Shalimar Ode de la Vanille Guerlain for women

yes, i agree it is smokey and boozy, but also warm and cozy. i had the pleasure of trying this one, but i don't own it....yet. i'm hoping to one day have this gorgeous bottle with its soft vanilla and spicy scented goodness sitting on my dresser in a place of honor. this is just so rich and lovely. i fell for it at first sniff.

i just want to add... i don't get any kind of tobacco product scent from this. thats not the type of smokey goodness i'm getting from this and i'm really glad that i don't.

sounds like a fragrance id like..could someone let me know if you can still get hold of it...and where ??
thanks :)

I could swear that I can smell something smokey and boozy in this.

As a matter of fact... When my hubby and I were first dating, he used to smoke a pipe of tobacco out on the porch occasionally. Unfortunately my lungs were very sensitive from a case of pneumonia, so he had to stop, because even the lingering scent on his clothes would irritate my lungs.

Ode de Vanille smells to me exactly like that sweet, smokey, smooth, vanilla-y scent that used to linger on his clothes and in his beard after he smoked some pipe tobacco.

I don't think this is something I would personally wear, as it's not quite my style, but it's wonderful to get a whiff of and enjoy the scent from time to time. Might just go sneak a dab onto the hubby and see how it smells on him.

ETA: Asked my hubby what kind of tobacco he used to get, he says it was unflavored cavendish.

Had him smell my wrist, and he agreed it smelled like his pipe tobacco.

Then I dabbed some on him and....it smells nothing at all like how it smells on me! Doesn't smell anything like pipe tobacco. I got a blast of strong resins and spices, no vanilla on him at all.

Skin chemistry is an intriguing and mysterious thing.

I really like the dry down. very vanilla and powdery. but before it dries down I get a bit of sweaty gym socks.

La version de Shalimar qui m'a enfin permis de me l'offrir. Je lui trouve une parfaite cohérence et un petit quelque chose de l'extrait dans cette version là. Subtil et terriblement féminin.

I love Shalimar and I think this variation is wonderful. As others have stated, it starts out in the beginning being a slightly lighter version of Shalimar but the dry down has more vanilla. I think it would be great for the office as it is a sophisticated fragrance but not so overpowering as to be offensive. My only complaint is it doesn't seem to last on me more then a couple of hours. I see other have the same problem.

Shalimar Ode a la Vanille is a fragrance in harmony with the exotic sweetness of vanilla. Shalimar per se, just Shalimar, is, however, my only option among the whole series of versions of this unique perfume that have been made to date. Perhaps because of the fact that I almost always used its extract form and never a light version of Shalimar.

Nice fragrance. Starts out lemony but not sweet. Then a mixture of iris and vanilla as it settles down. I would recommend that you apply this lightly. Use too much and it will smell medicinal, like the band-aid comments people make about Shalimar. It does get a tad bit masculine later.

Light and sweet with kind of depth and intensity to me. Very classic with a modern twist, in which vanilla notes warm the fresh burst of citrus aromas. A totally sensual, sophisticated, bewitching fragrance.

Well I am smitten! I am a fan of Shalimar, of Light/Legere and to Eau... So I had to try this one. At first without comparing, it seemed this was identical to reg Shalimar, but the vanilla nuance is there. Those who never liked Shalimar will probably not like this as they are very similar but where reg Shalimar has that waxy/gas note early on (which I love) but sometimes find it too serious for weekends, Ode skips over that note altogether. There is also the standard Shalimar powder notes missing and instead a slightly sweet low boozy (think diet SDV lol) tucked in Ode. Have had it now for a month and just loving Ode - easily wearing it to the office and on weekends and the drydown is sooo delicious much sweeter vanilla. But not petite fille or cupcake vanilla in any way. Will be getting a backup of this one for sure. Did I mention the bottle and box are gorgeous?

I have to disagree with Endymion.
First of all it is not Extrait ,but eau de parfum. The previous version was an ugly no-saying bottle where here the origins of the bottle does make from this creations a modern version bottle. Congratulations to the designer !!

It seems that the Shalimar fragrance is so complex and intelligent that it allows Guerlain to play successfully with both parts of what made the original innocent and sensual, complex but simple at the same time: the hesperidic accord and the vanillic center. Eau de Shalimar and Shalimar Light pushed the composition on the citrus side, with a light gourmand accord. Now it`s time for a more focused vanilla rendition of it. This Ode a La Vanille starts similar to shalimar, with a lemon-lime accord, very citrusy and less bitter than the original, which is followed fastly by the vanilla accord. The vanilla accord it`s less powdery than the original shalimar, maybe because all the adornments of what made the base of shalimar gourmand, but not sweet, were missing here. You don`t have the opopponax, the tonka, the labdanum here. The vanilla accord is very focused on vanilla, something like Spiritueuse Double Vanille, but less boozy and without the spicy touch of SDV. It`s a silky, slightly incensed, warm vanilla that shines e dominates almost all the composition. At the base, the vanilla gives space to what seems to be a similar base used in prada amber edp - a combination of ambar, patchouly and musk that gives a final amberish and slightly wood finish in a whispering way.
This shalimar may not be so loved by the fans of the original, but it`s a great vanilla adition to a house which is known for it`s passion for the complex and appealling aroma of the vanilla.

First off this is Shalimar at the beginning. It takes about an hour for the Vanilla really to kick in. It is not as powdery as original Shalimar. It is well done, but not extraordinary. Its worth it if you really want more Vanilla in the drydown.

Update: This one is really short-lived. The more I have tried the more disappointed I am with it. It almost leaves me feeling cheated.

Well Guerlain, i am one of your biggest fans and was really eager to try this new edition of my beloved Shalimar. I ordered 2 bottles. I have to be honest and say i am slightly dissapointed. Top is very lemony, very similar to the Shalimar Light. Its like this for 15 minutes. Then the vanilla appears, not a blast, very well behaved. You definately dont have to be a vanilla fan to like this. You do have to be a Shalimar fan. I did a side by side test of this one and the new EDP, very similar. In fact, i prefer the regular EDP ( is this also reformulated btw or just a new bottle ? )The base is very similar to my nose, the regular EDP is a tad stronger and longlasting on me. Conclusion, nicely done, but i dont find the name very fitting. I had expected the vanilla to be much more prominent. You could say this is the EDP and Shalimar Light combined. Bottle is beautiful. I am very curious to hear your impressions. I will use this with great pleasure, but it does not top my many vintage formulations of this classic lady by any means.