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- Availability: In Production
- Perfumer: Jacques Guerlain
- Bottle Designer: Raymond Guerlain
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   |  I couldn't believe how much I HATED Shalimar. I love the "old lady" perfumes — especially Guerlains — and I expected to love this, but I could not get it off me soon enough. Overwhelming, cloying... yuck. 08 April 2009 |
  | Well, I am astonished at how much I don;t like Shalimar. I always though I would love it, as I respect Guerlain (often wear Vetiver), appreciate leathery/powdery (Cabochard), don't mind citrus ( wear Boucheron Homme to do dirty type housework) and sometimes love vanilla (eg in Dior Addict) though its done to death everywhere these days. But Shalimar, after the gone-off baby powder smell, just seems confused and dull, as if I'd put some fridge cleaner in the vacuum bag. 09 March 2009 |
   | The bergamot, iris and opopanax opening is very promising but, at some point during its development, it all goes horribly wrong on my skin. Is it the opopanax, vanilla or simply my skin chemistry? I’ve given Shalimar many chances and have tried more than one of its many concentrations but it still smells horribly dated and musty on me regardless. Oh, well... 06 August 2008 |
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| I was so excited to try this after reading all the reviews here, but I was disappointed. It smelled very powdery, dry, and old lady-ish. I was so sad! I really wanted to like this, but it just reminds me of Chantilly - ew! 17 December 2007 |
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| I cannot wear Shalimar. She opens beautifully, delicate, warm and airy all at once, then settles down to powder. I'm not a fan of the powdery fragrances; they smell like little old ladies to me, and this one becomes powdery on my skin almost instantly. If I put my nose to my wrist, I can detect lovely, warm vanilla with a rich layer of opoponax, but out where it can be smelled faintly by others in my personal space, it smells like somebodies nan. This will never be for me. 26 May 2007 |
 | I've tried to wear it so many times, but have now given up. Hopefully a friend will tell me they like it one day & I can pass my bottle on. I find it far to cloying and overwhelming and it's not my body chemistry, even sniffing the top of the bottle makes me want to gag. 29 April 2007 |
 | There must be something wrong with my body chemistry. I simply cannot wear this. I tried and ended up throwing away the sample I was given. there is something to heady, not to mention heavy about it. 29 January 2007 |
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| I tried to like this scent. Everything about it seemed so glamorous, from the bottle and the history, to the story of it's inspiration. But on me, it seemed too heavy, cloying, almost. I'm not sure why, as the notes seem lovely. But something about it made it a scrubber for me. 18 October 2006 |
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| There's something about this perfume and me that do not click. I was really looking forward to smelling this, but maybe it's due to my young age that makes me not like something in here.I think it's the Iris. Normally I love the smell of fresh iris's but there is something weird and not really fresh in this scent. Smells kind of oriental and way to spicy for me. 23 January 2006 |
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| nah, this fragrance is somewhat passe. I smell it on old ladies. 09 July 2005 |
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