It's Shalimar Friday (plus World Kindness Day)! 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! This is a (10th anniversary) repeat from 2016.
I'm Shalimar-adjacent in Guerlain Jicky.
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'm Shalimar-adjacent (waves to ) in Guerlain Jicky.
Reminder: on 11/20 we're doing the Picture challenge, edition 12...focusing on the artist Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979). Suggested by Kanuka.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2026, where I'll occasionally manage to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Shalimar is the queen!
I washed with Shalimar body wash and will look to see which version of the queen I will wear today…
Again, it’s baltic outside!
Here too is baltic. But you smell great 🙂
Stay warm and dry!
Alas, I think Shalimar in any form would cause my Perfume Grinch to curl up in a ball right on the office floor. (I’ll spray some of the EdT tonight at home!) 🙂
For the moment, I went with one teeny spray of The House of Oud Blessing Silence. One spray is perfect for me, and flies under the radar for everyone else…..
Happy FriYAY y’all!
We do not want anybody curled up in a ball on the floor!
Good morning – I am wearing the elusive Shalimar Eau Légère, which I bought I bought for a crazily cheap sum several years ago. It is the Shalimar equivalent to No.5 L’Eau (as in a wearable-for-me iteration of a perfume I don’t wear) and it’s very pretty.
Kris, thank you for yesterday’s mention of BBW’s Vanilla Bean Noel. Sadly, since getting shower gels from Yves Rocher is no longer really workable I’m now looking at BBW: it’s available locally and has those great sales, but also a bewildering amount of selections.
So, tying it into today, I’d love to hear more BBW suggestions, particularly for layering suggestions with the fancy perfumes we love so much.
Twinning today and you smell great! 🍋
You are more than welcome.
I like YR shower gels, too, but it looks like they’re leaving us here in the U.S. soon. I like to layer many of my fragrances with BBW products and usually list them when I do, but I don’t wear as many fancy fragrances as some of you do so am not sure how helpful my suggestions would be.
I chose Vol de Nuit extrait for the CP. It’s the only Guerlain I’ve found that really works well for me consistently, Jardins de Bagatelle being the only other one that works well, and only when I’m in the right mood. I guess I’m just not a Guerlie-girl.
I think Vol de Nuit is beautiful and under rated. It’s supposed to be Carla Bruni’s favourite Guerlain, so you’re in good company .
It is beautiful, in all its forms. The extrait is especially gorgeous, but the edt is really nice too. If I were forced to choose a signature scent, VdN would probably be it.
I AM a Guerlain-girlie and I’m in Vol de Nuit also. I didn’t even know it was the theme this morning, I just chose it. It was between Vol and Shalimar, Vol won.
Hi twin!
I’m not a Guerlie-girl either, most don’t work for me, too.
Hello, all you good smelling people. I chose the parfum, edp, and a leather-y EDT. I basically split the atom trying to layer all forms and not cause too much attention at work. I love this scent so much especially in the fall and winter. It’s every form of weather out, except for warm and sunny. This is perfect for today’s weather.
I love your layering -triple points
Great combo, carole!
Impressive layering!
👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 yay for your triple threat!
I’m nowhere near the CP, in Paestum Rose. It’s a crazy windy day in Bermuda, and it’s been raining and is going to rain again, but hey…I’m over a beach in Bermuda. I will take it. 🙂
Pink sand! Hope you have an awesome holiday, and hope it’s warm enough to swim. I remember your SOTD-I only had a sample but I loved it.
Hey, I would totally take a crazy windy day in Bermuda right now! It is down jacket weather here.
Finally cool enough to wear Shalimar! In the Madagascar version, think this and Mexique are my fave iterations.
Happy Friday! I’m as far from Shalimar as you can get, in juicy couture. I have a migraine so I figured, in for a penny, in for a pound 🤷♀️
Hope you headache goes away fast
Hello and tgif!
Sotd is Shalimar edp. I wish I have the extrait but edp is still glorious.
Its 4C out today and I am so happy. Finally a weather that matches the Christmas music I have been playing on repeat since Nov 1st. Lol.
I heard Christmas music at the pharmacy yesterday..
I looked at my Apple Music and my Christmas playlist is 11hrs 46mins! (I have a feeling it’ll grow)
Good morning from ATX.
You all smell wonderful. Vol de Nuit was one of my first perfumes when I was a teenager !!! I still have a couple of bottles in my collection. Today, I chose Histoires de Parfums’ Ambre 114.
You smell great! I have been on an amber bender of sorts in the last few months which I have dubbed Project Amber and 114 is truly OGA…One Great Amber. 😆 It is really up there.
The blue Shalimar bottle that Robin posted is beautiful!
SOTD is Shalimar Philtre de Parfum. I’m enjoying my scent bubble.
You smell great! I wore Philtre on Tuesday. The patchouli laced dry down on that one is divine.
It was perfect today! So warm and cozy on a bitter cloudy day.
Hi, twin! We smell wonderfull!
Joining the Shalimar celebration with a spritz of the EdP.
Happy Friday, all!
I actually really love vintage Shalimar, from the extraits to the 1990 EdT, and it’s a strange thing coming from me, but it turns out, once you clobber vanilla with animalics, leather and heaps of tonka, it actually works and does not create the usual sweet mess on my vanilla hating skin. I know I should just go and dig out my 1960s extrait parapluie bottle of the real thing but I’m feeling lazy today so I grabbed an easily accessible sample of LVNEA Cuir Fetiche, a beautiful all natural leather scent with just the right amount of vanilla, cypriol, saffron and labdanum and several other sumptuous materials in it. I’m beginning to think I will need a full bottle.. I think get some points?
I have not tried anything from this house but just checked out their website and drooled over their offerings…looks amazing. Who said modern perfumery is dead? Oh, I did actually in the Weds thread. 😉
LVNEA makes some really lovely scents, and they’re just the nicest people too.
I love LVNEA!
I am wearing Shalimar L’Essence – a powdery Shalimar, borrowing something from both the original scent and from Parfum Initial line. It may not be such a big vanilla as the OG Shalimar, but it smells very elegant.
You smell great. I wore L’Essence a couple weeks ago and it’s really beautiful. That one gets better and more interesting to my nose each time I where it.
I’m still able to smell last night’s after bath products of Shalimar body creme and vintage edt.
I have my extrait on standby until I get back from lunch with a friend.
Yay for extrait on standby! If I ever write the great American novel my opening sentence will be…
I knew by nightfall I needed some extrait…
🤣Which was a comment I made to allo in this past weekend’s thread regarding Jicky extrait after sampling the EDP…when you know, you know..as they say. 😉
I found I did not enter Jicky in my spreadsheet (yeah, I know), so I will have go on an in-home treasure hunt. But I am thinking mine is a modern version and I know it’s not extrait. But I do want to report on a re-visit, especially after enjoying the lavender-forward Philtre so much today.
It’s not anything like Shalimar but it is rich and expensive-smelling so I think maybe half points for me in Parfum d‘Hermès extrait.
Still onboard, day 6 of 7 nonstop across the Atlantic before Bermuda, then two days before we disembark in Florida and head home. Somehow we didn’t realize that it would be SO humid in November: walking on the deck or going outdoors in any way is out of the question, but clearly there are people who like this sort of thing, because the pool area is crammed. They’re welcome to it.
But I spent hours yesterday on the deck and saw flying fish, hundreds of them! It was so amazing.
Amazing!
I love flying fish-I hope to see them sometime!
Shaimar Legere aka Light aka Lemon Pledge today 🍋🧽 😆 Not really…but definitely the most lemon-y of the bunch methinks.
Robin, pleased to see you in Shalimar adjacent Jicky! 😁 Wanted to mention that I haven’t gotten email alerts to replies in a while and was wondering if the website has blocked me as a threat maybe? 🤔 I checked my spam folder and they aren’t there.
After my rant in the Wednesday thread about CAW (crappy amber woods) , the fall of Rome (modern perfumery peaked long ago and the best decades were turn of the century and the 70s/80s) and we are now walking on the charred amber wood remains, I did rally and use the Luckyscent code just in case you were concerned. 😉
I got samples of the 3 new-ish EDPs from Sultan Pasha that aren’t Quintessentially Amber (already sampled) and the Rogue discovery set. I am not sure I haven tried anything from Rogue…maybe a long time ago if so. 🧐 Also got a sample of the new Heeley Chiris and will report back. And so we rise from the ashes to sniff another day! 🔥🐦🔥CAW be damned!
I’d love to hear your opinion of Chiris after you sample it. I’ve read a few reviews. Anything with an iris note snags my attention.
Happy Friday NST!
Sotd Shalimar L’Essence, twinning with Glannys. The second Shalimar in the house since Mom still has her quite old/ juice broken Shalimar Dad got her for their first wedding anniversary.
Rained overnight and I’m petrichor-crazy a wee bit with the window in my Uber down so I can breathe in deeply on the way to a dr appt. Yes I’m wearing scent. Hopefully they’ll understand as I brain fogged applying when I got dressed when I should have waited. I refuse to scrub Shalimar off.
I love petrichor too LesLiesse! You smell great and I’m glad to see you posting:)
I love petrichor as well! I wore this one this past Saturday!
I cannot wear the original Shalimar, that bergamot opening just puts me off so much. But I am good friends with some of the flankers. Today is Shalimar MVP. I also have Mexique and Iris. All wear much better on me than the OG.
SOTD is Shalimar Millesime Rose. Love this one!
Enabler pin to Jalapeno for mentioning yesterday about Sol de Janeiro Rosa Charmosa Dewy Cream. I bought it today. Love it, so thank you very much.
You smell wonderful-this non-rose person loves MR, too!
👍
twins!
No Shalimar for me today
Have Samsara from the red bottle on as I deal with dental and cataract appointments.
Perhaps it will help me stay or at least move towards zen.
Samsara is always the right choice.
Love Samsara edt! Here’s hope that your appointments go well!
Samsara is gorgeous. I wore it a lot in the 90’s-just one spritz behind my knees. I remember wearing matte black tights and a lot of skirts. I don’t think I’ve worn skirts since. Samsars definately reminds me of a certain time of my life 🙂
Wishing you zen today ☮️✌️
I’m wearing vintage Shalimar extrait and it is gorgeous. Long live the Queen!👑💃💐
allo, if you search kafkaesque’s blog she did quite a few in depth posts about vintage Shalimar. I really enjoyed her posts and the parfum really is special, isn’t it? You smell amazing.
Thank you for letting me know. I’ll check it out!
For the CP win, Shalimar Philtre de Parfum. My recollection is that this was The Big Release…right before Millesime VP, which swept away the competition! (I suffered FOMO for MVP, having been on a no-buy, until a kind NST’er did a split. I even wondered if my enjoyment of Philtre was of the sour grapes order, but no). Anyway, it joins Germaine Monteil Royal Secret and Jean Patou Ma Liberte as one of the few lavender-forward scents I swoon over. After the lavender calms down, it is traditional Shalimar to my nose and has great lasting power. It’s still around for a song, too.
NYC is finally feeling like November today…grey, rainy, chilly!
But I’m feeling plush and pampered in Shalimar Millésime Rose…a powder-puff rose fleurmand!
Like several of you, I’m not a Shalimar fan either. The only one I like is the Eau de Cologne version, and that’s what I’m wearing for today’s cp. just a little goes a long way; I put some on post-yoga this morning and it’s still going strong hours later, no need to replenish this one.
Very cold today with temps just above freezing this morning and not much warmer now. But luckily the lake effect rain/snow mix predicted has stayed in nw Indiana and we haven’t had a drop of anything thus far 🤞, even had some 🌞 and blue skies earlier. Happy to be tucked in and staying warm with my 📖 and 😻😽😺.
Another round of Shalimar Iris, my favorite version. 😁🎉
We are twins!
SOTD = Shalimar!!!
Millesime Iris – beautiful!
Heard about the all flight ground stop that is still ongoing. No one really wants to say what the heck happened but methinks it is TOO MANY coincidences that seems to be happening all at once. 🤔
In other news, a little bit of good news from this New Uork Times article about a drunken raccoon:
https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/us-news/drunk-raccoon-who-passed-out-after-raiding-virginia-liquor-store-helped-raise-290k-for-animal-shelter/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=mail_app