Shem - el- Nessim by Grossmith is a Floral Woody Musk fragrance for women. The nose behind this fragrance is Trevor Nicholl. Top notes are Neroli and Bergamot; middle notes are Orris Root, Ylang-Ylang, Jasmine, Geranium and Rose; base notes are Heliotrope, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Musk, Cedar and Vanilla. Shem-el-Nessim, which is Arabic for “smelling the breeze,” got its name after the summer festival in Egypt on Nile. It was first created in 1906 as an iris fragrance. It has notes of bergamot, neroli, geranium, jasmine, rose, ylang-ylang, iris, musk, patchouli, cedar, sandalwood, heliotrope and vanilla. It is available in exclusive glass bottles as 10 and 100 ml perfume, as well as 50 and 100 ml EDP. You can also order the fragrance in the original shaped bottle from 1919, embellished with gold.