New at barneys: Vilhelm The Oud Affair.
New at macys: Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds Night.
New at harveynichols (UK): Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat 540.
New at neimanmarcus: Annick Goutal Rose Pompon.
New at nordstrom: Creed Royal Princess Oud.
Model Fernanda Tavares for Guerlain Shalimar. We posted this video back in 2010 along with some discussion of the advertising from The New York Times.
Happy Shalimar Friday! Our community project for today: wear Guerlain Shalimar, or a Shalimar flanker, or a perfume that is related to Shalimar in some way (it does not have to be by Guerlain!)
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I meant to wear the 2010 version of Shalimar Ode à la Vanille but I could not find my sample and perhaps I used it up. So instead I’m wearing a tiny bit (I don’t have much) of vintage Guerlain Shalimar Extrait on one wrist (it smells like luxury) and Shalimar Parfum Initial (with apologies to any fans, meh) on the other…
“Prends-Moi sends pleasure messages through the neurotransmitters to the hippocampus, the ‘odour brain’, which triggers the immediate sensation of well-being, a reduction in stress and an increase in contentment, reducing the need to overeat and the scent’s slimming action is activated,” explains its creator, ex-model Joyce Musy.
— Read more at The perfume that promises to make you thin at The Telegraph. (Anyone remember Smiley?) Hat tip to Elizabeth!
British niche line Floris will launch A Rose For…, a new limited edition fragrance in the brand’s By Request series…