Guerlain · 2025 · Delphine Jelk

Shalimar L'Essence

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Guerlain asks $180 for 90 ml
30 ml$115
50 ml$155
90 ml$180

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum Intense

Bergamot, then rose and iris, settling on amber and Madagascan vanilla, with leather.

Guerlain says

You’ll smell rose absolute, iris, amber note, vanilla and bergamot.

More from Guerlain’s description

It also mentions Madagascan vanilla tincture, Ethylvanillin and Leather.

The house’s page

The drawn Shalimar L'Essence bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Shalimar L'Essence’s scent picture, a draft: rose, iris, amber, vanilla, bergamot, leather drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Shalimar L'Essence, top notes: Bergamot

Heartas it settles

Shalimar L'Essence, heart: Rose, Iris, Cinnamal (cinnamon)

Dry-downwhat stays

Shalimar L'Essence, dry-down: Amber, Vanilla, Leather, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

10 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

8 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

ShalimarGuerlain · shares rose, orris, vanilla and bergamot$175 for 90 ml · about the same as Shalimar L'Essence’s $180
La Petite Robe NoireGuerlain · shares rose, orris, vanilla and bergamot$175 for 100 ml · about the same as Shalimar L'Essence’s $180
Purpose 50Amouage · shares rose, vanilla, bergamot and leather$550 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.