Guerlain Shalimar Millesime Jasmin

Shalimar Millesime Jasmin by Guerlain is an Oriental Floral fragrance for women launched in 2024. The nose behind this fragrance is Delphine Jelk.

Notes: Bergamot, Green Notes; Jasmine, Indian Jasmine, Italian Jasmine; Vanilla and Musk.

Guerlain Shalimar Millesime Jasmin is a new limited edition fragrance for women launched in 2024 under the Shalimar collection. The initial burst yields a spicy, fresh fusion of zesty bergamot and a vegetal accord, paving the way for a heady floral bouquet of Indian jasmine sambac and Italian grandiflorum jasmine. This softness is contradicted by the sensuality of golden musk and the signature vanilla of the famed Shalimar round off the composition.

The beating heart of this new millesime, jasmine features a unique and delightful palette of aromas. It is to this treasure of nature and icon of the Guerlinade that Delphine Jelk, Guerlain Perfumer, pays tribute with a composition signed by the meeting of two exceptional jasmine essences. Faceted with precision and expert savoir-faire, the pairing showcases all its splendor at heart. The extract of sambac jasmine comes with its fruity, sunny and honeyed nuances, while the grandiflorum jasmine absolute exalts its deep and sensual fragrance.

REVIEWS

Fragrantica - "This starts with a green jasmine, slightly indolic and more realistic than a lot of modern jasmines, along with vanilla and a hint of bergamot. after a few minutes it gets smokier. the regular Shalimar has a smokiness that turns to an ashtray on my skin until the dry down. somehow the jasmine in this softens that and makes it less smoky overall. after a little while it gets a bit more powdery, which i love. this is sultry, gorgeous and intoxicating for me. the reviews seem to be all over the place on this. for me it's a smoky vanillic jasmine. the dry down of original Shalimar gets more sweet and vanillic on me. this one remains smokier but is not as smoky as the beginning of the original. so it's similar but still different enough for me anyway. it's really pretty and i prefer it much more than the iris from last year."

Fragrantica - "I'm a man ...I love this Millesime and I get exactly what it proports to be -- a Shalimar with the jasmine heightened. I find it really beautiful, especially in the dry down when the perspective shifts and the Shalimar base comes forward a bit more. In synesthetic terms, it feels very colorful to me: the white flowers, the golden amber, even a little green at the top. Gorgeous! Thank you for this one, Ms. Jelk."

Fragrantica -  "I could say with the first test that Jasmin beats Tonka in my opinion. The bergamot didn't linger on the skin except for a short breath as the jasmines came to the fore. Such a beautiful and delicate jasmine, not indolic, but clean and bright. I like indolics (Amouage Opus IX is one of the best), but this Shalimar suits these light and clean white flowers. Jasmines mix with Guerlain's superior vanilla to form a powdery soft jasmine aura. There is not much left of the original Shalimar and there is no need, because Jasmin is beautiful in her own right. I'm already mourning the fact that even this scent is only available for a moment and then it disappears like the morning mist when the sun rises. Definitely worth back up."

Fragrantica - "To my nose the combination of tonka and jasmin gives it a powdery Heliotrope quality. The dry down reminds me a bit of the long gone Guerlain limited edition Metallica/Metalys."

Fragrantica - "Gorgeous!!  It opens with a luminous, rounded true to life Jasmine - verdant but not indolic.  This Jasmine has leaves and stem attached and some how she comes across as powdery on my skin.  Very quickly I find the Jasmine is blanketed by the shalimar vanilla.  I find that when you remove the citrus and resins from Shalimar, the leathery aspects of the composition are amped up. I noticed this in Millesime Iris and Vanilla Planifolia (lesser in Tonka)  Millesime Jasmin builds off of SMI and SMVP. I can smell them both in jasmin and the dry down of jasmin is the same mouthwatering luxury gourmand vanilla that's the base of the glorious SMVP.  Back up worthy."

Fragrantica - "This is a lovely, delicate and young Shalimar. Gossamer wings quietly covering you as you move through your world. It's a subtle Jasmin. I love it and as soon as it cools down here in Arizona I will be swanning around the house in it. I had to get up at 3:00am to try it before the heat sets in. I would wear it all year round. It's beautiful."

Fragrantica - "I did not realize is how much I would love this perfume. In addition to getting Tobacco Honey after trying the sample I now need a back up bottle of this beauty. I'm not usually into super powdery perfumes and even though this is powdery the creaminess from the jasmine tones it down. It lasts all day and is perfect for any occasion although I will probably save it for the special ones."