Comments on: Guerlain Eau de Shalimar & Shalimar Light ~ perfume review http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/ a blog about perfume Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:45:06 -0400 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40176 Anonymous Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:52:36 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40176 Will do! Will do!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40175 Anonymous Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:58:11 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40175 I'd love to know what you think if you get around to trying it out. There's just a little bit too much pure vanilla here and a touch of "skank" may be just what it needs! I'd love to know what you think if you get around to trying it out. There's just a little bit too much pure vanilla here and a touch of “skank” may be just what it needs!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40174 Anonymous Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:39:44 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40174 Congrats on your win...I really need to find a FB before it disappears. Great idea to layer it w/ Jicky, I'll have to try that! Congrats on your win…I really need to find a FB before it disappears. Great idea to layer it w/ Jicky, I'll have to try that!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40173 Anonymous Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:20:11 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40173 Hi Robin, Late to the party as usual, but just wanted to get my 2 cents in. I won a set of the 50ml eau legere + tubes of shower gel and moisturizer on ebay last week and just spritzed a bit on my wrist (Jicky edt on the other). This edt is housed in the lighter, blue-tinged bottle so I'll assume it's the original formula (thought the package has a 2004 copyright date). Bottomline, the citrus faded fairly quickly and what's left is simply gorgeous! Perhaps they didn't mean Shalimar Light as in "less" but rather "bright" because I feel it is a brighter version of the original. I may want to layer some Jicky over it to extend the little "kick" but it truely is a beautiful scent. - ann Hi Robin,

Late to the party as usual, but just wanted to get my 2 cents in. I won a set of the 50ml eau legere + tubes of shower gel and moisturizer on ebay last week and just spritzed a bit on my wrist (Jicky edt on the other). This edt is housed in the lighter, blue-tinged bottle so I'll assume it's the original formula (thought the package has a 2004 copyright date). Bottomline, the citrus faded fairly quickly and what's left is simply gorgeous! Perhaps they didn't mean Shalimar Light as in “less” but rather “bright” because I feel it is a brighter version of the original. I may want to layer some Jicky over it to extend the little “kick” but it truely is a beautiful scent.

- ann

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40172 Anonymous Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:47:58 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40172 Then I'm afraid you'll be even more disappointed with the newer "Eau de Shalimar", which is probably more Pledge-like than the 2nd version of Shalimar Light. I join you in wishing they'd bring back the first iteration! Then I'm afraid you'll be even more disappointed with the newer “Eau de Shalimar”, which is probably more Pledge-like than the 2nd version of Shalimar Light. I join you in wishing they'd bring back the first iteration!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40171 Anonymous Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:44:50 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40171 Just found this sight, and what a delight. Sooooo helpful! I loved Shalimar light when it came out. I was varrying it with me when I went to visit my mom, who has worn the original Shalimar since she was a young woman. She loved the new fragrance so much, I just handed the bottle to her, vowing to buy another when I got back to Chicago. Well, the second bottle certainly seemed different. I thought it was just my nose, but this article has enlightened me. HAving smelled the original LIght and the tinkered-with, I can tell you that the opriginal was much more elegant. It dried down to a seamless blend of soft lemon cream, powder, subtle spice and just a hint of musk. Very clean, yet with some real weight. Then my second bottle was like lighter fluid and pledge by comparison. It was sharp and gauche. The beauty of the original Shalimar is how perfectly silky the blend of notes is. The first version of Shalimar light captured this lovely FLOW of scent-notes as well..it was like smelling a hint of the original Shalimar while sitting in a lemon grove and licking vanilla-spiked creme freche from your lips. The tinkered with version was sharp, and dissonant with a hint of powder. Very disappointing. I would die though, if they would bring back the original Shalimar light. It was fresh and sexy- the perfect day into night, I-can-only-pack-one-fragrance-for-this-weekend-trip scent. Just found this sight, and what a delight. Sooooo helpful!
I loved Shalimar light when it came out. I was varrying it with me when I went to visit my mom, who has worn the original Shalimar since she was a young woman. She loved the new fragrance so much, I just handed the bottle to her, vowing to buy another when I got back to Chicago. Well, the second bottle certainly seemed different. I thought it was just my nose, but this article has enlightened me.
HAving smelled the original LIght and the tinkered-with, I can tell you that the opriginal was much more elegant.
It dried down to a seamless blend of soft lemon cream, powder, subtle spice and just a hint of musk. Very clean, yet with some real weight.
Then my second bottle was like lighter fluid and pledge by comparison. It was sharp and gauche. The beauty of the original Shalimar is how perfectly silky the blend of notes is. The first version of Shalimar light captured this lovely FLOW of scent-notes as well..it was like smelling a hint of the original Shalimar while sitting in a lemon grove and licking vanilla-spiked creme freche from your lips. The tinkered with version was sharp, and dissonant with a hint of powder. Very disappointing. I would die though, if they would bring back the original Shalimar light. It was fresh and sexy- the perfect day into night, I-can-only-pack-one-fragrance-for-this-weekend-trip scent.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40149 Anonymous Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:20:06 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40149 Ditto, lol! =0] Ditto, lol! =0]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40148 Anonymous Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:59:20 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40148 Me too, LOL...we'll agree to agree :-) Me too, LOL…we'll agree to agree :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40147 Anonymous Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:25:38 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40147 I agree, most people want something easy. I was just making a general statement. =0] I agree, most people want something easy. I was just making a general statement. =0]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40146 Anonymous Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:02:51 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/01/guerlain-eau-de-shalimar-shalimar-light-perfume-review/#comment-40146 Wouldn't argue w/ your theory, my point is just that many women don't care about fragrance enough to bother, and if you don't care, why should you undertake the work? In other words, many people don't care about "cultivating a taste" for fragrance at all, they just want an easy fragrance that smells good. Wouldn't argue w/ your theory, my point is just that many women don't care about fragrance enough to bother, and if you don't care, why should you undertake the work? In other words, many people don't care about “cultivating a taste” for fragrance at all, they just want an easy fragrance that smells good.

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