Eau de Star

When I think of a beautiful watermelon fragrance, I think of Mugler's Eau de Star. When I tested it back in 2007 I didn’t anticipate falling in love with it. The combination of notes sounded like they would not be harmonious- patchouli and watermelon, as well as vanilla, mimosa and honey? Hmmm. My history with Mugler scents has been love/hate. Angel never worked on me. I enjoyed it on others, but on me it went murky and unpleasant as the patchouli turned metallic and heavy. Of course there is patchouli in Eau de Star- it’s the first note listed. I am not a fan of patchouli. But the other notes in Eau de Star work together to make this scent irresistible. That’s not evident at first spritz. Give it time. It’s worth the wait. I remember testing Eau de Star at Sephora shortly after it came out. I was attracted by the cute bottle with its shiny silver cap and the gimmicky, but fun, little star floating within it. Why not give it a chance? Too much patchouli, just as I suspected. Oh well. But the longer I wore it around the store, the more the fragrance developed, and my nose was soon anchored to my wrist. I knew I had to have a full bottle. I loved wearing Eau de Star. It was such a unique scent. It managed to be sweet yet fresh, fruity yet bright at the same time. The watermelon/patchouli/honey/vanilla with the touch of mimosa proved to be delightful. The earthiness of the patchouli (which recedes a few minutes after the initial spray) gave the watermelon depth, complementing its succulence. The honey, vanilla, and mimosa provided a silky fullness. The aquatic note kept the scent from becoming too heavy. But I remember Eau de Star most for its watermelon note. It made me smile. A spritz was instantly refreshing and uplifting. Eau de Star made me feel sophisticated, but in a buoyant way. The watermelon conjured an immediate "it's Summer!" feeling, and the other notes gave Eau de Star versatility. I wore it all year round. Eau de Star was my signature scent for a couple of years, and I always had at least one back up bottle in the refrigerator. I wished I had stockpiled much more of it. I’ve ordered Eau de Star off of EBay, and though the liquid has usually oxidized to differing depths of unpleasant yellow/brown, the fragrance is, after a bit of a rough opening, wearable. Still, I long for a “new” bottle- courtesy of a time machine, I guess. Fragrance X sells Eau de Star, and the reviews on the site seem predominantly positive. I’m tempted. I love this scent so much I contacted Mugler to let them know how wonderful a fragrance Eau de Star was/is, and that they should resume production on it, and oh by the way- do you have any bottles of it perhaps sitting forgotten on a shelf in a warehouse someplace? Their reply was the usual “thank you for liking our fragrance! Sorry it is no longer available. Why don’t you try these other Mugler scents?” I felt better that I had written to them, though it didn’t change anything. I may take a chance and order a bottle, as I do miss this unique, bright, uplifting, yummy watermelon fragrance. I had never smelled anything like it before finding it, and I have come across nothing like it since. It would be wonderful to wear it again, as it would transport me back to a very happy time in my life.

Eau de Star --A LOVE STORY Like @FutureKiwi and so many others, this perfume provoked a very emotional response from me from the very first sniff. I was at the launch, in the fall of 2007. This was quite the event and It was an immediate love. This perfume was promoted as the very first aquatic gourmand, a watery floral, with notes of melon, vanilla and Patchouli.I bought a bottle on the spot and it was all I wore, as nothing compared to it. This perfume became part of me in a way no other perfume ever has. It was such a visceral pleasure to put it on every morning. Then, in January 2008, 3 months after the launch, I had my bottle refilled..and I went back in the summer, just a few months later ...and IT WAS DISCONTINUED.🥺 Just like that ..GONE!... in just a matter of months!.. they had no answers as to why..gave me the impression the my Eau de Star was a limited edition or something. I was heartbroken. Truly. The ladies at the department store could see how upset I was.They found a miniature 'bottle-with-purchase' in a drawer and gave it to me to keep.. I kept it on my nightstand forever. I would just sniff it occasionally and feel sad. It became rancid, I still kept it...so very sad. Like remembering a breakup, not kidding. Missing it. Always missing it and wishing I could have it back. What I DIDN'T realize was that this perfume was only discontinued in the U.S. but still sold elsewhere, even as close as Canada -I live by the border..🤦 In 2020 during the pandemic, I was bored and shopping during the shutdown. I found it at Perfume.com!! I was shocked and bought a bottle...when it came I nearly cried when I smelled it-- and over the next 18 months, I bought 7 more bottles of it. Why they would ever discontinue it, I don't know, but I can no longer find it ANYWHERE but on eBay and the last 2 times I bought it from there, the scent was off. I will say, I am truly grateful to have had this 2nd chance with my Star..and it's hard to leave it behind.💔 You see, this is not just a perfume to me, this, weirdly, is a love story of sorts. I wear it when I need comforting, when I need to be brave. I had a breast cancer scare & I wore this in my hair for my surgery, to the delight of my nurses and my surgeon, who said I was the best smelling patient she ever had. I also wear it to celebrate special times..what else could I wear but my Star?.. I haven't felt like this about a perfume and never will again. It is still that way, always will be that way and I know when I get to my final bottle, I will replace that tiny rancid one, still on my nightstand, with the last empty bottle...and I will keep it there forever...✨💔

I bought a sample of this off eBay recently when I read that this was a good aquatic fragrance, and I've been on the hunt for the perfect one. At first spray, I thought this was weird and that I'd wasted my money. I put it in my drawer and left it for a couple of days. Tonight, I tried again, and now I cannot stop sniffing my wrist. At first spray, it smells like sweet and sticky and dirty watermelon. That patchouli makes it a little funky at first, and the mix of the two notes clashed for me the first time I tried this. On my second try tonight, though, it has become incredibly warm and sexy. The sweet watermelon has faded, and now all I can smell is a hot version of patchouli with a touch of honey. Maybe that heat I'm detecting is from the pepper others have mentioned, but there is a real warmth to this and it's a turn-on. It's quite masculine in a way, and if a guy wore this around me, I'd find it pretty alluring. And yet it works perfectly for a woman, too. I love this. I might spray more on myself before bed because I just want to keep smelling it. It even brings back an old memory for me. When I was a teenager, there was an old hippie shop at the beach where we used to go every summer. It was a little wooden hut with a thatched roof, sitting on the edge of a seafood restaurant's parking lot, and it was crammed full of incense and Grateful Dead t-shirts and little statues and tie-dye everything. The man who ran it was probably old enough to be my dad, but I had a huge crush on him and his surfer dude ponytail and visited the shop every year until it disappeared one summer. I was practically in tears when I found it empty. There was something so dreamy about that little hippie shack, and I'd always lose myself in all the incense smoke and trippy 1960s ambiance in there. It was the 1990s and I was heavily into the Dead and everything 1960s at the time, despite the fact that most of my friends were into NIN and the goth thing. So, visiting that little shop in the summertime was incredibly uplifting to my teenage Janis Joplin soul. This perfume is so reminiscent of those beach trips. It's got the oceanside head shop vibe, and now I just want to sit in the sand in July and listen to the Dead with a long-haired guy with a great tan. And somehow Eau de Star is still classy and sexy enough for an upscale date night in November with a dress code. This is the best and most fascinating and most fun use of patchouli I've experienced. Much like my favorite old shop, though, this has been discontinued, and that is unfortunate. This perfume is a gem.

Mugler Eau De Star: (2007 Discontinued) 🗣A Simple Enough Question To The L'oreal Perfume Group: "Is It Not About Time, That You's Decided To Bring Back This Stunning/Unusual Aquatic/Watermelon/Patchouli Beauty, That Once Was My Spring/Summer, Holiday Time Signature Fragrance, And That Seemed To Match In With The Original Untouched Notes Of Angel Edp Perfectly As It's Fragrance Notes Where Defiantly Much Lighter/Fresher, But Yet You Knew It Was A Proper Spin Off From The Much Heavier Original Angel!! This Is When Mugler Fragrances Where Made To Absolute Masterpiece Perfection, Unlike These Stupid Nasty Cheap L'oreal Perfume Groups Spin Off's That Do NOT Resemble The Original Beautiful Mugler Angel DNA In Anyway!! When I Wore This Perfume Back Then (Usually Spring/Summer, Holiday Time 2007 Onwards) I Can Honestly Tell You, That The Compliments Just Flowed And Heads Really Did Turn!! I Absolutely Loved It, And It Seemed To Be Loved By Those Who Smelt It On Me!! Think I Actually Went Through Around Five Bottles Of "Eau De Star" And I Still Have An Original Half Full Bottle In My Perfume Collection Which Juice Has Indeed Turned Bright Yellow In Colour lol"lol (Caused A Real Storm/Write Up At That Time) Yet Remained Smelling Perfectly Ok!! To This Day, There's NO Perfume Out There That Smells The Same As This Stunning Beauty!! And How I Wish The L'oreal Perfume Group Would Get Their Heads Together And Re-Launch These Discontinued Beauties Instead Of All The Crap Their Now Turning Out With Absolutely No Mugler DNA!! The Only Real Good One's In The Angel Perfume Line Up Now Are: Angel Edp, Angel Êtolle des Ŕeves (Smells Like The Original Classic), And Angel Nova Edp (Fruity & Heavy Rose) It's Just A Real Shame And Disgrace What L'oreal Are Doing, And Getting Away With Doing To These Stunning Classic Mugler DNA Fragrances!! Their Creator Would Turn In His Grave If He Only Knew And Could See The Full Extent Of Mess They've Already Made Here!!!!! Give The Perfume Game Up L'oreal, And Stick With Your Brand's Shampoo's And Haircolours!!!!!!

I think I may have to hunt down a back up bottle of this one! There is a review below that states 'sea washed Angel', I totally agree with that!! I get a light aquatic in the initial spray followed by a surprisingly juicy watermelon. I don't get the Jolly Rancher Watermelon scent until way later in the dry down, I think that is the additional sweetness that I detect. On my skin the dry down is 'Angel lite', I still get the spicy honey, a more watery vanilla and some green patchouli plus a bit more sweetness, which I think is the watermelon. Rather than the dark chocolate, rich, spicy honey, and generally deep cozy feeling of OG Angel, it IS lighter, brighter and more of a warm weather fragrance. The longevity of this is rather wonderful for an EdT. I can spray in the morning and still smell it late in the afternoon. I have been layering this with a whipped watermelon body cream and it is delicious! I do not get the pink pepper mentioned in many of the reviews below except when I sniff the nozzle of my bottle, it does not translate onto my skin at all. It is a shame that this has been discontinued. I have both the 2019 and 2020 Angel eau Croisiere versions, the juicy mango and the milky fig, I like this one better than both of those. I bought my bottle on FragranceX, the liquid is deep gold rather than the original light blue color but it does not seem to have affected the scent profile for me at all. If you like Angel I highly recommend running a bottle down for summer wear! Edit ~ My husband says that he likes this one better than both eau Croisiere's BECAUSE it maintains the 'Angel' smell whereas the other two, beautiful they may be, are more of an interpretation of Angel rather than an actual perfume based on the notes of Angel. If you smelled either of them, according to my husband, without knowing they were an Angel flanker you would not know them as 'Angel'. Eau de Star is still Angel which is my signature scent and one my husband loves on me so it is Eau de Star for the summertime win!!