The Trained Nose

Guerlain

Shalimar Ode a la Vanille Sur la route de Madagascar

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, over musk and vanilla underneath. It turns over the day rather than fading, and it is among the longest-lasting things here. It carries more incense 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 L'Essence elsewhere 70 / 22
Guerlain Shalimar Millésime Tonka elsewhere 4 / 3
Laurence Dumont Vanille Noire elsewhere 4 / 1
Guerlain Shalimar Philtre de Parfum elsewhere 3 / 0
Mancera Aoud Vanille elsewhere 2 / 1
Guerlain Shalimar Eau de Parfum elsewhere 207 / 56
Guerlain Shalimar Ode a la Vanille Sur la Route du Mexique elsewhere 111 / 24
Fragonard Reve Indien elsewhere 51 / 15
Guerlain Shalimar Ode a la Vanille elsewhere 36 / 9
Guerlain Shalimar Millésime Vanilla Planifolia elsewhere 23 / 9
Guerlain Shalimar Eau De Parfum Serie Limitee elsewhere 14 / 1
Le Couvent Maison de Parfum Nubica elsewhere 10 / 9
Новая Заря (The New Dawn) Shalilar elsewhere 10 / 18
La Maison de la Vanille Vanille Sauvage de Madagascar elsewhere 10 / 8
Guerlain Shalimar 80th Anniversary Limited Edition elsewhere 6 / 1
Laurence Dumont Vanille Bourbon elsewhere 5 / 1
Guerlain Elixir Charnel Oriental Brulant elsewhere 2 / 0
Franck Boclet Vanille elsewhere 2 / 2
David Jourquin Cuir de R'Eve elsewhere 1 / 0
Shalini Vanille Rêve elsewhere 1 / 0

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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