The caramel note is used in perfumery in fragrances for women but sometimes for men too. Used as a base note, it adds a balsamic and gourmand character.
In perfumery, the caramel note owes its growth to the success of ‘Angel’ (Thierry Mugler, 1992) which brought about the creation of a new olfactory family of fragrances called ‘Oriental Gourmand’ or ‘Gourmand’.
1992, Thierry Mugler wanted to create his first feminine fragrance. A fragrance that makes you want to bite the person who wears it. He wanted to find there all the smells of his childhood, the perfume of his mother, Shalimar, the smell of cotton candy and birthday parties. Angel marks an olfactory turning point in the world of perfumery, by adding a caramel note to the oriental base, and thus introducing gourmand, edible scents. Its fresh start of bergamot, mandarin and passion fruit, facilitates this new note which develops on a base of patchouli, caramel and vanilla, extremely identified.
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