Habit Rouge 2009 Extrait

Habit Rouge (Extrait) by Guerlain
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Habit Rouge (Extrait) is a popular perfume by Guerlain for men and was released in 2009. The scent is spicy-leathery. The longevity is above-average. It was last marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Spicy
Leathery
Oriental
Citrus
Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
LemonLemon LimeLime OrangeOrange BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
PatchouliPatchouli SpicesSpices
Base Notes Base Notes
VanillaVanilla LeatherLeather
Ratings
Scent
8.279 Ratings
Longevity
8.868 Ratings
Sillage
7.971 Ratings
Bottle
7.571 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 22.01.2024.

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Bottle
8
Sillage
9
Longevity
9.5
Scent
Taurus

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Taurus
Taurus
Top Review 22  
Good news, bad news
For all fans of the "red tailcoat" by Guerlain there is a really good news, if they do not know it already. Those who appreciate Habit Rouge with its mysterious and seductive nature can look forward to the extrait. Here, all the olfactory highlights of the classic come to the fore even more intensely. In other words: the citrus notes shine unitedly even more refreshing and sparkling, the patchouli appears even more beguiling, the leather rises more nobly and the warm powdery vanilla convinces even more exquisitely than already. And it's all more long-lasting and projecting than you'd know, if not quite as sparkling.

It enchants virtually like a concentrate of good humor and makes it clear: here is one of the best and most distinctive men's fragrances ever worn - and in pure culture! Moreover, a fragrance that demands maturity and nobility from the wearer without Habit Rouge seeming stale. Perhaps for one or the other a little dusty, musty or even oriental-rustic, but never out of time.

And now as already announced the bad news: the Extrait is already 11 years ago with just limited 1,000 flacons for 610 € per 125 ml on the market. So already quite rare and hardly to get. If I'm not all wrong, there was once 2018 an exclusive reissue for the Maison Guerlains, but even those are no longer available - not even in the bay.

According to what I could otherwise so rechechieren, is for some the very best Habit Rouge ever, for others an overpriced flanker, in which just this or that favorite ingredient is missing.

I myself have the L'Eau meanwhile and am extremely happy with it, whereby that is rather the summery variant, which one can wear but also loose in the deepest winter. So you do not have to have everything, but it is good to know the many facets of this century fragrance.
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Bottle
8
Sillage
9
Longevity
9.5
Scent
Chanelle

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Chanelle
Chanelle
Top Review 18  
The red leather skirt, now also for m/f/d
Borders or gender-specific classifications are fortunately disappearing. My love-hate relationship with Habit Rouge remained pretty much the same until recently. That's when I first started to deal with the king's class of fragrance variants, the Extrait. Only attracted by a limited edition, I tried to persuade my husband to use this scent so that I could inherit the bottle. He tried it in the Guerlain scent temple, was impressed, but when he heard the prize, he waved it off. Then I tried it with a sharing, but the gods of perfume bottling were against me. I gave it to him. I wasn't as interested in the scent as I was in its glass vessel, and why should I bend over to it?
The other day, however, my husband and I took shelter from the rain in Paris ...where do you think? At Guerlain's. My husband remembered the scent he had already tested and wanted to take a nose of it again. To kill time, I did the same to him and tested the Extrait as well.
Aha-experience!
The HR DNA is clearly there, but smells so much gentler, softer, more valuable than I'm used to from Habit Rouge (apart from the more gourmand dress code).
The citric-metallic top note, which also repels me at many Shalimar concentrations, is neither prickly nor loud. It is mildly fruity, fresh and pleasant.
Gradually, spices are added that let the scent get into the Oriental. Even 70s opium comes to mind, but HRE is much finer, more differentiated, not so brute.
The main ingredient also gradually emerges, condenses to a melange with a subtle light creamy sweetness: the leather.
I've never smelled such soft leather before. Cuir Intense from the same kitchen is exactly the other end of the leather scale, so to speak.
What do I do now? The price is murder, but I want it, for me AND my little bear. At least to save us over the coming winter....
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