Insolence (2006)
by Guerlain

I'm 53 years old and I really love it!!! I feel glad when I wear the sweet violets of Insolence

Someone said that Insolence is like Apres L'Ondee with nail polish remover. I can see that! Drying out though, the violet quickly disappears, and what I smell is raspberries, very ripe and realistic with even the tiny bitter seeds adding a distinct muskiness. This fragrance is sassy, but far too fruity to be considered sophisticated. I just can't take it seriously. Hours and hours later, I get a faint detection of Apres L'Ondee, like a distant moan saying "How could you doooo this to meeeee.....?". I shake my fist at Guerlain for making AL nearly impossible to find. If you really love Insolence, please just buy AL and wear a raspberry body lotion with it, so Guerlain will see that AL still has an audience!

I adore violets, unfortunately "insolence" has nothing to do with my signature note. It's something plastic that people may think violets smell like, definitely artificial. It was a big disappointment, since it dried out showing a sour fake fruit base that gave me massive headaches.
A pity, it doesn't even faintly remind of Guerlain's glorious past.

I really like Insolence. It is pink because it smells like pink should smell if "pink" had a scent. I love that it has a "youthfulness" about it, but it's not necessarily a youth fragrance. I never really thought I cared much for the smell of violets before (being turned off by cheap men's or kiddie perfumes and Violets candy), but everything I have been buying lately (like Marc Jacob's Daisy) has violet in it so I guess I do like it. Insolence reminds me slightly of Miss Dior Cherie, but much warmer and not as sparkly. There isn't a note listing, but I am picking up on a tinge of muskiness. The drydown is spectacular. Powdery and lush, perfumers are seemingly trying to incorporate violet without the usual "sting" that accompanies it. I think Maurice Roucel did a very nice job of creating a perfume that can be worn by a woman of any age. Quite the fait accompli ...

This stuff is the younger more modern cousin of Apres L'Ondee. People tend to judge scents by their topnotes or by trying them only once. Insolence is beautiful, but sadly it is easy to dismiss quickly. Thankfully it is selling very well in France and the USA, so there are people who see it's worth.

Roucel has never disappointed. Insolence is a scent with both Guerlainade and the Roucel touch-- bravo!

This is Guerlain???

Normally I do not mind violets, and I am even more intrigued by "lush" descriptions, but for Goodness sake, Insolence is rough, harsh and, ultimately, cheap. Overly sweet, unnatural, full of pretentiousness and totally lacking the "it" factor.

What does color pink have to do with it?

Big, no, huuuuuuuuge disappointment.