Mugler Les Exceptions - Oriental Express EDP

To help celebrate the Mugler Friends and Family Event, I thought I’d give you another Mugler fragrance review.  Oriental Express (“Express”) is, not surprisingly, an oriental fragrance released by Mugler in 2014.  Express is not your Mother’s oriental.  It is also not one of those 80s-style in your face orientals.  Instead, it has a “come closer” vibe to it.

Express opens with a cozy, powdery slightly spiced vanilla.  There is an evolving greenness in the background that lends a slight edge to the otherwise softness.  Into wear, I get a creamy woody note.  The woodiness is ever so slight as to not move this into a woody fragrance territory.  It simply adds depth and contrast.  There is a sense of classic minimalism to the fragrance while at the same time striking a different chord in the oriental fragrance family.  Express feels like what comfort food tastes like.

Express wears on me for roughly 10 hours with moderate projection.

Notes:

Top note: basil

Middle notes: sandalwood, vanilla

Base note: carrot seeds

Perfumers: Jean-Christophe Herault and Olivier Polge

Photo Credit: Mugler

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