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By Deborah Fulsang

This is the frequency with which a bottle of Thierry Mugler Angel is sold somewhere in the world. The fragrance was launched in 1992, a composition created by perfumer Olivier Cresp, who crafted 607 trials until coming upon lucky number 608, a mould-breaking gourmand fragrance lush with notes of vanilla, cocoa, honey and patchouli.

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This article was written by

Deborah Fulsang

http://thefulsangcompany.com/

Deborah Fulsang has spent the last two decades as a journalist covering news and trends in the worlds of style—in fashion and beauty, design and décor, food and entertaining. Her long-held love of fragrance led her to launch The Whale & The Rose, a destination for all things perfume-related. Now, when she indulges in a crazy-expensive bottle of fragrance, she can do so guilt-free. Well almost. It’s all in the name of research after all.