My Insolence Guerlain for women

I thought I could not wear such a strong scent, but it turns out that I am! And when I wear it, it caresses me like no other scent does. It is very feminine, so alluring...

My Insolence is the younger sister with an innocence in danger of being lost of the much bolder Insolence EDP. It opens with a sweet and captivating smell of almond blossoms, very nice and realistic. Besides, the whole perfume seems to be enveloped with a prominent note of almond, may it be from the blossoms in the top notes, to an almond milk scent sweetend with vanilla and rasperry that appears later in time. It grows on skin and it transforms itself with hours gone by into a meringue and cream scent, almost edible. Through it`s veins flows the noble blood of Guerlain, and only a house like Guerlain and a few other more could work such sweet notes like this with a splendid result.

My Insolence could be the perfect perfume for a modern Lolita. It smells like tender skin, make-up, powder and sensual lips painted with rasperry juice.

Really strong, stayed on clothes for a week. Huge sillage all day with just one spray. Crazy sweet, but surprisingly not cloying. I think I need a bottle :)

Everyone needs to find a fragrance that is light, unassuming, and will fill that gap in your fragrance wardrobe on days when you are wanting to have something that will not dominate a room when you enter it... but will leave people who are a bit closer to you to enjoy the aroma and sweetness.

This is the type of fragrance that draws you in. The type of fragrance that would be very sweet on you when you are hugging someone, but would not assault people within a 5 foot radius on warmer days or days when you know that you will be in a tight space, such as when going to a packed movie theater, theater production, or days when you are crammed into a closely confining office space - or riding an elevator with a packed crowd.

This is a very pleasant fragrance. One that hints at femininity, but does not scream and shout your presence -- from the roof tops!

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The first blast of this fragrance goes on very high and sweet. It has been awhile since I have tried Tresor by Lancome, but that one hits me with a similar first spray... very high, sweet, and could possibly be a little nauseating with the first 20 -30 minutes of dry-down. This is definitely a fragrance that you would want to spray about an hour before being in a confined tight space. Go light on the initial spraying.

About 30 minutes into the spray, this begins to emit a warmer alluring quality that really draws you in. I don't want to cheat and look at the ingredient list - but if I were guessing, I would say that there is a base note of caramelized almonds grounding the floral bouquet - which is really functioning as a door beckoning you INTO the fragrance, drawing you in... pulling your attention towards a sweet innocence that unfolds throughout the extended wear.

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In my quest to find a fragrance that would last longer on my skin than my beloved Eau du Ciel, I found "My Insolence".

I'm just now trying this for the first time, and actually find that it is very sensual. This goes on like a lot of my favorite fragrances that people complement me the most on... I can barely smell it, it blends very well into my skin when first sprayed. This is a light fragrance, unimposing... I will have to see how this wears for a few hours before really giving a full report, but it is nice.

The reason that I tried this, was because of all of the many great reviews on this. Someone even said that they received more compliments on this fragrance than Beautiful... and that one has always been tops for me, and wears really super well.

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Space Age type bottle, very cute! The bottle is superb! Love it, very unique - nicely designed!

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Waking from a quick nap before hitting the gym -- I smelled my arm in the area where I sprayed Insolence, and I'm totally understanding all of the many positive comments about this fragrance. It has a sheer type "innocence" about it that is very enticing, alluring, and super sweet. This, it appears, is the upper end version of all of the notes that the Victoria's Secret line is trying to hint at... but is not quite achieving. Noir Tease has a sweetness about it that is "in line" with this type of scent, but this seems to be a little bit more refined and elegant. It is NOT coming across as "pink bubble-gum-ish"... like the majority of VS products - this is a better production of that type of fragrance, and definitely would appeal to a more discerning audience and nose.

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The Jacuzzi Test/Hot Water Test... (Best determined at about 7 hours of wear)--

This is one of those "tests" that truly determine (for me) how well a fragrance mixes with my own chemistry. The evenings when I hit the gym later, then take a jacuzzi afterwards - if a fragrance has REAL STAYING POWER... this is how you can determine that.

My Insolence was totally beautiful on my skin after steeping in the water about 15 minutes. The essence of this was totally sweet and uplifting... very "innocent"! Love it!

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Innocent, upper class, elegant. These are words I would use to define My Insolence from Guerlain.

I know a gabazillion people have reviewed this fragrance, but I think I'm one of the only ones here who gets an overwhelming, poisonous cloud of synthetic JASMINE. It's a heavy, Guerlain-esque blanket smothering anything else this scent tries to accomplish. The other notes try and lift their drowning limbs from a viscous sea of thick jasmine, only to submit. Did I mention jasmine??

This is the smell of South Asia during the blooming of almond trees. Smell of spring. So soft but not weak, powdery but not boring, simply beautiful. To my nose it has this unique vibe which makes me wear it more often than other perfumes. Almond blossom creates impression of something powdery, it's not baby powder, it's something new - sweet kind of powder. One word is in my mind when i smell it - innocent. Totally in love with this one.

A very heady scent, so less is more with this one. Over-applying this will cause for it to heat up on your skin and become a bitter almond oil/powder bomb. If you find the pump too generous, spray a cotton ball and dab it on your skin or spray in the air and walk through it. When applied lightly the almond note is in sweet harmony with the raspberry, citrus, and jasmine notes. The dry down is powdery vanilla, tonka bean, and patchouli which is just heavenly. What a sweet treat. I love this in spring.

Usually not a huge fan of the Insolence line,but that one is pretty, not ordinary, I find it very interesting. It starts off fruity and right away the lemon edge mixes in nicely, giving a certain tartness to the scent, it has a certain sweetness but not candy sweet , there is though a strange plasticky aura to the scent, a bit challenging, not sure where it comes from, it doesn't deter the scent from being pleasant and very wearable , will see where it goes in the dry down.

A sweet, girly perfume. I mainly smell honey with some florals here and there. It reminds me of Lanvin's Jeanne but this one has that additional yummy smell of honey.

This perfume is PERFECT! It is so sweet, so girly, it works for both day and night, the bottle is gorgeous and it is so long lasting! The pump is quite generous so you only need like 2 of them and it lasts forever! When I go out at night and come back, my whole room smells like it. This is hands down one of my favorite perfumes!

Aaawh, My Insolence. I'm not a good girl but I'm not a bad woman either! Insolence nails those days when I want to tone down my naughtiness and take out my playfulness.

It's sweet, but not too much on me, it's juicy but not nauseatingly so, it never feels forced, it smells like a naturally charming girl.
I feel at home in this smell, nothing is strange, nothing smells unnatural, it's like the equivalent of me in a bottle. This is going to be my signature for spring and summer. Love it so, so much.

I love my insolence! Raspberry and almond blossom comes across almost like a very sweet powdery violet. Sharp, tangy, sweet and powdery trail. There is an underside of warm spicy patchouli peaking out. The acidy qualities of a few of the notes mixing together takes a hold of this very innocent sweet powdery scent and scratches it with little acid-y claws. I absolutely love it for that feature. If this perfume were a person it would be that pretty, nice girl who is usually so quiet...but piss her off and she'll gauge your eyes out. It's a very sweet girly perfume with just a bit of a mean streak. Love it...

The sweetness of My Insolence will knock you back on your heels if you're not ready for it.
It's a fall / winter fruity fragrance to my nose. Very creamy raspberry and a lot of powder. Citrus keeps it from being unbearably heavy. The opening reminds me of Hot Couture without pepper.

A bit heavy for me, but if used sparingly - in fall or winter, can be nice.

the best sweet -friut parfum ever

It has something of a burnt raspberry, wich I hate. It gave me nauseas and a headache. Too harsh and rude, like a silly girl who thinks wearing tones of make up, excess of sunbathing and mistreating everybody arounds her are going to make her beautiful. A rich, spoiled girl who is convinced she is the best around. Superficial, unbearable, loud. I think i'll pass, thank you very much.

nice review !!!

I sampled this today:

This is a sweet, creamy blend between almonds and raspberry. It's light and feminine, and it reminds me of something of my childhood. It smells a bit powdery, like lipstick or the old make-up my mother used to wear. The opening is fresh, like a raspberry-ice cream. The dry down is a soapy, powdery mix between the almonds and vanilla.

It's definitely a grow-up gourmand, that's exactly how I would describe it! It's very complex and has a lot of deepness. The lasting power is great, after a long school day I was still able to smell a hint of My Insolence. I'm usually not a Guerlain-girl, but this one got my attention.

my insolence become "my"insolence!i love the sweet-creamy smell the raspberry with Almond Blossom and vanilla but in a same time som citrus freshnes too wich i adore and exactly becos off the fresh citrus smell, the power of sweet its not tis extremly sweet ,its just perfect light sweet.this fragrance its heavenly very feminine,warm,long long lasting fume next day too you can feel the smell off soft creamy like "beige"smell!I adore my perfume its super super Guerlain.

Just plain stinky!! No other words. Barely could wash off.

This is def discontinued, in Italy you can find a few bottles still left in perfumery shops, Douglas and some Coin stores still carry it but you have to hurry before they sell out.
I have 3 bottles but i'm still gonna stock up.

It is realy true that they will discontinue this lovely Perfume ???????? Who knows something about it?

Great sweet grownup scent, stands out !!!!!

Rosy cosmeticy scent. I would say, rose, vanilla, almonds, violets, raspberries and lemons, in that order. Watery vanilla raspberries and soft powder 'n cream, that's what it smells like on my skin. Very much so like makeup/foundation scent as well.
It is quite pleasant 'n pretty daytime perfume, wish it was more concentrated.
Contemporary takeoff on vintage girly era.
Lasts 3 hours on me.

This is another blind buy, at 30ml & today i got time to properly test it. at 1st sniff on the nozzle it smells sweet, but when srayed onto the skin it becomes strong powdery sweet. the powdery notes takes quite some time to settle down, now passing 4 hours & still goig strong, although the powder-ness starts to wear off.
tbh i'm not a big fan of powdery scent, it reminds me of the heavier Burberry series like London, only smells different. cant say i liked it much, but definitely can be tolerated so no dislikes here.

This one is so far from anything one would call a linear fragrance. It takes you on a wonderful journey that starts off in the middle of a garden full of raspberry bushes, on a late July evening. The air is warm and the sun is still shining but there's a shade right next to a raspberry bush where you can rest and inhale the sweet yet fresh scent of raspberry fruit with a touch of greenish raspberry leaf scent. After a couple of minutes we leave the garden and go inside. The house we enter is not a cottage nor a modern penthouse. It's a victorian mansion with tasteful furniture in soft beige, gray and milky white tones, very cozy and sophisticated and a couple of extravagant artsy details here and there. The hostess has prepared wonderful homemade pastries sprinkled with almond flakes, beautiful raspberry cupcakes and vanilla steamer. She's quite charming, with a warm refreshing personality. She smiles a lot and each time she turns her head you can smell her classy powdery perfume.
I'm not a huge fan of the original Insolence but My Insolence is the most sophisticated gourmand I've smelled so far.

oh god. the sickeningly intense almond note got to my head straight ahead. I couldn't wait for it to land, however it seemed it never did. The almond slowly subdued but did not give place to anything else. No, it did not go well with my skin. However, am not ready to pass it off quite yet, it is after all guerlain... will give it another whirl

UPDATE: I HAVE CHANGED MY MIND! My goodness has this scent grown on me. From overly sweet and headache-inducing to comforting and spicy. I don't know what happened. I think it was because I got a whiff off a friend who told me she was wearing My insolence and suddenly: AHA! Magic. I still think i does well with some green thought so I like to mix it up with som stark fig leaf notes or a vetiver, and that may be blasphemy, but what the hey, i'm not much for god anyway...

I smell a powdery floral with sweet marshmallows. I know marshmallows are not a note in this, but that is what I got. The "powder-ness" of this reminds me of my signature, Amour de Amandier. I love it! I'm the odd one out for I didn't smell any raspberry. Longevity is very good, about 6 hours on my skin.

Thank you sweetiepea161616 for the sample.

To me this smells very "Guerlain". Sophisticated, creamy, powdery, parisian. Did not care for all the sweetness of Insolence, but this one is heavenly for me. I love to put it on after a long day of work and let it "whisk me away".

Smells of sweet (sickeningly) almond. I find it obnoxious, to me smells of bug spray, but I do not like the almond scent the way it is used in perfumes today, with exceptions, like L'instant magique which I like very much, and Champs Elysées, which I do not mind. I can see nevertheless that other people can like this type of scent, it is quite oppulent and unusual in everyday life, because it is not really the scent of almond, it is the scent of almond made sweeter and much more cloying. And it does have a twist. Very similar to hypnotic poison, I would say even almost the same. Cannot believe that Hypnotic Poison was not the source of inspiration.

First spray and it smelled like a raspberry pudding. I would swear there were violets in this, but I guess it's the way the notes mix together. Raspberry and bitter almond blossom are predominant and it is very powdery as it dries down. Sillage is killer. It's not sickeningly sweet, but I would say it's cosy and more of a winter scent. My boyfriend didn't like it at all (he too thought it smelled like violets) and it's not a Guerlain for me I'm afraid, the raspberry is a bit too bitter and heavy.

Lots of compliments from my boyfriend.

I tested it today at the store. I like it...but not so much as the original Insolence. Because raspberry is a prominent note in the perfume, I expected it to be sweet 'n' sour...fresh, ideal for spring-summer. I was so wrong. It's sweet 'n' powdery, creamy. I think thanks to the almonds. Sillage and lastingpower are good. It's still on my wrist after about 5 hours. So that's good, I just sprayed once. I do get the idea that the original is a sillage-bom comparing to this one. Now there's this soft-sweet smell that lingers. I think it would be a good perfume for colder days. On a hot day maybe a bit much. Overall good perfume.

Mmmmmm, there is a pop of sweet fruit and then a relatively quick settling into an amber floral. Not a light summery scent, but a sweet seductive cool weather or evening scent. The bottle suggests girlish innocence but the dry down is much more provocative.

The last reviewer is spot on. Creamy raspberry and "haunting" florals. I have to mention that the raspberry is so prominent that I almost get a cough syrup note. Almost. Maybe raspberry syrup. It's still a really nice scent. You really need to like raspberry A LOT though. The raspberry notes do start to fade after maybe 20 minutes and the drydown is very sexy and yummy! And that delicate patchouli... omg it's amazing.

One thing to know is the scent is VERY strong. A little goes a loooong way. I put 4 sprays on my wrist just because when I try a perfume I like to immerse myself in it in order to really experience it, and wow, I think I need to wash it off! VERY overwhelming. I think in smaller doses though, I would really enjoy this one.

Warm raspberries in a heavy cream sauce with a touch of haunting florals is the best way I can describe how wonderful this smells on my skin. My Insolence is a very feminine fragrance which is light, but long lasting and yet surprisingly warm & deep. It's a perfume with many contradictions! If you like floral gourmonds, you will most likely enjoy. I think this is a bit like JPG's Classique (at least on my skin), although not quite as heady. This is more of an intimate, innocent, yet sexy scent.

I am not mad about this one. It is not bad as such - Coco Mademoiselle just got there first. Or maybe to My Insolence's spot in the limelight....

wow, i am amazed and pleasantly surprised.
this is not only an elegant and sophisticated scent, but i think a very sexy one that announces femininity everywhere i walk which is why it will easily garner compliments.
i can smell every single note mentioned in this:
"sweet raspberry notes,
with a lemon-cake-like citrusy trace,
and then continues in a direction opposite than its predecessor Insolence.
The almond blossom notes, intensive,
sweet and pure jasmine,
patchouli,
Tonka beans
and powdery vanilla, give this fragrance a soft impression."
i am completely impressed, and what is most amazing about the whole thing is that i am writing this from my 1/3 oz, roll-on dupe that cost me 1.79!
It has lasted me four hours so far, and not just lasted, i mean it smells like i JUST put it on, and my husband can easily smell it when he is within two feet of me.
it is not overpowering, rather alluring, and he likes how it smells!

one of the reasons i love to wear perfume so much is so that i can smell it on myself, and unfortunately nearly all the lovely perfumes i like i can't smell after an hour, so again, i am really impressed with this, and highly recommend this to the modern woman.

Very sweet, too sweet if it's really hot at the day you wear them and in those circumstances they may cause a headache. Anyway - if the weather is cool - they are pleasant. I have been often complimented about them, when wearing them.

This was the first perfume i ever fell in LOVE with, not in like not oooh this smells nice I'll buy it but rather fell in love with it. I couldn't afford it when I first came across the strip of smell in my magazine - i think it was the summer of 2007 so I used to take regular trips to the perfume counter just to get sprays of it. In my world no other scent existed or could compare at the time. I was a woman obsessed. Anyway my stepmom generously gifted me a gift set that xmas and I have kept a bottle in my collection ever since. I always go back to it no matter what. I think I would go insane if i were ever to hear whispers of a discontinuation. It is a superbly made fragrance and I don't think I've ever loved any the way I love this one. It is undeniably feminine not in an overly mature way or in a "too young" way rather I think it can suit anyone of any age. In my opinion the most versatile of the insolences day or night formal or informal function. Sweet, clean and fresh yet somehow warm, sexy and inviting. The silage is incredible, it is a definite compliment catcher and the longevity is superb. On my skin it stays for hours when layered even longer (which is rare for me since my skin tends to devour scents) and on clothing it stays until you wash it. I wore it on New Years eve and when i took the dress that I wore out of my closet last week it still smelled clearly of My insolence. As I've said before I truly love and adore it, I would recommend it to anyone to try.

my insolence is intense, longlasting, lingers nicely - whafts of lemony-berry-sweet, creamy, almond-milky vanilla/tonka swirling around me since hours... it's soooo nice!!! love it!!! not girly but cute and one to fall in love by an instant. compared to insolence this one is sweeter, not sour as insolence is, but it's less serious and less sophiticated.
the aroma reminds me a lot to op blend but in a milkier, creamier way, while op blend has a rather juicy character.

add. note: the hard to find jil sander sensation smells exactly the same but less intense rasperry.

I first tested HYPNOSE by Lancôme and I sniffed and sniffed and gradually started to like that very light, airy, very popular fragrance. I wanted to understand desperately WHY it was so popular.
Then I wrote a review about it and then I tried this, MY INSOLENCE.

And WOW! What a contrast! I didn't have to sniff hard to try to find all the notes, no, this is strong, heavy, sweet and soooooooo delicious!
Sweet, so very sweet and gourmand.
Warm, sweet raspberries and wonderful almonds. I could smell almondblossom in the opening, but the drydown brings caramelized salted almonds. Just a pinch of salt. Which makes it absolutely delicious.
The raspberries are definitely warm raspberries, they lack the sourness of fresh ones.
The tonkabean wraps it in a warm, balmy, slightly smoky, gourmand scent.
In the drydown the patchouli becomes more prominent. Never overpowering, just more noticeble.

It's a strong fragrance, yet it is light. It's gourmand but not heavy gourmand. It's like the best dessert ever made in this world

Alas, I'm afraid I can't pull this off (too sweet). But by god, if I'll pass someone who wears this, I'll turn around and follow her mounth watering (and VERY jealous).

I love it. It's delicate, yummy, adorable. Almond and vanilla are very present. It made me think about Lolita Lempicka - Le 1er Parfum or Diesel - Loverdose, but My Insolence is more sparkling.

I like too much of My Insolence! Has an exit very happy of raspberry, with perfect balance between sweet and sour fruit. Later, will gaining a creaminess of almonds, with a floral freshness of jasmine and the sensuality of vanilla. Whenever I feel this perfume, comes a feeling of joy and a smile on the lips.

Guess the mystery of My Insolence, his true insolence is the joy and the lack of vergomha to be happy! Indico for women who want to win a lighter mood, feel more secure ... Well, I believe in the power of fragrance!

Ohhh, I love this. I'm a fan of powdery and vanilla scents, so this has everything I want from a perfume. It's a too sweet for me to wear it everyday though.
There's definitely something in this that reminds me of cherries, maybe it's the raspberry+almond?

Very feminine, elegant, light, notes of raspberry and citruses combine with something powdery.
Beautiful bottle. I'd wear this in springtime.

Very sweet but not cloying. No headaches here! If you know the smell of L'Oreal lipstick, that classic, feminine scent, you've got a good approximation of My Insolence. The comparison is a complement, because I have such womanly associations with that L'Oreal scent.

Someone said this is less complex and seems cheaper than the great masterpiece, the classic Insolence edt... no way! On my skin, the first Insolence is pure e simple violet! Nothing else! This one is one of my favourite fragrances! I'm an almond lover and I definitely can notice this note: a creamy almond that embraces the raspberry and jasmin, with a soft, very sweet (which I adore!) and powdery base of vanilla and tonka bean. Thank God, the patchouli doesn't ruine this delight!

Oh, what a sweety! :)

Sure, sweet is just a simple and poor word on its own, but it's also not a wrong one while describing this beauty. :) So, loud and clear - My Incolence is sweet and lovely. It's also soft, creamy and tender.. A cutie if you will. :)

this is my sweetest perfume. At first, I thought it reeked, but after a while, the scent began to intrigue me. Another one that is hard to describe - very warm and soothing on the skin, sweet but sophisticated. I'm guessing that sophisticated touch comes from the jasmine and citrus

I had the bottle, I sold it and left myself a sample.

When I first sniffed the fragrance, it smelled flowery like violets, and then violets become burnt. In my imagination it's a scent of burnt violets - and it brings the book "The Thorn Birds" to my mind (but Meggie gave Ralph one rose which was left after a huge fire in Drogheda).

The smell is thick and powdery, it's light pink-grey - again Maggie Cleary who was wearing a dress in a pink and grey... and she had something of insolence in her.

My Insolence lasts long, you can feel raspberry the most. The bottle looks pretty and somewhat icy - like a flower growing on ice surface.

I had to edit my review. I tried Insolence, while in a hurry and i thought it was My Insolence. Then i bought the latter online. At first i did't love it, because it was different than what i expected to be (Insolence). I'm wearing it for a week now and i like it quite a lot. It's deffinately good for cold weather. On me My Insolnce is a little smokier than Insolence, maybe because of the almonds. This combo is smelling more like cherries. My Insolence is raspberry-sweet, but more like a juice, while Insolence has that fresh-cut berries and violet smell at the beginning. The drydowns are very different. My Insolence stays fruitier and Isolence goes powdery in a typical Guerlain way. I like both perfumes, but Insolence is brighter, more sensual and kinda "i wanna breathe deeply" smell to my nose and is my favourite.

Mmmm mmm. Super sweet and powdery. The raspberry and almond blossom mingle very nicely here. Reminds me of a raspberry and marzipan danish. Raspberry is a tough note for me--it could be good or bad. In Hot Couture, it doesn't work on me. But in My Insolence, it's very pretty. In a way, this reminds me of a more powdery Miss Dior Cherie, which I own, so I won't be buying it. But at this point I wish I could swap with someone because I've gotten tired of Miss Dior Cherie.

Also, remember those tiny little bon bons that came in a tin with lemon, orange, and raspberry? This reminds me of the raspberry bon bons with that fine dusting of sugar powder.

Love the creamy, raspberry opening. I couldn't get my nose out of my wrist for the first couple of minutes. Then the jasmine took over, and jasmin always seems to smell like plastic on me.
So I suffered through the jasmin note, which seemed to take forever, to get to a fantastic, warm, vanilla and honey dry down. I love the dry down of this fragrance almost as much as the opening.
If only the jasmine didn't break the whole deal! I am going to see if Insolence works better.

I love the last notes of this fragrance because its so sweet and dreamy, and I do agree that its a lot less powdery than "Insolence" itself, but it does smell a little bit like play-dough therefore I'm not crazy about it, I just like it.

I love this too much ,it is a creamy scent, classy, soft,feminine perfume great for summer and every day :)

This is a perfume for all seasons,indeed!
It was recommended by a friend on Fragrantica!
It's modern,SEXY, elegant, & warm. It's the best floral fruity perfume one could have
I loved its sillage on my skin.It's lovely.

Hi.

What first attracted me,to trying this at the perfumery was the stylish bottle it comes in.MY INSOLENCE is a fun affair of wild fruits and fragrant florals.An olfactory delight.provide an excellent example of using Floral/Fruity in a modern composition. Luscious,Sweet,Romantic,Modern, Lovely,Youthful, Tasty and Delicately Feminine.

This sensuous scent opens with a elegant explosion of fruity essences then fades to perfection after a few minutes.finally warm and soft base notes makes an expression of love something like "look into my eyes and you'll see that it is true,day and night my thoughts are of you".

Delicate enough to wear anywhere but i reccomend it for a ROMANTIC SPRING/SUMMER Evening.I think It is suitable for younger generation.if you like a sweet powdery scent this is the perfume for you.MY INSOLENCE is also wonderful gift for your sweetheart.

Sillage?Lovely

Longevity?Pretty Good on my skin.

7/10

I'm liking My Insolence so much better than Insolence. My Insolence is so much sweeter, more focused on the raspberries, and whereas I love Insolence so much, I like this take on it where its a little more youthful and fun. I could see wearing Insolence to an affair more serious, and then My Insolence out to a party with my friends. Very much in love with this one. Great purchase for me

I sprayed some on this afternoon while out shopping and said nothing to my companion about having done so. After about twenty minutes, he asked, "What did you put on? It's wonderful." I told him the name and went about my discoveries in the silk scarves with my Christmas gift card. When we left the department store he presented my with the gift set of EDP and body lotion. The dry down is so warm and rich. Great sillage, obviously . . .

This is a nice deep rich fruity matured scent. Rich and elegant. Smokey too so it leaves a nice scent in the air of beauty surrounding you. Its just gorgeous, very nice winter scent.

Floral fruity and gourmand creamy - a rich, complex mixture. A patchouli-hater's patchouli infused dream. Beyond tolerable for me, I actually adore this fragrance. Raspberries and cream, vanilla and citrus. A rich, creamy, fruity gourmand delight cut with a sharp citrus note. Finally, I've grown up and into a Guerlain wearer. My nose has finally graduated to adore the precious perfumes of Guerlain.

First when I tried this fragrance, I thought: oh it’s so sweet, to much raspberries and I think it’s so girly and really not for me, because I like oriental fragrances. But later My Insolence comes like very feminine fragrance which is powdery and combination vanilla with blossom are so warm so deep and on my skin it has very strong long lasting power.
Its not heavy fragrance and that sweetness are not too strong, it just soft like cashmere or silk…
I feel so sexy then I wear My Insolence and I always get compliments. So I wear it not every day, this is for special romantic moments.

This scent is for the college grad and just starting out professional working women. Girly but not silly, sexy but not yet an exotic/ mysterious woman.

An upgrade from Insolence. The rough edges smoothed out. The top notes straddle the fence with an almost too sweet/ medicinal "hello" but quickly settles down into a nice soft and pretty floral. This is fem all the way!

Surprised no mentions on the bottle which is a delight. Well done!

I love this perfume, it smells so good of vanilla on me.

MY INSOLANCE is all about the nuts notes(almond blossom and tonka bean). Those are the heart of the fragance. The raspberry and jasmin gives just a fresh, innocent, sweety touch in this nuts embrance and disapears in one, two hours (if you´re luck). Then, the fragance increase in deep and became more warm, cream. A mix of the nuts, a not too fresh patchouli (but very sexy-spiced) and a delicious vanilla. It´s very confortable and also sexy to wear. Furthermore, become naturaly part of the skin. It has a strong lasting power, also. A very confortable and powdery fragance.

:) Another twin of something else.

Ok, this is diffrent from original insolence, it's wearable, but for the same money, you can get it's better twin, Sacrebleu. They're strikingly similar, except Sacrebleu is way better, and it lacks the "violent violet", it has incense instead.

I bought this fragrance on an impulse, after smelling it just once. I had thought it was just okay when I smelled it at the store, but when I got home and smelled the card, it smelt so good. So I bought it. And realized I hate the opening and cannot overcome my aversion to it. I like raspberry, but here the opening smells like strong cherry Dimetapp. I hate cherry Dimetapp.
So here I am with a 50mL bottle. I think I'm just gonna spray my clothes with it 12-24 hours in advance so that when I go out in them, I can smell the comforting, completely different from the top notes, powdery drydown. And get through the bottle this way.

Tone down the cloying cough syrup raspberry and remove the iris from INSOLENCE, then replace the plastic violets with plastic patchouli, and you'll have...drum roll...

Guerlain MY INSOLENCE opens in a not uninviting way, but ultimately fails to impress, primarily because the patchouli note seems forced, as though this composition were just another ill-conceived effort to ride out the twenty-first-century patchouli craze mass-market fragrance wave.

To my nose, the patchouli of MY INSOLENCE does not blend harmoniously with the other notes of the composition, especially the raspberry. To make matters worse, it also reminds me of the plastic-like patchouli note of Chanel CHANCE. There are apparently many renditions of patchouli, and this is definitely not my favorite...

I have every reason in the world to find a way to like this flanker's namesake, INSOLENCE, at the top of the list of which is my 100ml bottle still 98% full. But every time I remove the cap, I am instantly reminded why I have no desire to wear it again.

So which do I prefer? Let's just say that if ever I were to find myself on a desert island with INSOLENCE and MY INSOLENCE as my sole perfume choices, I'd gladly take the latter, which is wearable, over the former, which is not. Happily, I don't expect that I'll ever find myself confronted with such a Charybdis and Scylla scenario. Not in this lifetime, at any rate...

If others can enjoy these fragrances, that's fine with me. I must be content and console myself with the beauty of the bottles in which these liquids are contained.

Off topic linguistic query: Isn't "My Insolence" redundant? I mean, isn't insolence an intrinsically first-person predicate? Could I really wear a perfume that referred to "your" or "his" insolence? Well, in any case, the name strikes me as yet more evidence that this is marketing hype pure and simple: try to wheel in the monolingual Anglophones who might be alienated by the sight of (gasp!) the French: "Mon Insolence"... Or perhaps French speakers would have noticed the redundancy? On ne sait jamais...

The funniest thing about My Insolence is that the closer I got to the bottom of the bottle the worse I thought of it. I came all the way down from adoration to loathing. Those raspberry notes that mezmerised me at first started to annoy me, the amber drydown that used to comfort me began to make me sick. I' glad I've run out of it at last.

Btw, exactly the same thing happened to the original Insolence.

I was in doubt for several months- to buy or not to buy, but finally the decision was taken. Smells delicious, like a raspberry muffin, powdered with vanilla. On the other hand, there's something very comforting about this scent, warm smell, like freshly ironed shirt.

LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!!!!!!

At first sight it's very pretty. At first scent...it burst off loudly like berries dipped in chemical-laden sugar dust...the notes that followed reminds me of the scent of soap that dries up on the skin.The chemical scent still lurks somewhere in the background. MI is just too insolently 'pink' and stinks too sweetly for me. I was given a 50ml bottle of MI last year, worn it about 3-4 times, trying hard not to hate it, but yes, I hate it and now I am stuck with a bottle of MI collecting dust on my dresser. Am so disappointed with Guerlain.

Ode to a Cluster of Violets
- by Pablo Neruda -

Crisp cluster
plunged in shadow.
Drops of violet water
and raw sunlight
floated up with your scent.
A fresh
subterranean beauty
climbed up from your buds
thrilling my eyes and my life.

One at a time, flowers
that stretched forward
silvery stalks,
creeping closer to an obscure light
shoot by shoot in the shadows,
till they crowned
the mysterious mass
with an intense weight of perfume
and together
formed a single star
with a far-off scent and a purple center.

Poignant cluster
intimate
scent
of nature,
you resemble
a wave, or a head of hair,
or the gaze
of a ruined water nymph
sunk in the depths.
But up close,
in your fragrance’s
blue brazenness,
you exhale the earth,
an earthly flower, an earthen
smell and your ultraviolet
gleam
in volcanoes’ faraway fires.

Into your loveliness I sink
a weathered face,
a face that dust has often abused.
You deliver
something out of the soil.
It isn’t simply perfume,
nor simply the perfect cry
of your entire color, no: it’s
a word sprinkled with dew,
a flowering wetness with roots.

Fragile cluster of starry
violets,
tiny, mysterious
planet
of marine phosphorescence,
nocturnal bouquet nestled in green leaves:
the truth is
there is no blue word to express you.

Better than any word
is the pulse of your scent.

from Odes to Common Things, translated by Ken Krabbenhoft, Bullfinch Press, 1994

Love to have it!cause raspberry jasmine vanilla!and love guerlain!have samsara edt and verry happy with it!they are good with vanilla expensive scent!

My Insolence is totally different from Insolence! MI is so sharp and makes me feel something uncomfortablely artificial.

It starts with sharp sweet fruity notes, which is so sweet and it stings my nose.
Then it goes smoother but still quite a strong character. It somehow reminds me some sugary(but not too overally celeb sweet sugary) plastic failed chypre fragrance, with a tiny hint of floral scent. I had the urge to wash it off. But I'm glad I didn't.
After about one hour, I can smell something milder, nutty, and the vanilla is really pleasant.

It is nice around 1 hour after apply, but kinda too generic to me and it lacks of something that Insolence has.

Soft and creamy, tender and feminine.
Not so "insolence" like Insolence EDT.
Very wearable and comfortable.

Oh nonononono. Never again. My first experience with Guerlain and a serious let-down. :(

My impression of My Insolence was that of a teenage girl trying too hard. I don't know who the intended target market of this fragrance is, but I see My Insolence as a . . . hmm 14-16 maybe year-old . . . worships celebrities like Paris Hilton, lounging around in her pink room with her own little chihuahua whimpering in its pink doggy basket in the corner. Rich family, designer clothes. Face plastered with make-up, spraying waaay too much perfume, the opposite of subtle, trying too hard to grow up too fast. My Insolence would be her obnoxious, high-pitched, nervous laughter.

Gourmand, candy scents nearly ALWAYS repel me, and My Insolence is no exception. Sharp chemical opening, followed by nauseating vanilla/tonka bean syrup. Sharp offensive patchouli throughout.

In a word: UNNATURAL!!

Didn't like the initial smell nor the drydown. I don't smell any flowers in this at all.

Maybe it's me I tried the EDT for testing and I really didn't like it. The intial hit was whoa...very strong, too sweet. One hour later, the smell was soft but almost gone. My Insolence does smell expensive like quality ingredients were used but I think if you are going to pay over 50 bucks for a perfume it should have some staying power. This line is marketed for young women and I agree that it is not for women let's say 35 and over.

PS It did not get my allergies going so that is a plus...but I did not use a spray so that is something to consider. I recommend going to the counter and having it sprayed on you for a true test.

I tested this one. It is just lovely, lovely, lovely. Innocent and sweet. Perfect for a first date !!

what a wonderful powdery, baby soft ray of light! i am so glad i got this one! the berries and vanilla really make this a gourmand, yet there are also such clean notes there. such a great mix. this is my very first Guerlain perfume. and so far i love it! it last moderately on me, and others around me love when i wear this one. really girly!

o yes i love
such a powdery sweet strong but not heavy though still light but also a longlasting smell. makes me feel soapy clean and soft fresh. a signature scent.

although i praise my insolence i
do can imagine not everybody is going
to be knocked off his feet by smelling it on a sample and it definitly doesnt fit everyone. but aint nobody cant deny
on the right person you gotta love it.
and i bet when you smell it again it
immediatly remembers you of that person.

its a beautifull fragrance and i have
never been so sure that this is a perfume that fits me or i can better say reflects me

On my skin this smelled a bit like a babies diaper. Odd and not my style at all. On the drydown I did detect some note that I really liked, but I could never wear this. I can't get over the Pampers odor.

What an enchanting fragrance! This is the ultimate in femininity. The primary notes are very raspberry, and then dries down into a delightlful and comforting powder. You know how sometimes you walk into a fragrance or perfume shop and sniff the air and think wow, that's beautiful? You are smelling My Insolence. It is THE fragrance of a beautiful and mysterious woman.

No house has ever created a fragrance like Insolence and My Insolence.
You can smell the quality of the ingredients, the creativity, the passion.
Even my grandmother liked it!
There is no age on Guerlain... . :)

My insolence is completely, irresistibly unquestionably feminine,both young and old; undoubtedly lovely!

A gourmet smell it is!
Feels like the budding and blossoming of a woman herself!Deceptively fruity and innocent at the beginning - like a young lass who turns into a woman - losing innocence but gaining the beauty and attraction of a maturing woman - beautiful and ephemeral like a flower, then, when you think nothing can surprise you the sweet sexiness of the base makes you relive a fantasy only My innocence evokes in you...

I love this perfume. It is the perfect mix of sweet with powder and subtle spice. It's sexy and sophisticated at not overpowering. It makes me feel girly and happy.

Bougt My Insolence without smelling it first and love it as I knew I would.I already had Insolence and love it so after reading the reviews I bought it and love it.Very Feminine.Very pretty.

I feel myself so insolent with them!
After tester I've bought them immediately. They are one of my favourites. More and more I admire genious of Guerlain!
EDT's rich scent remains the whole day on me, I really enjoy it!!!

I love this perfume. It is the best I could ever have. It is so sweet,floral but not sickening. It also draws positive comments from men!

Its ok .Not more than that.
Its powdery,quite sweet but not nausiating. But it has a dustyness that dont feel quite fresh in my nose - no i wont buy it.
But its very feminine.

this will be my next purchase.

SO FEMININE...love it:)

i love this a lot, Soft and heavenly
I just got it and I felt lool funny for me to say this but its gorgeous and I thought I smelled like babies it get’s a lil powdery “ its defiantly more floral than fruity agree with “takemyhusband” floral” im not much of a sweet floral person but this is toke my breath away..

I really love "My Insolence" fragrance,so sweet and girly!
Perfect for summer nights..

When I first smelled this, my initial thought was raspberry ginger ale, because I got alot of raspberry fizzle from the top notes. As it settled onto my skin the almond blossom and jasmine practically tantalized my olfactory organs. The tonka bean, patchouli and vanilla of the base notes were also really nice. The drydown is delightful. I practically sniffed my wrist the whole day I first wore this because I just couldn't and still can't get enough of this smell. Ideal for day and evening wear.

I always trusted Guerlain’s fragrances, since “Chamade” was my first perfume I ever bought and wore from Guerlain, & simply love it. “My Insolence” was offered to me by my boyfriend and I believe that he made an excellent choice & selection!

The first notes coming to my nose are the citruses ones, followed by floral scents, the jasmine scent is one, followed by the almond blossom. Even though I don’t like the Tonka Beans smell, overall “My Insolence” smell is very good and has a strong lasting power. Its bottle is pretty, and I am a fun of it! Generally, I like it.

Good job, Gatoulis (my boy friend’s nick name! LOL) for offering it to me!

I absolutely love this fragrance. It's the combination of almond blossom, jasmine, vanilla, and tonka bean that do it for me.. So soft & innocent, feminine, and powdery.. And I have to agree that if you're a fan of floral gourmands(as I am), you will probably enjoy this. Definitely one of my favorites, I just love it!

I tried this on my skin for the first time today and I have got to say I was quite disappointed. Bit powdery and soapy sweet on my skin. Shame cos I liked it on the fragrance card. The search continues.....

I tested this a couple of days ago. I love it! This is what you would get if you mixed Lolita Lempicka and Hot Couture together! I really like the raspberries, along with a smokey note, on top....it sparkles.. just like the notes in Hot Couture. Then the almond and tonka bean notes evolve just like in Lolita Lempicka making you feel very comfortable. It's wonderful! Will make you feel, warm, cozy, yet empowered and confident all at the same time.

Nothing special nor unique nor any different from all those sweet smelling fragrances that has been continuously flooding the market.

A disappointment for me. I still like the original.

I was really annoyed. My favorite Guerlain - and this? It starts as a very chemical, fruity and sharp concoction, a rather ordinary one...And then it developed some heavy note that made me think of stale walnuts!And this note was really LOUD, and there was nothing to soften it...I suspect that it was patchouli, which I usually love, but here it was almost unbearable for me or was not supported by the right ingredients...The base is way common and insignificant.Guerlain, you so can do better!!!!!!!

Hmmm... Delicious! I like its delightful raspberry note, it's not so dominant as it is in Insolence, but still one of the determining notes, which gives the character of this perfume. I think it IS special, and the delicate gourmand notes boost this feeling in me... In addition, this fragrance is very long lasting!

I love this perfume, maybe a bit generic, but the powdery raspberry topnote is so lovely. The fragrance reminds me of a combination between a girly and a comfort scent. I don't like the original insolence, but this one is a keeper.

i got a sample .... when i wear it i just love it ....so soft and nice on me

I adore this. It is so feminine and pretty, but also clean. I love the top-note of raspberry. If you like scents that contain raspberry, this is a must.

Hmm... cant even say for what event it is... One part of me likes it, and the other one hates it... Well if somebody gave it to me I would use it..:)

At first it was just too much for me, but now I got used to it. You definitely have to use it with caution...

Its very sweet for me, the smell is between pink sugar from aqualina and paco rabanne ultrared. its not similar to Insolence at all, but not bad in its type, i would have guessed pralines, but it may be the vanilla

From my carded sample, Guerlain says that My Insolence is in fact a Floral gourmande, not a fruity floral, as listed here.

Warm raspberries in a heavy cream sauce with a touch of haunting florals is the best way I can describe how wonderful this smells. My Insolence is a very feminine fragrance which is light, but long lasting and yet surprisingly warm & deep. It's a perfume with many contradictions! If you like floral gourmonds, you will most likely enjoy. I think this is a bit like JPG's Classique, although not quite as heady. This is more of an intimate, innocent, yet sexy scent. It takes a bit to fully develop on the skin, but when it does it's just heavenly. This will be one of my new bottles!!