By Dane
Thierry Mugler shocked the perfume world with the release of Angel, a brilliant, in-your-face crash of masculine, dirty notes mixed with cotton-candy sweetness. The subsequent release of A*Men, the masculine counterpart, was equally as shocking. Imitated beyond belief, A*Men showed that men were ready for a change into a blurred line of androgyny.
B*Men is the counterpart to A*Men. Starkly masculine, but still recognizably part of the Mugler collection, B*Men takes its predecessor's foundation and removes the sweetness in place of a licorice and coffee accord. There's something about all of the Angel fragrances that hit you in the face with a certain gusto, and that strange, bitter accord seems to be pronounced in B*Men. The heart of the scent produces a more green character, with hints of rhubarb, while the base is composed of a camphorous patchouli (later emphasized in Ice*Men).
If the coffee/licorice/patchouli accord seems familiar to you, in may in part be due to the critic-favourite Yohiji Yamamato's Yohji Homme. The coffee notes in both A*Men and B*Men were once again tinkered with with the release of the brilliant A*Men Pure Coffee. I guess if you have a big seller on your hands, emphasizing various aspects is sure to bring more success.
At one point, B*Men was discontinued, but appears to be back on Mugler website and back in production.
Year: 2004
Perfumer: Christine Nagel, Jacques Huclier
Notes: Spices, Leather, Patchouli, Rhubarb, Musk, Violet, Vanilla, Vetiver, Anise, Cedar, Licorice
So...do you like it?
ReplyDeleteHa...I guess that wasn't evident, was it? Well, I own a bottle, so yes, I do like it. I'd say you'd have to be partial to anise notes and the like for it to be your thing.
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