Mugler · 2022 · Marie Salamagne and Nathalie Lorson

Alien Goddess Intense

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot and creamy coconut over jasmine and jasmine tea, settling into vanilla, benzoin and a soft woody musk.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Alien Goddess Intense’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, milk, jasmine, vanilla, benzoin, cashmeran (cashmere wood) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Alien Goddess Intense, top notes: Bergamot, Milk

Heartas it settles

Alien Goddess Intense, heart: Jasmine, Coconut, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Alien Goddess Intense, dry-down: Vanilla, Benzoin, Cashmeran (cashmere wood), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

12 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender6 florals1 sweet2 spices

9 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell9

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoateYellow 5Red 4Green 5Orange 4Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Sweet ToothSabrina Carpenter · shares bergamot, cream of coconut, jasmine, vanilla and 2 more$49.99 for 75 ml · about half of Alien Goddess Intense’s about $135
Alien GoddessMugler · shares bergamot, jasmine, vanilla and Cashmeran$185 for 90 ml
Donna Born in Roma IntenseValentino · shares bergamot, jasmine, vanilla and benzoin$185 for 100 ml · about the same as Alien Goddess Intense’s about $135
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.