Stay with me while I review the latest
creation and much awaited new fragrance
from Mugler which is the Alien Man.
Welcome to Ellie Smells, and today I'm joined
by a very special guest, and this is
Timbo who you've heard me talk about a
lot of times on our videos on our
Channel! And today we are going to be
reviewing the Alien Man, the latest
creation from Thierry Mugler. And this
one was launched literally a couple of
weeks ago. So May 2018, and it's the
male counterpart to the lady's Alien
which was launched in 2005. So we're
going to spray it anyway so that Tim can
try it on his skin and just see how it
settles and see what he feels to it.
Hello Tim, say hello? [Tim] Hello Tim![Ellie] and then you can spray
that on you! So just a little bit about
Thierry Mugler himself. He was born in
France, he's a French a fashion designer
and also a directo,r and he's really well
known for creating the black dress worn
by Demi Moore in Indecent Proposal, bet
you didn't know that Tim? [Tim] I don't watch those kind of films!
[Ellie] so anyway this fragrance was created by Jean Christophe
Haerault, who's made fragrances for
Balenciaga and also Chopard and Mugler
to name a few. So we've heard quite a lot
about the Alien man and this one is
classed as a woody leather aromatic or
even an oriental woody. But it's supposed
to be created in three 'vibrations' and
the top notes are the electric vibration.
So in there, are you picking anything out
in particular? I think initially it
smells quite sweet! [Tim] It's sweet, I'm
getting a lot of powder! [Ellie] Yeah well it's
in the top notes you've got beechwood,
you've also got dill, and you've got star
anis. Now star anis is where you get that
licoricey sweet. But definitely you
can pick the dill out and it's quite
herbal, you can definitely pick up the
aromatic essences. So that's like the
electric part, the electric vibration. And
then there's a sensual heart vibration!
And that's because in there you've got
leather.Are you picking the leather out
because you love leather don't you? [Tim] I can
smell the leather in it! [Ellie] and it's also
got cashmere and wood, which is also in
the ladies Alien the Parum, and it also
has osmanthus which is like a floraly
note. So although it's a masculine
fragrance, you do get some florals in
there. What's it smelling like on your
skin? Yeah, you see that I can definitely
get that right
leatheryness on there, that might just be
skin Tim- haha! [Tim] Anyway, as you know I do
like leather fragrances! It does remind
me a little bit of the Bentley Intense
and I really like Bentley Intense, but this is, it's similar
but it's sweet! [Ellie] And when you first tried
it the other night you liked it, didn't
like it, and then loved it, once it
settled didn't you. [Tim] It took a while to
settle, the first burst I really liked it!
Ever so fresh! It's not what you're
expecting at all, not from a Mugler
fragrance anyway! It's quite mature isn't
it? It's like, grown up? [Ellie] That first burst is electric 'bzzz'
I would say you've got the sensual nurse
But then you've got magnetic in the base
which is white amber. So - all together
it definitely is more woodsy and
aromatic. I would say! [Tim] It is.
[Ellie] and now that this is dried down it's really
quite clean and fresh. So when do you
reckon you would wear this then? [Tim] To be
honest though, I think this would be
something that you'd wear every day.
I was reading a lot of the
reviews of it and a lot of people were
saying they were disappointed or the
expecting more.
But I think they've sort of put
in a curveball here, brought in something
that's quite grown up! I'd wear this for
work! [Ellie] I think people associate
Mugler with sort of like really 'out
there' sort of fragrances. so I think that
they thought that this was going to be
something really obscure? Whereas I think
this is a really wearable fragrance and
I think, like you, that it could be
something that you could pop on during
the day, wear it in the evening, it's
definitely got that-that I think... it's
not overpowering but it is sort of like
quite a powerful and a seductive fragrance.
[Tim] At first I thought it wouldn't be that
long-lasting either, but after I've worn
it,the following morning I could still
smell it, and it was quite nice!
[Ellie] I think it's definitely a fragrance that
grows on you the more you smell it!
It's quite addictive the more you want
to smell it.
so you'd be quite happy to wear that then?
[Tim] I'd be very happy to wear that! I think
one of the things that makes it
addictive is, as I said there's that real
animalistic... and you just can't help but...
[Ellie] That might be something like part of the
leather, I mean you like that anyway
don't you? [Tim] I do [Ellie] so I would say that
anybody that may be likes those leathery
fragrances such as the Fahrenheit, some
of the Armani fragrances, the Bentley or
even the Valentino Uomo, this would be a
really good fragrance to to try. We also
thought that this had sort of
essences of the Zadig and Voltaire which
we've actually done a review about
earlier if you want to take a look at
that? But yeah, I'm loving this one! I
think this one's going to do really well
and I think it's quite surprising
because it is quite different![Tim] It is and
not in the way that everybody's
expecting![Ellie] Yeah, pleasantly different!
[Tim] It is, very much so! [Ellie] And at the moment, if
you want to show them what they're going
to get, gift with purchase? So there is a
lovely gift with purchase which is this
wash bag, and just open the wash bag,
and in there a little surprise which ones that Tim?
[Tim] can I put my glasses on? [Ellie] I shouldn't do this to him!
[Tim] It's an Alien Man Mugler hair and body
shampoo. [Ellie] So the lovely thing about that
is that you're able to layer it which is
going to make the fragrance last on the
skin longer, but the fact that you can
just put it all over
[Tim] Excellent, I like layering! [Ellie] So that's going to
be really good. So go along, try this out
pick up a sample, and this is going to be
really fantastic because we've got
Father's Day coming up next month in
June so this might be a really good buy.
So go and check this out, let me know
what you think to it? Whether you agree
with Tim who likes a leathery fragrance?
This is Tim's first time on camera
with me. Did you enjoy it Tim? Anyway, don't
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and we'll see you again soon on Ellie Smells
Say bye Tim! [Tim] Bye Tim! [Ellie] Bye!
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