I want to add one historical thing about this perfume. Pakistans prime minister zulfiqar Ali bhutto who was Hanged By the army ,he wished to wear Shalimar perfume at the time of hanging and he wore this perfume as he said its beautiful and i wana go to my God With good smell ... wht a historical thing
Such an excellent, informative video. I was wearing Shalimar yesterday, and asking my wife if she found it to be too feminine for me. She doesn't think so, and neither do I. The opening, as so eloquently stated in the video, is nothing shy of magic. Bold, beautiful, intoxicating. 40 minutes after application, after the initial salvo has quieted, is where the craftsmanship of this masterpiece becomes undeniable. I have NEVER had someone say that I smelled "feminine" wearing this, but have had both men and women ask what I was wearing, or say things like "you smell great". O go fairly light on this one, largely due to the quality of the perfume. Two light sprays on the neck, one pn a wrist, then touch the other wrist. At home, I spray a bit more. Love wearing this when I'm just hanging out at home, or spending time in my workshop.
Thank you for your detailed review !! I have worn Shalimar for 50 years since I was a young college girl !! Just could never respond to any other scent! My family and friends all know the scent as I approach or hug!! Amazing perfume.
Aww...!!! You were in my Country, 😃 I Love Shalimar but for that type Dune (Christian Dior) is my very Favorite, I never run out of either one of them. 🖤❤️🖤
Not to make you sound old but vintage, i get the similar vibes watching your videos that joy i once used to get watching Doordarshan. Thank you brother.
Yes yes - and this is one case in which one of the greatest short film adverts of all time was made to go along with the modern 'Shalimar' - it was filmed by the great Bruno Aveillan, starring Willy Cartier and Natalia Vodianova, called 'La Legende de Shalimar' and it's available on-line on TH-cam and it is a MUST watch if you have not seen it.
Very in depth review... Sir once you visited attar mohammad shop at Mumbai, it was a wonderful video.. But we the following people want a follow on video about the oud oil you collected from there.... Cambodian oud, ajraki, maliki, super, etc....
Great video, Nikhil! Shalimar is in my top 5 favorite perfumes of all time. I’m afraid you haven’t tried this perfume how it was originally intended to be experienced though. The perfume was initially released as a Parfum (Extrait) only (EDP concentration started in the late 70s/80s) and while the modern EDP is incredible, the Parfum is the true experience of Jacques original masterful vision. It’s other worldly even in modern formulation. It is very pricey though, $350 USD for 30ml. Let me know when you try it, man, have a great day. Original Parfum notes Top Notes Bergamot, Lemon, Mandarin, Rosemary Heart Notes Iris, Jasmine, Rose, Patchouli, Vetiver Base notes Vanilla, Opoponax, Tonka bean, Frankincense, Sandalwood, Musk, Civet, Ambergris, Leather, Coumarin, Peru balsam Jonathan
Video is Packed full of info. Very old pleasing kinda beautiful blend. It's an good example of western perfumary. While I was learning perfumary this was given as the classic example of oriental spicy fragrance. ❤️
OMG, my heart stopped for a second in 01:05 😯💗 Proper review for this masterclass gem, bhai Nikhil! Smelled back in the 90s a mesmerizing scent cloud around a sophisticated woman. Gave her a huge compliment. It was... SHALIMAR (even the name itself is genious spot on!). Intoxicating and pure olfactory seduction. Every woman should have at least one bottle of it in their perfume wardrobe. Have a nice sunday! ☕🌞👍
I am so glad for this review knowing that a bottle of Shalimar is waiting for me back in Chios island . I blind bought it 5 months ago , after watching one of your videos and it arrived now that i am in Paris !!. You ve had mentioned then two of your favourite women fragrances and i was taking notes 😄 as usual ! Beautiful review 🙏
It would be great if you could also do a review on Habit Rouge by Guerlain, which is often called the "Shalimar for men". I really, really like and appreciate your Videos.
Hey..can you please tell me JUST ONE PERFUME. WHICH GOD OF ALL , THE BEST OF ALL. Best of best. The compliment god.. just one fragrance.. waiting for ur reply. Thank you!☺️
I just got a bottle of Shalimar EDP. It smelled like a cleaning solution. I kept it on for an hour then washed it off. The smell that remained after a good washing was like the Shalimar that I remember. What happened to this fragrance? Was it the IFRA regulations?
Me and my father love this perfume but the only issue is that it doesn't last really long and there's no projection. I guess this is the main reason I love it too much. There's a personal touch to it. I bought shalimar along with a guerlain lipstick on in 2020.
I've spent years and years to find Shalimar from '60-ies, and Opium from '70-ies, and NOBODY knows THE most important thing : If you have an vintage perfume, made with intention to laaaast for decades, and be physico-chemicaly stable (= retain its top-notes for long time) - IT MUST BE STORED IN ADEQUATE FRIDGE, possibly dedicated only for perfumes, and with some kind of tight sealed package over the bottle itself...
In this newish fragrance “collecting” pursuit of mine, my prerequisite in buying a fragrance-besides smelling good-is that it has to be unique. I’ve been hemming and hawing about whether or not I should buy Shalimar. Being a famous classic, it is hardly unique, but you’ve convinced me! This is going on my 2019 buy list. You’re such an influencer! (Good influence or bad influence..? Lol) Cheers!
Very very informative vedio again .... Bhai itne shaandaar words kisi perfume k baren mein aap kahan sy ajaty hain aapko.. hum toh 2,3 words mein hi describe kar paaty hain kisi fragrance ko
I’m a man and I’ve worn shalimar to work. Each time I wore it I received compliments. Strong citrus and leather notes. It is pure elegance in a bottle.
Couldn’t remember which video of yours I saw it on but thanks for introducing me to AKAF ,the scent is like finding something I’ve been searching for a lifetime .
Hi,I have this lovely perfume in pure perfume extract and it is in a bottle with a glass stopper which is the best way to apply. I am afraid that the glass stopper if applied and you want to apply a little more that the dipping into the bottle and applying this way will make the perfume go off. Can you advise how to apply when you have a glass stopper like this to apply your perfume.Thanking you. Just found your videos today and I'm happy about that. Patricia
Thanking you so very much for answering and explaining.I will buy some like you mentioned. It will be perfect like that to keep the original perfume fresh and so lovely. I love musc and powdery perfumes can you advise perhaps one to try.Many thanks for letting us all be part of your love of perfume and sharing so much with us. Patricia
I am an admirer of your channel -thank you for the wonderful work! To me-in cooler weather Shalimar is wonderful and when it gets wormer,one could switch to Habit Rouge...Both are perfectly unisex..
I lack the profoundness of your knowledge,yet I am deeply convinced that studying Guerlain perfumes is a wonderful base for developing a sensibility for masterfully creations(as they were considered by generations).By no means I am excluding other houses.It is like in arts-We should start from at least one classic and then enjoy the hip-hop.. Anyway-you are blessed to be part of the millennial culture of using incences,oud and spices..So for the rest of us we can only learn! Thank you for the marvelous videos!
Watching this video third time in Dec 2019. This classic perfume and review from Nikhil, can't get enough of both. Can you suggest any masterpiece for men from the house of Guerlain in a video, please.
Bhai aap jo bhi parfume bata te ho dhath me ye bhi bataya karo ke ushe kharide keae or ushka price kya he aur hamare hanth me original chija aye aur Bhai me Vadodara Gujarat ka hu kabhi udhar ka bhi video banaw
Great review of the great fragrance ... I haven't smelt but if this was created almost a century ago and still sold it should be legend. I will surely like to have it my collection.
babz zz Perfumery.co.in is not a place for genuine perfumes , always stick to retail outlets or boutiques for guerlain , infact nikhil sir also in a video told not to buy from that site. Cause they sale expired , old perfumes mostly and unboxed testers means replicas . Personal experience ☹️ , why to take risk for few bucks when it comes to originality, ...try , test and buy from official importers
saurabh sachan In which state u stay ? Go to sephora or any retail outlets nearby you , also u can try guerlain l instant pour homme , guerlain heritage, guerlain habit rouge , they also smell classic and marvellous
I used to wear Shalimar sometimes when I was in my early twenties (the end of 1990's). I had a friend, and his apartment always smelled like wow! I asked what it was, and he showed me the Shalimar bottle, and told me he used to spray a little in the air when he knew I was coming to visit. He himself also smelled divine, and it was of course the Shalimar he used. I borrowed it every time I was at his house. It was the best ever perfume I had ever smelled. But, since it was a ladies perfume, I felt very strongly that I could not wear it too much, and for sure not buy it. Even if it was and still is the best french style perfume I have used. I am grown up in a society where mens and ladies perfumes are strictly divided. And I believed that a long time, actually until a year or two ago, when I discovered arab perfumes and that they had no such boundary at all. So now I definately should buy Shalimar and wear it. If the arabs can, why can't I? Many of the scents I wear today could be misunderstood to be womens perfume. But it is not, it is arabic. But back then it felt very wrong. Which is a shame. And french perfumery is to blame for setting up this fence between men and women. It should be torn down immediately. I can start by buying Shalimar. But I have to smell it first, since I have heard it is not the same as it was. Anyway, Shalimar was and perhaps is a perfume like nothing else.
I’m a straight guy and I wear Shalimar EDP, personality I hate aquatics and freshies. Shalimar is bold vanilla, citrus, incense and wood, all things I really love rolled into one. I personally think it should be marketed as unisex.
@@rustyshackleford4801 I also hate aquatics and freshies, but even worse is those called aromatic. They are really horrible! Yes, Shalimar should be unisex, definately.
I want to add one historical thing about this perfume. Pakistans prime minister zulfiqar Ali bhutto who was Hanged By the army ,he wished to wear Shalimar perfume at the time of hanging and he wore this perfume as he said its beautiful and i wana go to my God With good smell ... wht a historical thing
Watching this masterclass on Guerlain on a lazy Sunday morning. Thank you Perfume guru for this gem.
A lazy Sunday morning a year later here.
I’m a straight guy and I love shalimar EDP. Never had anything negative only have had positive compliments
Such an excellent, informative video. I was wearing Shalimar yesterday, and asking my wife if she found it to be too feminine for me. She doesn't think so, and neither do I.
The opening, as so eloquently stated in the video, is nothing shy of magic. Bold, beautiful, intoxicating.
40 minutes after application, after the initial salvo has quieted, is where the craftsmanship of this masterpiece becomes undeniable.
I have NEVER had someone say that I smelled "feminine" wearing this, but have had both men and women ask what I was wearing, or say things like "you smell great".
O go fairly light on this one, largely due to the quality of the perfume.
Two light sprays on the neck, one pn a wrist, then touch the other wrist.
At home, I spray a bit more. Love wearing this when I'm just hanging out at home, or spending time in my workshop.
Gorgeous review of this historical masterpiece :)
Thank you for your detailed review !! I have worn Shalimar for 50 years since I was a young college girl !! Just could never respond to any other scent! My family and friends all know the scent as I approach or hug!! Amazing perfume.
You’re very handsome and cute. Do you have an Instagram? :-)
Could you please also do review of habit rouge, geurlian vetiver and monsieur de givenchy.
Aww...!!!
You were in my Country, 😃
I Love Shalimar but for that type Dune (Christian Dior) is my very Favorite, I never run out of either one of them.
🖤❤️🖤
I don't know what it smells like, but I believe it's more masculine than Versace eau fraiche, or Dior home Cologne
Incorrect, but still beautiful scent for men very sexy, my new favorite perfume
Not to make you sound old but vintage, i get the similar vibes watching your videos that joy i once used to get watching Doordarshan. Thank you brother.
Yes yes - and this is one case in which one of the greatest short film adverts of all time was made to go along with the modern 'Shalimar' - it was filmed by the great Bruno Aveillan, starring Willy Cartier and Natalia Vodianova, called 'La Legende de Shalimar' and it's available on-line on TH-cam and it is a MUST watch if you have not seen it.
I guess the is the best n comprehensive shalimar review in TH-cam as far as I know.....
Sir what is better for ladies shalimaar edt or edp.please reply
Very in depth review... Sir once you visited attar mohammad shop at Mumbai, it was a wonderful video.. But we the following people want a follow on video about the oud oil you collected from there.... Cambodian oud, ajraki, maliki, super, etc....
Shalimar has just gone to the top of my list to buy. Excellent review.
An absolutely fantastic video!!! Thanks for sharing.
Great video, Nikhil! Shalimar is in my top 5 favorite perfumes of all time. I’m afraid you haven’t tried this perfume how it was originally intended to be experienced though. The perfume was initially released as a Parfum (Extrait) only (EDP concentration started in the late 70s/80s) and while the modern EDP is incredible, the Parfum is the true experience of Jacques original masterful vision. It’s other worldly even in modern formulation. It is very pricey though, $350 USD for 30ml. Let me know when you try it, man, have a great day.
Original Parfum notes
Top Notes
Bergamot, Lemon, Mandarin, Rosemary
Heart Notes
Iris, Jasmine, Rose, Patchouli, Vetiver
Base notes
Vanilla, Opoponax, Tonka bean, Frankincense, Sandalwood, Musk, Civet, Ambergris, Leather, Coumarin, Peru balsam
Jonathan
Perfume Guru well, the vintage Parfum isn't necessary, even the modern Parfum (Extrait) is out of this world.
What's your other top 4?
Please provide a genuine website so that we can buy various types of original exotic perfume. :)
I love the scholastic aspect of your videos brother. Terrific job as always.
Video is Packed full of info. Very old pleasing kinda beautiful blend. It's an good example of western perfumary. While I was learning perfumary this was given as the classic example of oriental spicy fragrance.
❤️
Such an informative video🥰. Thank you!
OMG, my heart stopped for a second in 01:05 😯💗 Proper review for this masterclass gem, bhai Nikhil! Smelled back in the 90s a mesmerizing scent cloud around a sophisticated woman. Gave her a huge compliment. It was... SHALIMAR (even the name itself is genious spot on!). Intoxicating and pure olfactory seduction. Every woman should have at least one bottle of it in their perfume wardrobe. Have a nice sunday! ☕🌞👍
I am so glad for this review knowing that a bottle of Shalimar is waiting for me back in Chios island . I blind bought it 5 months ago , after watching one of your videos and it arrived now that i am in Paris !!. You ve had mentioned then two of your favourite women fragrances and i was taking notes 😄 as usual ! Beautiful review 🙏
sorry, but the EdT was created 1925. the EdP - 1986! They are different. I like EdT more then EdP.
Hi are you talking about Shalimar or Samsara that you prefer in EDT ? Thanking you Patricia
Very informative video Nikhil! Since you are speaking on classic perfumes, I would like to know your views on Pour un homme de Caron.
It would be great if you could also do a review on Habit Rouge by Guerlain, which is often called the "Shalimar for men". I really, really like and appreciate your Videos.
@@nikhilsfrags That's amazing Nikhil! Thank you so much!
I love this scent. Absolutely love it.
Wonderful review, I am ordering mine and I'm a guy
Enjoyed your take on this Nikhil. Could make out the excitement in your eyes when you were in the perfume museum!
Hey..can you please tell me JUST ONE PERFUME. WHICH GOD OF ALL , THE BEST OF ALL. Best of best. The compliment god.. just one fragrance.. waiting for ur reply. Thank you!☺️
I just got a bottle of Shalimar EDP. It smelled like a cleaning solution. I kept it on for an hour then washed it off. The smell that remained after a good washing was like the Shalimar that I remember. What happened to this fragrance? Was it the IFRA regulations?
Me and my father love this perfume but the only issue is that it doesn't last really long and there's no projection. I guess this is the main reason I love it too much. There's a personal touch to it. I bought shalimar along with a guerlain lipstick on in 2020.
Sir please tell me and your all subscribers how to genuine and original purchase perfume online site or Shops.....please it's my humble request
HI NIKHIL, YESTERDAY BOUGHT 3 ATTARS FROM AJMAL,PUNE. THANKS FOR INSPIRING ME.KEEP INSPIRING
DO ALSO REVIEW NEESH ATTARS
Help, I am confused whether to buy ck one or dolce and gabbana light blue? Every suggestion is welcome.
Excellent review and i agree with everything you said. This perfume is amazing and i wear it with confidence. Classy, sophisticated and glamorous.
Sir kalemat. Kalemat black. Safari extreme. Hatkora wood. in main say konsa perfume power full strong hi summer wthar k leye
Snail are,,the Benchmark for all REAL perfumes,👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍🇬🇧
Prices quoted are not right. It's much more expensive
I've spent years and years to find Shalimar from '60-ies, and Opium from '70-ies, and NOBODY knows THE most important thing : If you have an vintage perfume, made with intention to laaaast for decades, and be physico-chemicaly stable (= retain its top-notes for long time) - IT MUST BE STORED IN ADEQUATE FRIDGE, possibly dedicated only for perfumes, and with some kind of tight sealed package over the bottle itself...
Wait for my next review if you enjoy vintage powerhouse scents. Cheers.
In this newish fragrance “collecting” pursuit of mine, my prerequisite in buying a fragrance-besides smelling good-is that it has to be unique. I’ve been hemming and hawing about whether or not I should buy Shalimar. Being a famous classic, it is hardly unique, but you’ve convinced me! This is going on my 2019 buy list. You’re such an influencer! (Good influence or bad influence..? Lol) Cheers!
Awesome scent. And yes very unisex. A comfident man would pull it off!!!! Great review.
Very very informative vedio again .... Bhai itne shaandaar words kisi perfume k baren mein aap kahan sy ajaty hain aapko.. hum toh 2,3 words mein hi describe kar paaty hain kisi fragrance ko
I’m a man and I’ve worn shalimar to work. Each time I wore it I received compliments. Strong citrus and leather notes. It is pure elegance in a bottle.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾FANTASTIC REVIEW
great review guru ji... Pls also tell from where we can get this perfume original ????
Signify by ajmal does have the same shape of bottle if you turn it horizentitaly is it smell the same too
Couldn’t remember which video of yours I saw it on but thanks for introducing me to AKAF ,the scent is like finding something I’ve been searching for a lifetime .
great review guru ji... Pls also tell from where we can get this perfume original ????
Thank you Sir,,
Your review is like a poem
Thank you for all the fantastic reviews
Sir ...how al nuaim zatax ..musk smells....is it good .....? reply
Hi,I have this lovely perfume in pure perfume extract and it is in a bottle with a glass stopper which is the best way to apply. I am afraid that the glass stopper if applied and you want to apply a little more that the dipping into the bottle and applying this way will make the perfume go off. Can you advise how to apply when you have a glass stopper like this to apply your perfume.Thanking you. Just found your videos today and I'm happy about that. Patricia
Thanking you so very much for answering and explaining.I will buy some like you mentioned. It will be perfect like that to keep the original perfume fresh and so lovely. I love musc and powdery perfumes can you advise perhaps one to try.Many thanks for letting us all be part of your love of perfume and sharing so much with us. Patricia
I am an admirer of your channel -thank you for the wonderful work!
To me-in cooler weather Shalimar is wonderful and when it gets wormer,one could switch to Habit Rouge...Both are perfectly unisex..
I lack the profoundness of your knowledge,yet I am deeply convinced that studying Guerlain perfumes is a wonderful base for developing a sensibility for masterfully creations(as they were considered by generations).By no means I am excluding other houses.It is like in arts-We should start from at least one classic and then enjoy the hip-hop..
Anyway-you are blessed to be part of the millennial culture of using incences,oud and spices..So for the rest of us we can only learn!
Thank you for the marvelous videos!
As usual in depth analysis.. I learn something new every time I watch your video. Keep it up.
Watching this video third time in Dec 2019. This classic perfume and review from Nikhil, can't get enough of both. Can you suggest any masterpiece for men from the house of Guerlain in a video, please.
@@nikhilsfrags Thank you Nikhil bhai❤️
Great review on one of the worlds best perfumes ever. Thanks Nikhil.
Bhai aap jo bhi parfume bata te ho dhath me ye bhi bataya karo ke ushe kharide keae or ushka price kya he aur hamare hanth me original chija aye aur Bhai me Vadodara Gujarat ka hu kabhi udhar ka bhi video banaw
Brother, I am a great admirer. A small request though, please also mention the rates of the perfumes reviewed below the video.
Thank you so much for this review
I really enjoyed your review of Shalimar. Thank you!
Great review of the great fragrance ... I haven't smelt but if this was created almost a century ago and still sold it should be legend. I will surely like to have it my collection.
@@nikhilsfrags are you suggesting Habit rouge as male alternative for shalimar ?
Which is the best perfume for men from guerlain??
👌👌👌👌👌👌
Nikhil, can u make for mens special for this valentine
Nice man Nikhil bro💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
hi Nikhil
Great information
From where i can buy this?
Bro, u can find in perfumery.co.in and also check in splashfragrance.in
babz zz
Perfumery.co.in is not a place for genuine perfumes , always stick to retail outlets or boutiques for guerlain , infact nikhil sir also in a video told not to buy from that site. Cause they sale expired , old perfumes mostly and unboxed testers means replicas . Personal experience ☹️ , why to take risk for few bucks when it comes to originality, ...try , test and buy from official importers
@@asutosh100 can you please suggest me someone for this
saurabh sachan
In which state u stay ? Go to sephora or any retail outlets nearby you , also u can try guerlain l instant pour homme , guerlain heritage, guerlain habit rouge , they also smell classic and marvellous
@@asutosh100 Delhi I will cq
Perfume guru?
Very nice review bro you are truly amazing.
Waqehi mai perfume guru ❤️
👌👌💪💪👍👍👍
👍
Yeah, Shalimar is glorious.
Zabardust Cha gayao Bhai
Brother pls can review about Dior patchouli imperial pls
Sent me address I will sent u decants for Dior
Thankyou
Shalimar or samsara which one is ur recommend ?👌
Samsara EdT!
I used to wear Shalimar sometimes when I was in my early twenties (the end of 1990's). I had a friend, and his apartment always smelled like wow! I asked what it was, and he showed me the Shalimar bottle, and told me he used to spray a little in the air when he knew I was coming to visit. He himself also smelled divine, and it was of course the Shalimar he used. I borrowed it every time I was at his house. It was the best ever perfume I had ever smelled. But, since it was a ladies perfume, I felt very strongly that I could not wear it too much, and for sure not buy it. Even if it was and still is the best french style perfume I have used. I am grown up in a society where mens and ladies perfumes are strictly divided. And I believed that a long time, actually until a year or two ago, when I discovered arab perfumes and that they had no such boundary at all. So now I definately should buy Shalimar and wear it. If the arabs can, why can't I? Many of the scents I wear today could be misunderstood to be womens perfume. But it is not, it is arabic. But back then it felt very wrong. Which is a shame. And french perfumery is to blame for setting up this fence between men and women. It should be torn down immediately. I can start by buying Shalimar. But I have to smell it first, since I have heard it is not the same as it was. Anyway, Shalimar was and perhaps is a perfume like nothing else.
I’m a straight guy and I wear Shalimar EDP, personality I hate aquatics and freshies.
Shalimar is bold vanilla, citrus, incense and wood, all things I really love rolled into one.
I personally think it should be marketed as unisex.
@@rustyshackleford4801 I also hate aquatics and freshies, but even worse is those called aromatic. They are really horrible! Yes, Shalimar should be unisex, definately.
This is a quintessenyially feminine scent. It is for women, not men.
I use this. DEFINITELY NOT FOR MEN
*🍎sir, please suggest, from where we can get training for perfumes making in India?*
Perfume Guru thanx for reply,
Perfume Guru Sir, I have been trying to contact FFDC for 18-20 days, but nobody responded