L'Instant Magic

Guerlain L'Instant Magic 2007: Having Already Tried Out The Original L'Instant edp When It Was Firstly Launched This Was An Instant NO"NO (A Loud Screaming Scrubber) That I Honestly Couldn't Wait To Wash Of My Skin,I Never Even Knew This Existed Until A Week Ago When I Was At The Guerlain Counter To Purchase My Eternal Love "Apres L'Ondee" & I Lifed This One By Mistake!! Blame The New Style Bee Bottles Only Noticing That The Juice Was Pink In Colour & Not The Usual Clear I'm Used To!! Putting The Spray Top To My Nose I Actually Couldn't Get Over How Beautiful This Perfume Actually Was!! Hunting For My Glasses To See What Was On The Label,The Beautiful Mature Lady On The Guerlain Counter Saw My Failed Endeavours & Came To Assist Me!! "That's L'Instant Magic ,Launched In 2007" & In My Own Honest Opinion It's Far Nicer & Over The Original L'Instant Which Just Doesn't Work On My Skin As This One Really Does!! "Well Im Likewise" I Said! Let Me Spray Some On This Tester Strip For You, Although It's Always Best To Try It Out Firstly On Your Skin etc!! You See When She Did That First Spray Nearly Lifted Me Up Out Of My Highheels!! O.M.G That Is Absolutely Beautiful Wow!! I Couldn't Stop Sniffing The Thin Strip Of Paper!! "Could You Spray Some On My Wrist Please" Which She Promptly Did!! & The Wonderful Aroma Gently Wafting Up To Greet Me!! "Let It Settle My Love For A Good 30-40 Minutes Before You Decide!! lol'lol'lol'lol'lol "I'm Actually Here To Purchase Apres L'Ondee As I Absolutely Adore It!! "Well In My Opinion Love, L'Instant Magic Is The Younger Sister Of Apres L'Ondee,As They Both Share Very Similar Ingredients In Their Structure,Although L'Instant Magic Starts With A Fresh Lemon Aroma At The Start,With Really Beautiful White Musk & Woody Aroma It Then Becomes A Soft Baby Powder Scent!! I Was Absolutely Intrigued!! Anyway I Purchased My Usual Apres L'Ondee & Put Another Spray Of L'Instant Magic At The Back Of My Neck & My Front & Left The Counter!! Going Up On The Escalator To The Homewear Department Two Very Well Dressed Ladies Behind Me Promptly Claimed "I'm Only After Getting The Most Wonderful Waft Of Perfume Or Something Really Outstanding There!! I Smiled To Myself Saying mmmmmmmmmmm A Positive Reaction Already!! Then While Walking Around The Household Section A Girl Busy Stocking Out Said "O Wow What's That Really Beautiful Smell There" Greedily Sniffing At The Air!! & Yes Her Sniffing Landed To Me!! "Excuse Me,She Began But What Is That Amazing Perfume Your Wearing"?? I Laughed & Told Her!! "A Guerlain?? Your Kidding Me"!! "Well That Perfume Really Suites You, & Personally I'd Buy That Perfume As It's Outta This World"!! Im Going To Nip Down On My Break To Get A Squirt Myself,Thankyou For Telling Me The Name Of It"!! Around 50 Minutes Had Now Passed & Already So Many Positive Comments On It I Headed Back Downstairs To The Guerlain Counter To Make My Purchase & Then Head For Home!! "So Your Back Then Love" The Smiling Guerlain Lady Said, "I Had A Feeling That You'd Be Back To Make A Purchase"!! It Definitely Is A Really Beautiful Perfume,That I Own & Love Myself Too" She Added!! Well I'm Absolutely Thrilled With my New Purchase Of This Soft Musky Powdery Beauty That Lasts A Good 12 Hours On My Skin, & Even My Husband Absolutely Loves This Perfume When I Wear it!! If Like Me You Already Love & Use: Apres L'Ondee,Insolence,L'Heure Bleue Then This Deffo Needs To Be Firmly In Your Perfume Collection!! Simply Gorgeous!! & In My Opinion You Simply Can't Beat A Guerlain Fragrance Hands Down!! Pure Absolute Class In A Bottle!!

I waited so long to get this perfume. I wasn't sure whether to buy it or not, with me collecting predominantly powdery perfumes, I wasn't sure if this would be powdery enough. But boy, it is! It's actually better than I expected it to be. This is powdery goodness. I own the 3rd kind of packaging of L'Instant Magic from the "Collections Patrimoine de Guerlain" and as this is my very first purchase of this perfume, I can't really say whether this is how the perfume smelled before...but to my nose it's just like some of the reviews related to the older packaging described it - soft, powdery, baby powder-like (even though I would say it's more reminescent of baby lotion than powder, actually). It opens with some Guerlain-esque citrusy notes, then it goes slightly woodsy and aromatic, but soon enough this awaited pink/purple baby lotion scent comes. It feels like a fairy dust or something like that, very dreamy. Last night before I actually got this perfume in the mail I had this dream that I got it and I really loved it, and that it had some almondy notes as well - and yes, those are really there, too. :) Maybe that's why it feels like a baby lotion. Anyway, I'm happy I have this! By the way I also own Poudree by Jil Sander and that one is kind of close, although sweeter with a very prominent rice note. L'Instant Magic feels more intense and mature, while Poudree is more child-like. I love them both, though. UPDATE: I wore it today the entire afternoon and I had to respray it just now after shower. I kept getting whiffs of this delicious scent from my shirt. Honestly, this progressed straight to my favorite scents. This really has the best sweetish, baby lotion vibes. Strongly recommended if you love innocent powdery perfumes. How did they manage to create something so similar? This may not really feel like powder in the Teint de Neige sense, but it does feels like a beautifully smelling lotion, indeed.

Guerlain L'instant magic is in my wishlist for a long time even before testing it as I love L'instant edp and edt and I love powder so there was a big chance for loving magic too.now I have a sample of L'instant magic so I can see whether it really deserves a place in my wishlist or not It definitely does and even more.I have to buy it before fall arrives(maybe even sooner.it would be nice for cool spring evenings like today) Guerlain L'instant magic has almost nothing to do with L'instant sisters(edp & edt)but at the same time I can feel it belongs to L'instant family .the only thing they have in common is vanilla.a similar type of cozy,not sugary sweet,powdery vanilla which is very pleasant.magic is as powdery as it's pyramid suggests.when first sprayed I can pick up anise,very soon almond and vanilla showup and last all through it's life.I have couple of other almondy vanilla perfumes but there's something more here.there's powdery Musky flowers(I can't detect violet,instead there's plenty of iris,mimosa and a touch of musk)and creamy woods.becomes better and better as time passes and it's everything I'm always looking for in a powdery scent.a combination of gourmand powder,baby powder,makeup powder,muskyflowery clean powder and warm cream as a base.it's delicious,smooth,cuddly and feels very "me".my taste in perfume changes a lot but my love for this type of powdery almondy vanilla scents never dies.l'instant magic deserved to be discovered and tested much sooner,now that I know that I LOVE it,I need to have it ASAP.I can see that it's not everyone's cup of tea but it needs to remain in production as it's one of the bests of guerlain.so soft and comforting,original,charming,wearable in various situations,such a well-balanced powdery heaven ❤❤❤❤❤

As a guy I think this "genre" of violet-musk powdery perfumes is just the classiest. L'Instant Magic is no exception. Since the release of Armani Lei in 1998 I became addicted to these powdery formulas, and thousands of perfumes later my opinions are the same. The reviewer below is spot on, that this is just a success-proven formula, be it Armani Lei for more fresh touches, Massimo Dutti's Souffle Marais (though short-lived and almost impossible to find nowadays), Lancome's discontinued Iris Dragees, Victoria Secret - Heavenly/Dream Angels Heavenly and less but still in the genre Prada Infusion d'Iris and Prada Candy...the list can go on as there are some celebrity fragrances that smells like that too, it takes me back to 90s and giving me all the classy/down to earth vibes when I smell it on a woman. These are mentioned as "iris" scents but truly they are just violets fantasy creations and most times not iris. Even though both notes in the perfume marketing became almost interchangeable, in reality true-to-iris use is what you smell in Prada Iris. There's much more powder/violet ingredients (ionones) and musks than iris here, and touch of vanilla/coumarin (tonka) and sometimes combined with benzoin (as in Prada Candy). Often you start from the mid-base notes skipping all the top ones as they rarely come topped with citruses/fruits. And often it feels like they remain close to skin but in reality the diffusion of these scents are so good, it's a pleasure for people around. Comforting, clean, sexy, mild but recognizable, classy.

I just want to thank Fragrantica reviewers for leaving glowing reviews for this perfume. I have never smelled this before, but went ahead and bought it (along with many other untried scents) based on what I’ve read here. I am so so pleased with this purchase. I spritzed this blind buy on my skin about an hour ago. I am so moved by how lovely this scent works with my chemistry, I couldn’t wait to leave this review. It feels light and smells heavenly. For people who like soft, powdery scents, please pick this up and try it. Barely 2 spritzes out of my bottle, and I’m already planning on buying a back up. I am anxious to try my other blind buys. I hope I like them at least half of how much I love this. UPDATE: I wore it again today and the scent was much lighter and less complex. Maybe because it was hot and we were outdoors mostly. I still LOVE LOVE it, but I think yesterday's reaction must have been a result of accidental layering. I put on Salvatorre Ferragamo Dolce Fiore in the morning, which has good longevity on me, and when I got home in the afternoon, I sprayed some Prada Amande. There was still some very, very light scent on me when I sprayed L'Instant Magic before bedtime, around midnight. Maybe it was the combination of two or three of those, but the resulting scent was so wonderful and it lasted all night on my arms. I will try this again some other time and report back. It's going to be fun learning to layer with this perfume.