{"product_id":"guerlain-shalimar-l-essence-eau-de-parfum-intense-90ml","title":"Shalimar L'Essence Eau de Parfum Intense 90ml","description":"\u003cp\u003ePer millilitre, Guerlain Shalimar L'Essence Eau de Parfum Intense 90ml is the best value of the three sizes, and that is the main argument for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fragrance is a rose and an iris held over a sweet base, and that is very nearly all of it. Bergamot supplies a bright few minutes at the start. The rose that follows is full bodied and slightly jammy, while iris brings a cool, powdery, faintly earthy quality that keeps it from being merely pretty. Amber and vanilla sit underneath, resinous and sweet in that order, rounding the base off and giving the whole thing a warm finish. This is a short composition and a well made one. It is immediate, it does not change much, and it lasts: seven hours and more at this concentration, with a moderate trail that stays within a sensible radius. Nothing in it is difficult, and nothing in it is dull either. The practical point about the largest bottle is that it changes how you use a perfume. Nobody rations a 90ml bottle, and a scent this wearable deserves to be worn rather than saved, so if you have already tried L'Essence and know you like it, buy this one and stop thinking about it. The difference in cost per wearing against the 30ml is substantial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt favours cool weather and the evening, it reads as feminine, and the perfumer was Delphine Jelk, in 2025. A Guerlain shop has existed in Paris since 1828 and the firm now belongs to LVMH. Its reputation was built on the 1925 Shalimar, among others, and L'Essence is the simplified descendant of it, carrying the name with a fraction of the complication. At this size it is also the only version that invites you to be generous with it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guerlain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54530516189511,"sku":"ENG211332","price":210.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/5049\/1463\/files\/75781069_xxl_a7.jpg?v=1785974716","url":"https:\/\/thescentvault.ie\/products\/guerlain-shalimar-l-essence-eau-de-parfum-intense-90ml","provider":"The Scent Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}