12/16/2024

IrinaSpalko
15 Reviews

IrinaSpalko
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What Shalimar Promises, Sketch Delivers
Sketch is an ambery sweet vintage cozy smoothly blended vanilla oriental. This is what I'd imagine the 1920's Shalimar Shalimar Eau de Parfum originally to be like. Or perhaps, if it had never been invented until this day, what a newly invented Shalimar would be. My husband is put off whenever I dab on from my collection of vintage Shalimar examples, but with THIS, he sniffed the air around me and quipped "mmm.... smells like a succlent Chinese meal." (This is a meme reference btw - Sketch does not in any way smell like Chinese food, although it possibly resembles Chinese five spice powder). After his demonstrated approval I full bottled it pronto (2.5 ounces, the smallest size offered). It is huge and this bottle towers over anything else in my collection to date. Such value! And a reward of a lifetime of use. My love for Maison Violet is real as I wait to receive another full bottle of their scents, Pour Rêver Pour Rêver (2024) that resembles (but not as nearly identical to) Guerlain's Fève Gourmande Fève Gourmande. This is my call to lovers of Guerlain and Shalimar to try out Maison Violet's Sketch, and be amazed.