@Justin TX1988 Pure Tonka and Pure Coffee are both discontinued, but still available @discounters. You won't be able to find them in Sephoras or other perfume stores in Europe btw. Kryptomint is a limited release just like Ultra Zest so it will vanish soon.
Hey it doesn't need to be a powerhouse ! I wore the ultimate the girl's in the Office picked this over Havane and Pure malt. So you should think of it as a 1st date or office use. Instead of killing people with a powerhouse.
I love fragrances from Mugler, with Pure Havane being among my favorite fragrances from any perfumer. Some of the other A*Men flankers have been worthwhile as well.
Original A*Men is my favorite fragrance of all time. A masterpiece in perfumery. Many of the flankers are also fantastic fragrances (honorable mention to Pure Havane). Such a shame the line has possibly ended on such a low note.
Doesn't the the fact that the cologne reminds you of 4 others' make it the ultimate fragrance? Maybe that was the plan! I have this fragrance and I get alot of compliments from very attractive women lol
Haven't sample it, I know about the L'Oreal buy and I'm a fan of Mugler. When I've seen the color of the rubber/bottle during the announcement, I thought BdC, Sauvage, Dylan Blue etc. Then, after reading the few notes that it has, I told to myself that it might be a great fresh gourmand suitable more for Spring and Fall and maybe Summer, something like what you experience when you prepare a mocaccino in a forest. It seems it was a 3rd option: sweet and synthetic smelling pseudo woodsy-aquatic a la Invictus... I'm really sorry for that and I'm concerned about the brand's future under L'Oreal as they already botched YSL. Might go and buy Alien Man as I've sampled it a couple of times and I enjoy it. Maybe it's the last good Mugler fragrance for the years to come... Thanks for the review! P.S. The market is oversaturated right now with 3 DNAs: BdC, Invictus and Aventus. Every company has or will realease their on take on those DNAs. The industry needs to move forward and come with something new and innovative.
The only one that I have and smelled is Mugler Cologne, I love it, But none of the Angel man, I want to try Pure Malt and Pure Havane but I've been busy buying niche, I have to get those before a further reformulation. I just buy Designer when is highly praised or recommended, but for me the world is niche, I find a waste of money to buy boring generic or mass appealing fragrances, I use fragrance for myself.Thanks for the review Sebastian!
Hi! I can comment on the LOreal acquisition. I do independent contracting in beauty business ops and have worked for both brands, and know definitively that LOreal hasn’t had any impact on Mugler and will not touch their business or products until 1-April. Hope this clarifies!
Didn’t know about L’Oreal. Doesn’t sound good to me. Love Mugler but my recent Pure Malt purchase isn’t cutting the mustard. Fragrance used to have longevity but new bottle does out quickly. Not sure if I’ll buy again. Either I’ve changed or it’s changed.
I love Mugler. I love Alien. It changed my perception of fragrances. Angel, I don’t like, but I appreciate its creativity and uniqueness. Mugler is one of the most creative designer houses in fragrance. I hope the takeover doesn’t ruin its fragrances. I’m expecting a lot of really safe flankers to come out though. Flankers seem all the rage. Something in the vein of Alien cologne, Alien Intense, etc.
Big fan of mugler but as you said the ultimate smell just like any other designer fragance also if you put that juice in another bottle nobody will guess or notice that is a mugler fragance is just way too different to what mugler fragances are.
Thank you Sébastian for the review, I was hoping this were finally an ultra zest replacement with some mint or even a pure energy fresh type of fragrance with the beast performance of mugler fragances... Will have to keep hope for something like that on the near future! 😬💪🏼
I went niche, it’s hard for me to go back to designer (unless it’s their private lines). I like the complexity and how different they are from the norm.
I did not know about L'oreal.. and yes I have all the flankers of A*Man except this one. And I guess I will buy it, besides the not to great reviews, just because I collect them.
I like a lot mugler I just need pure shoot and ultimate for complete my collection but now with your opinion about ultimate I need to smelle it first before a buy it maybe is going to be disappointment for me thank you for your opinion
I have just about the entire Amen line. A very controversial fragrance house where the juice is high quality, but the marketing and packaging not so good. For example, Ultra Zest is discontinued. What?!!!
I enjoy Mugler fragrances but I notice new releases are not as original. Les Exceptions perfumes are favorites. I hope 2020 has better perfumes with niche quality ingredients.
I am hmm with mugler. I love Angel and the women's Alien, one or two of the A*mens were wonderful. I might be a rare one who enjoyed Alien Man, but this new one doesn't excite me with Mugler I don't know I think we want different, a little crazy maybe. Also I just discovered that there was an Alien Oud flanker, is it still avaliable? Is it any good folks?
Yeah I know they sold out. Time to get my back up bottles of chrome aqua.i just got a 10 year old brand new in box amen and it's on point and smells great.
Was a big fan of Mugler but with recent releases I've jumped off the bandwagon. I was so disappointed in Ultimate. My favs are still the original Amen and pure Havane.
I like alien, this is pretty much the only one i love. had two from the pricy line but didn't like them so i let them go. don't buy from after loreal so not eager to try anything new :(
I can assure you ALL that this is the last Amen flanker.........They could have done Pure Vetiver, Pure Amber. Pure Cherry!! Instead they did this. Pure BEEN DONE BEFORE!
I tested it and I agree with you - sad, mugler always broke the rules and unfortunately he didn't get inspired this time :( in my opinion best of mugler: 1. original, 2. pure malt, 3 pure havane, 4 cryptomint :)
I do agree Sebastian. This one is not good. But the designer game in general is strictly for teenagers and people who dont ask for much. To me most designer fragrances nowadays are a joke. Cheap chemicals that somehow get hyped by reviewers.
Love Pure Malt. Need to try Pure Havane. Sucks for Ultimate according to ya'll reviewers. On another note, recently bought Byredo's Oud Immortel at luckyScent in dntnLA❤❤❤
This video is just a lie. I smelt this fragrance and it’s the best I have in my opinion. I wouldn’t trust this, lots of people who have reviewed this said it was true, so I wouldn’t trust this.
I think the main reason for it smelling similar to Invictus, Azzaro etc... is because these perfumes are also made by Clarins Group and they ask the perfumers to compose all these perfumes with the same cheap ingredients they have.
For me - the design of that bottle/range screams NO! To me it is aimed at a very young age group (like a vodka and soda pre-mix drink). What's inside might be good but they've lost me already with the packaging. The cynic in me thinks they are trading off of it's past glory but are using cheaper ingredients now while keeping the original price tag to cash in. Sebastian - maybe you have out grown the range?
It's tough to do reviews on fragrances you don't like. Don't feel like you have to. Also it's sad you have to do the disclaimer at the end of the video, telling people if you don't like a fragrance that someone else does, its not a personal attack on them. How did people get so weak and sensitive? Real world will hit them hard one day. Keep up the good work, i'll pass on this one as well.
Hot Cologne really grew on me, but Ultimate was the last straw. It's like whaaaaa haaaaappened? Would love to just chuck the entire brand, but these days, you never really know. Miyake disappeared for a long time and suddenly they started coming out with some great dark stuff. JPG went quiet for a while and then suddenly everyone loves Ultra Male. Ditto with Aramis' Tobacco Reserve and Azzaro's Wanted line (which I'm not a fan of BTW). It's like fishing without electronics; like every release is either a forgettable trend follower, or the next big trend setter, with very little room in between. Ditto in the niche world where the price of materials is making it more and more difficult to release something both hyper unique and profitable. And behind it all is the computer analyst with a spreadsheet full of statistics. I think we're in the midst of a massive shift in awareness. How will we fare? "Where we go from there, is a choice I leave to you."
Danillon Pujadas hopefully the new Tom Ford is any good. Last year was pretty meh save for Beau De Jour which I actually loved. Chanel needs something hard hitting too.
I don't own a single Mugler fragrance, the design of the bottle fells cheap, plasticity look and feel, no elegance, no class, smells so generic. As a brand a huge skip for me!
Its soo blahh! I used to love the house, still love the ones I have but this is an easy pass. I dont understand why these companies especially this company are going so safe and I know oud is so over played but they should have gone bold like pure oud or something 🤷♂️ give us something to talk about, something to get excited about.
📪Watch Mugler A*Men Ultimate Anticipation Video here: th-cam.com/video/N1R7pkqAuy4/w-d-xo.html 📪
I think that Mugler needs to bring back Ultra Zest and Tonka)
Nurdaulet Tileukhan Tonka is gone?
Ultra Zest was awesome!
@Justin TX1988 Pure Tonka and Pure Coffee are both discontinued, but still available @discounters. You won't be able to find them in Sephoras or other perfume stores in Europe btw. Kryptomint is a limited release just like Ultra Zest so it will vanish soon.
Ultra Zest for the win! They got me with Kryptomint saying it was like the Ultra Zest. Not even close
Hey it doesn't need to be a powerhouse ! I wore the ultimate the girl's in the Office picked this over Havane and Pure malt.
So you should think of it as a 1st date or office use. Instead of killing people with a powerhouse.
I love fragrances from Mugler, with Pure Havane being among my favorite fragrances from any perfumer. Some of the other A*Men flankers have been worthwhile as well.
Original A*Men is my favorite fragrance of all time. A masterpiece in perfumery. Many of the flankers are also fantastic fragrances (honorable mention to Pure Havane). Such a shame the line has possibly ended on such a low note.
I just hope they don't get ravaged now that they're taken oven.
So many great offerings from them , the mirror line and les exceptions and many more.
Yes I love Mugler!!!! I love original A*Men and Pure Havane!!! Thanks for being honest about the fragrance, I know we can trust your opinion
Doesn't the the fact that the cologne reminds you of 4 others' make it the ultimate fragrance? Maybe that was the plan! I have this fragrance and I get alot of compliments from very attractive women lol
I love Mugler and i like Ultimate..
Pure havan is great. Was thing of getting this. Im.looking for cheaper but unique cologne 's. Gonna think twice about this one now.
Bring back Ultra Zest!🍊
Haven't sample it, I know about the L'Oreal buy and I'm a fan of Mugler. When I've seen the color of the rubber/bottle during the announcement, I thought BdC, Sauvage, Dylan Blue etc. Then, after reading the few notes that it has, I told to myself that it might be a great fresh gourmand suitable more for Spring and Fall and maybe Summer, something like what you experience when you prepare a mocaccino in a forest. It seems it was a 3rd option: sweet and synthetic smelling pseudo woodsy-aquatic a la Invictus... I'm really sorry for that and I'm concerned about the brand's future under L'Oreal as they already botched YSL. Might go and buy Alien Man as I've sampled it a couple of times and I enjoy it. Maybe it's the last good Mugler fragrance for the years to come... Thanks for the review! P.S. The market is oversaturated right now with 3 DNAs: BdC, Invictus and Aventus. Every company has or will realease their on take on those DNAs. The industry needs to move forward and come with something new and innovative.
Yes I love Mugler especially Angel. ❤️
Apparently the new owners are going to reformulate all the scents instead of taking the old stock, love Mugler Cologne and Cypressime.
I own 6 Mugler fragrances. Love them all. Sad day, for sure :(
The only one that I have and smelled is Mugler Cologne, I love it, But none of the Angel man, I want to try Pure Malt and Pure Havane but I've been busy buying niche, I have to get those before a further reformulation. I just buy Designer when is highly praised or recommended, but for me the world is niche, I find a waste of money to buy boring generic or mass appealing fragrances, I use fragrance for myself.Thanks for the review Sebastian!
Hi! I can comment on the LOreal acquisition. I do independent contracting in beauty business ops and have worked for both brands, and know definitively that LOreal hasn’t had any impact on Mugler and will not touch their business or products until 1-April. Hope this clarifies!
Didn’t know about L’Oreal. Doesn’t sound good to me. Love Mugler but my recent Pure Malt purchase isn’t cutting the mustard. Fragrance used to have longevity but new bottle does out quickly. Not sure if I’ll buy again. Either I’ve changed or it’s changed.
I agree with you the original Alien man being a better release so far,
I love Mugler. I love Alien. It changed my perception of fragrances. Angel, I don’t like, but I appreciate its creativity and uniqueness. Mugler is one of the most creative designer houses in fragrance.
I hope the takeover doesn’t ruin its fragrances. I’m expecting a lot of really safe flankers to come out though. Flankers seem all the rage. Something in the vein of Alien cologne, Alien Intense, etc.
Can you do a video about less expensive fragrances that are better than the much more expensive ones?
Big fan of mugler but as you said the ultimate smell just like any other designer fragance also if you put that juice in another bottle nobody will guess or notice that is a mugler fragance is just way too different to what mugler fragances are.
I like pure havane n pure malt, unfortunately their longevity is below average
Love your work seb and I love the original amen
Thank you Sébastian for the review, I was hoping this were finally an ultra zest replacement with some mint or even a pure energy fresh type of fragrance with the beast performance of mugler fragances... Will have to keep hope for something like that on the near future! 😬💪🏼
Great review and I enjoyed it and I'm gonna try it have a blessed day
Yes, you got me into this brand! "pure malt" and "pure havana" thanks for that by that by the way.
Nicely done! I own a few Mugler fragrances and like them...this one fell flat for me.
I went niche, it’s hard for me to go back to designer (unless it’s their private lines). I like the complexity and how different they are from the norm.
I did not know about L'oreal.. and yes I have all the flankers of A*Man except this one. And I guess I will buy it, besides the not to great reviews, just because I collect them.
You have PM Creation??
I like a lot mugler I just need pure shoot and ultimate for complete my collection but now with your opinion about ultimate I need to smelle it first before a buy it maybe is going to be disappointment for me thank you for your opinion
I have just about the entire Amen line. A very controversial fragrance house where the juice is high quality, but the marketing and packaging not so good. For example, Ultra Zest is discontinued. What?!!!
one of my favorites designer houses. does it make a difference in the fragrance if they changed owners to loreal?
Yes as L'Oreal is known for reformulating fragrances! :(
Puig, LVMH...everybody does these reformulations
The only Mugler I have is a new formulation, OG A*men. Never smelled older batches but I love the mint cocoa scent
Love Pure Havane and Pure Malt and hoping L’Oreal re-releases Ultra Zest.
Pure Havane has been removed from the Mugler USA website for some time now sadly. 😞
@@ThePerfumeGuy I feel weird liking your comment because I agree with what you said but I'm not happy about it.😞
@@ThePerfumeGuy Pure Havane seems to be available on their Canadian website
I wish so bad that I bought ultra zest when it was available. I had a sample from years ago and I tried it... Wow. Dunno what I was smoking.
Thanks for the brave video, I onow you normally stay away from negativity but your subscribers would have had a lot of interest in this
Love Mugler overall. Huge fan but haven't tried Ultimate still
I have Mugler Cologne and Ultrazest which i love!!
This is my favorite house hope it stays that way but ultimate was rushed
What gives the grapefruit smell of alien its not listed on the notes
So glad i waited for a review... was excited but now 🤔... thanks for your review.
I liked the Alien Man EDT. I need to explore some more
I enjoy Mugler fragrances but I notice new releases are not as original. Les Exceptions perfumes are favorites. I hope 2020 has better perfumes with niche quality ingredients.
I am hmm with mugler. I love Angel and the women's Alien, one or two of the A*mens were wonderful. I might be a rare one who enjoyed Alien Man, but this new one doesn't excite me with Mugler I don't know I think we want different, a little crazy maybe. Also I just discovered that there was an Alien Oud flanker, is it still avaliable? Is it any good folks?
My favorite house - not the review I was hoping for and sounds like the end is near
I still enjoy the original, i have an older bottle so it's potent 😂
I'd cop this for collection purposes and the nice bottle but not for $90.
I’ve never been a fan of the house but I’m not sure why!!
Only thing from Mugler that I enjoy is Mugler Cologne on a hot and humid afternoon. The whole A*Men line smells very synthetic to me and lacks depth.
Yeah I know they sold out. Time to get my back up bottles of chrome aqua.i just got a 10 year old brand new in box amen and it's on point and smells great.
Was a big fan of Mugler but with recent releases I've jumped off the bandwagon. I was so disappointed in Ultimate. My favs are still the original Amen and pure Havane.
Bought this blind...sprayed it...sold it.
I like alien, this is pretty much the only one i love. had two from the pricy line but didn't like them so i let them go. don't buy from after loreal so not eager to try anything new :(
I can assure you ALL that this is the last Amen flanker.........They could have done Pure Vetiver, Pure Amber. Pure Cherry!! Instead they did this. Pure BEEN DONE BEFORE!
Great dry down from Ultimate!
Quite modern
Average longevity and performance
I tested it and I agree with you - sad, mugler always broke the rules and unfortunately he didn't get inspired this time :( in my opinion best of mugler: 1. original, 2. pure malt, 3 pure havane, 4 cryptomint :)
Ultra Zest was incredible as well.
If you're selling Ultimate I'll buy it from you.
I do agree Sebastian. This one is not good. But the designer game in general is strictly for teenagers and people who dont ask for much. To me most designer fragrances nowadays are a joke. Cheap chemicals that somehow get hyped by reviewers.
Love Pure Malt. Need to try Pure Havane. Sucks for Ultimate according to ya'll reviewers. On another note, recently bought Byredo's Oud Immortel at luckyScent in dntnLA❤❤❤
Do you think they will be good for summer?
It's not too intense so should work.
@@ThePerfumeGuy I think so too. I feel freshness in it.
This video is just a lie. I smelt this fragrance and it’s the best I have in my opinion. I wouldn’t trust this, lots of people who have reviewed this said it was true, so I wouldn’t trust this.
I guess I got Lucky. I get 8+ hours on my skin
Maybe it's my skin chemistry
Are you selling any other fragrances, sebastian?
Tell us how you really feel
It smells good but doesn't last on me. Makes me think of Rochas Man and not as good. Therefore I will not get a bottle.
I think the main reason for it smelling similar to Invictus, Azzaro etc... is because these perfumes are also made by Clarins Group and they ask the perfumers to compose all these perfumes with the same cheap ingredients they have.
Sadly tried this and glad I didn’t blind buy it earlier. Extremely underwhelming.
it's my first Mugler (got a sample) and i think it's awesome....... i love how delicious it smells.
got any recommendations for other Mugler?
For me - the design of that bottle/range screams NO! To me it is aimed at a very young age group (like a vodka and soda pre-mix drink). What's inside might be good but they've lost me already with the packaging.
The cynic in me thinks they are trading off of it's past glory but are using cheaper ingredients now while keeping the original price tag to cash in.
Sebastian - maybe you have out grown the range?
Finally 🙌🤪
Not impressed. The best for me is Pure Malt. I think women's fragrances are much interesting from the house of Mugler.
Bought it.....did not last!!! Had to return it. Not worth the money!
It's tough to do reviews on fragrances you don't like. Don't feel like you have to. Also it's sad you have to do the disclaimer at the end of the video, telling people if you don't like a fragrance that someone else does, its not a personal attack on them. How did people get so weak and sensitive? Real world will hit them hard one day. Keep up the good work, i'll pass on this one as well.
I like my niche, however I have an equal amount of both. Mugler was a great frag, but I agree they missed the mark. 😉
A list of fragrances that smell generic and that you do not like is a great idea. You should do it
You know you like it
Niche all the way.
Yes so disappointed in mugler and azzaro, mugler cologne has been a shadow of it's former self for years now.
5:17 . Welcome
We are not going to get Nothing, Game over. 😢
Very disappointing, Mugler pretty much started my fragrance addiction and seeing them go in this direction really is sad
Nobody hates pizza and fried chicken.
Yeah right!
each time you say milk i think about rat milking at the cinema
Not a fan of Mugler... they all have that rubber note on my skin... no thanks
Hot Cologne really grew on me, but Ultimate was the last straw. It's like whaaaaa haaaaappened? Would love to just chuck the entire brand, but these days, you never really know. Miyake disappeared for a long time and suddenly they started coming out with some great dark stuff. JPG went quiet for a while and then suddenly everyone loves Ultra Male. Ditto with Aramis' Tobacco Reserve and Azzaro's Wanted line (which I'm not a fan of BTW). It's like fishing without electronics; like every release is either a forgettable trend follower, or the next big trend setter, with very little room in between. Ditto in the niche world where the price of materials is making it more and more difficult to release something both hyper unique and profitable. And behind it all is the computer analyst with a spreadsheet full of statistics. I think we're in the midst of a massive shift in awareness. How will we fare? "Where we go from there, is a choice I leave to you."
Niche! Please! Designers are getting soooo boring.
Btw, I think Ultimate is a combo of Invictus, Dylan Blue and Acqua di Gio profumo. Awful!
Krptomeh Ultimeh:( worst released
Ilove
malt
havane
uz
tonka
pure coffee
and the OG
Niche
Nasty big plastic bottle. The way u are slapping it says it all.
Another dying house that I love, first mMgler now Dior . I have to stock up so I have these goodies for years to come
Danillon Pujadas hopefully the new Tom Ford is any good. Last year was pretty meh save for Beau De Jour which I actually loved. Chanel needs something hard hitting too.
I don't own a single Mugler fragrance, the design of the bottle fells cheap, plasticity look and feel, no elegance, no class, smells so generic. As a brand a huge skip for me!
Mugler lost their way :( Similar smelling fragrances compilation would be great!
It reminds me too of many fragrances, except of A*Men :-/
Its soo blahh! I used to love the house, still love the ones I have but this is an easy pass. I dont understand why these companies especially this company are going so safe and I know oud is so over played but they should have gone bold like pure oud or something 🤷♂️ give us something to talk about, something to get excited about.
Well said! Seems like many companies currently love churning out bland stuff.
@@jwill8759 agreed 🙏
First
Why do people make this comment - is there a prize for being 1st?
That's what I say? I don't get it! LOL! ;)
A*men ultimate is a disgrace to the A*men line.