Your Next Perfume and Cologne... » Angel Perfume http://yournextperfume.com ...smelled for you so you don't have to Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:27:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Gucci Rush http://yournextperfume.com/gucci-rush http://yournextperfume.com/gucci-rush#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:34:33 +0000 Emma http://yournextperfume.com/?p=351 Ah, being a university student again…. This Gucci Rush brings me back to that young and thoughtless time, where the year 2000 was about to begin, and we though that would change everything, just to find out that the biggest change would be in the numbers in the calendar. It is a rainy Sunday today, [...]]]> Ah, being a university student again…. This Gucci Rush brings me back to that young and thoughtless time, where the year 2000 was about to begin, and we though that would change everything, just to find out that the biggest change would be in the numbers in the calendar.
It is a rainy Sunday today, it looks like the fall has started, although the calendar says that almost two months are left. I’m sitting in my room, and with the window on my left hand side, and my perfume shelf on the right, I look at that almost empty bottle or Rush by Gucci (the characteristic music tape-shaped bottle laying on one side); it’s been there for years now, probably passed its expiration date (perfumes have a “best before” too, although the perfume houses are not too keen on talking about it), but it is no longer a perfume, it’s a memento of a goof old time. Ok, maybe I should apologize to my half-dozen readers for the nostalgic mood, but you know, rain has this effect of me.
Actually, after spraying some of this Gucci perfume on my wrists, it doesn’t smell that bad after all, in spite of all these years. I feel like buying it again, but the problem is, should I buy it on the Internet, where it’s cheaper, but will arrive when this moment is gone, or should I go down go to the shop, spend much more, but have it right now? If you, like me, are very emotional about perfumes, were very thankful for the invention of Internet and the possibility of buying perfumes online at first, just to find out later that emotions fade away faster than it will take to the postage service to deliver your parcel full of past and future memories.
Ok Emma, enough now, you should REALLY focus on the notes and the technicalities….

The notes

Among the Gucci perfumes that were not discontinued, this Gucci Rush for women is the second oldest after Envy, another classic.

The fragrance has an intense floral style, strengthened by oriental notes. The opening note is a classic gardenia (very similar to Nina Ricci perfume L’Air du Temps on aunt Mercedes’ own perfume shelf), with traces of wood. There are probably other fresher florals, which isolate the gardenia and make it stand out as more aromatic. In the middle phase, there are denser, quite oriental vanilla notes, with a woody base and traces of patchouli. There are also traces earthy spices, probably cardamom with mint. Under this dense base, florals rose notes also develop, leaving a feeling of wet soil, very similar to some notes of Angel perfume by Thierry Mugler.

To sum up…

The style of this Gucci Rush for women is a mixed one, sophisticated and classic floral at the start, then more modern and fresher as the notes evolve, and finally becoming classic again thanks to vanilla and patchouli.
It is more a winter than a summer perfume, more for a night use than a daily use (no wonder that the memories it was bringing back are of cold winter nights). If you want to wear it during the day, I would recommend special occasions, staying away from the office environment. On the romantic side, I think it’s too elegant to be attractive. Well, this is what I think now, ten years ago I had a different opinion…

]]> http://yournextperfume.com/gucci-rush/feed 0 Angel Perfume for Women http://yournextperfume.com/angel-perfume-for-women http://yournextperfume.com/angel-perfume-for-women#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:47:31 +0000 Emma http://yournextperfume.com/?p=37 Angel perfumeAngel perfume for women, either you love it or hate it. I have to confess that the first time I smelled Angel Perfume for women by fashion designer and photographer Thierry Mugler, I didn’t like it, or I should better say I really hated it. I thought it was a joke, a failed attempt  of [...]]]> Angel perfume for women, either you love it or hate it.

I have to confess that the first time I smelled Angel Perfume for women by fashion designer and photographer Thierry Mugler, I didn’t like it, or I should better say I really hated it. I thought it was a joke, a failed attempt  of a perfume designer, that ended up in a bottle instead of the real perfume. I also scoffed at the fact that it was number 1 fragrance for women in France and number 8 in the US.
What can I say? Over the years, with a nose sharpened by experience (and by nose I mean the sense of olfaction…) I started to appreciate contradictions in perfumes, but at that time I used to see them as a matter of black and white, and Angel perfume is both things at the same time: fruity and sweet, masculine and feminine, reliable and perverse. It’s not just a mix, is a new thing altogether, almost impossible to explain with words. Patchouli and sandalwood masculine notes with feminine white flowers, chocolate and wood, Angel has them all, your brain can separate them, but your nose can’t. Think of an Yin and Yang symbol and you’ll know what I mean. Its formula was copied many times, but with no success.

Angel perfume

Angel Perfume

Angel perfume’s website makes clear what type of Angel we are talking about: glamorous, sensual and voluptuous. They wanted ambiguity, and here it is. There actually is a whole line of products around this fragrance, with pretty much everything: body lotion, cream oil, shower gel.

So I guess you know how the story ends: when I realised what this feminine perfume really is it has never missed from my perfume shelf.
I know many people disagree with this, but I think Angel perfume is not an everyday fragrance. A work environment is not its best scenario, unless you are the manager which means you can wear whatever you like. Wear it on a Saturday night, spray it right out of the shower, and let the middle intense notes kick in, while you’re putting on your make-up.
By the time you get to the restaurant,this classy fragrance will be just perfect.

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