it another shot. Just goes to show, you seriously can't know a frag until you've tested on your skin. You just can't.

Uh oh, I might not be buying this after all. I finally got to try it at the mall. I'm a huge fan of the original, but Sucree is just not wowing me. I was completely prepared to shell over the $80, but after smelling the sample, had to tell the perfume counter associate that I'd have to think about it and come back. Oh please let this develope into something I want. It's been half an hour so far and I'm wandering the mall hoping the middle and base notes will kick in and change my mind. It just comes across as stale candy atm :( Edit: ha I ended up buying it anyway an hour later. It's not my favorite flanker, but it's still good. Muglers second best is still better than other companies' best. The fact that Mugler won't be making flankers anymore after this year made me feel more inclined to buy it . The sillage and longevity are nowhere near as intense as the original Angel, so it's safer for work. It's more of a crowd pleaser and less of a "love it or hate it" scent. It does smell much better after an hour or two when the meringue kicks in stronger. I wish they would've toned down the patchouli a little bit, and added more vanilla (I didn't know it was there until I looked at the notes in this site). If the original Angel is a warrior archangel, and Innocent is a baby cherubim, then Sucree is a Guardian (Seraphim) Angel. Edit #2. I'm a huge Mugler fan. But I've never liked any of the scents on first smell. It's always a process as you see above. Now I'm in love with Sucree and will buy a backup. Ahhh you're a genius Mugler!

Mmmmmm... I am in LOVE! This has to be the most delicious gourmand I have ever tried. So glad I got to buy this, since it's a limited edition (why, oh WHY?). This is a REALLY sweet creamy scent. It reminds me a lot of Lancome's "La Vie Est Belle": they are both deliciously sweet and quite heavy, however there's a difference here. First of all, this one has the creamy meringue and the sweet vanilla, but it also has a juicy side from the red berries that "La Vie Est Belle" doesn't have (that one is all about the praliné to me), so there's a twist in this version of "Angel" that makes it both creamy and juicy at the same time. The fragance stays pretty linear, so it's not like the original "Angel" that, at least on my skin, changes quite a lot from the opening to the drydown, but boy, what a delicious linear scent this one is. I must say, this one doesn't smell very similar to the original "Angel", but there's something in it that tells you this is a Mugler, and I really think it's the patchouli. The patchouli base gives more power to this fragance, but it's not as earthy as the one in the original "Angel". It lasts a really long time on my skin and it projects well for a few hours, then it calms down and it stays close to the skin. Don't expect the monster sillage that the original has! What can I say? Just find this baby and BUY IT! If you want to smell like something someone would like to eat you won't regret it. Yummy!