Mugler
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The initial spray delivers a bright, almost zesty hit of Italian bergamot dancing with fresh coconut milk—promising something tropical and light. This crisp opening lasts barely ten minutes before the heliotrope begins its creeping invasion, dulling the citrus into a background murmur whilst the jasmine emerges, already feeling crowded and synthetic.
By the hour mark, the floral heart has fully collapsed into a monolithic sweetness, with jasmine grandiflorum rendered anonymous within the heliotrope's powdery embrace. The coconut has retreated almost entirely, leaving only a creamy, almost vanilla-adjacent character that feels increasingly artificial and soapy rather than refined.
What remains is essentially a warm, doughy vanilla-cashmere base stripped of any aromatic definition—the cashmere wood contributes little character, merely fattening the bourbon vanilla into something vaguely almond-scented and forgettable. The fragrance becomes a skin scent within 4-5 hours, barely perceptible even in close proximity.
Alien Goddess arrives as a calculated contradiction—a fragrance that wants desperately to be ethereal but keeps tripping over its own sweetness. Nathalie Lorson has constructed something that sits awkwardly between celestial and indulgent, never quite committing to either territory.
The coconut-bergamot opening promises something fresh and luminous, but this is immediately hijacked by the heart's creamy jasmine and heliotrope combination. Rather than creating a sophisticated floral tableau, these notes collapse into one another, producing a dense, almost plastic sweetness that coats the palate. The jasmine grandiflorum—typically the most elegant of jasmines—becomes nearly indistinguishable, subsumed into the heliotrope's powdery, almond-tinged sweetness. It's as though someone's poured caramelised cream over flowers and left them to ferment.
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