Comments on: Guerlain Insolence perfume review http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/ a blog about perfume Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:48:59 -0400 hourly 1 By: Robin http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-134626 Robin Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:37:41 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-134626 Sorry you didn't care for it! Sorry you didn’t care for it!

]]> By: Iris http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-134607 Iris Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:49:52 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-134607 I found Insolence to be way too candied and sweet. It reminded me of a big early 90's fragrance, the ones where you have to hold the bottle an arm's length away and hope only a very fine mist clings to your skin, so you don't smell overly doused. For me, it did not greatly resemble Apres L'Ondee. Apres seems to rely more on the sweetness of your natural skin to blend with the other notes. Insolence just makes me think of candy. I know Guerlain focuses on their high quality vanilla, but I was hoping for more complexity. I found Insolence to be way too candied and sweet. It reminded me of a big early 90’s fragrance, the ones where you have to hold the bottle an arm’s length away and hope only a very fine mist clings to your skin, so you don’t smell overly doused. For me, it did not greatly resemble Apres L’Ondee. Apres seems to rely more on the sweetness of your natural skin to blend with the other notes. Insolence just makes me think of candy. I know Guerlain focuses on their high quality vanilla, but I was hoping for more complexity.

]]> By: Robin http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-81885 Robin Wed, 06 May 2009 01:22:21 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-81885 LOL...nice description! I am so twisted that it makes me want to try it more ;-) LOL…nice description! I am so twisted that it makes me want to try it more ;-)

]]> By: mals86 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-81711 mals86 Tue, 05 May 2009 15:31:08 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-81711 Recently tested the edp version and would rather slide down razor blades than smell it again. Dear God, noooooo! There's something very bitter in it that burns the back of my throat. I know it's supposed to be berries and violets, but all I smell are the fumes of Hades. Hallelujah, I managed to pass on my sample, so that there's no possibility of coming across it by surprise. It's rare for me to hate something so much. I think the fact that it's industrial strength makes me hate it even more. Actually, what Insolence reminds me of is the description of Fwoopers from JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (purportedly, one of Harry Potter's school textbooks): brightly colored tropical birds whose incessant singing causes insanity. Recently tested the edp version and would rather slide down razor blades than smell it again. Dear God, noooooo! There’s something very bitter in it that burns the back of my throat. I know it’s supposed to be berries and violets, but all I smell are the fumes of Hades. Hallelujah, I managed to pass on my sample, so that there’s no possibility of coming across it by surprise.

It’s rare for me to hate something so much. I think the fact that it’s industrial strength makes me hate it even more. Actually, what Insolence reminds me of is the description of Fwoopers from JK Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (purportedly, one of Harry Potter’s school textbooks): brightly colored tropical birds whose incessant singing causes insanity.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15841 Anonymous Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15841 Abigail, the problem doesn't seem to be with tyeh perfumes you buy: "I'm so disappointed, I hate how many bottles of perfume I have that I end up disliking!!" Abigail, the problem doesn't seem to be with tyeh perfumes you buy: “I'm so disappointed, I hate how many bottles of perfume I have that I end up disliking!!”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15840 Anonymous Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:16:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15840 Are you sure you can't return it? A surprising number of stores take opened bottles back. Are you sure you can't return it? A surprising number of stores take opened bottles back.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15839 Anonymous Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:46:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15839 I'm very late to this discussion of Insolence, but I just bought a bottle yesterday. I had a sample and thought I really liked it. I spritzed it on this morning and liked it. But by the end of the day it seemed so sweet and cloying I thought I'd vomit. I just literally "scrubbed" it off. I'm so disappointed, I hate how many bottles of perfume I have that I end up disliking!! Boo. Anyone want to swap? I've used this ONCE. I'm very late to this discussion of Insolence, but I just bought a bottle yesterday. I had a sample and thought I really liked it. I spritzed it on this morning and liked it. But by the end of the day it seemed so sweet and cloying I thought I'd vomit. I just literally “scrubbed” it off. I'm so disappointed, I hate how many bottles of perfume I have that I end up disliking!! Boo. Anyone want to swap? I've used this ONCE.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15838 Anonymous Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:49:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15838 Better late than never :-) It really is nicely done. Better late than never :-)

It really is nicely done.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15837 Anonymous Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:38:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15837 I just wanted to say that I love this perfume. I know I'm a bit late, as this perfume debuted a while ago, but this is the scent that got me interested in perfumes. I love its duskiness, and yes, even the berries, unsophisticated or not! I just wanted to say that I love this perfume. I know I'm a bit late, as this perfume debuted a while ago, but this is the scent that got me interested in perfumes. I love its duskiness, and yes, even the berries, unsophisticated or not!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15836 Anonymous Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/08/17/guerlain-insolence-perfume-review/#comment-15836 Have to say that if you can smell nothing else in the office when she wears it, she must be wearing way too much! I am not a fan of anything strong in the office, especially since most offices these days don't have windows that open -- lots of perfume in stale air is not a good thing. Have to say that if you can smell nothing else in the office when she wears it, she must be wearing way too much! I am not a fan of anything strong in the office, especially since most offices these days don't have windows that open — lots of perfume in stale air is not a good thing.

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