Eau de Shalimar 2009
Eau de Shalimar 2009 opens where the original Shalimar does not — in citrus, clean and bright, with bergamot and lime over a quiet orange note that grounds the opening without adding sweetness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Vanilla80
- Amber70
- Floral70
- Citrus
The note pyramid
- Lime
- Orange
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Rose
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readEau de Shalimar 2009 opens where the original Shalimar does not — in citrus, clean and bright, with bergamot and lime over a quiet orange note that grounds the opening without adding sweetness. The transition into jasmine and rose is gentler than the original's full oriental reveal; this is Shalimar through a lighter lens, the same view from greater distance. The base retains vanilla and amber, keeping the oriental character recognizable but at reduced volume. As a result it works in warmer months and more casual contexts than Shalimar proper — what Shalimar might wear on a Sunday afternoon rather than at a formal occasion.
Scent twins
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