L'Insolent (Eau de Parfum)
Perfumer: Max Gavarry
22 ratings
From your scent profile
Charles Jourdan L'Insolent Eau de Parfum is a floral, fruity and sweet fragrance with a powdery, chypre streak, made for women and now discontinued.
Skunky's take: Comes alive when it gets cold; fall and winter are its seasons.
How does it perform?
From 20 community ratings, all out of 10.
Sprayed at breakfast, still around at dinner.
You will be noticed when you walk into a room.
Talks even from the shelf.
Blind buy risk
100% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.
Notes
They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.
Top notesfirst 15 minutes
Heart notesfirst few hours
Accords
From most dominant to most subtle.
- Floral
- Fruity
- Sweet
- Spicy
- Woody
- Oriental
- Powdery
- Chypre
Floral
Fruity
Sweet
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Powdery
ChypreWhat does L'Insolent (Eau de Parfum) smell like?
It opens with a bright, fruity rush of bergamot, blackcurrant, mandarin orange, peach and pineapple. The heart is built on orange blossom, jasmine and tuberose, with coriander and carnation adding a spicy edge. In the base, vanilla sweetness meets the chypre character of oakmoss and patchouli, along with the woody warmth of cedar and amber.
Longevity and sillage are both rated very strong, though from only a small number of votes. With its sweet, spicy build it reads as a distinctly feminine perfume. Montana Suggestion Eau Cuivrée and Chloé Chloé (1975) (Eau de Toilette) have a close profile.
How it changes through the day
First minutes
- Bergamot
- Blackcurrant
- Mandarin orange
First hours
- Orange blossom
- Jasmine
- Tuberose
Towards evening
- Vanilla
- Oakmoss
- Patchouli
When to wear it?
Seasons and occasions, by user votes.
- 50%Autumn
- 42%Winter
- 8%Spring
Autumn
Winter
Spring- Nighttime43%
- Evening43%
- Daytime7%
- Office7%
Smells like this
The closest scents by notes and accords.
66% matchSuggestion Eau Cuivrée
Montana · 1994
61% matchChloé (1975) (Eau de Toilette)
Chloé · 1975
61% matchPoésie
Frédéric Haldimann · 2013
60% matchDivine (Eau de Parfum)
Divine · 1986
59% matchBoucheron (1988) (Eau de Parfum)
Boucheron · 1988
59% matchSun Moon Stars (Eau de Toilette)
Karl Lagerfeld · 1994
56% matchGiorgio (Eau de Toilette)
Giorgio Beverly Hills · 1981
56% matchRoma (Eau de Toilette)
Laura Biagiotti · 1988
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Last updated: October 26, 2026