A*Men Pure Shot

Pure Energy

Mugler 2012

Fält me very difficult to classify this fragrance. It starts with me on the skin with sweet mint, citric notes and then turns into a small pepper bomb with lemon. In the drydown, which I reach after about 70 minutes, I smell a mixture of almost imperceptible, light "lemon pepper" mixed with warm patchouli. Cardamom... I don't notice... and sequoia... honestly I don't know how to smell it, but I can't sniff anything woody. Sillage is on my skin for a summer scent quite okay, he is not loud but you can easily perceive him in arm length. The shelf life is rather poor. After about 4.5 hours the fun is over. The fragrance is definitely a beautiful summer candidate with which one can (certainly) stand out positively, since it does not belong to the aquatic uniform mush that one so often encounters in summer.

Now I have to make a small comparison to one of my favourite fragrances, because Pure Energy / Pure Shot reminds me very much of this one: Lalique White.

People honestly, I find those just resemble freshly sprayed very strongly, Lalique is at most pepperier. While the Lalique in the starting phase after the lemon with a strong pinch of pepper around itself beats, Mugler mint and (not quite so strong) pepper with light lemon form the prelude. The Mugler becomes herber in the drydown by Patchouli, the Lalique herber by the musk.

Both scents are very similar from my perspective, both I like. I'll do a direct comparison test, I'm wrong.

Conclusion: I think the fragrance is awesome! Probably because he just gets so close to my absolute summer favorite Lalique White. The latter is more worth the price, but the Mugler has a few peculiarities that make it nevertheless worthwhile. :)