Habit Rouge Spirit Guerlain 2025

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7.8 / 10 57 Ratings

A new and limited perfume by Guerlain for men, released in 2025. The scent is powdery-sweet. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Powdery

Sweet

Woody

Spicy

Oriental

Fragrance Notes

Oak barrel Iris

Iris

Vanilla

Nutmeg

Vanilla absolute

Perfumer

Delphine Jelk

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Ratings

Scent

7.857 Ratings

Longevity

8.446 Ratings

Sillage

8.245 Ratings

Bottle

8.144 Ratings

Value for money

6.834 Ratings

Submitted by Omrfrq, last update on 05/19/2025.

Interesting Facts

Habit Rouge Spirit was released to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Habit Rouge fragrance. It is also a collaboration between Guerlain and the French cognac manufacturer Hennessy.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Habit Rouge Parfum

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/08/2025

8
Pricing 10
Bottle 9
Sillage 7
Longevity 10
Scent

Elijahrb67
110 Reviews

Elijahrb67

Helpful Review 6

The Spirit of Habit Rouge

Being a big fan of the Habit Rouge lineup, Habit Rouge Spirit was a much anticipated release for me. It's safe to say that Delphine Jelk is effectively capturing the spirit (no pun intended) of Habit Rouge, all the while adding a new twist on this classic DNA that gives it a more modern flair. Upon first spray, this fragrance is undoubtedly a Habit Rouge flanker. The classic sweet-citrus opening of the EDT is present here, and the leathery-amber dry down is present here as well, honoring the 'red coats' the fragrance is named after. The in between is a bit different though, as this one land's itself into a sweeter, boozier and slightly more powdery side of things than the original. I'm getting a prominent note of oak and iris mixed in here, as well as a much more prominent vanilla, that I almost like more than the original. Here, the vanilla is sweeter, but not in a gourmand way, but rather a vanilla that envelops the wearer and gives the fragrance a very soft feel. It's really a wonderful take on the original, with just enough variation from the DNA to keep it interesting, but not enough to make people question if it's even Habit Rouge (which, unfortunately, most flankers fall victim to these days.)

As far as the marketing goes, I think the whole 'aged in oak barrels' thing is a bit of a farce, and don't even get me started on this being a collaboration with Hennessey. I do also think the notes that they're listing dramatically understate what this fragrance is all about. There is far more going on here than the notes care to let on, which is a good thing, but could potentially drive some of the more note-concerned fragrance wearers away. All of that aside though, this is a gorgeous composition by Delphine Jelk, and definitely a worthy entry into the storied Habit Rouge range. What a shame it's a limited edition!

03/25/2025

8
Pricing 8
Bottle 9
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Natter25
2 Reviews

Natter25

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The interesting iris

Now if you spray original Habit Rouge EDT and smell it's drydown. You'll get the Spirit. But slightly tuned.

It opens like warm and strong vanilla scent wrapped with an iris. The iris note gives it very interesting and pleasant vibe but It's not the same iris like in the Dior Homme Intense. This one is subtle, intimate and uplifting the vanilla. Now it's sound like feminine scent and it could be. This combo is smoothed with creamy note and spiced with nutmeg (yes, you can actualy detect it in it). And that's kind of it. Can't smell oak wood, but I smell something like sandalwood note.

It smells very good, last 8 hours on skin and projects a lot.

03/15/2025

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Damon008
2 Reviews

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Damon008

Very helpful Review 18

The comparison

Hello everyone,

in the next few days there will certainly be some reviews here that deal in detail with the fragrance description. However, I would like to take up the comparison with Habit Rouge Parfum and describe it from my point of view.

I received my fragrance yesterday and of course couldn't wait. Unpacked... Sprayed... Smiled...

But then I immediately started to think. Wait a minute... you know this one. I also immediately had the Habit Rouge Parfum vibes. So I called up the fragrance here on Parfumo and looked to see if there were any statements and lo and behold, I wasn't alone. I admit that I was briefly annoyed.

But I quickly regained my composure. I like the perfume, so why should I be annoyed.

It was clear to me that I had to do the 1:1 test tomorrow. But as I'm not exactly the most patient person, I was in the shower 5 minutes later because I wanted to test it straight away.

Out of the shower and Habit Rouge Spirit on my right arm and Habit Rouge Parfum on my left arm.

I'm not going to fib... Even to my nose, the scent opening was very similar and I don't think I could tell them apart in the wild in the opening minutes. SPOILER... That's changing.

I had resigned myself to the fact that the scent was almost indistinguishable to my nose. As described above, however, a little more patience would do me good at one point or another. I then smelled the two arms again about 1 hour later and... Hey they're diverging. I'll leave you alone with fragrances. Others can do that.

After 2 hours, it was finally clear to me. I can tell them apart and I was delighted. For me personally, the Habit Rouge Spirit becomes much softer as it progresses and the powdery notes tend to prevail on my skin. The Habit Rouge Eau de Parfum is a little more edgy for me at this point and it stays that way. At this point, however, I can also smell the Habit Rouge Eau de Toilette DNA from both fragrances.

Personally, I am happy to own both fragrances, as I consider them to be fragrances in their own right.

This is my personal opinion on the new Habit Rouge Spirit.

03/15/2025

10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Yatagan
92 Reviews

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Yatagan

Top Review 59

The added value of disruptive changes in the fragrance market

Unannotated fragrances No. 193

You have to be grateful to fragrances like Habit Rouge Spirit for their disruptive change to the traditional Habit Rouge Eau de Toilette DNA: You now know better what you had in this forefather of warm oriental men's fragrances.

I came across the original, Habit Rouge Eau de Toilette, when I was about 15 years old in the 80s (yes, I'm that old) in my uncle and aunt's upmarket hotel, where they had a display case at a local perfumery that mainly featured Guerlain bottles: Shalimar Eau de Toilette, Chamade Eau de Parfum, Mitsouko Eau de Toilette and also Habit Rouge Eau de Toilette.

Previously, I had already become acquainted with rather cool and masculine men's fragrances and was fascinated by the warm oriental, Shalimar-inspired metrosexual orientation of the fragrance, which fitted in well with the ideas of New Romanticism in the 80s. It soon became my signature fragrance: a citrusy (bergamot) opening that was only briefly present was followed by tones of orange blossom, probably jasmine, iris, patchouli, tonka and balsamic (less resinous) opoponax notes that were strongly reminiscent of the Guerlinade of Guerlain women's fragrances. Nevertheless, Habit Rouge was also occasionally described as distinctly masculine, probably because of the rather tart tonka note, which lacked the marzipan-like sweetness of some of today's tonka fragrances and resonated with fougère notes. Luca Turin wrote about Habit Rouge in his inimitably apt style: "One of the most immediately and unalterably appealing inventions in perfume history..."

With Habit Rouge in particular, with its now countless flankers and (more or less moderate) reformulations, it became increasingly difficult to follow and categorize the initially subtle, later more striking changes to the original. I would like to summarize briefly: You can still recognize the original fairly well, mainly because it has retained its original spirit.

But how should "Spirit" be classified in the light of the above? Here, too, just a brief first attempt: Spirit is clearly recognizable as an offshoot of the original Habit Rouge (EdT / EdP) and deserves a certain amount of respect because it rescues and carries on the DNA of this big hit (see Luca Turin) for the noses of the post-postmodern (please add another "post", which I will do without for the sake of better readability) generation, which are more trained in niche fragrances from Marly.

The list of ingredients is certainly not complete; in my opinion, iris, opoponax or other balsamic or resinous notes are missing, perhaps even bergamot and / or orange and patchouli or a comparable substitute. Oak barrel - iris - vanilla sounds clearer, more tangible and seems to enable selective systematization in the age of the niche, which is what many are concerned with here: the desire for apparent (and futile) individualization in the age of the masses. So be it. I can put up with that.

In the drydown, Habit Rouge Spirit even becomes more and more similar to the old red jacket, which naturally makes me happy as a dinosaur.
In this respect: not bad done Guerlain, you've launched worse in recent years.