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History
Dilshad appeared in 2025, sixteen years after Tubéreuse Couture, created in 2009. With it, Pierre Guillaume returns to theme 17, the tuberose, but in a wholly different way. The first approach treated the flower as an anatomical study, a dissection of its facets, with tuberose as the sole protagonist. This time, it is put at the service of a story and shares the stage with a young leading lady.
The complexity of tuberose and its voluptuous strangeness make it a difficult beauty to marry. It is in pistachio that the perfumer found an alter ego able to match it blow for blow: the bitterness and green notes that naturally resonate between the two form the link of the composition. The tuberose flowers seem to infuse a bath of musk and almond milk, a delicate evocation of the enfleurage technique.
The name comes from Persian: Dilshad means « The one who brings happiness », a nod to the Iranian pistachio at its heart. The perfume thus extends the house’s narrative vein, where a flower becomes a character.
Olfactory pyramid
Dilshad unfolds from pistachio to a musky base, around a heart of tuberose and almond milk.
The through-line is the dialogue of tuberose and pistachio, the floral and the green-bitter.
Olfactory profile
Dilshad is a softened tuberose rather than a heady one. Iranian pistachio and almond milk round its brightness, giving it a green, milky fullness that tempers the flower’s power. Opopanax and musk close the base on a resinous, velvety softness.
Its signature lies in that balance between the floral Diva and her green alter ego, between voluptuous and soothing. It is a refined gourmand floral, more wearable than many tuberoses, faithful to Pierre Guillaume’s narrative writing.
Key characteristics
When and where to wear
Dilshad is a mid-season scent, for day and evening alike. Its milky roundness keeps it wearable every day, its tuberose gives it brightness for outings. A present yet softened trail.
Wearing notes
Fit by season
| Season | Fit | Critical notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | ★★★★ | The milky tuberose blooms. |
| Summer | ★★★☆ | Radiant but dose it. |
| Autumn | ★★★★ | Pistachio and opopanax warm it. |
| Winter | ★★★☆ | The musky base holds well. |
Fit by setting
| Setting | Fit | Wearing advice |
|---|---|---|
| Outings | ★★★★ | Assured radiance. |
| Dinner | ★★★★ | Enveloping floral. |
| Everyday | ★★★☆ | Wearable fullness. |
| Office | ★★★☆ | Dose the trail. |
| Formal | ★★★★ | Refined bearing. |
Similar perfumes
Pierre Guillaume’s tuberose has two faces; Dilshad signs the most gourmand reading.
| Perfume | House · year | Why it is close |
|---|---|---|
| Tubéreuse Couture 17 | Pierre Guillaume Paris · 2009 | The first approach to theme 17, where tuberose reigned alone, before the duo with pistachio. |
| Cadjméré 18 | Pierre Guillaume Paris | The neighbour in the numbered catalogue, a creamy ambery woody around sandalwood, another house « matter-perfume ». |
Common questions
See also
Sources
- Official Dilshad 17.1 press kit · Pierre Guillaume Paris
- 2026 Pierre Guillaume Paris catalogue (English edition)
- Pierre Guillaume Paris, official Dilshad page
- Fragrantica, 17.1 Dilshad entry