Guerlain Shalimar EDT — Type Formula
The archetypal oriental, where bright bergamot dissolves into smoky vanilla, leather and powdered balsams.
Jacques Guerlain's 1925 monument tells the love story of Shah Jahan through contrast: sparkling hesperidic light over a dusky vanilla-leather shadow. The EDT concentration lifts the citrus and powder, keeping the legend wearable by daylight.
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Composition (28 materials · type reconstruction · amounts locked)
| # | Material | CAS | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bergamot oil | 8007-75-8 | 9.8% 🔒 |
| 2 | Lemon oil | 8008-56-8 | 7.6% 🔒 |
| 3 | Linalool | 78-70-6 | 6.1% 🔒 |
| 4 | d-Limonene | 5989-27-5 | 5.3% 🔒 |
| 5 | Rose oil | 8007-01-0 | 4.7% 🔒 |
| 6 | Jasmine absolute | 8022-96-6 | 3.9% 🔒 |
| 7 | Hedione | 24851-98-7 | 3.2% 🔒 |
| 8 | Methyl ionone gamma | 127-51-5 | 2.6% 🔒 |
| 9 | alpha-Irone | 79-69-6 | 2.1% 🔒 |
| 10 | Orris resinoid | -- | 1.8% 🔒 |
| 11 | Heliotropin | 120-57-0 | 1.4% 🔒 |
| 12 | Vanillin | 121-33-5 | 1.1% 🔒 |
| 13 | Ethyl vanillin | 121-32-4 | 0.9% 🔒 |
| 14 | Coumarin | 91-64-5 | 0.7% 🔒 |
| 15 | Tonka bean absolute | 8046-22-8 | 0.5% 🔒 |
| 16 | Benzoin resinoid | 9000-05-9 | 0.4% 🔒 |
| 17 | Peru balsam | 8007-00-9 | 0.3% 🔒 |
| 18 | Opoponax resinoid | -- | 0.2% 🔒 |
| 19 | Labdanum absolute | 8016-26-0 | 12.4% 🔒 |
| 20 | Olibanum oil | 8016-36-2 | 9.8% 🔒 |
| 21 | Birch tar oil rectified | 8001-88-5 | 7.6% 🔒 |
| 22 | Castoreum absolute | 8023-83-4 | 6.1% 🔒 |
| 23 | Styrax resinoid | 8024-01-9 | 5.3% 🔒 |
| 24 | Patchouli oil | 8014-09-3 | 4.7% 🔒 |
| 25 | Sandalwood oil | 8006-87-9 | 3.9% 🔒 |
| 26 | Vetiver oil Haiti | 8016-96-4 | 3.2% 🔒 |
| 27 | Musk ketone | 81-14-1 | 2.6% 🔒 |
| 28 | Civet absolute | -- | 2.1% 🔒 |
— = captive material without a public CAS (a substitution is provided in the full spec). Restricted allergens are IFRA-flagged in the paid spec.
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