Ange ou Démon

Ange ou Démon opens on an essence of Calabrian mandarin, a note of white thyme and a touch of saffron. The heart brings together orange blossom, lily petals and ylang-ylang, and the base pairs tonka bean with oakwood.

An unexpected top

The house calls the Calabrian mandarin essence energizing and the white thyme note unexpected, while saffron adds a delicate spicy breath.

The white flowers

Orange blossom, lily and ylang-ylang bring what Givenchy calls an opulent luminosity, the angelic side of the fragrance, set against the depth of its base.

Tonka bean and oakwood

According to the house, this brightness gives way to a demonic depth of tonka bean and oakwood, which gives the fragrance its floral oriental character.

The launch notes

The composition announced in 2006 included an orchid among the flowers, as well as vanilla, Brazilian rosewood and oakmoss in the base. Orange blossom did not appear in it; it features in the house’s current description.

What is left out

Heliotrope and amber woods, sometimes associated with Ange ou Démon, appear neither in the launch description nor in today’s, and are not listed among the notes.

What the label declares

The ingredient list has sixteen entries. After alcohol, fragrance and water come two UV filters, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate and butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, an emollient, butylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, and an antioxidant, BHT.

Eight regulated allergens are declared: limonene, alpha-isomethyl ionone, geraniol, hydroxycitronellal, coumarin, linalool, citral and citronellol. A violet colorant, CI 60730, completes the formula.