Aura Mugler

Quite unique... Aura is a sharp, green—almost fluorescent—fragrance with notes of wild liana, pungent rhubarb, and a very dense, medicinal vanilla (reminiscent of syrup or the plastic of new dolls). Visually, it evokes an alien rainforest or a witch's magic potion bubbling in a cauldron. It possesses a hypnotic, toxic, and fascinating quality that pairs perfectly with the mysterious, "witchy" vibes of Halloween. Bought it without hesitation! 🖤 Sillage: 8.5/10 Longevity: 8/10 Scent: 9/10 Overall: 9/10

I just don't understand how people claim that this perfume is not strong enough! Mu goodness, when I used to wear it one winter, all my workmates knew I came to work, only by the smell of my coat, hanging on the wall, that filled all the teachers' room. It was a bomb, a killer! Even after washing my coat, the smell lingered on it for weeks! I only sprayed 2-3 puffs and even the cleaner ladies knew I was in school, only from the trail that this perfume left behind, on the corridors and in the offices, at the toilet, everywhere. The opening for me was green apples with some mint, it was sour, green and fresh, herbal, but after a while it developed into a warm vanilla with lots of woodsy notes. It was a gem!

Mysterious jungle vibes. It's like canoeing through a mangrove forest - I can almost hear the frogs croaking and the birds calling. I tried layering Aura with D&G L'Impératrice, and it smells amazing. The two pair beautifully thanks to the shared rhubarb note, and L'Impératrice brings out Aura's fruity, sparkling facets even more.

a sticky morning jungle, a forest sparkling at dawn dewy duality solitude =/= solitary tldr; sexy morning plants 🌅🌴🌲❄️🧚

smells like sexy plants. I love smelling like sexy plants p.s. also the 10 mL bottle looks like an elven shank which is very sick ngl

I am selling my 90ml bottle of Aura, if you are interested message me :) (you must be in Europe)

I just lucked out so hard and snagged myself a backup 90ml bottle of this precious juice. I was so scared I would never be able to wear it again because my current bottle is already half empty and I couldn't bring myself to finish it off. It's the most beautiful scent, it smells like clean and crisp linens in a house right next to a dense pine forest, mixed with sharp rhubarb and succulent green accords. There's a vanilla in this that is completely different to everything else ive ever smelled, its not sweet, but its not savoury either - its icy, and it mixes in with the herbal green notes so perfectly. This scent reminds me of being freshly 18. I can't believe I used to quadruple/quintuple spray this to go to my shitty retail job 😭💚

Update: I just got my second full-size sealed bottle for $60 insane???!!? I'm sure when mugler created this he thought of me<3 Man i fucking hate loreal and the audacity they have to discontinue this gorgeous piece of art, I recently owned one and IM SO LUCKY i even got my hands on it, she’s vanilla green minty yet warm woody and not the dry ass woodsy it’s dewy ugh it’s so comforting and magical, never smelled anything like it, from a distance away it’s slightly like DKNY be delicious but 10x stonger, darker and sexier and it lasts +24 hours!!! Whoever hates this scent probably has no taste I’m hunting for a second bottle, hand me all the auras in the world and i’m never getting sick of it.

I’m absolutely in love with this perfume. It’s the most unique and intriguing fragrance I’ve ever smelled. If Aura were a color, it would be neon green. The green notes are so unusual that it smells like a magical, alien forest—something from another world. You know that glowing neon forest from the movie Avatar? To me, that’s exactly what Aura smells like. It does remind me of Vicks VapoRub, menthol gel, or Altoids mints, but it’s also very different from them. Aura is sweet, and the vanilla becomes more prominent after the icy opening fades. After about six hours on my skin, it even starts to remind me of gummy candy, with a very creamy nuance coming from the white florals (especially orange blossom) and the vanilla. Here on Fragrantica, they don’t list Tiger Liana and Wolfwood, two exclusive patented notes created by Mugler and used in Aura. That’s one of the reasons it’s so unique—there’s no other perfume that uses these ingredients. In fact, Tiger Liana is a medicinal Chinese root, and that’s where the mentholated effect comes from. There isn’t any mint in the note breakdown; it’s actually this root that creates that sensation. The performance is excellent. It lasts forever and projects like crazy, easily exceeding nine hours while making its presence known wherever it goes. On clothing, it lasts even longer—well over 24 hours. Despite its power, it can be worn year-round (just go easy on the sprays during summer). However, in my opinion, Aura is strictly a nighttime fragrance. It’s 100% nocturnal, and even the advertising campaign reflects that. It doesn’t suit sunshine at all—it’s far too mysterious to be worn during the day. In conclusion, this is an exotic fragrance with sweet, creamy, and mentholated notes. It’s a captivating nighttime scent that grabs attention from beginning to end. And it’s also great for people with allergies or rhinitis—the mentholated aspect even helps soothe my nose, haha!

I absolutely love the scent, I just wish it lasted longer. Very unique and magical, like how I imagine fairies would smell. Just such a very fleeting scent, sadly. I might buy another bottle just to have so I can reapply more often with this bottle.

This smells different but very pleasant to me. It did smell like an unchanted forest. I still have mine, and will wear it in the fall again.

So mad that this has been discontinued. Another “signature” fragrance bites the dust. There is nothing like this anywhere that I have found and I am devastated. This was the biggest compliment-getter I have ever owned.

Huh, how come I didn't review Aura??? It's been my main for years, I've refilled that bottle more than any other perfume ever. Which reminds me I absolutely need to find a last refill somewhere online. It's green and sweet and mint and delicious. I've applied it under my hair, at the nape, while driving a convertible. I've applied it and rubbed it immediately after, for a smell even greater and stronger than usual. It seems this was the official application instruction, but it only reached some SAs, not the general public... I've used it in every imaginable setting and occasion, and every time I wanted to retire it, my little girl stole it and used it herself before I retrieved it in her room :D For someone with 100+ perfumes in rotation, having used this much Aura says it all. It's addictive when it smells good on the person.

This is what I imagine Jane smelled when Tarzan got within 4 feet of her, just screechy, green jungle ass. 🤮

to the reviewer who is just one review away from mine who said it smells almost like avon's far away... you're right. This has similarities with far away's ylang ylang note LOL I've been obsessed with this fragrance since the start of my fragrance collection journey but when i first sniffed this i immediately thought of far away but more high quality and with extra sweet and camphoric depth but i kept gaslighting myself that it isn't anything similar just to be fully satisfied. the thing is, far away is well-loved by my mom and she wears it regularly. When i smell aura, i feel like i'm wearing a fragment of her identity which isn't really bad but still odd on my part. I'm just grateful that this thing develops differently on my skin so it doesn't go overtly avon far away. a direct sniff from the nozzle tho? i get where ur coming from hahaha.

Smells like an early morning walk in the forest after the rain. Grassy and extremely comforting. I have a sample of this and I'm quite sad it discontinued. Never found anything else like it

To me it smells almost exactly like Avon's Far Away.

Aura picks up where Cacharel Eden left off. Welcome to Mugler’s version of a dystopian universe, where plants and leaves stem of the concrete. If Eden provided a futuristic landscape filled with polychromatic flowers and dangerous cascades to masquerade the danger, Aura welcomes it. It feels more venomous and yet less interesting. The world we envisioned is now a reality. The green accents feel somehow forced and artificial, which is maybe the intent. Sap isn’t mysterious but dangerous. Flowers aren’t magical; they feel like a mirage that isn’t there. Eden had a sort of magic that pulled you in. Aura pushes you away. No doubt it feels like a Mugler, its original in a way and has the hallmarks of a quirky Thierry creation. Had it been made a decade earlier, it would have been a masterpiece. In the wake of merging and acquisition, it feels like a forced attempt to make a final curtain call. Not bad, but it could have been so much more…

This one leans distinctly green (as the bottle suggests) with a unisex profile that tilts slightly masculine—ideal if you enjoy that fresh, dewy, aromatic style. It opens with the snap of squashed leaves and freshly cut grass, lifted by the brightness of zesty lemon peel. The result is crisp, vivid, intense and herbal with an outdoorsy wild nature vibe.

I’m not a big fan of the strong green notes in it, and the scent feels a bit unusual to me. It’s not a bad fragrance at all, just not really my personal taste.

This straight up smells like when you play with a millipede and it leaves that smell/residue on your hand

Mugler Aura rises from the foliage like a bioluminescent empress who photosynthesises confidence and weaponizes vanilla. Aura doesn't sit on your skin - she inhabits it. She doesn't evolve politely - she mutates. She doesn't smell green - she smells alive. At the time of this review, Fragrantica's score is 3.72 and so.. Welcome to Mugler's most misunderstood masterpiece. Aura opens with a wildness that cuts clean, like a blade of green light slicing the air with confidence. A camphorous, mentholic, almost medicinal green flash that feels like cold chlorophyll dripping onto warm skin, a mint leaf crushed beneath alien glowing light. This is not citrus green, this is not herbal green. This is Mugler green - synthetic, humid and futuristic. Green with attitude, not manners. Once the green blast settles, Aura becomes lush and warm, like stepping deeper into a glowing rainforest. A creamy sensual vanilla orchid rises, with soft, glowing, resinous warm woods and a humid sweetness. The dry-down is green-vanilla skin, sensual, intimate, warm and glowing, like skin after tropical rain. The green never disappears, it becomes a glow, a pulse under your skin. There is comfort in Mugler's signature warmth, but it's a comfort with intent, not comfort with innocence. It's a warmth that seduces and possesses. It's comfort through fantasy, not familiarity. It fills the air, your body, your emotional space. It has texture and presence. It embraces you, wraps around you like velvet shadows, holding you in its gaze. It's very... Mugler. Where most fragrances do warmth as coziness, Mugler does warmth as a pulse. It feels alive, not passive. Aura is the woman who walks barefoot through a rainforest at night. her heartbeat glows in the dark, half-human, half-myth. She seduces without speaking. She could heal you or ruin you. She's primal, feminine, humid and slightly dangerous. Aura is not pretty, she's feral fantasy. She is seen, felt, experienced and remembered. Mugler Aura came to slay.

This is the only green perfume in my collection that I like. The quality is excellent, as usual from Mugler.

Mugler Aura is a bold, unconventional fragrance that feels like stepping into a dense, emerald forest after rainfall. It’s lush, mysterious, and not afraid to be a little wild. The opening is intensely green, sharp, leafy, and almost herbal—like crushed leaves and damp earth. It’s a striking start that won’t be for everyone, but it sets the tone for Aura’s untamed character. As it settles, a creamy floral heart of jasmine and orange blossom emerges, softening the edges with a smooth, almost velvety sweetness. The base is where it gets truly intriguing. Warm vanilla and tonka bean add a comforting, resinous sweetness, while the signature “wolfwood” note introduces a slightly smoky, leathery, almost animalic depth giving the fragrance its distinctive edge. Performance is strong, lasting around 8–12 hours, with a noticeable sillage that starts bold and gradually softens into a lingering, captivating trail. Best suited for cooler evenings, as it can feel overwhelming in tropical heat. Overall, Aura is complex, daring, and beautifully strange—perfect for those who enjoy fragrances that lean into the unconventional and nature-inspired.

(Dupe alert - skip to bottom of review for details.) I have a drawer of testers / samples that I accumulated during the height of the pandemic — I had lost my sense of taste and smell completely and when it returned it just wasn’t right. I guess that was the optimist in me: holding on to these testers hoping one day my olfaction would return to baseline, and that it did… it only took 6 years. Anyway. I’m sad to see this has been discontinued because it’s so fresh (smells like the essence of “freshness” but also a refreshing change from all the typical crowd-pleasing scents) and green. I don’t get any mint or wintergreen, which may be unfortunate because I love wintergreen, nor do I get any OG ChapStick/Blistex smells (again, sad because I always loved those growing up). I can confidently say, however, it reminds me almost exactly of Glasswater from Sucreabeille, which I rarely wear because I can see how polarizing of a scent it is. I usually just wear it at home.

I should’ve known better than to try a fragrance after it’s been discontinued, because I’m in love and this decant is only going to last one more wear 😭 It’s lovely; bright, fresh-yet-sweet, and balanced with Mugler’s bold charm. Amazing longevity, projection, and sillage.

The dry down smells kind of like a spa to me 🪷

I smelled a tester and I gagged. Smells absolutely awful

To me I smell rhubarb, bergamot & orange blossom the most. The amount of ‘woody’ notes in this put me off for so long. I’m kinda sad I waited so long to try it. I get hints of vanilla every now and then and some kind of woody aspect but not to the extent I expected which brings me joy. Part of the dry down smells a bit like intense to me but not too intense for it to be overpowering. My partner has just complimented how I smell and his sense of smell is close to non existent after having Covid years ago. I’m really enjoying this fragrance today on a colder winter/spring morning in the UK.

Oof, hate this. So abrasive to my nose. Wayyyy too green and bitter.