Shalimar Yellow Gold Limited Edition
“Shalimar Yellow Gold Limited Edition by Guerlain is a Oriental Vanilla fragrance for women”
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Well loved by wearers — a citrus, woody composition with a amber undertone. Voted best for fall and winter wear, leaning feminine.
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Launched in 2008 by Jacques Guerlain, Shalimar Yellow Gold Limited Edition is an Oriental Vanilla fragrance that embodies the luxurious and rare materials for which Guerlain has been renowned since 1828. The composition opens with a bright citrus accord of bergamot and lemon, leading into a heart of rose, jasmine, and iris before settling into a rich base of vanilla, leather, opoponax, sandalwood, and musk. This fragrance is a proof of Guerlain's mastery in blending natural materials with synthetic components, creating an enduring olfactory experience.
Composition & Character
How It Wears
Application Tips
Apply this fragrance in light layers, allowing the warm base notes to develop slowly over time. It’s best worn during cooler evenings when its smoky and powdery undertones can truly shine.
Jacques Guerlain
Founding perfumer · 40 fragrances · b. 1874 · French
“When I created Shalimar, I was thinking of the great love stories — of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.”
Jacques Guerlain is one of the greatest perfumers who ever lived — the man who gave the world Shalimar, Mitsouko, L'Heure Bleue, and Vol de Nuit. As the third-generation perfumer of the House of Guerlain, he elevated the family craft into high art. Working in the legendary Guerlain laboratory on the Champs-Élysées, he drew inspiration from love, literature, and travel to create fragrances of unprecedented emotional depth. Shalimar, inspired by the gardens of the Taj Mahal and his love affair with a woman whose identity remains mysterious, is perhaps the most celebrated perfume in history.
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The story behind the bottle.
The quiet sophistication of a dimly lit Parisian salon where the mingling notes of citrus and vanilla evoke a sense of refined comfort.
Fig. 01 — Shalimar Yellow Gold Limited Edition, Guerlain
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