Vendor: Michel Germain
Sugarful Noir Pour Homme
Chocolate praline hot cocoa, lavender powder
$59.00
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Michel Germain · 2008
Sexual Secret EDP
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
CloseArm's length
Polarising
Mixed
fresh
sweet
uplifting
skin-close
Sweet mango and mandarin with soft florals
Scent Notes
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Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Think Sweet mango and mandarin with soft florals: that is Michel Germain Sexual Secret. It opens with mango and red mandarin orange, moves into lotus, jasmine and rose and settles on amber, cashmere wood and white musk. It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
This eau de parfum is best in spring, summer and fall and is a daytime scent. Reach for it for the office. Released in 2008.
In the community's experience it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something fresh and sweet for the office.
- Sample first if: sweet is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike fruity fragrances.
Around $115.
Explore more: More from Michel Germain · Fresh perfumes · Mango perfumes · Lotus perfumes
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Office
The Brand
Michel Germain
Michel Germain is a Canadian designer house whose range includes the Séxūal and Sugarful lines. Michel Germain on Scendira: 60 perfumes, about $15 at the low end and $180 at the top. Community talk that Scendira tracks centres on Michel Germain Sugarful, then Michel Germain Sugarful Sunshine and Michel Germain Sexual Noir.
Scent profiles of the picks
For Michel Germain Sugarful (Eau de Parfum, 2019), expect strawberry cotton candy with creamy sandalwood musk: woodland strawberry and mandarin orange up top, musk and sandalwood underneath. Michel Germain Sugarful Sunshine (Eau de Parfum, 2023) comes across as tropical fruit smoothie with cool coconut, with pineapple and lime at the start and agave, amber and tree moss at the base. Michel Germain Sexual Noir (Eau de Parfum, 2012) reads as fresh berries fading into creamy floral woods, opening on lime and mandarin orange and drying down to vanilla, amber and sandalwood.
Comparing houses? Start at the Scendira brands page, then look at gourmand perfumes and fruity perfumes.
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like Sweet mango and mandarin with soft florals. It opens with mango and red mandarin orange, moves into lotus, jasmine and rose and settles on amber, cashmere wood and white musk.
In the community's experience it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, summer and fall. It is a daytime scent. It suits the office.
It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
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