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Sillage/Perfumers/sylvaine delacourte

sylvaine delacourte

Perfumer

sylvaine delacourte

Composer of 17 perfumes across the library.

Credits17 perfumes

Houses2

Avg rating4.7 / 5

Reviews25.8k

SignatureFloral

Houses worked for

Guerlain14
Sylvaine Delacourte3

Signature families

Floral27%
Gourmand19%
Powdery13%

Timeline

Releases

Insolence Eau De Toilette

Quand Vient La Pluie

Catalog · 17

All compositions

Guerlain · 2006

Insolence Eau De Toilette

woo·lac·van·yel

Sylvaine Delacourte · 2018

Vanori

Sandalwood arrives first, creamy and blond, polished by vanilla that adds a custard-like sweetness rather than a syrupy one.

ros·mus·fru·cit

Sylvaine Delacourte · 2016

Smeraldo

Smeraldo opens with yuzu and pear delivering a clean, bright tartness.

L'Instant Magic

Guerlain

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L'Instant Magic Limited Edition

Elixir Charnel Oriental Brulant

Insolence Limited Edition

Insolence Shimmering Edition

Cruel Gardénia

Insolence Eau de Parfum

Elixir Charnel Chypre Fatal

Sylvaine Delacourte

Sylvaine Delacourte

L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme Edt

Sylvaine Delacourte

L'Instant Magic Eau de Parfum

2016 · other

cit·aro·cin·bal

Sylvaine Delacourte · 2016

Helicriss

Rosemary, lemon, grapefruit, and bergamot open together — sharp, herbal, and citrus-forward.

alm·aro·whi·woo

Guerlain · 2007

Quand Vient La Pluie

Bergamot and orange blossom open cool and slightly metallic, their citrus brightness clipped by rosemary’s green bite.

alm·vio·woo·pow

Guerlain · 2008

L'Instant Magic Limited Edition

Anise snaps open with a black-licorice chill that the lemon lifts into fizzy cola brightness.

Guerlain · 2016

L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme Edt

The opening arrives with a bright jolt of citrus tempered immediately by star anise, lending an unexpected herbal coolness that keeps the bergamot and lemon from veering sweet.

van·swe·alm·bal

Guerlain · 2008

Elixir Charnel Oriental Brulant

Oriental Brûlant distills Christine Nagel and Sylvaine Delacourte's Elixir Charnel concept to its essence: tangerine over almond over vanilla-styrax-tonka — five notes, no detours.

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.

fre·ros·woo·iri

Guerlain · 2008

Insolence Limited Edition

Raspberry and lemon burst open with a candied brightness that feels like crushed red berries meeting sharp citrus zest.

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.

flo·whi·ros·woo

Guerlain · 2008

Insolence Shimmering Edition

Raspberry and citrus open with a bright, slightly tart energy before the composition quickly softens into a floral heart.

fre·yel·whi·lac

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.

pow·swe·iri·fre

Guerlain · 2008

Insolence Eau de Parfum

A powdery violet bursts forward with an almost bruised sweetness, backed by raspberry that feels more jammy than fresh.

fru·che·ros·pat

Guerlain · 2008

Elixir Charnel Chypre Fatal

Elixir Charnel Chypre Fatal is intentionally stripped-back: white peach opens ripe and direct, giving way immediately to a rose that leans warm rather than dewy.

van·swe·flo·war

Guerlain · 2007

My Insolence

**My Insolence** arrives with a jammy raspberry opening that feels more fruit preserve than fresh berry—sweet, thick, slightly fermented.

pow·iri·swe·cit

Guerlain · 2006

Insolence

Insolence opens with a bright jolt of citrus and raspberry that feels less fruity-sweet than sparkling and tart, like champagne with a twist of lemon peel.

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