Shalimar Eau de Parfum

So, looks like Guerlain completely NEUTERED Shalimar edp huh? For instance I also have a somewhat similar scent Habanita La Colognia which is an edt and it BLOWS Shalimar edp out the friggin' water as far as performance goes! And by a lot! Im having to use like 6 spritzes of Shalimar so I get decent projection and the longevity is just slightly above moderate while Habanita La Colonia which should be much weaker scent lasts all day on my skin with just 3 spritzes and projects like crazy which is how I thought Shalimar would be! I love the way Shalimar smells and I like more than Habanit La Colognia, but man! What a dissapointment when it comes to the performance/sillage! Especially since most reviewers claim its "REALLY potent" and how maybe just 2 spritzes may even be too much. Very Annoying to say the least! A beautiful, vintage style fragrance, Unisex leaning Feminine for sure!

Shalimar evokes highly pleasurable memories for me. Its scent is simply deliciously decadent and devious. Guerlain designed this perfume to be just that. It is supposed to be a woman's scent. I don't entirely agree. It's for those who know who they are and when to indulge by wearing an unforgettable fragrance. It's a perfume that evokes the idea of the human body as a source of pleasure mixed with sweetness. Its dry down won't assault the senses with an overpowering floral scent or cloying musk, but rather entices with an intriguing blend of naughty and nice. It belongs to a faraway time and place, perhaps in the setting of One Thousand and One Nights, where the air is filled with the scent of incense burning somewhere in the night and the bodies are adorned with fragrances.

I just bought it recently and I am quite surprised, it's not the same fragrance as I remember. I still have a little bit left of the original/ older version of it and it is quite different. The older version is very vanillic, powdery and boozy. The latest one is nice but what I smell most is some leather, incense and a bit of vanilla, it's like glossy leather gloves, the powderiness is nearly gone and so the boozy aspect. Actually, Chanel N19 comes to my mind when I get whiffs of it. it is like an aesthetic, clean Shalimar, you can really smell the difference in the drydown, for me so much that I would say it is a flanker of Shalimar or a different scent, leather, flowers and clean technical civet? I like it but as a flanker...

Recently I decided to revisit some old classics. It’s been a long time since I had a bottle of Shalimar and I remember thinking that if Shalimar was lingerie, it would be an ivory silk negligee. I bought the edp whereas before I had the edt. Immediately after spraying, Shalimar is everything you’ve been promised. But I do wish those lovely citrus floral notes would last longer on me. They disappear too quickly and I’m left with a scent that’s deep, bitter, and smoky. And then it changes again and smells like baby lotion. The dry down is pure vanilla, of the best kind. Not sure if it’s my skin chemistry, a different formulation or edp v edt, but it’s different to what I remember. It’s now less silk, more cashmere.

I don't think modern EDP is too challenging, too animalic etc. but most entry level or mass marketed fragrance users may not enjoy these kind of fragrances or associate them with older people. To me this is oriental fragrance that basically smells like thin , scented cigarettes that were popular 10-15 years ago. Reminds me also of a couple of Frederic Malle fragrances. 100% unisex fragrance. When i smell it I imagine 30+ folks who still socialize and go to various events, sharp tailoring & grooming or dapper outfits, maybe fashion people