Guerlain - Shalimar Eau de Parfum https://find-a-fragrance.com//api/perfume?perfume_id=7371 Family: Oriental Concentration: Eau de parfum Top notes: bergamot, flowers Heart notes: iris, jasmine, rose Base notes: vanilla, tonka bean Guerlain says: Inspired by the passionate love story between an emperor and an Indian princess, Shalimar, which means 'temple of love' in Sanskrit, symbolises the promise of eternal love forevermore. It is a fragrance of desire. With its smouldering and slightly impertinent character, the star oriental fragrance in perfumery embodies skin-caressing sensuality with a hint of the forbidden. Perfumers / Noses 'Wearing Shalimar means letting your senses take over,' Jacques Guerlain would say. A flight of flowers and bergamot Jacques Guerlain whips up the top notes with a breeze of freshness. The heart is warmed by enveloping and delicately powdery notes of iris, jasmine and rose. To conclude, the presence of vanilla, rounded balmy notes and the gourmand warmth of tonka bean voluptuous orchestrate a sensual symphony for the dry-down. In 1925, the bergamot Shalimar bottle designed by Raymond Guerlain won first prize spellbinding at the Paris Decorative Arts Exhibition. Its curves were inspired iris by the basins of the famous Shalimar gardens. The fan stopper sensual with its sapphire transparency recalls the garden's eternally jasmine gushing water. classic ORIENTAL vanilla Read more about Guerlain here desire FLORIENTAL smouldering FOUGERE WOODY FLORAL Try it at: CHYPRE Selfridges Debenhams FRESH John Lewis GOURMAND Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).