The Trained Nose

Guerlain

Shalimar Eau de 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, over musk and incense 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 Eau de Toilette elsewhere 131 / 17
Chanel Le Lion Eau de Parfum elsewhere 90 / 129
Guerlain Shalimar Philtre de Parfum elsewhere 57 / 19
Guerlain Shalimar Parfum elsewhere 54 / 8
Guerlain Shalimar Millésime Jasmin elsewhere 40 / 24
Maison Alhambra Kismet elsewhere 32 / 26
Guerlain Shalimar Cologne elsewhere 30 / 38
Guerlain Shalimar Eau de Parfum elsewhere 341 / 62
Guerlain Habit Rouge Eau de Toilette elsewhere 135 / 77
Guerlain Jicky elsewhere 108 / 89
Coty Emeraude elsewhere 65 / 33
Dana Chantilly elsewhere 30 / 16
Jean Couturier Keora elsewhere 29 / 23
Guerlain Jicky Eau de Toilette elsewhere 28 / 11
Guerlain Shalimar Eau De Parfum Serie Limitee elsewhere 26 / 0
Guerlain Jicky Eau de Parfum elsewhere 20 / 12
Guerlain Shalimar Indes & Merveilles elsewhere 15 / 7
Dina Cosmetics French Style elsewhere 14 / 6
Guerlain Shalimar Ode a la Vanille Sur la Route du Mexique elsewhere 14 / 5
Guerlain Shalimar Legere elsewhere 12 / 3

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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