L'Oréal
Mugler batch code checker
Mugler fragrances — Angel, Alien, A*Men — were made by Clarins until L'Oréal bought the house in 2020, and the codes changed with the owner. Since then Mugler bottles carry the L'Oréal year letter in third place, like Azzaro, which moved in the same deal. One quirk worth knowing: many Mugler codes open with two letters, AB, where most L'Oréal codes open with two digits. Those two characters mark where the bottle was filled, read the same either way, and are not part of the date.
We do not stock Mugler. Try these decants in a similar style
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Shared accords Sweet Vanilla Amber
Fragrances from other houses are picked because they share main accords with the best-known Mugler fragrances. They are different perfumes, not copies.
Where Mugler prints the code
On the base of the bottle and the underside of the box. Bottles made before 2020 often carry a second, five-digit line under the code; that line belongs to the old Clarins system.
What the characters mean
Seven characters on bottles made since 2020: two characters for the filling site — digits such as 91, 22 or 38, or the letters AB — then a letter standing for the year, then four characters we do not read. Bottles made under Clarins before that carry six or seven plain digits.
Worked example
ABX41EE
reads as 2023
Mugler batch code questions
My Angel bottle has a seven-digit code — is it fake?
Not for that reason. Bottles filled while Clarins made Mugler, up to early 2020, carry six or seven digits, often with a second line of five beneath them, and plenty of them are still in circulation. One owner reads that second line as a year and a day of the year, which may well be right, but Clarins never published it and we do not decode it.
Do Mugler and Azzaro use the same codes?
Today, yes. Both moved from Clarins to L'Oréal in 2020, and their current bottles share the group layout with Armani, Prada and Saint Laurent. Their older codes changed at the same moment too, which is why a pre-2020 bottle of either house will not read here.
Does Angel change as the bottle ages?
Slowly. Angel is built on patchouli, caramel and vanilla, dense materials that hold up in the bottle for years; the fruity top notes are what fade first. Kept cool and out of the light, age is the least of its worries.
Same scheme, other houses
These brands are also made by L'Oréal. A shared maker does not guarantee a shared code layout, so each page describes the codes we have actually seen for that house.
Looking for something like Mugler?
Try a scent on your skin for a few days before you pay for a full bottle. Each decant is poured from a full-size bottle whose source we log.
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Shared accords Sweet Vanilla Coffee
Fragrances from other houses are picked because they share main accords with the best-known Mugler fragrances. They are different perfumes, not copies.
Try it before you commit
Checking a batch code is usually a way of asking whether a bottle is worth the money. A decant answers that on your own skin, poured from a bottle whose source we log — no marketplace gamble, no full-bottle regret.