L'Instant de Guerlain Pour Homme Extreme (2005)
by Guerlain

I really liked this one! I can see the resemblence in it's scent to Givenchy Play Intense but its way more sweeter. It starts out with nothing but coco and coco and 3 hours later,its a sweet coco,like in expensive chocolate you would smell at chocolate shops in malls. Really good scent :).

27th January, 2012. (Last Edited: 29th January, 2012.)

A good remix of a tune rebuilds a track around a wholly new element then adds parts of the original back in, usually messed with, so that you get the familiarity of the original but hear it in a new light. In this case I'Instant has been carefully rebuilt around a massive shot of cocoa, making it even warmer and cosier than the original. There's a fleeting glimpse of the familiar lemon rind in the intro, then it quickly jumps into a cocoa + dusty woods glow that lasts for ages. It smells nothing like old and much loved jumpers, but it feels that way.

I was forced to choose between the EDT and this I'd pick the EDT for its greater complexity, but I'd sorely miss this. Buy the EDT, fall in love with it, then buy this too.

21st January, 2012.

just got this in the mail today after a blind buy, im not big on blind buying but i tracked down the last bottle at a Guerlain boutique and had to make an exception since this being a fragrance thats soo hard to find especially from a reliable source.

Been wearing it for 6 hours now and the scent is very easy to smell on my hand from 6" away so im liking the longevity forsure. For me the citrusy opening only lasted about 30 minutes and than the bitter sort of cocoa kicked in and started smoothening out as time went on. Not cloying at all but not a weak fragrance.

I cant help but thinking of givenchy pi when i smell this though for some odd reason but thats just me. I can tell this is a very high quality fragrance and im really liking it so far for 2 reasons #1 it smells great #2 you wont run into people wearing the same fragrance as you in canada anyway ;)

11th January, 2012.

This fragrance opens up with a soapy and slightly citrus top note. The jasmine, to me, is very noticeable. The cacoa is unmistakable in the base which takes a little while to set on. I would definitely recommend this for environments where a suit is customary and it is a mature, elegant fragrance.

Sillage: Adequate

Longevity: Fantastic (A legitimate 8 hours)

Versatility: Slightly versatile in its venue-application but tremendous in its transformation

Scent: Sheer Class

5th January, 2012.

A masterpiece from Guerlain,really quality.Starting is very nice,citrus using is so perfeckt.And drydown is very sexy,citrus starting and than after go to sweetness..I think it is different other EDT version.Buy and enjoy it...

Scent:10/10
Longevity:9/10

26th December, 2011.

I was able to buy the edt in the states but had to order the edp from England. Wow, we'll worth the wait! The edp is much warmer to my senses and now I don't know what to do with the edt? I thought I saw someone suggest layering the edt and edp?

8th December, 2011.