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Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Crazy Kiss
Ylang
Y-3 Black Label
Angel Eau Sucree 2015
The newest flanker in Mugler's Angel dynasty strips away much of the original's baroque intensity, keeping only the sugared heart.
Bravo Monsieur
The opening is more assertive than the bottle suggests: cardamom and incense land with smoky clarity, violet threading through to add a powdery softness that keeps things from going fully ecclesiastical.
Memoir Woman
Memoir Woman opens with a brisk clash of pink pepper and green cardamom that feels almost medicinal—sharp, clean, faintly astringent.
Le Paradis de l'Homme
Chrome Limited Edition 2016
Angel Eau Sucree
The sweetness arrives without ceremony—thick honey and caramelized sugar, unapologetic in their intensity.
Amour de Palazzo
Angel Eau Sucree 2017
Angel Eau Sucrée opens with a rush of sweetness that feels both immediate and enveloping, less the complex gourmand architecture of the original Angel and more a direct line to caramelized sugar and vanilla custard.
Naomagic
The opening arrives with a spiced citrus clarity—bergamot sharpened by cardamom's green heat, softened almost immediately by violet's powdery flutter.
Chambre Noire
A sharp snap of pink pepper gives way almost immediately to something darker and more contemplative—smoky frankincense layered over soft leather, like entering a photographer's darkroom where old portfolios rest on wooden shelves.
Ylang Roger & Gallet
Stilettos on Lex
Fate Woman
The opening is a sharp crack of cinnamon—medicinal, almost fiery—over bright bergamot that vanishes quickly.
Sunny Frutti
Love Love de Toi Glossy
Terrasse à St-Germain
Devotion for Men
Love de Toi
Cabochard Chérie Grès
Cabochard Cherie
The original Cabochard's fierce chypre has been softened here into something sweeter and more approachable, though traces of its leather ancestry remain.
Bracken Woman
Bracken Woman is organized around a central tension: lily and narcissus bring a floral quality to a composition that is otherwise emphatically earthy.
Criminal of Love
Criminal of Love opens with a stark collision—saffron's metallic brightness rubbed against cardamom's smoky warmth.
Sun & Roses
Figment Woman
Figment Woman opens with gardenia's creamy richness given a metallic edge by saffron — an immediate declaration that this isn't a simple white floral.