Angel Schlesser
Angel Schlesser
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Bergamot cuts through immediately with crisp citrus brightness, flanked by rose and lily of the valley in a luminous, almost translucent arrangement. Within minutes, violet's anise-tinged minerality and jasmine's honeyed depth begin asserting themselves, already hinting at the spiced warmth gathering beneath.
The saffron and carnation emerge with compelling dusty-spiced character, whilst praline introduces creamy sweetness that sits perfectly between gourmand and sophisticated. The amber foundation swells gradually, creating a warm, almost honeyed backdrop that makes the florals shimmer rather than fade, and the patchouli-vetiver base begins its whispered presence.
Patchouli and sandalwood claim dominion, creating a soft, woody-creamy skin scent where amber glows amber-warm beneath layers of cedar and subtle musk. The vanilla appears last, never saccharine, merely softening the darker woods into a gentle, almost intimate finish that lingers with understated elegance.
Angel Schlesser Oriental Edition II is a fragrance that wears its contradictions with deliberate grace. It opens as a radiant floral—rose and lily of the valley backed by bright bergamot—but immediately you sense something deeper stirring beneath. This is no innocent white floral. The saffron arrives with dusty, slightly metallic warmth, threading through the carnation's spiced clove-like character, whilst praline introduces a whisper of creamy sweetness that prevents the composition from turning austere or powdery.
What makes this 2009 composition genuinely compelling is how it refuses easy categorisation. The floral heart hovers between tenderness and intrigue, never drifting into the saccharine territory that ensnares many unisex orientals of the period. The violet adds a subtle anise-tinged minerality, grounding the sweeter florals and preventing them from becoming cloying. Meanwhile, that amber accord—at full intensity—begins its slow, inexorable rise, transforming what could have been a simple spring fragrance into something altogether more autumnal and introspective.
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