Gina Lollobrigida

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Gina Lollobrigida's known favorite perfume: Shalimar by Guerlain

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Why we love Guerlain Shalimar perfume

For generations, women have loved all-time best selling classic, Shalimar. The brand tells the romantic story as “Inspired by the passionate love story between an emperor and an Indian princess.  Shalimar, which means “temple of love” in Sanskrit, symbolises the promise of eternal love forevermore. It is a fragrance of desire.” 

Top notes are bergamot, lemon, cedar and mandarin orange. Middle notes include iris, patchouli, vetiver, rose and jasmine. The base notes are rounded out with leather, sandalwood, civet, musk, and vanilla. 

“With its smouldering and slightly impertinent character, the star oriental fragrance in perfumery embodies skin-caressing sensuality with a hint of the forbidden. “Wearing Shalimar means letting your senses take over,” Jacques Guerlain would say.

Enjoy wearing Guerlain Shalimar perfume

Projection

Heavy Projection

Heavy Projection: Radiates outward at least 6 feet. Your perfume is considered strong, so be extra careful and apply with a light hand. Wearing too much perfume will cause it to linger long after you’ve left, or worse yet, they’ll catch your whiff even before you enter the room!

Longevity

Longevity: Long Lasting

Long Lasting Longevity: 7 hours to 12 hours. Expect your fragrance to last throughout the day.. The quickest way to extend the scent is to bring along a travel-size roll-on, solid, or hand lotion.

About Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida (born Luigina Lollobrigida on July 4, 1927) is an Italian television and film actress, sculptor and photojournalist. During the 1950s and 1960s, she was considered Europe’s most famous sex symbol. The rumored list of famous lovers elevated her status as one of Europe’s most desirable women. 

Her most renowned films include: Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Come September, for which she won a Golden Globe Award. She was born in Subiaco, Italy, to a furniture manufacturer and his wife. 

Spouse: Dr. Milko Skofic (1949-1971). 

Child: Andrea Milko Skofic (born 1957)

Height: 5’5″ (1.65m)

Net Worth: $20 million

Zodiac: Cancer

Charities: Stem cell research

Trivia: 

  • Granted an exclusive interview with Fidel Castro in 1974.
  • In 1986, she was named the head of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival. 
  • Was awarded the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018.
  • Her husband, Milko Skofic was a physician, and gave up his medical practice to become her manager. 
  • She obtained the nickname ‘The Frigidaire” from Humphrey Bogart, who disliked her. 
  • Is a beauty winner and was named the second runner-up in the 1947 Miss Italy Competition. 
  • In 2013, she raised money for stem cell research by auctioning her Bulgari jewels for nearly $5 million at a Sotheby’s auction. 
  • Given her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February, 2018.

Quotes: 

  • “Glamour is when a man knows a woman is a woman.”
  • “A woman at 20 is like ice, at 30 she is warm, and at 40 she is hot.” 
  • “I do what I like now. I just don’t have time for it all.” 
  • “Love, the best cosmetic.”
  • “I knew right away that Rock Hudson was gay when he did not fall in love with me.”
  • “I have experience seducing nephews.”
  • “We are all born to die-the difference is the intensity with which we choose to live.” 
  • “I’ve had many lovers and still have romances. I am very spoiled. All my life I have had too many admirers.”
  • “Sophia Loren plays peasants. I play ladies.”
  • “I want to leave a souvenir of my life.”