As a number of people have noted here in the comments recently, Thierry Mugler generally does decent flankers…just as well, perhaps, since they’re relatively slow to release new pillar fragrances. Angel Eau Sucrée, the latest flanker to 1992’s Angel, “celebrates the sweetness of Angel” and has a matching Fauchon éclair (and a ‘sugar’-frosted bottle) to drive home the point. Celebrating Angel’s sweetness may or may not be appealing to you, of course, but if it helps, it’s not the noisy sort of celebration likely to leave you with a headache in the morning.

Angel Eau Sucrée starts with ‘red berry sorbet’ — it’s sweet, and it packs some sillage, but it’s more airy and fresh than thick or jammy…

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