04/13/2018
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Mama's got a new guy
First of all, some rather unpleasant news: my perfume addiction has reached a new, unimagined level. While I have always waited until a new fragrance was offered in German perfumeries, the longing for the first completely new men's Mugler in 22 years befell me so strongly that I put out my feelers for the first time in other EU countries and had to import the object of desire before the German release. A big smack on the cheek at this point to the Parfumos GlamourAngel and Exhale, who have delivered hot tips in the forum, where you could get him already. Thank you!
But why all this suffering? First, "A*Men," Mugler's first for men, is one of my absolute favorite scents of all time: Tar, rubber, cotton candy, damp earth, a drop of predatory cat pee, and so much more - incredibly brilliant, very daring, polarizing, a great fragrance, a modern classic that never quite got the recognition it deserved. Secondly, I've always been a closet "Alien" admirer - the original for the ladies is a diva-like jasmine siren, sometimes shrill, sometimes annoying, but never indifferent. That too many ladies wear it in too high doses is not the fragrance's fault (analogous to the Gaultier sailor for men), but it contributes to its general disrepute. And now also for us men? A dream!
Anyway: Mama Alien finally has a new one! If she had to take care of her numerous descendants alone so far, which stand with her on the shelf, one has finally taken pity on her and put a male companion at her side. The new guy makes a solid optical impression: broad shoulders, heavy, tinted glass, clear lines, hardly any ornaments or other gimmicks. It's okay like that, it feels good in the hand, but for a Mugler it's an astonishingly unadorned and reduced bottle, and when you unpack it, it gives you a brief moment of shock: surely they haven't foisted an olfactory building society on us? Mugler, of all people, the masters of the opulently overloaded and provocative?
The top note after spraying on provides initial relief: no bland citrusy odds and ends, no shower gel aquatics, but an interesting green-floral opening. Osmanthus and dill? I will smell the next market visit times at the fresh dill and see if that is the green note, which I am able to sniff at the beginning.
After a few minutes, "Alien Man" begins to smell very familiar - like his rich uncle "Cuir Impertinent" from the "Les Exceptions" series, with which Mugler also wants to reach the affluent clientele in the premium sector: a lot of soft leather, plus a star anise note and also here a few green-vegetable dabs are donated. In places the similarity is extremely striking ... seems to be the niche Mugler probably no longer so great "exception"?
Before you can get excited about it in time ("old wine in new bottles" and so ...) takes the leather of the men's alien after an hour a fork in the direction of licorice-likörig, also a smoky nuance sparks again and again purely. However, for my sensation no wood smoke (certainly no beech wood) - rather a little this vaporized fog fluid that is used in discos and clubs on the dance floor or in trashy movies when the alien spaceship lands. If you're sensitive to synthetics, you'll probably be screaming for the hills by now, just like in the same movies. Personally, I find it chic, it gives the fragrance a spacey, billowing touch, which yes fits the "overall artwork". At the end, the Mugler sounds with wood and smoke, slightly ambriert, from.
Who "A*Men" was always too toothache sweet, too diva-like and expansive, may here quietly risk a test: "Alien Man" is clearly tamer, unsweet and more masculine created - that does not mean that he would not have unisex potential, I can even imagine that he could also stand a woman super. The longevity is above average (9-10 hours on my skin), but the sillage - especially for a Mugler - is surprisingly low. Who has hoped for a sillage bomb like "A*Men", may be a little disappointed. But could also be due to the atomizer, which does not necessarily spray fountains, but rather a short, thin jet. Advantage: you can apply the fragrance with pinpoint accuracy. Disadvantage: the scent is not so well distributed on the skin, and m.E. goes with it a piece far the projection flöten.
Measured against my huge expectations, I'm not completely from the socks, but from "Alien Man" very taken. On the one hand, because I always found "Cuir Impertinent" great, but he was too expensive for me and I'm happy to have found a cheaper alternative. On the other hand: the boy has a lot of character. Now he is not a groundbreaking innovation and will not revolutionize the men's perfume like "A*Men", but definitely has recognition value and goes with his gently leathery-smoky type on a path that is currently not too worn out in the mainstream segment.
Clearly less pleasing than many other current new releases in the men's segment - no tonka bean / vanilla, no organ flower, no "fresh-spicy" kerfuffle - no too clumsy and obvious "crowdpleaser" and "compliment getter" (terrible terms!), but simply a sensual-beautiful, leathery, floating Oriental.
Mama Aliens new is' a good one!
But why all this suffering? First, "A*Men," Mugler's first for men, is one of my absolute favorite scents of all time: Tar, rubber, cotton candy, damp earth, a drop of predatory cat pee, and so much more - incredibly brilliant, very daring, polarizing, a great fragrance, a modern classic that never quite got the recognition it deserved. Secondly, I've always been a closet "Alien" admirer - the original for the ladies is a diva-like jasmine siren, sometimes shrill, sometimes annoying, but never indifferent. That too many ladies wear it in too high doses is not the fragrance's fault (analogous to the Gaultier sailor for men), but it contributes to its general disrepute. And now also for us men? A dream!
Anyway: Mama Alien finally has a new one! If she had to take care of her numerous descendants alone so far, which stand with her on the shelf, one has finally taken pity on her and put a male companion at her side. The new guy makes a solid optical impression: broad shoulders, heavy, tinted glass, clear lines, hardly any ornaments or other gimmicks. It's okay like that, it feels good in the hand, but for a Mugler it's an astonishingly unadorned and reduced bottle, and when you unpack it, it gives you a brief moment of shock: surely they haven't foisted an olfactory building society on us? Mugler, of all people, the masters of the opulently overloaded and provocative?
The top note after spraying on provides initial relief: no bland citrusy odds and ends, no shower gel aquatics, but an interesting green-floral opening. Osmanthus and dill? I will smell the next market visit times at the fresh dill and see if that is the green note, which I am able to sniff at the beginning.
After a few minutes, "Alien Man" begins to smell very familiar - like his rich uncle "Cuir Impertinent" from the "Les Exceptions" series, with which Mugler also wants to reach the affluent clientele in the premium sector: a lot of soft leather, plus a star anise note and also here a few green-vegetable dabs are donated. In places the similarity is extremely striking ... seems to be the niche Mugler probably no longer so great "exception"?
Before you can get excited about it in time ("old wine in new bottles" and so ...) takes the leather of the men's alien after an hour a fork in the direction of licorice-likörig, also a smoky nuance sparks again and again purely. However, for my sensation no wood smoke (certainly no beech wood) - rather a little this vaporized fog fluid that is used in discos and clubs on the dance floor or in trashy movies when the alien spaceship lands. If you're sensitive to synthetics, you'll probably be screaming for the hills by now, just like in the same movies. Personally, I find it chic, it gives the fragrance a spacey, billowing touch, which yes fits the "overall artwork". At the end, the Mugler sounds with wood and smoke, slightly ambriert, from.
Who "A*Men" was always too toothache sweet, too diva-like and expansive, may here quietly risk a test: "Alien Man" is clearly tamer, unsweet and more masculine created - that does not mean that he would not have unisex potential, I can even imagine that he could also stand a woman super. The longevity is above average (9-10 hours on my skin), but the sillage - especially for a Mugler - is surprisingly low. Who has hoped for a sillage bomb like "A*Men", may be a little disappointed. But could also be due to the atomizer, which does not necessarily spray fountains, but rather a short, thin jet. Advantage: you can apply the fragrance with pinpoint accuracy. Disadvantage: the scent is not so well distributed on the skin, and m.E. goes with it a piece far the projection flöten.
Measured against my huge expectations, I'm not completely from the socks, but from "Alien Man" very taken. On the one hand, because I always found "Cuir Impertinent" great, but he was too expensive for me and I'm happy to have found a cheaper alternative. On the other hand: the boy has a lot of character. Now he is not a groundbreaking innovation and will not revolutionize the men's perfume like "A*Men", but definitely has recognition value and goes with his gently leathery-smoky type on a path that is currently not too worn out in the mainstream segment.
Clearly less pleasing than many other current new releases in the men's segment - no tonka bean / vanilla, no organ flower, no "fresh-spicy" kerfuffle - no too clumsy and obvious "crowdpleaser" and "compliment getter" (terrible terms!), but simply a sensual-beautiful, leathery, floating Oriental.
Mama Aliens new is' a good one!
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