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Guilty

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
Jasmine
White Floral
Fruity
Aromatic
EDT · 2010 · womens

Gucci's Guilty launched in 2010 as a bold statement fragrance for the house, designed to capture a sense of confidence and allure. The scent became one of the brand's most successful releases and remains a staple in the designer fragrance market.

The composition opens with bright citrus and pink pepper, immediately lifted by bergamot and mandarin. The heart shifts into darker, more sensual territory with black currant, peach, and a strong jasmine presence, rounded out by geranium and lilac for floral depth. The base settles into warm amber, vanilla, and white musk layered over patchouli, creating a sweet and slightly spicy finish that lingers on skin. The overall profile is a floral oriental that leans sweet and fruity rather than purely sophisticated, with noticeable warmth throughout.

Guilty suits someone who enjoys creamy, approachable florals with enough sweetness to feel indulgent. It works well in cooler months or evening wear, though the moderate sillage keeps it wearable year-round. The fragrance aligns with The Romantic, The Homesteader, and The Reverie sensibilities.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
53%
Fresh
53%
Floral
100%
Jasmine
27%
White Floral
27%
Fruity
90%
Aromatic
27%
Woody
47%
Patchouli
47%
Earthy
47%
Musky
47%
Amber
60%
Warm Spicy
70%
Spicy
27%
Vanilla
47%
Sweet
100%
Gourmand
47%
Clean
47%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Bergamot
Bergamot
A sun-ripened Italian citrus with a brightness that goes beyond lemon, simultaneously tart, floral, and slightly spicy. It's the defining note of Earl Grey tea and the backbone of countless fresh colognes. Perfumers love it as an opener because it lifts the entire composition without overpowering what follows.
Mandarin Orange
Mandarin Orange
Pink Pepper
Pink Pepper
Fruity, slightly rosy, and gently spiced, pink pepper is softer and more aromatic than black pepper. It occupies a unique space between citrus, floral, and spice families, which makes it exceptionally versatile. You'll find it in contemporary fresh fragrances where it adds lift and personality without aggression.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Black Currant
Black Currant
Geranium
Geranium
Green, rosy, and slightly minty, geranium is one of perfumery's most useful ingredients, sitting at the intersection of floral, herbal, and green families. Rose geranium adds a natural, slightly ragged freshness to rose accords that synthetic rose can't match. It grounds floral compositions in something earthy and real.
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Lilac
Lilac
Powdery, sweet, and nostalgic, lilac is a soft, springtime floral with a slightly medicinal, almost camphor-like edge that keeps it from being too simple. It's one of the harder florals to capture naturally (most is synthetic), but a good lilac accord reads as the first warm days of May. Delicate and quietly romantic.
Peach
Peach
Ripe, juicy, and velvety, peach has a warm, slightly creamy sweetness that feels lush rather than childish in the right context. It adds a fruity sensuality to floral and oriental fragrances, and its slightly fuzzy quality can even play into tactile, skin-like accords. A note that feels like high summer.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Amber
Amber
A warm, resinous accord rather than a single ingredient, amber is typically built from labdanum, benzoin, and vanilla to create a rich, honeyed, almost solar warmth. It's the quintessential base-note family, adding a comforting richness that makes fragrances feel complete. The difference between a fragrance feeling cold and feeling alive.
Patchouli
Patchouli
Dense, earthy, and darkly sweet, patchouli is the scent of damp soil and dried herbs with an almost chocolatey richness. It polarizes people because in high concentrations it's overwhelming, but as a supporting note it adds depth and longevity that almost nothing else can match. The backbone of countless oriental and chypre fragrances.
Vanilla
Vanilla
Warm, sweet, and universally appealing, vanilla is to fragrance what salt is to cooking. Real vanilla is complex and slightly smoky, though most perfumery vanilla is synthetic and reads as clean, sweet, and creamy. It slows the evaporation of other notes and is the reason certain fragrances feel like a second skin.
White Musk
White Musk
Clean, soft, and slightly soapy, white musk is the scent of fresh laundry and warm skin. It's the furthest from the animalic origins of real musk: approachable, inoffensive, and universally flattering. Almost every mass-market fragrance uses white musk as a base, which is why it reads as 'clean' rather than specifically musky.
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The RomanticBest match86% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.

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The Homesteader84% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.

✨
The Reverie83% match
You live slightly outside the present — and your scent proves it.

Warm, experimental sweetness. Caramelized woods, unusual ambers, avant-garde gourmand.

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Scent Profile
Citrus53%Fresh53%Floral100%Jasmine27%White Floral27%
Fragrance Family
Floral Oriental
EDT

Gucci Guilty— Prices, Coupons & Buying Guide

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What does Gucci Guilty smell like? +
Gucci's Guilty launched in 2010 as a bold statement fragrance for the house, designed to capture a sense of confidence and allure. The scent became one of the brand's most successful releases and remains a staple in the designer fragrance market. The composition opens with bright citrus and pink pepper, immediately lifted by bergamot and mandarin. The heart shifts into darker, more sensual territory with black currant, peach, and a strong jasmine presence, rounded out by geranium and lilac for floral depth. The base settles into warm amber, vanilla, and white musk layered over patchouli, creating a sweet and slightly spicy finish that lingers on skin. The overall profile is a floral oriental that leans sweet and fruity rather than purely sophisticated, with noticeable warmth throughout. Guilty suits someone who enjoys creamy, approachable florals with enough sweetness to feel indulgent. It works well in cooler months or evening wear, though the moderate sillage keeps it wearable year-round. The fragrance aligns with The Romantic, The Homesteader, and The Reverie sensibilities.
What are the notes in Gucci Guilty? +
Top: Bergamot, Mandarin Orange, Pink Pepper. Heart: Black Currant, Geranium, Jasmine, Lilac, Peach. Base: Amber, Patchouli, Vanilla, White Musk.
What fragrance family is Guilty? +
Gucci Guilty belongs to the Floral Oriental fragrance family. It is an EDT.
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Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

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