Tag Archives: Shalimar

Monday Question – What Are The Best Mainstream Perfumes?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

By Tara I’d like to hear your choices of the best mainstream perfumes currently available. I don’t want to get bogged down with definitions so let’s just say mainstream in this case means anything that isn’t niche, high-end exclusive or … Continue reading →

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Shalimar For Beginners – Review: Guerlain Shalimar Parfum Initial

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

By Tara If I was forced to vote for the greatest perfume of all time I may well plump for Shalimar. The only problem is that I hardly ever wear it. It just seems very “evening-y” to me and that … Continue reading →

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Monday Question – Which Are The Most Precious Perfumes In Your Collection?

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

By Tara What are the shining gems of your perfume collection? Which beloved fragrances of yours were extremely hard to come by? Do you own a much loved perfume that is no longer available? Is there a perfume that you … Continue reading →

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Bottle Of The Month: October – And a Giveaway!

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

This month I want to share a bit of my newest Guerlain: Shalimar Ode a la Vanille sur la route de Madagascar, a gorgeous oriental that is short-listed for the title of longest perfume name of the year. The winner … Continue reading →

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Curves – Review: Guerlain Shalimar Ode A La Vanille Sur La Route De Madagascar

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

Guerlain’s ten-word-long flanker to its classic oriental Shalimar, just recently came out as a limited edition. Shalimar is a perfume I like it almost all its many incarnations, and I also own the first Ode a la Vanille, that came … Continue reading →

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Short But Sweet – Review: Le Labo Labdanum 18

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Le Labo Labdanum 18 is a sure-fire winner for everyone loving Shalimar. If you like Musc Ravageur as well, then there is nothing you won’t like about Labdanum 18. Only maybe it might seem a little redundant… Labdanum 18 was … Continue reading →

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Monday Question – What Are Your Top Three Favorite Perfumes?

Posted on February 28, 2011 by

Yes, it is one of those awful questions again! YOU MUST CHOOSE! What are the three perfumes you would not want to be without? Use any scenario that puts on adequate pressure (house of fire, stranded on an island, at … Continue reading →

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Pastoral – Review: Guerlain Aprés L’Ondée

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

Aprés l’Ondée was my very first Guerlain. For a long time I also thought it would be my only one (insert hearty laughter here), because I thought all the others were not my style, I couldn’t imagine myself in something as challenging … Continue reading →

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Into The Blue – Review: Guerlain L’Heure Bleue

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

I actually never expected to particularly like the old Guerlains. Of course I wanted to try them, own them even, because I think a collection should have such important “founding fathers” of perfumes present and accounted for. Like Shakespeare belongs … Continue reading →

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Olfactoria In Dreamland – Why I wear Perfume To Bed

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

Do not fear! This is not going to be a TMI post. I love to select a perfume at night to wear to bed (to sleep!), just as I select one in the morning before I start my day. I … Continue reading →

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