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Mugler

Alien

2005FloralEDPFrance

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Editorial notes

  1. 01

    A luminous solar jasmine built as a minimalist three-note composition: jasmine sambac for the floral, cashmeran for the woody amber, white amber as the structural base.

  2. 02

    Mugler's stated brief was 'a fragrance from another planet'. Ropion and Bruyère used jasmine sambac at unusually high natural-absolute concentration to deliver the effect.

  3. 03

    By the early 2020s Alien was the second-bestselling women's fragrance in France, the most successful Mugler launch after Angel.

  4. 04

    Composed by Dominique Ropion and Laurent Bruyère in 2005 in a purple-tinted gem flacon held by metallic claws like a precious stone, refillable at Mugler 'fountains'.

Dossier

Edition · 000

Status · Active. Bestseller.

A luminous solar jasmine.

Composed by
Dominique RopionLaurent Bruyère
Bottle by
Thierry Mugler
Founder
Thierry Mugler
Country
France

The pyramid

Top
jasmine sambac
Heart
cashmeran
Base
amberwhite amber

The brief

Ropion and Bruyère built it as a minimalist three-note composition: jasmine sambac for the floral, cashmeran for the woody amber, white amber as the structural base — Mugler's stated brief was 'a fragrance from another planet'.

Name'Alien' — Thierry Mugler's deliberately extra-terrestrial framing, sister concept to his 1992 Angel.

Why it mattered

  • Used jasmine sambac at unusually high natural-absolute concentration; defined the late-2000s 'solar amber' direction in feminine perfumery.

The flacon

Purple-tinted gem flacon with metallic claws holding the bottle like a precious stone, refillable at Mugler 'fountains'.

Footnotes

  • Alien is widely cited as the most successful Mugler launch after Angel; by the early 2020s it was the second-bestselling women's fragrance in France.

The Curator's Note

Mugler asked for 'another planet'; Ropion handed him jasmine sambac at almost-illegal concentration.

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