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Samsara
Guerlain · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 1989
≈ $103 · 2.5oz · approx. retail
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Released in 1989 by Jean-Paul Guerlain, Samsara is a creamy amber-floral built around a famously high concentration of Mysore sandalwood with jasmine and vanilla. A defining sandalwood scent of its era.
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