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.

Call off the search, spread the good news, this is what I want to smell like for the rest of my life! Thank you for coming to my TED talk. *Mic drop* But on a real note, I blind bought this because I wanted a soft floral powdery scent that doesn't smell like febreze on me (air freshener) and the reviews were selling it HARD for me. I can't stand scents that are so sweet they are headache inducing and I can safely say that this is just the right amount of sweet (I think the lack of berries stop it from getting into that territory) The dry down reminds me of Nivea on steroids with a hint of marzipan. Definitely a very nice makeup scent. The powder can feel a little strong on initial application but just bear with it because it does mellow out (at least on me). It's so beautiful and delicate and it just smells like something a fairy princess would wear. After a while the dry down becomes a little sweeter with the vanilla and almond which reminds me of when your mixing butter and powdered sugar and it gets in the air and you can smell the sweetness of the powdered sugar (if that makes sense to anyone). The florals stay dancing in the background and I hope that they never discontinue this because my heart will legitimately break. It's a bonus that I personally really like the bee bottle design. I have never smelled the one in the old bottle so I can't compare, but if that was stronger, it's likely it would have been too strong for me.

I've held off from writing this review for some time - this perfume is so comforting and wonderful to me that I wasn't sure what to write about it. It's not a rational admiration or interest, here; it's pure emotional reaction and thus difficult to describe. First, a note on performance: this perfume has excellent longevity and moderate sillage. It certainly isn't 'soft' or negligible in terms of performance. You will carry the scent on your body all day, but in a fluffy cloud around you. You can detect all the notes within an arm's distance, but won't be blasting any rooms out. This is good because, overplayed, some of the notes here could be overpowering. Instead, the blend is perfect. The first notes for me are green florals, sandalwood and marzipan. The iris, woods and almonds just sing together. It is soft and powdery - there is nothing shouting here - it's just a beautiful symphony of blended notes. The sweetness of the marzipan is tempered by the dry, cosy woods, and then the slightly bitter green note, which I think may be the combination of almond and iris. On dry-down, the iris becomes softer and more powdery, the almond remains sweet and edible throughout without ever being cloying, and the sandalwood is a sexy, comforting anchor. Never underestimate the quiet ones - still waters run deep. This is the best almond perfume out there. The blend is masterful.

My first encounters with this perfume was two-sided. I was walking on a winter day and the cold wind brought whiffs of a beautiful scent. A cosy scent still classy which blended so well with that cold wind. I didn’t know what perfume it was... and thought I would hear it again either in my favorite perfume stores or in my circle of perfume lovers friends. But that did not happen. Until one day ... I blind bought it without knowing THAT was this enchanting scent. I sprayed it and the first impression was bad : something like too aromatic with the softness disturbed my nose, and I was disappointed, I shouldn’t have blind bought unknown fragrances. Then... About 30 mn after, while the scent was blooming I recognize the fragrance that I loved that winter day and was so happy I finally found it ! The aromatic scent that was disturbing me was the same as in YSL Cinema and it was the almond blossom note but in the evolution of l’instant magic it finally blended so so well with the dry down. It is wonderful by cold weather and will leave a classy, cozy, soft but noticeable and very unique trail. A compliment getter and hard to be recognized. It doesn’t have anything in common with the l’instant. L’instant is warmer and gets that wonderful amber vibe, l’instant magic is more about almond and very soft powder in perfect balance and in no way sweet.

I have the original style bottle (shown in this page). From what I've read, the newest "candle" style bottle that is currently available is faithful to the original juice, though I have not tried it myself to compare. Goodness - this is excellent! As a huge fan of Guerlain fragrances and powdery scents in general, I knew this would be a safe blind buy for me. In fact, it's quickly made itself comfortable in my list of all-time favorite fragrances! L'Instant Magic (not to be confused with the singular "L'Instant") boasts a creamy rendition of powder, much like a high-end body cream. Those looking for a light, airy powder may be disappointed. This is smooth, sweet, and comforting with a well-blended floral bouquet, velvety vanilla, and dreamy musky background - but what really sets LM apart from my other powdery fragrances is the sense of depth I get from the rich cedar and almond. These denser woody notes merge beautifully with the lighter florals and powder, creating a feeling of hypnotic sensuality that borders on the soporific. The longevity and sillage are also excellent; I apply this before bed and am greeted in the morning by creamy vanilla powder and musk. L'Instant Magic is beautiful, surprisingly rich, and very Guerlain. A new favorite!

White musk, mimosa and carnation stand out here with the slightest hint of vanilla. L'Instant Magic is a very soft, slightly powdery scent that is simple but well blended. It is different to the usual Guerlain signature iris dominant scents, although this note lingers in the background. While it is a fine powdery scent (not so thick as Chanel no. 5) it is not strongly reminiscent of baby powder or lotion to me; it just has the sweet softness people associate with innocence & simplicity. It is unique and comforting, enough to wear before bed, while still being sophisticated. L'Instant Magic is delicate, not sugary or headache inducing, and would be impossible to overspray. It is extremely calming - a happy, contented, dreamy and subtle scent that I enjoy wearing and very unthreatening, without being bland, to those around you. To me, this is the parallel mood to Apres L'Ondee, which I also own, the latter reflecting more serious, mature, reflective moments. I enjoy having both in my collection but I will wear the uplifting l'Instant Magic more frequently. While the sillage is low, the longevity is intermittent but generally good - others, as well as me, could still smell this on my wrist the following day. A truly beautiful scent.

Not a whole lot to say that hasn't been said by other positive reviews. This is a great fragrance for powder LOVERS. If you just "like" powder, it might be too much for you. You really do have to love powdery, billowing, soft, fluffy, feminine fragrances to appreciate this. This has nothing to do with the original L'instant. The only thing the two have in common is they're both great Guerlain fragrances! I personally dig it. Great silage and longevity. Guerlain quality for sure. It does kick off with a "fresh, clean baby" smell. The drydown after many hours surprisingly reminds me a bit of Hypnotic Poison... If HP had 3x as much powder as it does.I will say, I don't understand the reviewers saying there's no evolution to this fragrance because that hasn't been my experience at all. On my skin, it definitely takes a few twists and turns! Not boring nor linear. Anyway, I highly recommend if you're a powder lover. This goes from baby powder to cosmetics powder. As for packaging, I don't like the new bee bottle for this fragrance. I miss the old bottle. I do have L'instant in the old bottle. I should have looked for a older bottle of this one too. Oh well. The fragrance inside appears unaltered and that's what is most important.

First impression: Disappointment! First let me say I adore Guerlain and I also really love powdery fragrances. Cosmetic powdery, confectionary powdery, heliotrope, Iris, carnation, I’m there I love it! The issue I’m having with this is it barely smells of anything at all- just powder, I’m hoping my bottle just needs some air (it’s a vintage 2008 bottle and it looks to have 3 Ml used from its 50ml volume) I just expected a bit more- sweetness from the freesia or almond. Some spicy powderiness from the carnation. I can’t smell any of the notes above and the entire composition just smells of laundry detergent musk? I’m really hoping with time and allowing it to settle after shipping this blooms for me. Edit: after allowing my bottle to settle a few days, I came back and gave myself a generous misting: yay!! It’s beautiful! I smell the beautiful florals that are also on the original L’instant but they’re no longer honeyed and on a bed of warm amber. Now they’re on a bed of musk, fluffy, creamy and tinted with almond and bergamot. I can see why some don’t like this but it’s very relaxing and ethereal. Never make a decision based on the initial wear! Always wait and go back. It’s getting better and better with each wear!

This has been my signature winter scent for years now and I have gone through multiple bottles at this point. This is a perfume that makes me feel like I am sitting under a freshly washed duvet and eating an almond croissant while watching the snow fall. If you are not a fan of almond or powdery scents this won't be for you, but I absolutely love it and it tends to be a compliment getter when I wear it (particularly from other women). More importantly, I feel fresh, clean, comfortable and uplifted when I wear this. Perhaps it is the lemon and bergamot that give this scent a cheery sort of vibe? Overall, I would say this is a scent for a grown woman, but it also isn't old fashioned or overly mature in my opinion. It's appropriate for almost any situation in the fall/winter, though it is much too much for spring or summer, in my opinion. Still, L'Instant Magic is one of my all-time favorite powdered almond scents and I am always excited when the weather starts getting colder and I know I can wear this again. ETA: I see this has been reformulated and that's an absolute shame because the new version is not really the same as the bottle I have/reviewed above.

Oh, I'm a finicky little frolic. I go through my Chanel (only a few) phase, and think I'm in love. But when I come back to the house of Guerlain, I open that thick heavy wooden door, and therein I know I belong. I'm home. You feel the old leather, bump up against the wooden wardrobe, throw off your furs, kick your shoes off, slide in front of the sofa warming your frozen toes and feeling the tingling of your toes separating from your stockings. You can still smell this on yourself, especially as you are warming up. But before he arrives, you want to put that outer layer on for him to follow your trail to the cozy place in front of fire, whilst you lacquer lips up and hand him a glass of say....cognac Oh, yes....this is that good.....I'm panicking because I have only a few drops of the precious elixir, but thank you to my friend, I'll have a new beauty to spray when the moon is full, and my heart is fluttering..... You must never discontinue this.......that would make the blood run cold.... please......all women need to share this with their man....

I've been looking forward to this for so long, and I finally got my hands on a bottle. This is beautiful -- the sparkly, bright opening, the powdery iris drydown... But it quickly reminded me of something I already have and love - Prada Infusion D'Iris. I have both the EDP and EDT for Infusion D'Iris, and this one is so incredibly similar to that line. L'Instant Magic does have a sharper citrus note in the opening (lemon?), but it quickly fades into that lovely iris powder. The note pyramids are also very similar for all of them, except for the almond and anise notes in LM. However, for me, the almond and anise are very faint / not present, and they don't affect the overall scent. I am honestly shocked that Infusion D'Iris isn't higher on the "reminds me of" list for this. To me, L'Instant Magic could an Infusion D'Iris flanker. L'Instant Magic is a lovely scent, but for me, I'm happy sticking to my Prada Infusion D'iris, which is still in circulation and the price isn't overly inflated.

I have to thank the lovely lady at the Guerlain counter in Zurich airport for introducing me to this beauty. She was nattering away to me while I shamelessly tried out all the gorgeous Guerlains I had no intention of buying, and right at the end she whipped out a bottle of L'Instant Magic and asked if I'd ever tried it. Now, I cannot stand L'Instant. It is one of the few Guerlain perfumes that makes me feel genuinely sick (along with Idylle). I really, really despise it. So I was very reluctant. But she was very persistent, said I had to try it and sprayed a little strip which I put in my handbag. I was flying to Spain and I remember feeling all cosy and lovely on the flight because of the big spray of Mitsouko I had on one wrist. But later in the day, when the Mitsouko had faded, I opened my bag and this delicious, vanillic, lipstick-and-powder aroma filled the air. This has to be the ultimate powdery perfume. Its so deliciously feminine, soft and soothing. Divine.

At first I was disappointed but the more I wore it the more it grew on me. I thought initially it was too weak - for a Guerlain, anyway -, but while it is a very discreet one, it's always there, lasting throughout the day, always comforting and making me want to smell myself. That L'Instant Magic doesn't ever "try to hard" is part of it's charm. It is definitely softer, less "edible", more clean smelling than something like Mondorlo di Sicilia by Acqua di Parma, which always brings to mind delicious French pastries. I would say the almonds are there just for support and added texture, but it's the soft and gentle powdery floral notes that are really what L'Instant Magic are about. The vanilla is very gentle and non-cloying. The result evokes European elegance and spring-like romanticism but understated and laidback enough that it works equally well for the office as for a lazy weekend afternoon.

"Love you, because you're so easy to love..." I can't quite remember if this is from a movie or from a song, but it was my immedite reaction when sniffing this perfume. :-) It has practically all the elements i.e. flowers that I have loved most of my adult life (e.g. violet,freesia, mimosa) on a sandalwood, cedar base. (I'm a big, no, huge! Paris Springtime -perfume fan which explains a lot of my immediate love for this fragrance.) The only element that is missing from my usual favourites' list is the rose and the new extra element is the anise. When I smell this I see spring flowers all around me. I feel I'm at a garden party, maybe at a graduation party or at a wedding with people dressed to their best. The main colour of the affair is lilac surrounded by other pastels. Great longevity, can easily be oversprayed. Spring festivities in a bottle.

I get quite a bit of menthol in this straight off. It reminds me of a vapour rub. But powdery. So a mentholated powder? No. A powdered vapour rub. (Fendi Furiosa smells to me like an actual mentholated powder.) I think that's obvious to others as well, as after a colleague advised me to use a rub on my sprained wrist, he got in the lift with me a bit later and commented that I seem to have taken his advice. I hadn't. I thought, 'Hell no. You didn't just compare my gorgeous perfume to Vicks!' It smells better than Vicks! It smells expensive! I don't get a baby powder vibe because I get so much menthol throughout. I love it. It radiates about arm's length and will easily fill a large lift. I can smell it for hours without trying even with my dodgy nose. One of my personal favourite powdery scents. I have the old rectangular style bottle.

Despite being a powdery woody floral musk, L'Instant Magic is all abrasive sharp corners on me. I've had this bottle for years and have worn it maybe 5 times total--only when I have a strong need to be jabbed in the nose with my perfume. I think it's the type of iris that they use--a super silvery, slivery iris, surrounded by starched floral notes. There is nothing soft or even earthy here--it's all 2D, intensive, stripped "clean" floral notes. As it dries it becomes super powdery, not musky, but that too is abrasive, it reminds me of scented washing powder for some reason. I actually kind of like this, it is so aggressively clean on my skin...it is interesting but not a love for sure. Still, sometimes I feel compelled to wear this, this is the type of iris fragrance that I call "Ice Queen." Unlovely for sure.

This perfume, alongside with Shalimar Parfum Initial, is the definition of modern Guerlain. If I were a 100% Guerlain Girl, I'd wear these two all the time;) It's perfectly smooth, inoffensive-vanillic, powdery and extremely elegant. I've had a lot of compliments on this one and even considered it my temporary-signature 3 years ago. It's not really a crowd-pleaser as it's not too popular but definitely suitable just for any occasion. It is both refrained and sexy, business and party type of scent. I can't imagine my wardrobe without it, I adore it especially in late autumn when the leaves have fallen, when the sky is grey and foggy and the winter is just round the corner... P.S. It is nothing like Kate Moss Vintage which I also have and like - it's not spicy at all while Vintage is.

I bought this perfume shortly after joining this site in 2011. I thought it was very pretty, used it up and really didn't think much more about it. Fast forward to recent and I found myself thinking about this perfume again, after several years. I sought it out again and repurchased it. It's exactly how I remembered it; warm, cuddly vanilla with powdery iris and sweet almonds. One thing about Guerlain's perfumes is that they never really leave your mind...or your nose; they're just so classic. I have the original L'Instant as well, which is also lovely. L'Instant Magic is dreamy and soft, like a warm blanket on a cold, dreary day. Do buy it if you love vanilla, almond and iris in your perfumes. It's powdery goodness! I'm glad to have this lovely back in my collection.

This is just gorgeous! Guerlain is 99% of the time a safe blind buy for me, but even so this may actually be a new daily wear favorite! As others have noted, it does have a vintage baby oil/powder memory to it, but if you think about where those fragrances came from to begin with, you realize it’s just another link in that powdery Guerlain chain of perfume tradition. I am so in love with this sweet beauty. Perfect for any season day wear- I would call this sweet, clean and soft as a powder puff. This wouldn’t be a date night scent for me personally, but for pretty much anything else it will provide you with an aura of understated class. Highly recommend, and for iris/powder/almond lovers, it’s a super safe blind buy.

This review is about the old bottle. When I first smelled this, I instantly thought: "This is the One.". I was on a quest to find a new signature scent, and refrained very hard to buy three bottles right away. L'Instant Magic smells sweet from beginning to end - not in a warm or gourmand sense, despite the prominent almond, but in a calm, reassuring way. I find it quite linear, but in a good way. It smells intelligent, clean and demure, and lasts about 7 or 8 hours on my capricious skin. Projection is less than arm length, and it stays like a cocoon around your neck. On the days I can't bear to leave my bed, it is the fragrance I always choose for its comforting, coldly sweet aura.

WOW, holy grail scent for me! Is this extremely reminiscent of baby wipes? YES. But if you give it a chance it is so much more than that. I cannot discern most individual notes in this but I can pick up the vanilla, violet and Iris. The carnation adds a tiny kick to it but it is mostly rounded. It sits close to the skin and longevity is moderate. It is just so comforting, uplifting, mild and warm. I do not wear this perfume when I want to feel sexy; I wear magic to console my mind, to uplift the soul, to embrace myself in a cocoon of luxurious clouds of powdered flowers which both protects me and gives me glamour. For me, this is an easy reach and I will never be without it!

My colleague smells like baby powder, and she uses Guerlain Shalimar. No hate, but I like to keep two arms distance from her because I love the smell of johnsons baby powder strictly on babies. I prefer to smell like a beautiful woman. I loved and instantly bought L'Instant Magic. Just IMHO, L'Instant Magic may be what Shalimar unsuccessfully dreamt of being, and in the next life was reborn as LIM (if that concept exists). Spicy carnation, along with powdery cool Iris are few of my favorite floral notes, and to top it off, almond and vanilla which are not gourmand or candylike or childish. It smells like a heavenly dream in lilac mist . I love it.

Yesss!!! Got a large bottle of this lovely for Christmas and I've been in powdery, almondy iris heaven!! Merry Christmas to me! Definitely feminine and definitely has lasting power, at least on my skin, I get a violet musk from this after about 15 minutes. There's also an odd note that leaves a slight black pepper impression in my nose (maybe the anise?) - LOVE that! This is gorgeous and worlds better than the original L'Instant which completely underwhelmed me. Gorgeous & girly, I like this in winter but something tells me the warmth of the spring sun will also do wonders with this perfume. I'm planning on wearing it year round. ;)

Wow... I do absolutely get a boutique old fashioned powder puff scent from this. It’s fresh out of a shower..soft floral powder on your skin. You can almost smell the white cast! I find it so definitively tied to that after a shower/before bed time frame that I felt almost exposed and vulnerable running out for coffee one morning after having splashed some of this on. But the compliments I received in that 20 minute errand secured my decision that this is a beautifully soft, innocent, cozy frag. Reminds me in the slightest capacity of insolence by guerlain (another one of my favs)...extract the violets, amp up the powder and iris.

At first spritz, and for about 15 minutes, this smells like boring, empty white florals on me. Then after about half an hour the iris blooms beautifully with the violet and there is an odd pepper-like note lingering in my nose. It's delightful! Must be the anise mixing with the cedar? In any case it's like nothing else in my collection and I'm loving it! A light sweetness that never becomes cloying or "saccharine sweet" on my skin. Very feminine and pretty. Asking for a full-sized bottle on this year's Xmas list. This is perfectly designed for the cold weather and I look forward to wearing it more often. :)

I have L'instant and just had this one rsvp'ed to me. Well, whatever the reason some don't like, is the reason I love. On me, it's oh so ladylike, so dainty, so delicate, so feminine. I love love love. Powdery, yes. Sweet, well not sweet like sugar, just sweet in how you would love to smell if you knew Elvis Presley was coming up to walk past you, and this just might be what makes him stop and give you a kiss. Yes, this is very lovely. It is not in your face, not harsh, not room dominance commanding. I think I'm in love. This is going to my top 5 list. Yes yes. Thank you, thank you very much!

Dusty, sparkly vanilla is what centers the scent for me - the violets are soft ones, not overpowering. Overall it's a powder scent, but I'm getting the bergamot and floral notes in happy sunny little waves. Almond is pretty discrete to me and lends sweetness but doesn't feel like an almond-centric scent. Not a cold fragrance as the notes might indicate, it actually feels warm and light yet somehow complex throughout the first couple hours. Feeling some lovely soft bites of citrus folded into the warm vanilla powder~ Beautifully balanced, high quality and a new favorite!

Call me crazy but I prefer this to the original. My love of Hypnotic Poison has made me obsess over almonds so as soon as I checked out the notes, I knew i was going to blind buy this. On initial spray I knew that I owned another perfume that was extremely similar...It was Kenzo Amour! It's not 'like for like' as L'instant Magic is extremely powdery and I mean that In the best way, It's Guerlain after all but for me they definitely have the same 'feel'. Such a calming perfume, I don't find it sexy it's like a hug in a bottle. Ahh sweet, dusty almonds. Gorgeous!!

L'Instant Magic is instant love! A bottle of rosy sunshine. It's a lovely, beautiful scent that envelopes you in aromatic, almondy-rosy sweetness. Top notes of bergamot, lemon, and anise blend with a powdery blend of almond, iris, freesia, violet, rose, carnation, and mimosa over a musky bottom layer of white musk, sandalwood, and cedar. The sandalwood at the dry down is what characterizes this fragrance as pure Guerlain. It causes the scent to linger longer on the skin and in the mind. L'Instant Magic kisses you with Guerlain magic. Pure luxury!

Almondy iris powder with bergamot top. Guerlain never fails. Its absolutely amazing. The only problem is that it vanishes like summer breeze..it has some similarities with Prada iris.. Prada is cold and sharp and guerlain is warm and soft. EDIT: yes, two days wearing it day and night. couldn't tell it apart from Prada Iris 2nd Edit: i am always fascinated how experience with perfumes changes. 4 days wearing it.. Its unique heaven. Prada is onedimensional, guerlain is almost an entity that changes as my skin changes. Its absoultely breathtaking

Such a lovely, powdery, floral scent. Upon first spray, i get iris, almond, and citrus. Then it dries down to a soft-musky-vanilla floral scent. Someone said this smelled like Baby Magic lotion and it does, but so SO much better. It's inoffensive and suitable for any occasion, but i prefer it for a stay at home/bed time fragrance only because it last 3 hours on my skin. I purchased mine in the other bottle, which isn't on this database. This was another blind buy for me and I'm not disappointed. Scent: 10/10 Packaging: 7/10 Performance: 6/10

I would say this is a very unique perfume. It’s a very delicate fragrance. At first a little sharp but rounds off to a pleasant silky waft. I think this would be divine to wear to bed. It’s comfortingly delicate. Edit: This truly is only a whisper of a perfume. If you like actually smelling your own perfume (like myself), I wouldn't bother with this one. Lolita Lempika for Her would be a much better option than this I would say. Soft and dreamy but with a little oomph. Edit: This is one of my favourite perfumes now. It grew on me...a lot

This is so feminime, gentle yet present perfume. There is something unspeakable attractive about this powdery, almondy, dreamy fragrance. This shall never be discontinued. Others can come and go, but this juice is a feeling of feminity until its last drop. This is an adult smell, not for teenagers, but for mature woman (above 25), but I can already pull it off. :D Well, I also wear Poison and Coco Mademoiselle despite of my young age. :) To sum up, you can wear L'instant magic if you want real magic and you dear to use it. ;)

I absolutely love this fragrance, it's my signature scent. I bought a bottle after going to a department store in search of something for my wedding. My signature scent before this was Vintage by Kate Moss, this is so much better but still reminds me of that fragrance. I'd like to buy this in Australia but have had trouble finding it, I was however able to buy from a website and got it for less than $100 including postage, score! Any idea when it will be released here again and for how long will it be around?

This bottle is no longer on the market, and it was far more beautiful than the newer version. Soft, powdery, almost fairy-tale like... so comforting it became my signature scent for years. The reformulated one never gave me the same joy. Its anisic nuance, the fluffy comfort of every element (mimosa included), always soothed me and lifted my spirits. I went through bottle after bottle. Balanced in every way, it was truly a masterpiece now lost to time. Tag(s): Baby powder, whimsical, comforting, discontinued

Uno dei miei profumi preferiti. Sa di infanzia in modo adulto, ed è mandorlato ma non alimentare: semplicemente dolce ed elegante. All'inizio la freschezza saponosa del bergamotto su vaniglia e violetta mi ricorda uno shampo per bimbi, e avverto distintamente anche l'anice. Segue una fase in cui su di me predomina la mandorla, ed è la nota che più rimane su sciarpe e vestiti. Infine, una scia morbida e persistente di cameretta di bambina: bambole, talco, legno e tulle, vaniglia. Prezioso!

Englishrose4 describes this best so I won't repeat. This one is truly magic and I was actually hesitant to buy it when I saw the word powdery over and over. This is powdery done right, you just want to wrap yourself in it. I think that it's something about the almond. It makes you feel warm and cozy yet beautiful which is a rare combination. I love everything about it. I stocked up on this gem since it is discontinued. Autumn is the perfect time to wear this beauty. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it.

this starts off with baby powder and white musk. very fresh and clean. a few minutes later i get mostly iris with some almond, followed by mimosa. this is so pretty and comforting. i totally see the connections to l'instant, but this is like the quieter version that would be perfect to wear to bed. it's mostly mimosa/almond/iris on me. i'm quite surprised mimosa is voted lower down because that is one of the main notes for me. (this is from a sample but i think it's the older version.)

Oh my, this one is a beauty A total blind buy for me, based purely on reviews here. I had high hopes, and they have been met, and exceeded. A gorgeous, warm, comforting kind of bliss. Very powdery yes, but a grown up powdery - as others have said, this is not your daughters perfume. Strong, yet not in your face. I can't imagine it would work in summer, definitely a scent for cooler weather. I will be buying more than one backup of this treasure

I got a new bee bottle for Christmas gift. The juice inside is definitely reformulated. It's lighter now, less powdery too and doesn't last as long. It opens more citrusy and they must have added more musk as the drydown reminds me of this old school musk cologne my cousin used to wear 20+ years ago. I had an old version that I much, much prefer. But new one isn't bad either. It's still an amazing perfume that will always be in my collection.

This is one of the best perfumes I ever had.So sensual and unique.I haven't smell something like this.This scent is so familiar to me and I don't know why .No one owned it in my family or friends.Indeed it is like a magic potion .It's name should be "potion or something like that. So gothic,vampy but in a classy way.It is sexy but not trashy.I simply adore it.If it was a colour it would be burgundy,dark red or dark purple.Love love love

I am having a little love affair with this. Yes it smells sort of like baby wipes/powder but also there is something about it that is just so so sweet (not sickly sweet flavor, sweet like "endearing") and very feminine. It's strong but not cloying and it lasts forever!! A very comforting scent to me that won't fade for many hours. If you like powdery scents try this! It's not boring and it's blended very well.

Just got this today and I am IN LOVE!!!!!! Smells very much like baby oil/baby powder on me. This may be my new signature scent. I am not very good at picking out distinct notes, but this smells soooooo good -- have on for about an hour and it is beautiful. Very non-offensive, no headache inducing thickness. Smells like clean fresh very feminine skin. Been looking for this for years!!!!!

My heart pounding when I smell the spray part of the bottle. Its Definitely better than L’instant de guerlain. When I spray it to my skin, its fresh and slightly citrus in the beginning. And then all those flowers comes very tender at middle. Its not baby powder scent, it is lady powder scent. Im not gonna be obsessed with this but im gonna patronize it for girls night out!

If you have Chloe by Chloe, you need to experience layering L’instant magic on top of it. It is my own personal heaven. That sharp, firm rose parting the curtains of thick veils of sweet powder. It nearly leaves me paralyzed with pleasure... Why am I just discovering this now? Why do my perfume descriptions resemble an erotic novel from your local five-and-dime?

Incredible. I never thought this would be so beautiful, so long-lasting. It's like the absolutely perfect perfume for me. Romantic, soft but with a real presence, and so perfect for any season, any venue. I cannot stop smelling my arm! Lovely. To me it's all Iris and almond and it is all I want to smell. Can't wait to get the parfum! My new favorite.