Chanelle

Recently, Thierry Wasser, who has also broken this scent again, declared that the perfumeries demanded it so much that he constantly creates new flankers. The customer must be kept in a good mood by constant new releases, it is said. If these new releases then recycle, as here, the big name and iconic flacon of a recognized masterpiece, all the better because: Recognition value. Shalimar Souffle de Lumiere (SSDL) has nothing to do with Shalimar, not even with Shalimar Initial and imho not much with the Shalimar Souffles.
A white Shalimar - that's something different. Above all, it's also paradoxical. Shalimar "Classic", the heavy, wickedly oriental, sensual pattern - and SSDL, the offshoot that dances its name on Midsommar Night as a noble light figure with blossoms in his hair.
I only smell orange blossoms, but not yet opened, innocent ones; jasmine, but not the one that beguiles the white nights of Seville, but the mild, reserved version, even Ylang not in full kit.
Pale green in the heart note, fresh spice in the base. Could perform a bit more, but such delicate dream plants fade away too quickly...

I have to come down slowly - from my pro-Guerlain attitude. There are other excellent manufacturers of fragrances! But just lately Guerlain has been producing so many bangers, it doesn't stop there. The post-LVMH lull is probably finally over now and the intention to take over the perfume world domination isn't that far-fetched. The opening of numerous pure Guerlain boutiques is in the works, and events for this year's 190th anniversary are already in the gun barrel. This will be a year! Happy.
Oh, yes, there's a new météorites scent. There were already two of them, whereby one was a room fragrance and only available as a luxury gift, and the other one has been off the market for a long time. The latter, a "mass market" - but limited - fragrance came out around the year 2000 and, like the room fragrance Guerlain's Megaseller face powder (pearls or pressed) of the same name, was to be perfumed, which was also fabulously successful.
So now a new edition was announced. But... howwhat? - with apple flavour! Apple in scent is one of my fear enemies! Apple! Acidic, acetonic to pungent, artificial, Schauma shampoo from the 70s, Appelkorn, everything bah.
I hardly dared... but the bottle! So pretty! Like the girls' version of Terracotta Le Parfum. Pink, pastel with satin label. Ok, eyes closed and through...
The first second is freshly powdered, not yet exactly crumbled up. Then the poisoned apple rolls up Stop, it's not poisoned. It's not artificial either. A little appley pink lady sweetness, that's all, bedded on rice powder, dry and beautiful. Very skiny, though. If you wanted more of this rice powder note, you'd have to go for Traversée du Bosphore.
The fragrance also remains skin-tight and unobtrusive in its further development: the apple is completely gone after 1 hour at the latest, then it is only summer powdery, like terracotta, the cosmetics line.
All in all a very nice scent, which smells of vacation, sun and care. The only drawback: Too weak for me. But maybe I'm a little nose blind at the moment, because of too many quite rude guerlains lately

Tinkerbell has a new favorite scent: Hummingbird! Created by my favorite fragrance artist Shelley Waddington, who otherwise produces the fabulous, fairytale-like EnVoyage fragrances, this dream of a flower perfume is one of the most commercial from the zoologist series of Victor Wong.
I love it!
At first, a delicate, but only slightly sweet breath rose to my nose, underlined by green, fresh-flowered notes. This develops in the further course of the fragrance in a creamier, green direction, in order to become increasingly flowery-velvetwoody. I can see/smell similarities with Jardins de Bagatelle, the only green Guerlain fragrance I've ever used for a long time, but JdB is less pleasing-cuddly. This makes Hummingbird superior to it.
The delicate nectar and the millions of flowerbuds form a cloud of bliss, which accompanies and inspires me for a long time.
A veritable poem! Very wearable and durable. A mainstreamer among the Zoologist creations, which nevertheless stands out positively from the mass of the flowery fragrances by its delicacy.