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L’Eau Si Sensuelle’s delicately frosted bottle reflects a certain softness that bathes intimate atmospheres in a veil of silk, suggesting the oriental delicacy of the Temple of Love. Soft and sensual, a feather in powdery pink tones elegantly adorns the neck of the bottle, reinterpreting the famous tassel that graced the bottles of its predecessors. The pack is decorated with volutes and arabesques that evoke the fabulous Shalimar Gardens and their sublime patios.
Innocent and voluptuous
Shalimar Parfum Initial L’Eau perpetuates the legend of the eponymous perfume in its own style, like a new initiation into sensuality and innocence. Reinterpreting without betraying, renewing with intelligence and boldness and subtly transforming is the guiding thread of this light scent with tender and velvety accents. For a limited edition, its bottle is being adorned with an exceptional design in celebration of oriental sensuality. With each new creation over time, Guerlain is keeping alive and evolving one of its most iconic perfumes – and a very beautiful story to the glory of a sublime and unending love.
An alcove of sensuality…
Shalimar, or the home of love in Sanskrit, was – before becoming a legendary perfume – an enchanting garden that harboured the romantic passion between the emperor Shah Jahan and the beautiful Mumtaz Mahal. Their love story inspired Jacques Guerlain in 1925. He transformed it into an incredibly sensual olfactory poem infused with the evanescent scents of flowers, wood, vanilla and amber. The first of the “orientals”, Shalimar forever remains the essence of love and an initiation into the subtlest of femininity
Fresh and delicate
Shalimar Parfum Initial L’Eau highlights an unexpected concentration of citrus notes, notably bergamot, which is a touch greener and zestier than the Eau de Parfum, along with a premium neroli essence. The ardent freshness of the top notes blends with a very particular grade of jasmine, the cult flower at the heart of the famous Guerlinade.
Subtle and sophisticated
the precise jasmine note used here called for an inspired and complex formulation. Thierry Wasser thus explored the world in search of the most enchanting varieties of Grandiflora jasmine. Particularly India, from where jasmine originates and where its harvest is a real ritual, as well as Egypt and Grasse. Its selection is meticulous and unequivocal, as required by the tradition of a great perfumer. From these three sources, a jasmine absolute has been extracted with its intrinsic character: from green to fruity or more honeyed. In Thierry Wasser’s hands, all their facets harmonise in a perfectly dosed and desired jasmine communelle that remains virtually identical in olfactory terms from one season to the next. This is also part of the magic of a great creation.
