Guerlain · 2008 · Maurice Roucel

Insolence

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Wild strawberry and red fruits over deep violet, powdery iris and orange blossom.

Guerlain says

You’ll smell violet accord, iris, orange blossom and red fruit notes.

More from Guerlain’s description

It also mentions Wild strawberry, Red fruits, Intense violet and Deep iris.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Insolence’s scent picture, a draft: violet, iris, orange blossom, red fruit, strawberry, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Insolence, top notes: Violet, Red fruit

Heartas it settles

Insolence, heart: Orange blossom, Strawberry, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Insolence, dry-down: Iris, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

13 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet2 spices1 powder1 green

13 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell13

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Dia 40 WomanAmouage · shares violet (sweet violet), orris and bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain)$550 for 100 ml
Dia WomanAmouage · shares violet (sweet violet), orris and bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain)$395 for 100 ml · about twice Insolence’s $155
Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares violet (sweet violet), orris and bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain)$250 for 100 ml · about the same as Insolence’s $155
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.