Mugler · 2020 · Sonia Constant, Louise Turner and Quentin Bisch

Angel Nova

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Raspberry and lychee over Damask rose, resting on benzoin resin and woods.

Mugler says

You’ll smell Raspberry Accord, Damascena Rose and Akigalawood.

More from Mugler’s description

It also mentions Raspberry, Lychee, Benzoin and Damask rose.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Angel Nova’s scent picture, a draft: raspberry, rose, akigalawood (oud), lychee, benzoin, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Angel Nova, top notes: Raspberry, Limonene (orange peel)

Heartas it settles

Angel Nova, heart: Rose, Lychee

Dry-downwhat stays

Angel Nova, dry-down: Akigalawood (oud), Benzoin, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 powder

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

SequenceAmouage · shares raspberry, rose, agarwood and lychee$475 for 100 ml
Lychee RoseNest New York · shares raspberry, rose and lychee$98 for 50 ml · about the same as Angel Nova’s $159
Ombre NomadeLouis Vuitton · shares raspberry, agarwood and benzoin$630 for 200 ml · about twice Angel Nova’s $159
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.