Probably, the word ethyl maltol is now familiar to everyone: it is the notorious substance that smells of cotton candy and strawberry jam. An overdose glorified Mugler's Angel, which, at its peak, launched the great foodie trend that we have already enjoyed for 30 years But the history of the use of sugar in perfumery began long before 1992, when Olivier Cresp and Yves de Chirin introduced Angel.