Hiram Green Shangri La Eau de Parfum

$399⁰⁰ AUD

Size

50ml 1ml Sample

Pickup available at Melbourne

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The original Shangri La was introduced in 2014 as the followup to Hiram Green’s debut fragrance Moon Bloom. It was inspired and named after the fictional land described in James Hilton's 1933 novel Lost Horizon. Hilton describes Shangri La as a mythical Himalayan utopia, an earthly paradise isolated from the rest of the world where people are almost immortal.

Hiram Green has translated the beauty and purity of Shangri La into a contemporary interpretation of a classic chypre perfume. Chypre perfumes are characterised by a contrast between a fresh citrus accord and a woody-oakmoss base. The first chypre dates from 1917 and since then this fragrance genre has enjoyed enduring appeal.

Shangri La is a bright and airy perfume with a lush and exotic character. The fragrance opens with a sharp burst of lemon, orange, and bergamot that is followed by a rich bouquet of peach, jasmine, orris, rose, cinnamon and warm spices. This opulent heart is anchored by an earthy base of vetiver and oakmoss.

It takes a good nose to distinguish this 2022 edition from the original Shangri La. The most noticeable difference is a lighter and warmer character, with greater emphasis on floral and spicy notes. Adding more oakmoss was not an option as the original version already includes the highest regulatory amount possible.

A classical chypre with oakmoss at maximum — peach, jasmine, and vetiver in sweeping transitions.

Notes

Peach Jasmine Spices Oakmoss Orris Root Rose Bergamot Vetiver Cinnamon Lemon Orange

Wear profile

Longevity

Intensity

Best for Day · Evening

Season Autumn · Winter

Details

Family	Mossy Woods
Country	Netherlands
Perfumer	Hiram Green
Year	2022
Concentration	Eau de Parfum

Description

Fragrance Family:
Mossy Woods

Notes:
Lemon, Orange, Bergamot, Peach, Jasmine, Rose, Orris, Cinnamon, Warm Spices, Vetiver, Oakmoss

Concentration:
Eau de Parfum

Occasion:
The singular richness and beauty of the chypre, all of its joys and contrasts gathered in this complex work. Mesmerising and arresting - a fragrance that sings in summer, and envelops in winter.

Made in the Netherlands

Editor's Notes

One might think of a chypre as a banquet, which for those who love classical perfumes, crave the extravagance of each course logically moving into the next. Shangri La is glorious work: it transitions in sweeping motions, unfolding so one movement is always caught-up in the next. Sun-warmed and spiced citruses and fruits, namely bergamot and peach, rise and fall, like Champagne bubbles that seem to fizz downwards. Sultry and intoxicating, this freshness leads into an amber-coloured floral heart, where lavish doses of creamy jasmine, rose, and iris find sturdy grounding in darkening notes of vetiver and oakmoss. Shangri La employs oakmoss to the highest possible degree within a regulatory framework, and the result is manifest. One gets lost in this paradise, a gentle delirium of falling into exquisite depth. The fragrance is more lascivious than what is typical of a dry leathery chypre, somewhat gooey in the centre and potent, darkening and becoming increasingly smoky as it dries down.

If Mitsouko, Rochas Femme, Coco by Chanel, and Chypre Siam (Rogue Perfumery) are in your olfactive vocabulary, add Shangri La to this list.