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SHALIMAR "Before Shalimar was a perfume, it was a garden of love” – This was the tag line of an earlier advertisement of the iconic perfume. Shalimar was one of the first perfumes that successfully incorporated large amounts of vanillin in its composition. The perfume was composed of citrus notes; lemon and bergamot, jasmine, may rose, opoponax, Tonka bean, vanilla, iris, Peru balsam and gray amber. The coolness of the citrus notes led to a floral heart and ended with a warm and luxurious trail. The zesty citrus top notes and the heady florals flowed into a spicy base that was particularly rich in vanilla, incense, and sandalwood. In fact, many said that this perfume was pretty much a prototype for an Oriental perfume. Soon this distinctive and dramatic fragrance became the favorite for the woman who was sensual, sophisticated and uninhibited, who liked making a grand entrance and who did not shy away from making a grander exit; someone who lived for the moment and enjoyed life to the fullest. CHANEL NO 5 In the 1920s Chanel sought a new scent that would appeal to the flapper and celebrate the liberated feminine spirit of that time. Flappers were a generation of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts (just at the knee was short for that time period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behaviour. And it was this liberated spirit that Chanel No 5 wanted to please. And with Marilyn Monroe, suggesting that she wore only Chanel No 5 to bed, and nothing else, the allure of the perfume rose to height unimaginable and has stayed there since. A perfume that was probably created by an erroneous overdose of aldehydes but was approved immediately by Coco Chanel has not changed much since its creation except for the necessary exclusion of natural civet and certain nitro-musks. P A R F U M P L U S 8