The Trained Nose

Guerlain

Shalimar Parfum

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 white flowers and citrus, over vanilla underneath. It narrows as the day goes on. It carries more vanilla 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 Eau de Toilette elsewhere 103 / 24
Guerlain Shalimar Millésime Tonka elsewhere 52 / 33
Guerlain Shalimar L'Essence elsewhere 30 / 22
Guerlain Shalimar Millésime Jasmin elsewhere 29 / 20
Guerlain Shalimar Eau de Parfum elsewhere 132 / 18
Papillon Artisan Perfumes Bengale Rouge elsewhere 87 / 107
Guerlain Shalimar Eau de Cologne elsewhere 54 / 8
Guerlain Shalimar Eau De Parfum Serie Limitee elsewhere 32 / 3
Guerlain Shalimar 80th Anniversary Limited Edition elsewhere 26 / 5
La Sultane de Saba Voyage sur la route des Épices elsewhere 24 / 25
Tauer Perfumes Les Années 25 elsewhere 21 / 21
Guerlain Jicky elsewhere 16 / 11
Coty Emeraude Parfum elsewhere 15 / 6
House Of Sillage Emerald Reign elsewhere 14 / 17
Le Labo Labdanum 18 elsewhere 14 / 4
Guerlain Jicky Eau de Parfum elsewhere 10 / 3
Guerlain Shalimar Fourreau du Soir elsewhere 10 / 2
Guerlain Shalimar Ode a la Vanille Sur la Route du Mexique elsewhere 8 / 2
Guerlain Shalimar Black Mystery 2007 elsewhere 5 / 1

Compared with

Each of these reads the two side by side, hour by hour: what they share, what only one of them carries, and what people who have smelled both say about it.

On the scent map

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