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Shanghai(1998)
Guy Laroche · Guy Laroche in-house perfumers · Floral
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A spiced floral composition from Guy Laroche's in-house perfumers, opening on bergamot and spices before a blended floral heart, closing on amber, musk, and vanilla, its evocative city name reflecting a period fashion for exoticized, place-inspired fragrance titles.
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This scent's vanilla note relies on vanillin, the compound that made vanilla affordable worldwide — first synthesized in 1874.
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Shanghai is a fragrance from Guy Laroche, released in 1998 and composed by Guy Laroche in-house perfumers. It sits in the Floral family. It opens with Bergamot and Spice, moves into a heart of Mixed Florals, and settles into a base of Amber, Musk, and Vanilla.
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