Guerlain Nahema perfume review on Persolaise Love At First Scent episode 71 - National Fragrance Day
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Episode 71 of Love At First Scent
This was a TH-cam Live broadcast streamed on Saturday 21st March 2020. Unscripted. Unedited. Unrehearsed.
In this episode, to celebrate National Fragrance Day, I discussed Guerlain Nahema, the classic 1979 release composed by Jean-Paul Guerlain.
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[Sample from my personal collection.]
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An Update: I'm happy to report that Guerlain's US website is selling Nahema again, and I got it. In the bottle it comes out pure honeyed rose without the harsh top notes as the samples I got. It's such a soothing fragrance and one of the best rose fragrances that I own.
Thanks for the info. And yes, I agree: it’s gorgeous.
I'm a Nahema fan. I have Nahema Guerlain from 2015, Nahema Guerlain PDT (decanted) 1987, Nahema Guerlain Extrait (decanted) 2014 and Nahema EDP (the controversial 2021 remix). My favourites are the Extrait and (in truth) the new one. Sadly, it was immediately discontinued.
Thanks for writing. I've yet to try the 2021 version.
Thank you for this video. I was attracted to it when I saw the big Nahema perfume bottle. It's an absolutely AMAZING rose scent -- one of the best.
I totally agree.
Thank you so much for this absolutely beautiful, in depth review of Nahema. What an absolute delight! Every word in your description resonates with my opinion and categorization of it. The write up from your book was also very on point. Jean-Paul Guerlain's subtitled it "Daughter of Fire". Nahema is unique. It has EVERYTHING. I first smelled it on a male friend of mine, and it turned out fruity and woody on him, not bringing out any esplicit rose appearance. He told me it was a woman's perfume and let me try it and I was hooked for life. I am so happy to see you have the previous releases of it and also a real vintage one. I have those refills and the bee bottle, (all EDP) ordered the same year. The bee bottle for some reason comes across with a clearly different and much sharper scent than the refills. Thanks to my friend I was lucky to purchase the genuine perfume right after its release in 1979. It became my signature scent, and though I already used Shalimar, Nahema became an even bigger head turner by both men and women. Men absolutely adored it. I was frequently stopped on the street by men politely asking what I was wearing. The original perfume (7,5ml) was this gorgeous circle shaped bottle on a tiny "plinth". A design masterpiece, like alchemy, as the scent itself. The original perfume was more heavy on yellow roses, tonka beans and benzoines, coming across as more silky, softer, like it was glowing in the dark. It was also a gorgeous day perfume, like a veil of purity and beauty (seemingly bringing out the best in everyone :) Nahema was golden like the afternoon sun in summer. It's as perfect in front of the fireplace in autumn and winter as it is in spring and summer. Thank you again.
What a beautiful comment, Elowen. Thanks for sharing.
Nahema is my favorite rose, too, and I discovered it only recently. It's right up there with my other two favorite Guerlains, Samsara and L'Heure Bleue (Vol de Nuit and Après L'Ondée are growing on me, too--if only I had the budget for a complete collection, but maybe someday!)
I’m so glad you love it too.
Many thanks for watching.
I have been a fan for years of your writing, this TH-cam video is a pleasant surprise of my enforced shelter at home here in California! Also I love your shirt. Take care!
Ah, thank you. That shirt is one of my favourites. I bought it in Mumbai... a place which feels very, very far away at the moment.
Many thanks for watching 😊
C'est mon parfum depuis des années et je l'aime toujours autant, inimitable! Merci de lui a avoir dédié une vidéo.
Many thanks to you for watching.
Great review! I am fortunate to have Nahema PDT in one of those older recharge tester bottles. The rose is divine!
Taffy, treasure that bottle.
Thanks for watching.
Oh no, I somehow missed your livestream. But great idea and happy belated fragrance day! I was fortunate to find a tester of Nahema extrait in the back of a shelf at a perfumery in Austria a few months ago (they didn't let me buy it though). And as much as I want to like her, I can't really relate to Nahema. The Chamade-y spiciness always pushes me off. YSL Paris is still my favourite in the 70s/80s rose department.
They didn’t let you buy it. That’s a shame.
I love Paris too, but for different reasons.
Thanks for watching.
Throughout all of this ‘ I have rekindled my extreme love of fragrance and added many more to my collection and discovered your wonderful channel. Thank you for a little light and perfume passion during these dark days .
You are MORE than welcome. Thank YOU for your kindness and support.
Persolaise Perfumes it’s a pleasure and not just to see what shirt you are wearing . Thank you 👍❤️
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I own mostly Jacques Guerlain, and bought Tresor to fill a Nahema void when I was unable to find Nahema. Fortunately I have sinced found Nahema. Love the story book. Excellent review thankyou 🤗
Not at all -- thank YOU for watching.
Please never stop talking about perfums, you are the most honorable man in this world of fragrances I learn so much from you. And I have a wish list because of you I always like what you suggest is not so scary blind buy. Nahema is really hard to fine. Honestly your chanel is the best, is wonderful to see something in youtube that I know Is a master class, that my time is worth it and that really make me think twice if I really what to buy every perfum that every body talk about it.
Margarita, this is so very, very kind. Thank you. I have the best audience 😉
I finally got a sample of Nahema, it's truly beautiful
Ah, amazing. Thanks for letting me know.
Based on this video I went and tried Nahema (the current edp or edt), and was immediately transported back into my childhood. I have no Idea who in my surroundings might have worn it. Also a little hotel I had completejy forgotten about and where I had stayed for just one night with my parents and my sister came to mind. When inquiring, my mom told me the owner was a rose lover and the place was filled with everything rose, potpourries, fresh roses, dry roses wall paper etc..... isn't scent memory amazing?
That’s an amazing story, Heinke, thank you. We must all have so many ‘forgotten’ memories.
Oh my goodness. I was just smelling the type of roses you have in your vase there today. Gorgeous. I had two and stuffed them in my motorcycle helmet...
Roses in a helmet. How wonderful.
@@Persolaise It is. Like riding a roaring V4 at 120MPH through a field of pink, gray and purple roses.
Nahema..maravilhoso perfume. Tenho um frasco antigo e é fantastico.
Best regards.
Washington Luiz
Thanks for watching 🙏
I’ve been wearing Nahema in the end of the 1970s - beginning of the1980s, when I was a young girl as I did’´t like Shalimar.
I can see why you’d be faithful to Nahema. Thanks for watching.
Pink roses... my heart's flowers! New subscriber from Tokyo here.
Greetings to you and Madame Persolaise (I adore how you refer to her!)
I found your channel 'cos I was searching for a new autumn/winter perfume for 2020.
POAL or Nahema? Perhaps a tie-breaker Amouage Gold Woman? Help please!
Oh my goodness, that's too difficult. They're all perfect in their own way.
Thanks for watching.
Ever since seeing another video of yours I've been on the lookout for Nahema. It's pretty rare to find now. I had intended to purchase it directly from Guerlain, but it appears that it's totally out of stock from their site for the US. Thankfully I have found some 5ml vials on Etsy which I had ordered and I'm looking forward to their arrival. I've bookmarked a few vendors that have the 2021 edition of it, between Strawberrynet and Selfridges in case I want more of it. I got a mini sample bottle from eBay a few weeks ago, and I think it may have been originally from 1979 because the scent of it was a bit weird from the start, it was like when you get wine that's sat around too long and it smelled off/spoiled. I'm quite excited to get the samples though, which comes from the bee bottle. I do love peach notes in perfumes since it's also in one of my top favorites, L'air du Temps. Those notes really balance out a fragrance.
From the description of it, it seems like Nahema was ahead of its time, before Dior's Poison and flankers came into style.
Also based on that description of Nahema, I've also gotten a travel sized spray of Samsara as well, which I'm excited to get.
Thanks for this comment.
I’d say that, yes, Nahema was definitely way ahead of its time.
@@Persolaise I got the samples in the mail and tried Nahema out. I found that if I used a lot of it, it tended to have a very strong top note that was very much like greenery and a hint of earth, pepper, and fire, though when I applied a small amount of it, and let it do its magic during the dry down, and I was amazed at how accurately they made it smell just like a fresh red rose. It's quite soothing. Thank you for the review and expertise on this, it's a new favorite rose fragrance of mine, in addition to Guerlain's Aqua Allegoria Rosa Pop.
Oh no, missed the live broadcast. Talking about buxom roses, has anybody ever smelled Floris' China Rose? It was discontinued nearly 10 years ago but I was lucky enough to hoard a few bottles. None of their current Rose based fragrances come close to its brazeness.
Hi Peggy,
No, I don’t know that one. Sounds good, though.
Thanks for watching 😊
Here's my list of rose scents I need to try: Nahema, Myrrhe Eglantine, Rose des Vents. Incidentally, here's what Luca Turin has to say about Nahema: He calls it "an indecisive lesser light" and "woolly ". LT's always fun to read, but when I look at his judgement of perfumes I like, I seldom agree. So, given your recommendation, that makes me even more curious about Nahema. The sad thing is that perfumeries will stay shut down for a considerable time yet, so it'll have to wait. Something to look forward to. I appreciate that you continue your work, and make it possible for me to focus on such entirely irrelevant, though beautiful and interesting things.
Thanks so much for watching, but you’ve raised a bit of a mystery.
In my copy of The Guide, LT writes: “... the unearthly radiance of Nahema is without equal among perfumery roses, and so awe-inspiring that nobody even tries.”
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@@PersolaiseWell, I guess that shows that LT isn't always consistent. My quote is from his introductory article "The Shifting Shape of Fragrance" that appears in Perfumes, The Guide 2018. Nahema does not receive a review of its own in that book, but is mentioned only in passing in the discussions of La Petite Robe Noire Couture (Guerlain) and Sensemilla (La Via del Profumo). I should really also get the earlier A-Z Guide. Perhaps there are more such contradictions to be found.
Curious...
@@Persolaise I suppose LT has merely changed his mind over time. Already in "The Little Book" (2011) he amended his 2008 review, which you cite, as follows: "2011: The latest version reveals how near the edge of the abyss Jean-Paul Guerlain was playing in the original. There has clearly been a small change in the formulation up top, and the vivid original is now borderline garish. [...] however, it is still perfectly fine at a distance and with the passage of time". By 2018, he may have become still more reticent about it. Although this can't be the whole explanation, because the 2018 passage is specifically about the original Nahema, not the latest version. Well, you could always ask him when you meet again.
If I do meet him, I’ll try to ask him 😉
I began wearing Nahema in the early 80's. It became my Signature Scent immediately. I can no longer find it in the USA. Where might I find in 2020 (A VERY weird year)* Is there a reliable discount vendor? I loved your gorgeous video. It touched me and caused me to Time Travel.
Thanks very much indeed for watching.
If only I knew of a cheap site for Nahema! In fact, I’d be happy with an expensive one too. Just anything! The thought of it being discontinued is too awful to bear.
Fragrancenet have it...
I wish I could watch live but can't awaken at 530am I've been a big fan of Nahema since the 1990s esp the extrait I own a bottle of edp I wore it once to go to the bank the young male teller behind the counter pulled a face like to say eww that's disgusting but I don't care I LOVE this scent
I also have a vintage bottle of Paris & a bottle of Annick Goutals ce soir ou jamais all beautiful scents
Thanks very much for watching 😊
I envy you your bottle of vintage Paris!
Very sensible review indeed.....infact the Guerlain boy in YT needs to learn something from you I guess...hehehehe
Thanks very much for watching.
I’ll have to check him out 😉
Guerlain is my favourite house and have quite a few but Nahema I don’t have and need to try and source myself some .
It's just gorgeous. Try to find the extrait.
Thanks for watching.
Persolaise Perfumes will do .I have just bought Chamade as one I have never bought . I have vol du Nuit ‘ Apre Lon’dee ‘ Jicky and my three favourites of the older ones Shalimar ‘ Mitsouko and L’Heure Bleue but had and hated samsara of the older ones .
Managed to grab a 1ml extrait of Nahama for £20 from eBay and hope it’s all good.
Update on the Nahama sample - I have just received the cutest tiny 1ml sample of Parfum’ it’s a boxed not for retail sample but in proper bottle and got for £20 and it is a beautiful scent . It isn’t my favourite Guerlain but I’m happy to add to my collection. Thank you 🙏
I’m from the future. It’s 2023. Things are still… unwell.
Ha! You're not kidding.
Thank you for the wonderful video! What is the name of the perfume publication you mentioned? Is it published in English?
I’m so sorry, I can’t remember. Did you notice at what point in the video I mention it?
I ended up answering my own question when you read aloud from one of the NEZ Editions naturals notebooks. I emailed NEZ to see if they offered e-book versions of the notebooks - sadly, no, but they did say that a coffee table book combining all the notebooks is being considered!
I used Nahema from the early eighties. It has, until recently, been my only fragrance. There was a time in the late nineties when it became difficult to find and the rumour was that it was to be discontinued. Luckily, that proved to be incorrect. However, now it does seem to have been discontinued. I have struggled to find an alternative fragrance, as I am often allergic to many ingredients. So sad, as other fragrances I can wear usually smell awful on me. Does anyone know of an alternative with the same oomph?
I do believe that Nahema edp is still part of Guerlain’s line up.
It’s a unique scent, but for something with a comparable soul, check out Tauer Une Rose Chypree.
Many thanks for watching 😊
I’m struggling to decide on which guerlain perfume to purchase first. I’m deciding between Mitsouko and Nahema.
I hope you’ll be able to make a decision soon.
There is still Nahema and Chamade for sale here in the Netherlands. Are they still the same as the originals
From 1979 and 1969? You give me the impression that the modern versions are not the same as the old ones.
Do i understand you correctly?
Yes, there is no way that they can be exactly the same. Some reformulation will inevitably have taken place since the 60s and 70s.
Thanks for watching.
Hola me interesa obtener ese perfume en donde podría conseguirlo 🙂
Is Nahema close to Rouge by Hermes? Is it redundant to have both?
I wouldn’t say they’re all that similar.
so Nahema have a real rose ingredient or are there all synt. ??
I would imagine that, like most modern perfumes, it contains a mixture of naturals and synthetics.