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L'Instant de Guerlain Eau de Toilette

What it is made of, at the heart of a wearing — and the colour this page is tinted with. Wider means more of it.

Leads white flowers and fruit, over amber underneath. It narrows as the day goes on, and it is among the shortest-lived things here. It carries more white flowers than the rest of the catalogue.

The pyramid

heart 1–3 hr
Magnolia · Gardenia · Jasmine · Neroli · Lily of the Valley
base 3 hr +
Amber
Consensus needs more than one owner. Right now no one has this linked, so there is nothing to agree or disagree about yet.

What is it chasing?

No original is recorded for this entry. Two kinds of evidence, and they disagree in useful ways.
Closest, as Akin sees it
Ranked by what the crowd says resembles what, with the measured accords breaking ties — falling back to the note pyramid where neither has anything to say. Right about half the time, and the column says which of the three answered.
What people say it reminds them of
Agree and disagree counts. Here is this site’s own owners voting; elsewhere is a tally read from another site.
Guerlain Angélique Noire elsewhere 62 / 97
Guerlain L'Instant de Guerlain Eau de Parfum elsewhere 35 / 15
New Brand Parfums French Cancan elsewhere 4 / 1
Guerlain L'Instant de Guerlain elsewhere 512 / 157
Cartier Baiser Vole Essence de Parfum elsewhere 44 / 51
Grès Cabotine Rosalie elsewhere 40 / 18
Gloria Vanderbilt Miss Vanderbilt elsewhere 34 / 30
Bvlgari Splendida Magnolia Sensuel elsewhere 31 / 48
Laboratorio Olfattivo Décou-Vert elsewhere 30 / 45
Natura Flor do Luar elsewhere 15 / 24
Solinotes Cotton Blossom elsewhere 11 / 12
Kenzo L'Eau de Kenzo Amour elsewhere 11 / 11
Guerlain L'Instant d'Un Ete elsewhere 10 / 2
Chopard Casmir Fragrance Festival White elsewhere 9 / 4
Guerlain L'Instant de Guerlain Extract elsewhere 9 / 1
Rémy Latour Cigar Iris De Florence elsewhere 8 / 3
Margot&Tita Week-End au Ferret elsewhere 7 / 3
Bond No 9 Eau de New York elsewhere 6 / 4
Roger & Gallet Magnolia Folie elsewhere 5 / 3
Maison Rebatchi Vanille Riviera elsewhere 5 / 4

Compared with

Each of these reads the two side by side, hour by hour: what they share, what only one of them carries, and what people who have smelled both say about it.

On the scent map

Nearest to it at the heart of a wearing, and what put each one there.
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Not yours yet

Adding it copies this pyramid into your own record, which you can then edit freely — the catalogue is a starting point, not an authority.
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