Habit Rouge Parfum

Fragrances where patchouli take a central role have not been my taste & this one is not an exception. The quality is obvious & performance is above average. 8-9 hours longevity with medium projection. Suitable for winter & fall or in a temperature controlled environment.

If you remember Habit Rouge L'Eau, this is the intense version. Richer, denser, more pronounced in its woody notes. Nothing new, just waiting to see if Arsène Lupin, the Dandy, will make a return.

too much lactones, too much umami animalistic notes that are unattractive near sweet vanilla notes.

Upon initial spray, it reminds me of a warm, boozy, Shalimar with hints of TF Noir. Into the drydown, it gets closer to Musc Ravageur.

Nose note #35: Note: Review from a 2 mL test sample, not the full bottle. Pretty much a linear but delightful fragrance. Starts with a combination of patchouli and vanilla along with a subtle touch of rum. After 1 hour, the rum disappears, leaving an herbal vanilla until it fades away. A masculine fragrance designed for sexy and not-too-young gentlemen. Occasions to wear it include afternoon to late night and always in fall or winter. Nothing breathtaking but worth taking a look. Price: Gift from the store Rate: 7.5/10

Great but not unique, Dry down smells like Tom Ford Noir Extreme. Sillage and projection: somehow strong. Opening is so sexy and it's great for dating and occasions. For winter only.

if perfumes just like football .. this is R9 NAZARIO DA LIMA RONALDO EL PHENOMENO

Love x 1000000 :) I love all Guerlains I tried. This one is magical- creamy patchouli with the hint of citruses. Perfection! Edit: somebody mentioned that waxy smell after some time. Yes, I can smell it but it is more prominent on hot weather, but I dont mind it.

This is gorgeous it’s sweet creamy and potent but has a clean waxy undertone kinda powdery and a touch of incense Stellar quality very much niche feeling I can see the similarity to our satin mood and lasts just as long What more can I say this is GORGEOUS my new fall and winter signature IM IN LOVE

Someone in this comment section said this smells like an old wooden church and now I can't get that image out of my head. However, that doesn't stop this from being a fantastic fragrance with great performance and projection.

The original Habit Rouge from 1965 by Jean-Paul Guerlain is like a hunting jacket.. Delphine Jelks new Habit Rouge Parfum from 2024 is like that same jacket but made of black velvet and worn to a fancy opera. For a time people have been trying to make new versions of Habit Rouge that are a little different. But the new Parfum does not just make it a little different it makes it better for people who really like perfume. It does not start with a strong citrus smell like some other versions do. Instead it starts with an exciting smell that is like a play of shadows and light. What is really smart about this perfume is that it uses a kind of patchouli that smells like liquor and a mix of rum and hazelnut that is very addictive. It smells rich and smooth. It is not too sweet or cheap. The vanilla in it is dry and smoky. It goes well with the leather smell. The leather smell is dark and sophisticated. It feels very real. When I wear Habit Rouge Parfum it smells great on me. It is not too loud. It creates a nice smell, around me that lasts for a long time. Twelve hours. It feels like a smart and artistic perfume. Habit Rouge Parfum is not a perfume that I wear it is a perfume that I really like. It respects the tradition of the company that made it. It also has its own unique style. I think it is a success. Habit Rouge Parfum is a perfume that I admire. I think it is a great example of what a good perfume should be. Habit Rouge Parfum is a perfume.

Oh waw. Just came here to say "Merci Guerlain!" a big thank you to my favorite house now, on the same level as CHANEL. Delphine Jelk was not playing on this line. Excellent perfumery! For the elegant and for the working, sophisticated and smart people. A 10/10 I will repurchase. Excellent.

Lovely creamy vanilla, rum and woods. Love it!

I was given a bottle of this when it was first released and had an unexpected compliment from a beautiful woman telling me I smelled “divine,” and I don’t go seeking compliments of any kind. That compliment turned into a conversation, and that conversation turned into an unforgettable three month tryst. So I was hooked on HRP for a while. It scents at lot of fantastic memories. But a year on with HRP, I really struggle to enjoy it. I know this will be an unpopular take, but I’ll cop it. As it maturates and gets darker, it develops a background note that smells vaguely “yoghurty” or as other reviewers suggested, like bugs or decay. It gets me every time, and it’s so disappointing because I spray and I think “oh yes, a quietly luxurious, dark academia Shalimar for Men,” only to feel like I’ve spilled rose lassi down my trouser front and walked on ants 15 mins later. I don’t doubt that others have different experiences, and I’m not here to tell you you’re wrong, but I find it difficult to comfortably wear. The EdT is a much easier, more gentile if fleeting wear, with nothing suggestive of bugs or decay lurking in its depths.

Me encanta.Incluso con calor,a diferencia de otras igual o menos densas que me agobian,esta no. Guerlain en general juega en otra liga,y Habit Rouge parfum es un claro ejemplo de lo que busco en un perfume.

As much as I respect the OG edt, Habit Rouge parfum is where it's at for me, even though this one is definitely not fit for casual wear. It's a frag designed to make a (mature) statement and stand out from the plebs. And probably not everyone could pull this one off (me included), all the more since its sillage and longevity is way above average and won't leave your skin even after some proper scrubbing off. Beware, Habit Rouge parfum might end up wearing you if you don't pay attention.

La salida es buena, quizás algo raro o más bien diría que no es muy típica en la perfumería de diseñador, pero el secado es genial. A los 15 minutos ya empiezas a notar una fantástica y riquísima vainilla con toques de ron. A las horas te queda un olor un pelín empolvado, a la vainilla, increíble, encantador y menos agresivo. Una joya si se consigue por menos de 110€.

Vile. Smells like citrus scented cleaner

Once it settles it definitely reminds me of Tom Ford Noir or Acqua di Parma Colonia Mira Nice fragrance that performes very well

Not a big fan of fragrances with strong alcohol notes, and unfortunately Habit Rouge didn't change my opinion on it. The sillage and projection are on the strong side, but the smell itself doesn't make me want it. It's not bad, it's just not interesting and given the price I would not consider buying it.

Smells very simillar to Cuir beluga because of the vanilla patchoulli combination, so weird no one pointed that out and might even smell better

I have always had great admiration for Guerlain. In my opinion, it is a house that maintains an admirable honesty with its consumers: when it announces a Parfum version, it truly delivers one, with a notable concentration, high-quality raw materials, and an evolution that is clearly perceptible on the skin. In the case of Habit Rouge Parfum, my experience is somewhat particular. The opening contains a note that I personally don’t enjoy, although fortunately it only lasts around 30 minutes. After that, the fragrance transforms and reveals a wonderful drydown: warm, elegant, and deeply refined, with many hours of longevity. That is why when I tried the limited edition Habit Rouge Spirit, my impression was immediate: to my nose, it is clearly a more polished and improved version of the Parfum. That initial facet disappears, and everything feels more balanced and refined from the very first moment. Habit Rouge Parfum is already excellent, but Spirit feels like its perfected version.

Something about wearing this last summer in the heat was just magic to me. Literally nobody thinks this is a good summer frag from the ratings here but something about that heat really amped up the vanilla note on my skin.

(Comparison of a 1988 EdT, a new EdP formulation, and a new Parfum formulation) This is silly. Why am I doing this. I’ve toyed with this for years. I’ve toyed with my “final” review(s) of the EdC/EdT through ad infinitum drafts that never seem to be done. Do I write separate reviews of these various concentrations and let them stand separately on their own? Do I put my thoughts on them together to appropriately showcase their marked differences, and let them stand on their own that way? Wouldn’t it make more sense to compare a new EdT formulation to the newer EdP and Parfum concentrations instead of an original EdT?… A significant reason for my wayward indecisiveness, which should be stated for full transparency, is that the EdC and EdT are going to be difficult for me to approach with any semblance of objectivity or rationality: the EdT is the first perfume I truly fell in love with. The first time I smelled it, many years back in my formative days, was an epiphany. I couldn’t get enough of it. After what was then a short number of years of only having explored a relatively small number perfumes that were highly commercial designer scents, finally getting to Habit Rouge EdT opened a door into a utopian world. “This is what perfumes can be like?!” To call it revelatory would be an understatement. For the purposes of this review, and for the sake of time and focus, I will leave the original EdC alone for a different time and focus here on the EdT; in a simple bullet point, the biggest difference is the higher strength and diffusiveness of the EdT, otherwise they are virtually the same. The EdT was the first HR I tried and has been a staple of mine ever since, I've gone through bottle after bottle, maintaining a rather obsessive collection of HR across various batches and formulations and concentrations for posterity, and marking HR as the only perfume that could get close enough for me to say it is my signature or my all time favorite. And, when really put to the task to assign a signature or favorite, it is the only one I’ve answered with. So, I’m going to give this a whirl, and accept that no matter what I write about one of the best perfumes ever made I am not going to be happy with what I write. Just take a swing, Nathan. It is what it is. Screw it. Let’s start with the Parfum. It opens with a bang of fruity rum notes. Something akin to the good ol’ effervescent bergamot of the original is trying to make its voice heard amongst the baritone roars but it just can’t, coming across instead as more of a slightly bitter, oily, boozy heat. What proceeds next is a browned caramel, boozy, leathery, vanillic, cured tobacco melange, and there it stays for the most part. The final skin scent leans a bit more dark woody, leathery, more bitter tonka than it is vanilla, and really calling to mind charred oak rum barrels. Habit Rouge has never been referred to as linear, until now with the Parfum. This has no frame of reference to the DNA that is Habit Rouge. Zero. This could (should) actually have been called something other than Habit Rouge. That said, if you can suspend annoyance, bias and preconceptions for a moment, it is very good. Though thick and rich - a big, suet caramel and boozy pudding of a perfume - it is easily wearable, maintains levity and breathability and never goes lumpen, it’s just on the right side of sweet, and very highly addictive. I wore this once during a frigid, snowy Christmas get together, where the smells of a wood fire in the hearth, roasting courses of a meal that took hours to consume, and baking desserts filled the air, family and friends hung on me all throughout the evening to get one more whiff. Habit Rouge though, it is not. The EdP tries for the effervescent bergamot opening and nearly achieves it except for an odd, oily, chemical finish that goes down the back of my throat. Once that calms down, the bergamot does come through as very convincingly HR with a bit more saturation and durability, as you’d expect from an EdP, and lasts for a surprisingly long time. Very slowly the floral heart starts to peak out that is balanced more towards rose than the EdT’s rose-carnation balance. This eventually cedes to a center-stage rose leather accord that is really quite beautiful. The rose is powdery, a touch creamy, and the leather is well-worn and suede-like in its presentation that really calls back to the original if but a bit stronger. The bergamot still carries on, albeit very quietly, and starts to link to the green facet of the patchouli in the base as the rose leather fully takes the stage. There is a regality and luxury to this heart layer of the EdP, compared to the more stately and austere layer of the EdT. The EdP then is a good option for the Habit Rouge lover that wants a bit more of a three piece suit feel, rather than dowdy equestrianism. It is plenty enough like Habit Rouge for me to say “yes, Habit Rouge” but it has its own character. The green facet of the patchouli rising upwards to link with the bergamot is a bit of a worry at first for those intimately familiar with HR, as I am. You question if this is going to descend into a dank green patchouli bomb as does so many masculines of the current day, but it doesn’t. That green quality stays very well behaved, lending a slightly bitter freshness and energy to the base and skin scent as the rest of the patchouli comes forward very faithfully to the original. The suede and vanilla remain as ethereal compliments before having more presence in the skin scent, which is true to the original with the leather, earth, woods, vanilla, and resins. The EdP is intended to be more luxurious and heavier than the EdC/EdT, but this careful and intentional balance of the green note with the earthy patchouli, suede, and vanilla makes sure that it does not get too heavy. There is a vibrancy to this regality and luxury. Lovely. Now for the EdT…. Ok, deep breath, Nathan; steel yourself, you can do this…. Sniffff…. Oh, dear god…. The sparkling, yellow-green and effervescent bergamot can cut through the darkest of moments. The conjunction of dusty aldehydes creates a hazy but determined sunlight that radiates from your person, not upon you. It is confidence and energy. There is a tango that starts with this bergamot and the fresh green herbs and slightly anisic woody notes coming up from the heart layer. The tension of this dancing pair is palpable, but instantly magnetic. The seamless lock-step movements with each other are stunning. Chills. It truly gives me chills. As the tango nears the end, a slightly creamy and heady carnation accented by woody spices comes in to resolve the tension. There is a bit of rose for breadth, and a touch of dry earth for depth, with the rose gaining intensity as time goes on. The rose stays on the side of gently powdery and pink, the accented tips of the petals of the carnation. The vanilla and leather at the base are in the background, quietly waiting their turn. They are clear on their instructions: let the rose, carnation, and spices have their turn; wait. The experience is all the better for it. As the base begins to take over, Habit Rouge still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve with this chypre plus amber combination. This blend is impossible. How does Habit Rouge have everything, a kitchen sink approach, yet presents as a fine broth made by a legendary chef rather than a soupy canned concoction a wannabe throws into a pot? Gently animalic leathers, a touch-sweet vanilla, creamy sandalwood, dry beige-brown and loamy patchouli, wisps of damp and green oakmoss, and resins of benzoin and labdanum that are just barely sticky like a very deep and slightly dried earthy honey; the rose and carnation gently caress the base before they depart. Just how. I can barely describe the dry down from the heart to the base without almost getting misty-eyed. It remains one of the most beautiful - and certainly probably my favorite - dry downs I have ever smelled. Not

Very linear smell for me. Its like a bergamot explosion in the opening with some spice. Dries down very powdery. If old spice was bergamot forward and became a spiced powdery musk. Its okay. Nothing that id ever wear. Versatile but just not my thing

The bergamot accord is very prominent lasting throughout to the drydown.

I tried it on my skin in a store and kept smelling beautiful dark rum vanilla on the back of my hand the whole day. But it is just not a very traditionally masculine scent, if that is what you are looking for.

Absolutely gorgeous! First of all, I love the DNA inherited throughout the Habit Rouge line. This parfum version definitely has the distinctive HR scent that I adore. What a sexy fragrance.

I was originally let down by this when I first tried it. It seem like a very weak, soapy and incency at the same time. Not my thing at all. I put it in my "to be continued" dark drawer and forgot about it until the weather really changed cold. When I decided to try it in the cold, the juice had darkened and OH, MY GOD. This changed into a elegant blast of woods, boozy (almost dry) vanilla, that quite frankly blew me away. To my nose, the woods coming through with a citrus touch lift the fragrance while the rum and vanilla are doing it's own thing. The dry down is a sumptuous vanilla cookie powdered with incense ashes. I got 5 compliments at work on the first day. One coworker said I smelled like a fresh cut bouquet of lilies. People kept coming back to take another whiff and asked what I was wearing. I can't warp my head around how much this changed and how deep, and comforting it is. I could feel the perfume rise when exposed to the cold again. It's not blind buy safe but I'm glad I kept it.

I tried this in a store and I got leather, iris and bugs. Not for me apparently.