Shalimar Guerlain 1937 Eau de Cologne

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Top 60 in Women's Perfume

8.9 / 10 102 Ratings

Shalimar (Eau de Cologne) is a popular perfume by Guerlain for women and was released in 1937. The scent is oriental-powdery. The production was apparently discontinued. Pronunciation

Goes well with Shalimar (Extrait)

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Main accords

Oriental

Powdery

Spicy

Floral

Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Blossoms

Heart Notes

Iris

Jasmine

Rose

Base Notes

Vanilla

Balsamic notes

Tonka bean

Perfumer

Jacques Guerlain

Ratings

Scent

8.9102 Ratings

Longevity

7.589 Ratings

Sillage

7.091 Ratings

Bottle

8.690 Ratings

Value for money

8.637 Ratings

Submitted by MasterLi, last update on 19.05.2023.

Interesting Facts

The popularity of Shalimar is supposed to have caused another company, presumably Dubarry et Cie., to also publish a fragrance called Shalimar. Due to an expired license, the use of the name Shalimar should have been possible for the other company, resulting in a legal dispute to the disadvantage of Guerlain. Subsequently, Shalimar was exported temporarily with the catalog stock number (No. 90). In some cases, No. 91 is said to have been used as well.

Variant of the fragrance concentration

This is a variant of the perfume Shalimar (Eau de Toilette) by Guerlain, which differs in concentration.

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2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/09/2021

5
Bottle 4
Sillage 4
Longevity 6
Scent

Ottily

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Ottily

15

Oh, Shalimar.

Shalimar...what a beautiful name! I immediately think of Marlene Dietrich as a golden harem lady in "Kismet". Of wonderful, bright colors. Of coins jingling on the hips of belly dancers. And, of course, of a fragrance hovering over everything, for us Europeans the epitome of the Orient.

Well, so far so good. Unfortunately, Shalimar is exactly all this for me not. Even after repeated testing of the Eau de Toilettes I found it just - I'm really sorry, but I can not describe it differently - repulsive. What should be so great about it, please? But I don't give up that easily. Then I got the tip of a dear perfumer to test the Eau de Cologne. Well, and that's what I've been doing for two days now. I have to say, it's definitely more wearable, but the magic still doesn't open up to me. All I can detect is a slightly musty powderiness. I can guess that there's more underneath, but unfortunately can't make out what. Nevertheless, I have to sniff again and again and have already re-sprayed several times.

My conclusion: still I can not understand the love for this fragrance, he remains but definitely well packed, cool and dark stored in my care. And when I next time "Kismet" look I get him out again, and who knows ...

04/28/2019

9
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

EdithLyri

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EdithLyri

27

Mémoire involontaire

She hadn't opened it for a long time. Didn't even know she still had it, her old makeup box. But at the time she forgot so much.
It actually smelled exactly the same. The uproarious scent brought back memories she had long believed lost. Her red lipstick, her trademark back then. When did she stop wearing red lips? The dense, opulent smell of her face powder. Her flawless skin with the few lost freckles under her eyes.
She had been beautiful. You could still see that in her eyes, even though her lips were now pinched and her eyes hidden under wrinkles. Smile lines. She liked to laugh. She still liked to laugh.
She had bought a pair of suede gloves from her first salary and then proudly wore them. I wonder where the gloves landed They had been black, like Audrey's in Breakfast at Tiffany's, she remembered. Because she had loved and worshipped Audrey. Was she alive?
She blinked and inhaled the powder scent again. She had smoked then, she remembered, when it was not yet dangerous, with her filigree fingers in Audrey's expensive suede gloves and a porcelain cigarette holder. There had been smoking everywhere and it had been smoky in the houses at that time. The light softer because it fell through the veil of smoke. Now it was colder, the light. Much was colder now. Sterile. Except for the climate, which got warmer.
She suddenly remembered so much. So many faces that haven't been seen in a long time.
She remembered Shalimar. Her scent. Would she still like him now?
She hadn't smelled him in the streets in a long time. He probably didn't fit so well into today's world anymore, she thought, where so much is better and yet much worse. But he's still beautiful, Shalimar, so beautiful.