Shalimar

Eau de Toilette - Gold Bee Bottle

The perfume of desire

Intensity

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description

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. "Wearing Shalimar means letting your senses take over," Jacques Guerlain would say.

In 1925, the Shalimar bottle designed by Raymond Guerlain won first prize at the Paris Decorative Arts Exhibition. Its curves were inspired by the basins of the famous Shalimar gardens. The fan stopper with its sapphire transparency recalls the garden's eternally gushing water.

fragrance

Oriental.
Voluptueux, sensuel, envoûtant.

Une envolée de fleurs et de bergamote exhale un souffle de fraîcheur en tête. Le cœur est réchauffé par des notes enveloppantes et délicatement poudrées d'iris, jasmin et rose. En fond, l'empreinte de la vanille, la rondeur des notes baumées et la chaleur gourmande de la fève tonka orchestrent une symphonie sensuelle.

Ingredients

perfumers secret

Jacques Guerlain ose utiliser une toute nouvelle molécule gourmande, l'éthylvanilline associé à l'accord de Jicky. Bouleversé par cette création délicieusement charnelle qu'il retravaille jour et nuit, il sait déjà qu'il marche vers une "petite révolution", celle du premier pur oriental.