Angel Stellar

2 UPDATES AT THE BOTTOM* Just got this yesterday as it just launched in Australia and wore it today for the first time, so I'm still trying to wrap my head around it, but it's not as much of an instant love like the Angel Fantasm, which completely changed my life and made Mugler my favourite fragrance house. Unfortunately, I had to blind buy it because Myer is always slow with putting a tester out. Now sadly this opens up with that shameful overused pungeant synthetic pistachio note. But like every pistachio fragrance, it shines in the dry down. After ten minutes, it does become such a beautiful sweet, salty, decadent, nutty fragrance, which definitely gives me more of a nighttime vibe, even though I will still find an excuse to wear it during the day. It's not too spicy, which I'm happy about because overly spicy gourmands can feel like a punch in the face. I need more time with this, and I will definitely write an update, but so far, I do really like it, and I think the more I wear it, the more I will like it. It's just a shame the opening is all over the place, but the dry down is really delicious. This lasted 8 hours plus on me. I actually got asked what I was wearing at the start of my shift by the head of fragrance education at my job, which was so cool because I work for quite a big beauty company, and then also my friend at the end of my shift said they could still smell it, which was 8 hours after I applied it! Mugler has really taken me out of my comfort zone and made me more open-minded with my fragrances. I usually don't go for really woody, spicy or patchouli-esque scents, but I feel like the past two angels have been the perfect introduction into this category, where they combine trending pleasant and crowd-pleasing notes with their signature patchouli base, creating something unique and out of the box, but still so easily lovable. This is also probably my favourite fragrance bottle that I've ever owned, which was 90% of the reason I bought this on top of the fact I just resonate with Mugler as a brand so much for some reason as you can tell their marketing team is a bunch of DIVA'S Stay tuned for an update! Update: Y'all, this might be better than Fantasm, or at least the drydown is. I find that Fantasm has a strong, earthy, patchouli, musky dry down that makes it feel a little rough around the edges, and takes away from the sweetness of the perfume, whereas this drydown is blended way better and gives you a sweet, creamy, woody, nutty, musky aura that is just so delicious. I think this fragrance is going to be very misunderstood based on the opening, but once you wear it, it is so, so good, I can already tell this is my new signature AHHHH. I'm also excited to layer these, it might be a match made in heaven! 2nd Update: Yeah, this has definitely been my absolute favourite fragrance of the past year and probably one of my favourites of all time. I no longer get a synthetic or pungent pistachio opening for some reason, maybe since my bottle has had time to develop/macerate but now this fragrance is genuinely just perfect. Mugler you are INSANE and I love you.

a smooth, nutty scent with a sugary vanilla base. at first spray, i get a blast of citrus combined with a rich pistachio note. it's not exactly edible at this stage, but rather expensive and ornamental. as it settles, the citrus is subdued, allowing the sweet vanilla base to enter the foreground and meld with the nuttiness. this dry-down is a distinctly gourmand, "baked" profile, reminiscent of an up-scale patisserie that injects pistachio butter into sweet, golden pastry. the "sparkling" citrus remains behind the scent of dessert, though only to amplify the sugar, making it feel light and radiant. i'm not familiar with the original, 90s profile of Angel EDP, though i do own a modern bottle that was manufactured in 2023. in my opinion, Stellar is not a biological "sister", or even a cousin, of Angel. while sky-blue Angel is dominated by an earthy and inedible patchouli, cobalt blue Stellar is ruled by a delicious, creamy pistachio. this makes the former a bold and unorthodox scent, and the latter a safe and crowd-pleasing one. while Angel EDP is often called a "candy shop at night", suggesting a degree of food-likeness, its modern iteration is not confectionary: it's dirty, overripe, and, to an unforgiving nose, a bit like sodden soil -- the cotton candy, fruits and honey too toned down or "composted" with patchouli to render it mass-appealing. Angel EDP's connection to the earth and rotting fruit naturally deter a significant portion of noses. yes, Stellar has patchouli, but it doesn't have the same connotation as that in Angel EDP. instead of damp earth, Stellar's patchouli is the depth to a luxurious pastry. it's a food ingredient as opposed to a dark, dirty leaf on the forest floor. this creates a dessert-like profile that is much less likely to polarise than Angel EDP's "tropical fruits in a compost bin" scent. performance-wise, Angel Stellar is a strong, long-lasting scent. i apply two sprays on the back of my neck, and i find that, after around 4 hours of wear, my family members are still able to detect my scent trail from feet away. its pistachio cream and vanilla dry-down also last for a while; i could still smell it on my wrist in the morning after having applied it in the evening before. people are likely to downplay its projection by citing the "beast-mode" nature of Angel EDP. however, Angel EDP, in its current adaptation, is not leagues above Stellar in reach. while Angel EDP may travel slightly further and leave a denser cloud, Stellar is still strong by modern perfume standards.

Tested Angel Stellar today in Sephora, both on paper strip and on skin and as a patchouli lover it’s hard to say anything negative about it! It is a beautiful, earthy, nutty, woody perfume. I am instantly hooked...The opening feels a bit harsh, but it settles nicely within a few seconds. Also, I don’t get any citrus in this, just patchouli and pistachios, which is perfectly fine with me! Echoing the other reviewers here, I can instantly notice the similarities between this Angel Stellar, Angel Fantasm and the discontinued Angel Muse. It’s undeniable. I personally might prefer better the Fantasm version because of the tropical aspect, but those two prefer more earthy, nutty fragrances, will prefer Stellar more. Last year when Fantasm was launched I have purchased a 25 ml bottle that I have already finished, so when I am in the mood for this scent DNA again, I might go to Sephora to try both side by side and decide on the spot. They are not different enough for me to own them both in the same time, as much as I would love how they smell... Overall, without rushing to get a bottle of Angel Stellar, (hello warm water) I appreciate how well done and strong the perfume is and I will surely get it at some point in the future. It’s strong, projecting and it’s not one for spring and summer weather, which are the seasons I am currently experiencing/ looking forward to! Well done, L’Oreal!! This flanker is really good. I actually think Angel Stellar is the best flanker out of the last two launches in Angel and Alien lines. While I do like a lot Alien Extraintense, Angel Stellar packs a punch. Edit 05.05.25 Tried this again in store, both on skin and on clothing, and I smell divine! I am not going to lie (and sorry to brag) but Angel Stellar smells out worldly beautiful. Heavenly delicious!!! Have no words for how this perfume makes me feel when I’m smelling it everywhere around me...Obsessed

I wasn't even gonna buy this because the way Mugler has reduced complex fragrances into flatter, more simplified versions of themselves still breaks my heart, but... About a year ago, Angel Elixir snuck up on me as a secret fave. That bourbon vanilla is majestic and quite intoxicating. Not like OG Angel in terms of profile, but it's vanilla truly is gourmand as hell. Some months ago, I came around to Angel Nova and its blend of raspberry, lychee and woods. It's fresh, almost like one of the summery EDTs Mugler used to release back in the day, only this is actually bombastic and EDP quality. I ended up loving its village. It is camp and extremely pompous, a neon rose, and that is, well... peak Mugler! Now, onto Angel Stellar. What could it offer me, really? With its even more simplified DNA- bergamot, pistachio, patchouli- would it even scratch the surface of what Thierry Mugler fragrances were able to achieve with Angel? To my surprise... yes. The pistachio accord here is beautiful, and it is surrounded by the gorgeous Mugler chocolate accord that I'm simply a fan of. The patchouli is there, but those who've found it to be pared down are right. There is less patchouli here, more chocolate. Angel Stellar is a nutty, chocolatey sister to OG Angel, a daughter that throws it back to Angel Muse in some ways, but isn't quite as daring. 8/10 for now. I'm sure with time it'll become a 10/10. It's so close to the hazelnut accord in the OG Angel- which i rarely sniff in the new formulation- that it completely won me over. Closer to the OG Angel formulation than the current EDP, I'll say that much!

I love the Angel concept, creation and everything that encompassed its initial release... Back when I was a kid, the Thierry Mugler counter felt like diving into a magical intergalactic dimension...My inner child adores the feeling of holding these bottles... and I feel that Stellar was worth buying because it felt like a true Angel (it has a kick, it's not mainstream vanilla like every other perfume, it's uniquely itself but also has the OG in it). After letting my bottle sit for a few months, I get a super realistic toasted pistaccio accord now in the opening, followed up by some androgynous green sensual kick. Besides the toasted pistachio opening and the vanilla fused with Angel's patchouli present in the dry down, I get a slightly incensed and smooth wood accord that give Stellar it's own unique texture and character, the woody accord is very encompassing and encapsulated with the Patchouli and the Vanilla, acting as the walls to the house that is this scent. This has some reminiscence of Fantasm but they are very different in their development and accords. The nutty factor they both have from different types of nuts (pistaccio in Stellar and coconut in Fantasm) when combined with the same type of patchouli, can trick our nose at first because our brain is always trying to correlate every information it obtains to something already experienced before. So if you already smell fantasm you can have that sense of familiarity, but when you get acquainted with the fragrances you notice the huge differences they have.