Blind buying must always be condoned and encouraged 😅😅😅 let's live dangerously. Shalimar Iris has your name written all over it. . That's my prediction as I'm only a few minutes in 😁

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

😂😂 you bad girl!!

Bought a sample of Shalimar Millisime Iris and I think it’s beautiful. I love iris too and the vanilla talc was just fine with me.

Love the Shalimar bottles. The original, as you say, is a bit sharp, not my favorite. The Initial flanker, is lovely. I’m glad you liked this new Iris version, it’s fun opening blind buys, sometimes you just have to live a little!!!!🎉🌻🌞⭐️

Sounds like the Shalimar for you Claire! I hope you enjoy it and that you feel it worth the birthday splurge. 🥳If we hear you are wearing it a lot, we will know that it was a win! Thanks for sharing your blind buy with us. 😊💛✨

Wow that lilac cardigan/jumper looks great on you! 💜

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Oh thank you Em! 💜

Thank you for this amazing review Claire! I just heard about this one and I think I am definitely going to order. ❤

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Ooh good luck Sarah hope you love it! 💖

I just ordered the Millisime Iris and had it engraved - will be here in a couple more days from Guerlain. Enjoyed the timely review and comparison.

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Jim hope you love it.

My friend got, she loves the iris and she is really happy with this release. I ordered the bottle too🙌

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Hope you love it!!

Just ordered it today, thanks for the excellent review! ❤

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Come back and share your thoughts please!!

I was so excited to watch this video. Do you find the baby powderiness to be similar to L'Instant Magic at all?

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

It’s been awhile since I smelled that, gave the bottle to my mum as it was too powdery but I’d say possibly similar level of powder. I can still smell SMI on my hand now after filming yesterday at 5pm so it’s ridiculously long lasting, the scent now is like a vanilla talc.

You were the first person that came to mind when I heard of this release. I was like...ooooo Claire's gonna lose her MIND. 😂 So happy you got it in. 💜 I'll have to give it a sniff asap.

Glad you're feeling well today ❤ Intrigued as it sounds lovely🤞💜

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊 💖

Just received this today and I love it....I ordered a second bottle. 😄 I agree that the vanilla kind of takes over the iris, but I can still make the iris out in the dry down.

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

😂😂 afraid it’ll become hard to find?

@dcjimr1

10 ай бұрын

@@Smurfygurly Oh yes, major FOMO! 🤣 I've learned my lesson with Guerlain's U.S. website. They have a few bottles of each fragrance and when they're out, they're out.

@wildernessisland2573

10 ай бұрын

I did the same thing! Bought one, put it on, bought another one 😂 it's so good!

Americans only have the option to return at some stores, mainly the biggest retailers. But usually these stores have testers too so you can try before you buy. Some of them will also make a small decant for you to try the perfume for a few days before deciding to buy

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for clarifying 💖

@charmedbymeghan

10 ай бұрын

@@Smurfygurly Yea it is nice to have the option - I wish all retailers gave the option or would at least give lil decants to try first. I wonder if this release will sell out?

Have you ever tried Widian New York? It's my ultimite parfume but its pricy so that's why I am looking into this new Guerlain :-) Thank yu for desribing🥰

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

I haven’t tried it, thanks for watching ❤️

Enjoyed tfs

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

It does sound quite lovely actually 😍 a blind buy not fail 🤣. I never know where I'm at with iris but a dior homme sounds good. The other one seaweed 🤔 probably not 🤣

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

I’m not sure it’s a success though either, it’s just a bit too powdery and sweet for this fussy miss Princess and the pea over here 😂

@scentedsnowdrops

10 ай бұрын

@@Smurfygurly what scares me the most with Guerlains at the moment is they all smell very Guerlainy... I tried that wicked good tonight yawn... It could be a Guerlain, tonka and vanilla 🙄

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

@@scentedsnowdrops I’ve never tried Wicked Good but always imagined a one dimensional sweet chocolate which just isn’t my thing

@scentedsnowdrops

10 ай бұрын

@@Smurfygurly the chocolate is gone after about 15mins, then yea tonkarific if that's your kinda jazz 🤣

Listening to this review makes me wonder what you'll think of Knightsbridge by Robert Piget. I think its stocked exclusively at harrods and i think you'll like it

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

I believe I did try that one many years ago, it wasn’t a love but I should maybe try it again.

On skin, this was just too much for me and not my favourite Shalimar. I didn't get Dior Homme vibes, but I'm more familiar with the Intense version...

You love your concrete dust 😂 sounds really nice. I love a bit of tonka too 💙

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

😂😂 I know, it should be an official note in perfumery

Blind bought this you say? Makes 2 of us 😂

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Good luck! 🍀

I've heard nothing of the new Shalimar and it is not on the U.S. website (no surprise there!). Loved the reviews of these new perfumes.

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Jimbo im sure it’ll be there soon!

@Nina-xv4ie

10 ай бұрын

I couldn't find it either until I entered "Iris" into the search bar and there it was! I was able to order a bottle.

@dcjimr1

10 ай бұрын

@@Nina-xv4ie THANK YOU, Nina! I just ordered a bottle. 🙂 It's almost like they're trying to make you go on an adventure to find it!

@Nina-xv4ie

10 ай бұрын

Haha, yes! @@dcjimr1

There goes my no-buy! Ha ha, thanks Claire!

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Oops! Sorry 😂

Where did you buy it?

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Direct from Guerlain

I love the vanilla, leather and smoke with citrus combo of Shalimar EDP, but hate the soap note. I was hoping this one would be Shalimar without the offending note, replacing soap with powder. 🥰My dream🥰 Shalimar EDP is definitely not what I would call sweet. The vanilla is dry and not gourmand. Although you can send most cosmetics and perfumes back in the US, most reasonable people don't do this due to waste. I have sent things back, but it was when I received something I felt was not fair in some way. I buy samples since I live in the country and can't try in store.

@jeanettemarkley7299

10 ай бұрын

I'm happy to hear you are feeling well today.

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

This one doesn’t have smoke or leather but powder in droves! I think it’s too powdery for me actually and I get nothing soapy at all. Thanks for clarifying re returns in 🇺🇸 that makes sense although a really bad / expensive blind buy would probably have me throwing my ethics out the window 😂

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@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

🪻

Hello Claire! And happy belated birthday 😘 It has not been released yet in France. Apparently not before next Monday but of course I'll go smell it 😁 If I love it I may wait a few days to use my 25% code for my birthday 😆 I filmed a review on the new aqua allegoria fragrances but I keep having issues with my camera so I lost part of it and need to re-record the end 😅

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Birthday is 24th so prematurely buying myself gifts! 😂 when is your birthday? Oh no I hate technical issues, looking forward to your impressions on them.

@OlfactiveStories

10 ай бұрын

@@Smurfygurly Oh I'm not late then 😁 Mine is on the 22nd 😊 I've just recorded the end again, trying to edit the remaining bits now 😅

Hi ! Did you try tobacco honey?

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Not yet but the notes don’t sound like my thing although I’ll definitely try it at some point. Have you?

@justynasamp4731

10 ай бұрын

Not yet, but I have to! Love Guerlain!

@justynasamp4731

10 ай бұрын

I just received the sample. It is absolutely not my type! Lots of tobacco!

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

@@justynasamp4731 yeah I’m not a fan of heavy tobacco notes

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@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

🍓

It's working now!!! 💪 😊

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Phew!!! Thanks LB 💖

Yep, I have the same issue, it is not loading. 😢

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Is it still not playing?

@roseandjones8390

10 ай бұрын

Mine had the cheek to play the adverts but not the video. Tried a few times but buffering circle is persistent lol Will try again later xxx

@elainebines6803

10 ай бұрын

@@roseandjones8390 I'll try again later too 🤔

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

@@elainebines6803 oh dear I’ve no idea what’s going on. Will re-upload tomorrow if it’s still an issue

Whilst this is a beautiful Shalimar, there is very little Iris in it if any at all, such a shame.

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

I can get it in the opening but it doesn’t feel like it lasts or it just gets overpowered by vanilla maybe.

@waynemartin4881

10 ай бұрын

@@Smurfygurly thanks for the reply ! I’ll leave my bottle to settle from transit then give it another go, I get the caramel and lots of vanilla throughout, but I think we all would have preferred a more prominent Iris, it’s still a beautiful Scent in its own right.

@Fragrance_Empress

10 ай бұрын

With iris in the name you would expect that to be the dominate note❤ I would love the lipsticky iris to dominate❤

And buggery why did I think your birthday was the 29th? Every year I get it wrong 😂 at least the right month this time?

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Video not playing?

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

It’s playing for me, is it still an issue?

@elainebines6803

10 ай бұрын

@@Smurfygurly I'll check

@elainebines6803

10 ай бұрын

​@@Smurfygurlyjust ended up playing adverts - I thought it meant video ok 😮

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

@@elainebines6803 so strange it’s ok for some and not others. I’ll re upload tomorrow if it’s still an issue

Bit weird and not really good enough that there's no proper label for the Shalimar flankers. Poor show. I got a fab Guerlain hessian shopping bag when I bought Nerolia Vetiver Harvest this summer. Btw Claire your recent videos have rather low volume especially when the ads come in twice as loud. X

@Smurfygurly

10 ай бұрын

Yes seems a bit cheap of Guerlain. Thanks Tim I’ll look into the volume situation x