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L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme EDT
meets L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme EDP.

Compare the recorded scent profiles, then decide what to sample.

Shared ground

Lemon · Star Anise · Bergamot · elemi · Pepper · Tea · Smoke · Jasmine · Cacao Pod · Patchouli · Sandalwood

Both records list these notes. Shared notes do not guarantee the same smell.

The distinction

Eau de toilette leads with citrus; Eau de parfum leads with warm spicy. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
Guerlain L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme EDT bottle
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L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme EDT

Eau de toilette

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Eau de parfum

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ConcentrationEau de toiletteEau de parfum
Listed bottle sizesNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Brand originFranceFrance
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed year20162015
Leading accordscitrus · warm spicy · woodywarm spicy · woody · cacao
Notes unique to this recordHibiscusNone listed
Longevity / 53.18 · 825 votes3.55 · 1,165 votes
Projection / 42.13 · 926 votes2.32 · 1,243 votes

Scores are category averages, not hours or controlled measurements. Different vote samples are not a head-to-head wear test. “Unique” notes here means absent from the other record, not proof of a formula difference.

Compare the labels

Ingredients, side by side.

Read the declared lists for the editions shown. Shared entries do not mean identical formulas, proportions or scent.

Declared on both

  • Alcohol
  • Parfum (fragrance)
  • Aqua (water)
  • Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
  • Citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) peel oil
  • Limonene
  • Linalyl acetate
  • Lavandula oil/extract
  • Citrus limon (lemon) peel oil
  • Pogostemon cablin oil
  • Hexamethylindanopyran
  • Benzyl salicylate
  • Pinene
  • Linalool
  • Alpha-isomethyl ionone
  • Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane
  • Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate
  • Vanillin
  • Anethole
  • Citral
  • Santalum album (sandalwood) oil
  • Santalol
  • Beta-caryophyllene
  • Geranyl acetate
  • Terpineol
  • Coumarin
  • Amyl salicylate
  • Terpinolene
  • Laurus nobilis leaf oil
  • Alpha-terpinene
  • Geraniol
  • Isoeugenyl acetate
  • Citrus aurantium peel oil
  • Carvone
  • Citronellol
  • Eugenol
  • Benzyl benzoate
  • Rose ketones
  • CI 14700 (red 4)
  • CI 42090 (blue 1)
  • CI 47005 (yellow 10)

Listed only on L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme EDT

  • Trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol
  • Benzyl alcohol

Listed only on L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme EDP

  • Citrus aurantium flower oil
  • Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate
  • Farnesol
  • Tris(tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) citrate

Matching ignores capitalization and a small set of water and fragrance naming variants. “Only” refers to these published lists, not proof that an ingredient is absent from the other formula.

L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme EDT

Eau de toilette · US listing

Alcohol • Parfum (fragrance) • Aqua (water) • Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes • Citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) peel oil • Limonene • Linalyl acetate • Lavandula oil/extract • Citrus limon (lemon) peel oil • Pogostemon cablin oil • Hexamethylindanopyran • Benzyl salicylate • Pinene • Linalool • Alpha-isomethyl ionone • Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane • Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate • Vanillin • Anethole • Citral • Santalum album (sandalwood) oil • Santalol • Beta-caryophyllene • Geranyl acetate • Terpineol • Coumarin • Amyl salicylate • Terpinolene • Trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol • Laurus nobilis leaf oil • Alpha-terpinene • Geraniol • Isoeugenyl acetate • Citrus aurantium peel oil • Carvone • Citronellol • Eugenol • Benzyl benzoate • Rose ketones • Benzyl alcohol • CI 14700 (red 4) • CI 42090 (blue 1) • CI 47005 (yellow 10)

Source: Guerlain official US product ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22 · Formula reference 22351

L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme EDP

Eau de parfum · US listing

Alcohol • Parfum (fragrance) • Aqua (water) • Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes • Pogostemon cablin oil • Citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) peel oil • Limonene • Lavandula oil/extract • Linalyl acetate • Vanillin • Citrus limon (lemon) peel oil • Benzyl salicylate • Hexamethylindanopyran • Linalool • Pinene • Alpha-isomethyl ionone • Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane • Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate • Beta-caryophyllene • Anethole • Coumarin • Santalum album (sandalwood) oil • Santalol • Citrus aurantium flower oil • Citral • Terpineol • Geranyl acetate • Terpinolene • Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate • Amyl salicylate • Laurus nobilis leaf oil • Farnesol • Geraniol • Alpha-terpinene • Isoeugenyl acetate • Eugenol • Rose ketones • Tris(tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) citrate • Citrus aurantium peel oil • Benzyl benzoate • Citronellol • Carvone • CI 14700 (red 4) • CI 47005 (yellow 10) • CI 42090 (blue 1)

Source: Guerlain official US product ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22 · Formula reference 22349

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Follow your curiosity.

A starting point, not a verdict

Eau de toilette

Start here if the listed citrus and warm spicy direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.

Eau de parfum

Start here if the listed warm spicy and woody direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.