The launch of Shalimar: Guerlain, 1925

A dated launch: the year, the house and the perfumer are the conservatory’s; the fragrance record holds the rest of what is documented.

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Date

1925 (year)

documented

Shalimar GUERLAIN 1925 EXT Ambré Ambré Doux Jacques Guerlain

OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Label

documented (a source states it)

house label

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

one of the four labels the site gives a reconstruction, chosen from what the cited source itself says

confidence B

Kind

launch

house classification

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the house’s grouping of events for the timeline

confidence B

What happened

Guerlain launches Shalimar, by Jacques Guerlain.

documented

Shalimar GUERLAIN 1925 EXT Ambré Ambré Doux Jacques Guerlain

OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Place

not on record

not on record

no place on record for this event

People

• Jacques Guerlain (perfumer)
  documented

  Shalimar GUERLAIN 1925 EXT Ambré Ambré Doux Jacques Guerlain

  OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

Perfumers

• Jacques Guerlain

Fragrances

• Shalimar

Teaching accords

• An amber (the perfumer’s, not the resin)

Sources

1. OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums. Collection Osmothèque, juin 2015 (PDF list: name, house, launch year, concentration, family, sub-family, perfumers). www.osmotheque.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Col… · read 2026-09-30 · no reuse licence stated; short quotes and single facts only, under fair use (quoted, not reproduced)

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