Sorghum and Patchouli

Bergamot flashes for a minute, then the sugar lands: praline and red fruit, cooked dark and sticky, like caramel left on the burner a shade past where most people would pull it. Patchouli runs under all of it, earthy and a little medicinal, and that's the whole trick. Without it, this is candy. With it, it's Angel, the perfume people either chase down or cross the room to get away from. Vanilla carries the drydown for hours.

Up here, sorghum is the old sweetener, and most folks call it molasses even though it isn't. Molasses is a by-product of making sugar. Sorghum syrup is the pressed juice of sorghum cane, boiled down at a fall stir-off until it runs dark and thick, and it takes about ten gallons of juice to make one gallon of syrup. Tennessee usually ranks first or second in the country for making it. Angel came out in 1992 with no flowers in it, and Mugler calls it the first gourmand. The house credits ethyl maltol, a material it calls unprecedented, for the praline, and Thierry Mugler designed the star bottle himself. If you want your sweet darker and boozier, Molasses, our Spiritueuse Double Vanille, is the other jar on the shelf.

Inspired By
Mugler Angel — Sorghum and Patchouli is our impression of Angel, hand-blended in small batches.

Fragrance Family

Gourmand • Amber

Top Notes

Calabrian Bergamot

Heart Notes

Praline • Red Fruits

Base Notes

Patchouli • Vanilla Absolute

Longevity: High

Patchouli and vanilla keep it on skin all day, and longer on clothes.

Projection: High

Big for the first few hours, so one or two sprays is plenty.

Sillage: High

Leaves a sweet trail people notice after you've left the room.

Maison Appalachia is an independent fragrance house. This product is inspired by Mugler Angel and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by Mugler.