Samsara

Name: Samsara Eau de Parfum (EDP)
Brand: Guerlain

Guerlain · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 1989

≈ $130 · 100ml · approx. retail

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.

Amber Woody Floral Sandalwood Powdery

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Ylang-Ylang Peach Bergamot Green Notes Lemon

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Iris / Orris Jasmine Narcissus Violet Rose

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Sandalwood Vanilla Amber Tonka Bean Musk

Best for

FallWinterEveningSpecial Occasion

Perfumer

Jean-Paul Guerlain

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