Thierry Mugler was a French fashion designer, born in 1948 in Strasbourg. As a teenager he danced ballet, then moved to Paris and presented his first collection in 1973. His theatrical, futuristic silhouettes and spectacular fashion shows made him one of the brightest figures in fashion in the 1980s and 1990s. The designer passed away in 2022, and the brand is now known simply as Mugler and is part of L’Oréal. You can read more about him in our article Transforming the Fashion Stage: The Legendary Thierry Mugler.

The brand's first perfume, Angel, was launched in 1992 and started an entire new fragrance family, gourmand perfumes, with notes of cotton candy, caramel, chocolate and vanilla. It was created by Olivier Cresp and Yves de Chiris and is recognizable by its star-shaped bottle. It was followed by the men's A*Men (1996) and Alien (2005), created by Dominique Ropion and Laurent Bruyère.

Today the Angel and Alien families continue to grow with versions such as Angel Elixir, Angel Nova, Angel Fantasm, Alien Goddess and Alien Hypersense.