Mon Guerlain 2017 Eau de Parfum

Mon Guerlain (Eau de Parfum) by Guerlain
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Ranked 1 in Women's Perfume
8.2 / 10 1876 Ratings
A popular perfume by Guerlain for women, released in 2017. The scent is sweet-floral. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Sweet
Floral
Powdery
Creamy
Gourmand

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
True lavenderTrue lavender BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Indian jasmine sambacIndian jasmine sambac IrisIris
Base Notes Base Notes
Tahitian vanillaTahitian vanilla Australian sandalwoodAustralian sandalwood

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Scent
8.21876 Ratings
Longevity
7.81690 Ratings
Sillage
7.51688 Ratings
Bottle
8.41687 Ratings
Value for money
7.8968 Ratings
Submitted by Michael, last update on 05/22/2025.
Interesting Facts
The face of the advertising campaign is actress Angelina Jolie.

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80 in-depth fragrance descriptions
jtd

484 Reviews
jtd
jtd
Top Review 9  
ce n'est pas mon guerlain
So, what is the recipe for a big-budget, got-to-be-successful, no-room-for-error, if-you-build-it-they-will-come perfume? To judge by Guerlain’s approach: Mix equal parts imitation, predictability and risk aversion in a large bowl. Bake in a lukewarm focus-group until stale. Sprinkle with olfactory least common denominators. Serve in a bottle replete with historical Awethenticity™. Buon appetito.

Am I cynical? Clearly, but I can’t hold a candle to Guerlain.

With Mon Guerlain Thierry Wasser proves he isn’t so much the successor to Jean-Paul Guerlain as he is the heir to Jacques Guerlain. Jacques was known for nicking someone else’s ideas (namely, François Coty’s) and making them better. Wasser attempts a Jacques Guerlain with two perfumes: Lancome’s end-of -the-world-as-we-know-it lollipop, La Vie Est Belle, and Mugler’s iconic poison-apple, Angel. The drag is that Mon Guerlain drowns in the syrup of the former but forgets the atonal war-cry of the latter. Angling between these two perfumes Guerlain casts its net as wide as possible, hoping for a hit that would break all box-office records.

The complication is that Guerlain looks to two perfumes that, though they both got a whole lotta ethylmaltol going on, are diametrically opposed. Angel might have launched two decades of straight-faced gourmand perfumes but it did so inadvertently. It was anything but straight. Angel’s cotton-candy is counterbalanced by an enormous inedible chemo-floral note and an earthy patchouli. It smells sweet, but it’s pure venom. La Vie Est Belle has no nuance, no subtext. It’s pure candy. Wasser’s Mon Guerlain looks for an easy reconciliation of the two perfumes because they are both overdosed with ethylmaltol. He misses the point that Angel, twenty five years later, is still a motherfucking monster. La Vie Est Belle on the other hand is the most vanillla of Disney fairy princesses.

Wasser uses lavender to twist Mon Guerlain into a taffy fougère. Pouring it into a version of the brand’s historical quadrilobe bottle is an attempt to draw a connection to Guerlain’s classic, sweet fougère Jicky, but don’t believe the hype. Despite the deception a list of notes provides, Mon Guerlain has no relationship to Jicky.

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MasterLi

375 Reviews
MasterLi
MasterLi
Very helpful Review 5  
Candy Guerlain...
What I get from Mon Guerlain is a sweet vibe. One which reminds me of a gourmand. In fact I consider this a gourmand in the same way that La Petite Robe Noire is.

I get the vanilla, lavender and tonka, but there seems to be an undertone of a caramel-like vibe... along with powdery iris etc. I find it very wearable (even on a man's skin), much in the same way that La Petite Robe Noire was. In fact, if that fragrance was for night time, then this is for the day. I also find it much more versatile than La Petite Robe Noire, though not as original.

I have read that Jicky was the inspiration (and starting point) for this fragrance. It's probably correct to say that this is a gourmand version of Jicky. I find it probably sits in between all the other sweet, female marketed fragrances today. I now understand why Guerlain need to release this in order to compete on the market, although the quality of ingredients here is quite high. It's well made for what it is.

Overall, this would be something to recommend. I can't see this being worn on an older person, but for a younger woman under the age of 40 I think this could work really well. I also think that this would be great on a young man's skin, but it would take a man who is comfortable with smelling sweet, it's a daring move in that respect. Only time will tell whether this becomes a classic. I am on the fence with it really.
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10
Pricing
7
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
10
Scent
Delonwheels

41 Reviews
Delonwheels
Delonwheels
Helpful Review 3  
Vanilla Lavender Final Boss
Some fragrances you need to really spend time with and deliberate over to decide if they're worth buying. Mon Guerlain was not this for me. I sprayed it and could not stop smelling myself. I have never emptied a decant so fast in my life because I spray my sheets with it. I fancy myself a quirky person but I am no match for the weapons-grade likeability of Mon Guerlain.

I want to slice Mon Guerlain open, remove its innards, and crawl inside it. I want to steal its social security number and open a laser tag park with its identity. I want to go to IKEA and get in a fight picking out a sofa with Mon Guerlain and then reconcile over cheese fries afterwards. Mon Guerlain wore army pants and flip flops so I wore army pants and flip flops. When Poet Laureate Taylor Swift said "I wanna brainwash you into loving me forever" that was actually me talking about Mon Guerlain. Or was it Mon Guerlain talking about me?
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8
Pricing
10
Bottle
9
Sillage
10
Longevity
9.5
Scent
CallMeTee

45 Reviews
CallMeTee
CallMeTee
Helpful Review 3  
Top 5 for Life…
Woman killing it in a man’s world because the perfume is constructed using notes traditionally found in male fragrances. However this woman is feminine yet complex, bold, assertive, decisive, independent and confident!

Someone said that it’s not always safe to show vulnerability and to be hyper-feminine in a man’s world, yet Mon Guerlain does so effortlessly despite the masculine touches in its composition! I love femininity and womanhood and the super-powers that it gives me, and I feel that this perfume captures these aspects of me perfectly. It performs well. It is beautiful in all seasons and is adaptable to all occasions. The bottle is elegant. It’s a true love and a perfume I will always own.
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Mlleghoul

429 Reviews
Mlleghoul
Mlleghoul
3  
bargain bin Koolaid
Everyone seems quite taken within Guerlain, which I'd never tried, so I thought I'd take advantage of a Sephora sale and grab a bottle of the eau de parfum. I gotta be honest. It's pretty gross. If you need a scent for impressing your peers after pledging yourself to Jesus as a pre-teen holy roller and you were going to hang with all of them at a rager of an overnight church lockin? This would be what you'd reach for. But listen, I'm not knocking smelling good for your lord and savior, but I think even the begotten only son of God has zero tolerance for this cloying fruity-floral bargain bin Koolaid flavor of a scent. Where's the more interesting aspects of lavender and bergamot that people are wild for? This is just watered-down CapriSun that no one even spiked. I'm flummoxed. And now I'm out $80. Dammit.
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OPomoneOPomone 8 years ago
8
Bottle
6
Sillage
7
Longevity
2.5
Scent
My puny lavender
My well hidden jasmine
My synthetic vanillin
My nauseating ethyl maltol
My parody of luxury
In two words... Mon Guerlain.
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ScentedSalonScentedSalon 8 years ago
10
Bottle
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
10
Scent
Supremely similar to Mon Excusif but stronger on the lavender. It is less tenacious than ME and has an airy-er feel. Great bottle and price.
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ClaudiatonClaudiaton 8 months ago
7
Sillage
8
Longevity
6
Scent
This made me realise I don't really care for lavender. Cheers Guerlain!
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5000ml5000ml 1 year ago
9
Bottle
8
Sillage
10
Longevity
9
Scent
This is my comfort scent. I always go back to it, it always works. Well blended, long lasting, notes that work well together - sublime.
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LCPLCP 3 years ago
10
Bottle
7
Sillage
7
Longevity
9
Scent
If I had to narrow down my collection this would make the cut every time. Beautiful, elegant, and comforting
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TOPTOP 4 years ago
Such a delicate feminine scent with the purity of lavender - pleasant femininity
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PurpleKatPurpleKat 1 year ago
8
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Easy to wear, eager to please. Hints of lavender but it's mostly powdery vanilla to me, with a touch of spice to ground it. Hard not to love
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Hartsy3Hartsy3 2 years ago
4
Sillage
5
Longevity
9
Scent
Fresh and elegant. A seductive take on the soothing lavender.
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KuraiKurai 4 years ago
7
Sillage
8
Longevity
4
Scent
Lavender, iris, vanilla.. All spoilt by a sickly sweet sugar coating. Guerlain’s mall scent it is.
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Coffeecat283Coffeecat283 4 months ago
Lovely, soft, simple lavender and vanilla.
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