Shalimar Fourreau du Soir Guerlain for women

It is so balanced! I have a thing about vanilla. To be honest I hate it, becuse in five mnutes I can smell nothing but vanilla on me, quite annoying. That's why I can't wear Jicky, which I love for the fifteen first minutes, but then - total disaster. Anyway,my point is that Fourreau de Soir is sooo well blended that I don't smell it at all. Just a hint of sweetness, which is more incense and tonka bean. It also has a very distinct pepperish note on me, which I guess is the combination of opoponax, lime skin and maybe powder. It's a true Guerlain! And the bottle is absolutely gorgeous;)

OMG! After wearing this for a period, it turns out so familiar with Maison Francis Kurkdjian Pour Le Soir!! No wonder I smell something familiar. And the worst is, it doesn't last long like the original Shalimar EDP, WTH!! I give you 2 - 4 hours lasting power.

After bought this version Shalimar home and comparing with Shalimar Initial, found out the Classic smells like burn leather while the Initial like sour bergamot and a little bit sweet.

So which one you like? For me I love Initial more.

Update: After 2 days remove the bottle from the box, stored in my cabinet, I gave a little splitz on both my inner arm and sniff it while online, the burnt leather smell turns out to be tonka bean. To be exact is tonka bean mixed with vanilla as basenotes with citrus on the top note. Less sweet. I love Classic Shalimar EDP.

I bought a shalimar about a year ago in singapore,the one with the black ribbon at the cap. its too lemonee. i just bought this one in KLCC and it smell different. i think all the different version will have slightly different smell. but i hate the one i bought in takashimaya singapore and i love this new 2011 version because its the same with shalimar that i like.

Shalimar Fourreau du soir le nouveau "must have"...
Poudré, vanillé et toujours la "guerlinade" qui fait que l'on reconnait Guerlain parmi tous les parfums du Monde...

sick bottle. I would buy it just for that! But at the same time Im sure it smells wonderful just like any other Shalimar so I probably will buy it...ahh im excited ;)

OMG....the bottle is to die for!!!!!!! i wish i had it! :(