L'HOMME IDEAL EAU DE PARFUM + VETIVER AFTERSHAVE (SYMRISE VERSION) - GUERLAIN

🧠 L’Homme Idéal – Guerlain (2016) 💧 Eau de Parfum | 🍰 Gourmand Woody Amber 👃 Perfumers: Thierry Wasser & Delphine Jelk 📂 GCMS Club Collection – Archives Gilbert Bendoni 📦 Ingredients: 60+

💨 The Ideal, Reconstructed

What if the “ideal man” wasn’t a myth — but a formula?

L’Homme Idéal is Guerlain’s answer to that question: a fragrance that fuses citrus intelligence, amaretto sensuality, and woody strength into a structure that’s both playful and architectural. Created by Thierry Wasser and Delphine Jelk, this 2016 Eau de Parfum is a modern gourmand–woody hybrid, where almond isn’t dessert — it’s design.

This GCMS-reconstructed version preserves the original’s tonka–vanilla–almond axis, but reveals the full molecular scaffolding: Iso E Super, Ambrox Super, Ethyl Vanillin, Muscone, and a constellation of citrus oils and floral musks.

🪞 The Signature

It opens with a sparkling citrus cocktail — bergamot, lemon, bitter orange, yellow mandarin — lifted by Hedione and Dihydromyrcenol. Then comes the amaretto illusion: coumarin, heliotropin, tonka, ethyl vanillin, and maple lactone, softened by rose, neroli, and almondic ionones. The drydown? A woody–amber hum of Iso E Super, Cashmeran, Sandalore, and patchouli, wrapped in resins, spices, and musks.

It’s not loud. It’s precise. A scent that wears like a tailored jacket over bare skin.

🧪 Molecular Moodboard

• 🧊 Citrus clarity: Bergamot, lemon, petitgrain, pink pepper
• 🍸 Amaretto warmth: Tonka, coumarin, heliotropin, ethyl vanillin
• 🌲 Woody polish: Iso E Super, sandalwood, patchouli, Ambrox Super
• 🪔 Resinous glow: Benzoin, frankincense, Peru balsam, styrax
• 🧬 Musky finesse: Muscone, Ethylene Brassylate, Ambreine, Osyrol

🎩 Collector’s Capsule

This version is part of the GCMS Club Collection, decoded from original 2016 batches and archived by Gilbert Bendoni. It captures the pre-reformulation tension between gourmand comfort and aromatic restraint — a balance that later flankers softened.

It’s not about being ideal. It’s about being composed.