Shalimar
Oriental · 1925 · Jacques Guerlain
Notes checked against a published listing.
- Reported longevity
- Moderate
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Smart Casual / Social
- Typical season
- All Year
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Reviewed profile
Bergamot, lemon and mandarin orange over sandalwood and musk. Warm and resinous, lightly sweetened. It keeps within arm's reach.
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How Shalimar smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Shalimar is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Reviewed profile. This profile has received a focused catalogue review.
Shalimar sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.
Shalimar sits mid-range on projection. That is 15th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Shalimar is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 7th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Shalimar carries some body without feeling heavy. That is 57th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Shalimar keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 24th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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