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History
Dilshad 17.1 is an eau de parfum by Pierre Guillaume Paris, composed by Pierre Guillaume, founder of the house based in Auvergne (France). It came out in 2024 under the house’s theme N°17, tuberoses, in the Numbered collection, where the house also lists it among its best sellers. The specialist press announced it on 10 September 2024.
Dilshad appeared in 2024, eighteen years after Tubéreuse Couture, created in 2006. 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 that opens the composition. The perfume thus extends the house’s narrative vein, where a flower becomes a character.
Fragrance notes
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.
Scent 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.
How to wear it
Seasonal fit
| Season | Fit | Critical notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | ★★★★ | The milky tuberose blooms. |
| Summer | ★★★☆ | Radiant but dose it. |
| Autumn | ★★★★ | Pistachio and opopanax warm it. |
| Winter | ★★★☆ | The musky base suits it. |
Context fit
| Setting | Fit | Wearing advice |
|---|---|---|
| Outings | ★★★★ | Assured radiance. |
| Dinner | ★★★★ | Enveloping floral. |
| Everyday | ★★★☆ | Wearable fullness. |
| Office | ★★★☆ | Dose the trail. |
| Ceremony | ★★★★ | 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 · 2006 | 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 catalog, a creamy ambery woody around sandalwood, another house « matter-perfume ». |
| Praliné de Santal 18.1 | Pierre Guillaume Paris · 2011 | The toasted gourmand of theme 18, sandalwood, hazelnut and heliotrope; the same milky, toasted roundness, without the tuberose. |
Frequently asked questions
See also
Sources
- Official Dilshad 17.1 press kit · Pierre Guillaume Paris
- Pierre Guillaume Paris catalog 2025-2026 (English edition)
- Pierre Guillaume Paris, official Dilshad page
- Pierre Guillaume Paris, 17.1 Dilshad product page (French site): « Thème 17 : Tubéreuses », pistachio, tuberose, floral, Numbered and Best sellers collections, 50 and 100 ml, from 120 euros (accessed 5 November 2026)
- Robin, “Pierre Guillaume Dilshad ~ new fragrance”, Now Smell This, 10 September 2024 (2024 launch, second fragrance of theme 17)
- Now Smell This, announcement of Tubéreuse Couture among the new Parfumerie Générale fragrances, 29 November 2006
- Parfumo, 17.1 Dilshad (English edition), year 2024, perfumer Pierre Guillaume entry: longevity 7.1/10 (43 votes), sillage 6.9/10 (44 votes), as of 5 November 2026