Perfumer
randa hammami
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
Credits8 perfumes
Houses4
SignatureGourmand
Catalog · 8
The compositions
Guerlain · 2008
L'Instant Magic Limited Edition
Guerlain · 2021
L'Instant Magic Eau de Parfum
L'Instant Magic is a re-edition in the spirit of the 2007 original — rounder, warmer, more explicitly powdery.
Guerlain · 2007
L'Instant Magic
L'Instant Magic opens with bergamot and lemon — predictable brightness — but anise adds an unexpected licorice thread that lifts the citrus past ordinary.
Amouage · 2009
Epic Man
The opening is a plume of altar smoke—olibanum sharp and resinous, saffron lending a medicinal tang, cardamom and pink pepper crackling at the edges.
Guerlain · 2008
Cruel Gardénia
The opening feels deceptively soft—neroli and a suggestion of peach bloom hover over sheer rose petals, more watercolor than oil paint.
Widian · 2023
Luban
Oriflame · 2010
Intense Embrace Her Eau de Toilette
Oriflame · 2011