Mugler Cologne Mugler 2001

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A popular perfume by Mugler for women and men, released in 2001. The scent is fresh-citrusy. It was last marketed by Clarins.
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Main accords

Fresh

Citrus

Green

Floral

Synthetic

Fragrance Notes

Neroli

White musk

Bergamot

Orange blossom

Petitgrain

Perfumer

Alberto Morillas

Ratings

Scent

7.7814 Ratings

Longevity

6.3636 Ratings

Sillage

5.8624 Ratings

Bottle

7.0616 Ratings

Value for money

7.8132 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 08/01/2025.

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Reviews

23 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/01/2012

7.5
Sillage 10
Longevity 1
Scent

Sherapop
1239 Reviews

Sherapop

6

My take on Chandler Burr's S01E02? It's a scrubber.

My take on Chandler Burr's S01E02 (which was Thierry Mugler COLOGNE): it's a scrubber. Major yuck factor in the opening. My very first reaction (posted at OpenSky in mid-July) was: "ELdO SECRETIONS MAGNIFIQUES meets Tide laundry detergent residue." It took me a few days even to muster up the courage to try it again, and when I did, my experience did not improve.

Based on my initial dislike, I guessed that it was created by Alberto Morillas, whom I affectionately refer to as "Chemical Albie" because he has produced a number of scrubbers--at least according to my nose and on my skin. It appears that we have a serious chemical incompatibility. But that's okay: there are plenty of other perfumers in the fragrance sea!

What is so repulsive about the opening? Well, to me it smells like bodily fluids. Is it blood, spit, mucous, some kind discharge, perhaps even semen? I do not know, but reading that this composition contains a mystery ingredient, and being aware of the Thierry Mugler approach (ANGEL, WOMANITY), it's not beyond the realm of possibility.

The rest of the fragrance really smacks to me of petroleum-based industrial laundry products, with a strong, persistent residue very difficult to remove. I had to literally scrub to get this one off. Hence, the appropriateness of the term 'scrubber'!

Needless to say, I will not be wearing the remaining 29 mls of my bottle of S02E02, but I enjoyed this little adventure. Bravo, Chandler!

07/23/2012

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Top Review 6

snack

I try to eat an integrated, healthy diet, but sometimes I’ll have a protein bar. I couldn’t live on them forever, but they’re handy in a pinch, provide some nutrition and are marginally better than a chocolate bar. I think of them as fake food, but they have their uses.

If ‘normal’ cologne is a light meal, Mugler’s Cologne is a protein bar: functionally synthetic, easy to consume, popular with the gym queens.

07/07/2014

5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 10
Scent

MasterLi
375 Reviews

MasterLi

Very helpful Review 6

The Eau de Cologne of the future!

Theirry Mugler's Cologne is a modern, decidedly futuristic take on a classic recipe. His inspiration was the scent of a Moroccan soap he came across whilst on holiday.

I'll be honest, this does indeed smell exactly like soap (no surprise)! When I smell this I am reminded of an exclusively made luxury soap bar in a hotel bathroom. I find it very refreshing and uplifting.

I basically get a very sweet, green citrus vibe, coupled with a heavy dose of clean, white musk. I think I also get a faint hint of Vetiver, although it isn't listed. It's not a bitter at all to my nose (unlike other types of Eau de Cologne's). Instead it's very smooth, and not in any way sharp smelling or overpowering.

I don't think I really have anything bad to say about this. I do get the slight "synthetic" feel which others have mentioned, but even then it still achieves it's goal of smelling clean, fresh and inoffensive. This is the one I reach for when I don't want to smell "complicated", just clean and ready for the day ahead.

Well done to M. Mugler for coming up with this. His aim here was to create a perfume "for people who don't like the smell of perfume". It's simple and does that job very well. It's a modern, fresh take on what is (in my opinion) a very old and conventional formula, which has been repeated too many times. This doesn't feel like it belongs with the rest of them. Completely fresh, unisex and modern as ever. I like it.

03/20/2017

8
Scent

Exciter76
78 Reviews

Exciter76

Very helpful Review 7

Post-modern soap?

What can I say about my beloved Mugler Cologne that hasn’t already been said? It is the epitome of clean, soapy scents. Mugler Cologne achieves a level of perfection most fragrances spend decades attempting to attain and often fail by smelling too artificial and plasticky. It is so seemingly simple as to make one slap himself on the forehead and ponder aloud, “Why didn’t I think of that?” or, “Why didn’t I find this sooner?”

It is probably silly to want to smell like a bar of soap all day but sometimes it is just the perfect scent. Sometimes I want a scent that is unfussy but subtly magnetic—you can thank the musk for the magnetism involved in this fragrance. MC has no pretenses and it does not want to be anything other than clean and honest. If a Saturday or Sunday morning could be encapsulated in a glass bottle, this would be its juice.

MC is long-lasting and wonderfully lingering. It is strong but not overbearing; you only need to spritz strategically all over and only once. This fragrance is so good I believe it should be a mandatory scent in any fragrance-aficionado’s collection.

09/04/2015

BrianBuchanan
351 Reviews

BrianBuchanan

Very helpful Review 4

S for Style

Instead of the simple burst of citrus we expect of a cologne (and maybe flowers and woods to follow) Alberto Morillas has designed something quite different.
Green woody sap, the glow of Orange Flower, a powdery-starchy clean linen feel, exotic neroli and petitgrain.
Morillas avoids the cliché note of lemon, and without its brightness his cologne is a chic interior design - as opposed to the sunshine and salubrity of an old style splash.
I think the secret S note is starch, derived from laundry musks, because Cologne Mugler reminds me of clean white shirts - open necked and casual, not formal and buttoned up.
Simple, sublime elegance. A tour de force.

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