01.24.22
Thierry Mugler, the renowned fashion designer and fine fragrance trendsetter, is dead. He was 73. No cause of death was announced.
“We are devastated to announce the passing of Mr. Manfred Thierry Mugler on Sunday January 23rd 2022. May his soul Rest in Peace,” said a statement on his official Instagram account accompanied by a black square. No further details were immediately available.
In the beauty industry, Mugler was best known for popularizing gourmand fragrance notes. In 1992, his Angel scent took the world by storm. It rocketed to the top of the best-selling fragrance category and won a Fragrance Foundation Fifi Award. Gourmand scents consist of edible notes such as chocolate, honey and vanilla.
The Angel brand was originally owned by Clarins. In 2019, L'Oréal acquired both the Mugler and Azzaro fragrances from the Clarins Grop.
Before he rewrote the book on fine fragrance, Mugler was an outrageous fashion designer credited with transforming the minimalism of the 1970s fashion style with a power style of dressing that borrowed from high fasion, comic books and S&M. Fashion industry observers say Mugler helped define 1980s power dressing.
Mugler's journey in the fashion and fragrance space started in the 1960s. Mugler Fragrances was still creating scents as late as last year. Angel Nova is described as a fruity, floral and woody, eau de parfum.
“We are devastated to announce the passing of Mr. Manfred Thierry Mugler on Sunday January 23rd 2022. May his soul Rest in Peace,” said a statement on his official Instagram account accompanied by a black square. No further details were immediately available.
In the beauty industry, Mugler was best known for popularizing gourmand fragrance notes. In 1992, his Angel scent took the world by storm. It rocketed to the top of the best-selling fragrance category and won a Fragrance Foundation Fifi Award. Gourmand scents consist of edible notes such as chocolate, honey and vanilla.
The Angel brand was originally owned by Clarins. In 2019, L'Oréal acquired both the Mugler and Azzaro fragrances from the Clarins Grop.
Before he rewrote the book on fine fragrance, Mugler was an outrageous fashion designer credited with transforming the minimalism of the 1970s fashion style with a power style of dressing that borrowed from high fasion, comic books and S&M. Fashion industry observers say Mugler helped define 1980s power dressing.
Mugler's journey in the fashion and fragrance space started in the 1960s. Mugler Fragrances was still creating scents as late as last year. Angel Nova is described as a fruity, floral and woody, eau de parfum.