The Trained Nose

Guerlain

Shalimar Cologne

What it is made of, at the heart of a wearing — and the colour this page is tinted with. Wider means more of it.

Leads citrus and white flowers, over vanilla underneath. It narrows as the day goes on, and it fades sooner than most of the catalogue. It carries more citrus than the rest of the catalogue.

The pyramid

top 0–15 min
heart 1–3 hr
base 3 hr +
Consensus needs more than one owner. Right now no one has this linked, so there is nothing to agree or disagree about yet.

What is it chasing?

No original is recorded for this entry. Two kinds of evidence, and they disagree in useful ways.
Closest, as Akin sees it
Ranked by what the crowd says resembles what, with the measured accords breaking ties — falling back to the note pyramid where neither has anything to say. Right about half the time, and the column says which of the three answered.
What people say it reminds them of
Agree and disagree counts. Here is this site’s own owners voting; elsewhere is a tally read from another site.
Guerlain Shalimar Philtre de Parfum elsewhere 90 / 43
Guerlain Shalimar Eau de Toilette elsewhere 73 / 58
Creed Sublime Vanille elsewhere 62 / 70
Guerlain Shalimar Parfum Initial elsewhere 36 / 49
Ulric de Varens Sublime elsewhere 21 / 12
Guerlain Eau de Shalimar elsewhere 205 / 53
Guerlain Shalimar Legere elsewhere 40 / 16
Guerlain Shalimar Eau de Cologne elsewhere 30 / 38
Guerlain Eau de Shalimar 2009 elsewhere 26 / 15
Guerlain Guerlain Shalimar Parfum Initial L'Eau elsewhere 24 / 31
Guerlain Shalimar Eau Légère elsewhere 23 / 10
Guerlain Guerlain Shalimar Parfum Initial L'Eau Si Sensuelle elsewhere 21 / 26
Guerlain Shalimar Millésime Vanilla Planifolia elsewhere 18 / 27
Laurence Dumont Vanille Pamplemousse elsewhere 9 / 8
L'Erbolario Ibisco elsewhere 8 / 9
Nocibé Woody Mirage elsewhere 6 / 6
4160 Tuesdays Clouds Illusion elsewhere 4 / 3
Histoires D'Eaux Ne me Quitte Pas elsewhere 4 / 2
Guerlain Habit Rouge Eau de Toilette elsewhere 3 / 2
Carthusia Ligea (Ligea la Sirena) elsewhere 3 / 2

On the scent map

Nearest to it at the heart of a wearing, and what put each one there.
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