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Shalimar - An ode to modernity
On Shalimar Millésime Vanilla Planifolia I was really extremely excited.
The original Shalimar, in my case the vintage extract, I got to know and love by a happy coincidence some time ago.
By my preference for vanilla fragrances and by the fact that Shalimar Ode à la Vanille - Sur la route du Mexique and Shalimar Ode à la Vanille - Sur la route de Madagascar are no longer available for some time or only at absolutely indisputable prices, I was now on the lookout and ordered practically the minute the fragrance was available here in Germany. And how clever that was, lol, because at the moment he is probably (temporarily?) Sold out.
The fragrance ... freshly sprayed on for about ten minutes I recognize quite clearly the Shalimar DNA, complete with flowers and bergamot, only much less offensively, and not in such an overwhelming rush as with the Eau de Parfum.
Then, however, until the fade, the vanilla takes the reins. A so fine vanilla that I become quite reverent.
Elegant, radiant, velvety, golden, spicy and a hint smoky. A fragrance like a noble cashmere scarf.
The grande dame is still a diva. Is self-confident and sovereign as ever. But she has put on a modern, young, exciting new garb. Graceful and beguiling and very unique.
The vanilla so, as only Guerlain can do it. Certainly not tame or undemanding pleasing. And certainly not generic in the sense of interchangeable.
Who wears Shalimar, makes a statement. And Shalimar Millésime Vanilla Planifolia is definitely a statement fragrance, too. Self-confident, peppy, fearless, ravishing.
Just like its wearer.
The original Shalimar, in my case the vintage extract, I got to know and love by a happy coincidence some time ago.
By my preference for vanilla fragrances and by the fact that Shalimar Ode à la Vanille - Sur la route du Mexique and Shalimar Ode à la Vanille - Sur la route de Madagascar are no longer available for some time or only at absolutely indisputable prices, I was now on the lookout and ordered practically the minute the fragrance was available here in Germany. And how clever that was, lol, because at the moment he is probably (temporarily?) Sold out.
The fragrance ... freshly sprayed on for about ten minutes I recognize quite clearly the Shalimar DNA, complete with flowers and bergamot, only much less offensively, and not in such an overwhelming rush as with the Eau de Parfum.
Then, however, until the fade, the vanilla takes the reins. A so fine vanilla that I become quite reverent.
Elegant, radiant, velvety, golden, spicy and a hint smoky. A fragrance like a noble cashmere scarf.
The grande dame is still a diva. Is self-confident and sovereign as ever. But she has put on a modern, young, exciting new garb. Graceful and beguiling and very unique.
The vanilla so, as only Guerlain can do it. Certainly not tame or undemanding pleasing. And certainly not generic in the sense of interchangeable.
Who wears Shalimar, makes a statement. And Shalimar Millésime Vanilla Planifolia is definitely a statement fragrance, too. Self-confident, peppy, fearless, ravishing.
Just like its wearer.
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