Angel Sunessence Ocean d'Argent

Light, clean, and fresh iteration of TM Angel with the redundancies that those who love Angel come to expect from all the flankers: the signature patchouli, honey, sweet vanilla. Sunessence has none of the darkly-sparkly experience of the original, but offers the promising addition of crisp florals and salty aqua notes on top of the Angel blueprint. Sunessence is very pretty and feminine in a wearable-daily, non-challenging way, and its fragrance rises and sets on the superficial level; the marine and floral qualities floating above an erstwhile depth and missing wow factor of the anchor notes of the original Angel scent - here downplayed to allow its sun to shine. It boasts a balsam-green note at the heart that is, at least on me, exactly like the composition of Clairol's Herbal Essence shampoo. This is an interesting side journey, but it doesn't quite allow the Angel to fly to its oceanic destination; I am never quite transported to the silvery sea the name suggests. Poor longevity, about half an hour, next to zero sillage, but then I am wearing it on a grim snow day as a pick me up to anticipate warmer days ahead, and in this way, the fragrance serves its purpose well - if for an all too brief moment.

Angel Sunessence Ocean d'Argent is my third Angel I have tried and probably the only one I dare to wear regularly. The overall scent is quite simple but very interesting. The first blast is juicy kumquat with a nice ocean essense; making it's fruity, rich, and slightly minerally salty. The floral bouquet is very pleasant, soft, and not too feminine that a guy couldn't wear it. The sweetness from vanilla comes on a bit milky almond-like sweet. And how can I forget to mention patchouli, which is in just about all of Theirry Mugler's fragrances. Patchouli is noticeable/bearable; definitely not too overwhelming. The whole effect is sweet, sunkissed, very rich summery but without being truly aquatic and light. This may not be everyone's ideal, but it sure is very captivating, and I find myself wear this quite often, except when it's really to hot to wear anything scented. The longevity is. Hit or miss for me, and I am not sure why. Sometimes it lasts 2-3 hours, and sometimes it lasts all day.

As a devotee of the 'softer' marine and summer fragrances PLUS a perfume-life long Thierry Mugler fan (yes I LOVED Womanity!) I had to grab a sample of this one as soon as I could. Now, I work with a girl who wears Coco every day and have to admit that, although not a Chanel fan, I'm attracted to something slightly masculine woodsy that comes out in Coco. Silver Ocean, or Ocean d'Argent has this same slightly masculine edge and relates to the original Angel in the same way as (I find) Coolwater Woman and Coolwater. Not to say this smells like an aftershave, as the ever present vanilla-chocolate of Angel wins through and imparts a creamier note, but Od'A has a freshness in the opening notes that will probably shock Angel inner circle-rs. Rest assured though that the sexier, softer Angel notes are still there and come through like cocoa butter on sun-warmed skin. My new absolute favourite, fast becoming a new signature scent for me. Holds it's own in the boardroom, bar room or bedroom.

Wow, this is so much better than the recent Angel releases! It's actually similar enough to the OG to qualify as a flanker, but has a character of its own. Strong, juicy, mouthwatering citrus, mixed with that Angel sweetness to almost force you into visualizing an ice-cold lemonade on a steaming, hot day, cicadas screaming in the background. Longevity is stellar, 12+ hours on skin and even longer on clothes. I wish this was still available, I barely found the two 1ml samples that I did and I'm already almost done with them. I can still get Sunessence Legere so I'll have to take the risk and get that one blindly, hoping that it's similar enough to this one.

Citrusy, warm, and quite salty...I love it! Very much an ocean fragrance that reminds me of summer days near the sea. Quite unique, although it is much lighter than the original Angel and therefore I would say more wearable. The initial spray smells a bit like the original Angel, as you can pick up on the patchouli scent along with that strong gourmand honey-vanilla accord. However, it soon morphs into a salty, juicy kumquat scent with some warm vanilla and spiciness to round it out. I love this fragrance more each time I wear it. Of all the fragrances I own, this one probably draws more compliments than any other.