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 Oriental Voluptuous sensual spellbinding A flight of flowers and bergamot 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 orchestrate a sensual symphony for the dry down Jacques Guerlain daringly used a completely new gourmand molecule ethylvanillin blended with the Jicky accord Swept away by this deliciously carnal creation which he worked on night and day he knew that he was paving the way for a small revolution the first pure oriental fragrance