Our take
What does Insolence smell like?
Guerlain launched Insolence in 2006, in a bottle by Serge Mansau, with Hilary Swank as the face. Maurice Roucel signed it with Sylvaine Delacourte. The name fits. Violet opens loudly alongside raspberry and red berries, with a tartness that recalls old-fashioned pastilles. It returns in the heart, now surrounded by orange blossom and rose. The effect is fluorescent, close to shrill, and that's the point. The base calms things down a little. Iris adds a more grown-up powder and tonka rounds it off, with a resin that lasts for hours. This is the original eau de toilette. The 2008 eau de parfum is a different and darker composition. Insolence is still on sale, and its projection is still startling.
When to wear it
Autumn and winter evenings. One spray is enough indoors, two outside.
It belongs to the Floral, Fruity family. Insolence is one of 99 creations by Guerlain in our encyclopedia.
