Habanita 1988 Eau de Toilette

Version from 1988
Habanita (1988) (Eau de Toilette) by Molinard
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8.4 / 10 174 Ratings
A popular perfume by Molinard for women, released in 1988. The scent is oriental-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Oriental
Spicy
Floral
Leathery
Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
GalbanumGalbanum MasticMastic PetitgrainPetitgrain
Heart Notes Heart Notes
CedarwoodCedarwood Grasse jasmineGrasse jasmine HeliotropeHeliotrope NutmegNutmeg Rosa centifoliaRosa centifolia VetiverVetiver Ylang-ylangYlang-ylang
Base Notes Base Notes
AmberAmber MuskMusk OakmossOakmoss PatchouliPatchouli SandalwoodSandalwood VanillaVanilla

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.4174 Ratings
Longevity
9.1130 Ratings
Sillage
8.5139 Ratings
Bottle
7.9136 Ratings
Value for money
6.616 Ratings
Submitted by ExUser, last update on 01/19/2025.
Variant of the fragrance concentration
This is a variant of the perfume Habanita (1988) (Parfum) by Molinard, which differs in concentration.

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Habanita (1988) (Parfum) by Molinard
Habanita (1988) Parfum
Habanita (1924) (Parfum) by Molinard
Habanita (1924) Parfum

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7.5
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Missk

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Missk
Missk
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Sultry Leather
Molinard's Habanita was first designed as a fragrance to scent cigarettes. As an occasional smoker myself, I can certainly see how this fragrance could mesh well with the scent of smoky, stale tobacco smoke. Don't get me wrong, I love the smell of cigarettes, especially on a man even though I know it's a dirty habit. Molinard's Habanita for this reason, is a little piece of heaven.

Habanita opened quite strongly on my skin with rich, shiny leather notes, sweet, powdery peach and nose-burning resins. It was like a more potent version of Bvlgari's Black at first, dark, rubbery and slightly masculine.

As it settled, the floral accords began to immerge, in a sweet, baby-powderish manner with subtle hints of smokey tobacco, leather and resins. Occasionally it smelt like red vintage lipstick, that odd cosmetic smell I come across in classic scents sometimes. I find this combination quite delicious and strangely sexual, in a sadistic and masochistic way.

Habanita is the scent of a strong, confident and powerful woman who does not mess around, she gets straight down to business. It almost blows my mind with how raunchy and wicked this fragrance is. I love wearing this because it's so different from what I usually reach for on a daily basis.

My man, although he was a little taken aback at first, adores this scent on me. He says it smells like I've just spent the day with some hot lesbian bikers in leather get-up, smoked a few too many cigarettes and came back to him smelling clean and powdery but dirty at the same time. His description is actually far more exact than my own.

All in all, as I've said, this is an extremely powerful fragrance and one that lasts a decade on the skin too. I highly recommend to everyone and anyone, and I think those that dismiss it are fools because it's a classic for reason, and a good reason at that. Thankyou Adrien02 for gifting me this beautiful fragrance.
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8
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8
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MrsGuerlain

365 Reviews
MrsGuerlain
MrsGuerlain
3  
The hypothetical child
I have now read the reviews here, and all are really well written, some of them poetic and beautiful. So I shall just share my thoughts - and my nose - instead.
I prefere testing as soon as I get up. I therefore grabbed the glass tube on my shelf and dabbed Habanita on my wrist. When I put it on my first thought was: this is not an 8am scent… before testing I never read other reviews because I want to keep an open mind. Had I done so I would have waited a bit, maybe till 11am instead.
This is a spicy bomb, sending out a lot of notes from beginning to end. A really interesting opening with the mastic and petitgrain. I get an apothecary vibe here. This soon changes into a warm spicy cedar/nutmeg (I love nutmeg)/heliotrope combination so strong it enters my mouth as well as my nose. The vetiver shows up together with the vanilla in the dry-down and I must say that when combining vetiver and vanilla in this certain amount, it becomes so delicious I can not help myself sniffing my arm every other minute. There is not one ingridient too many in this scent.
Luca Turin calls this fragrance ‘the gorgeous, hypothetical child of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller’. What a great metaphor! Sensual and Poetic. So why on Earth is it discontinued?!
21/365
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7
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8
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9.5
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PerfumeBore

8 Reviews
PerfumeBore
PerfumeBore
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Lovely
This is one of those rare cases when I like the vintage formulation better than the modern one. The smell is very similar (dare I say "identical"?), but the materials are markedly different.

The modern one leaves a bit of a strange unpleasant smell on my skin, especially in the deep dry-down, when I sniff very close to the skin. It doesn't happen with the vintage.

I tried an EDT, which is quite comparable in strength to the modern EDP. The smell is deep, a tad sweet, with strong incensy-woody-leathery character to it. A prominent amber note with the resinous benzoin. I can swear I smell tobacco as well, even though the note is not listed. There is a dense floral body to the scent, although I would not call this a floral scent by any means.

A vintage formulation is definitely something I'd recommend trying to anyone who likes Habanita. Absolutely delightful.
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10
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10
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10
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10
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Margarita444

8 Reviews
Margarita444
Margarita444
1  
Habanita= Havana
Habanita = Havana
Dense, sensual, mysterious, dark, unique. Like the most expensive, quality cognac and premium cigar - in a garden with dark red roses, in the evening.
I know it was first created as a sachet for flavoring cigarettes in the snuff box.
For me - love in a bottle and something that when I wear it makes me enjoy every second.
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Medusa00

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Medusa00
Top Review 33  
Strap on your suspenders.....

..now comes the sugar doll from the belly dancing group! No sugary Habanita is not at all and not at all suitable for sugar dolls.

Here she goes off namely, the Luzie!

Draw the curtains, light 120 candles and pour yourself a bottle of port. Squeeze yourself into a blood-red corsage. Laced up the back! Clasp a black rose between your teeth, dance a flamenco and rattle your castanets. Sparks should fly from your eyes and clouds of smoke should hiss from your ears. (Head cinema, dear readers!)

That was the instruction manual for Habanita.

Despite oakmoss, Habanita is not a chypre but an oriental extravaganza.
Already the entrance hammers the spicy-foliage note of Galbanum in the nose. Then there's neat citrus pepper from the bitter orange tree.

Nase Rour Bertrand has not dribbled in here with the pipette any Auszügchen of any extracts. The has whole bags of spices, bouquets of flowers and woody woods (clearly woods consist of wood. What else?) reingekt.

Green he painted Habanita also: Nehmse Jrün, det hebt!

A sperm whale has a bit of ambergris in reeked. er spat.

Habanita is a great, indeed a great fragrance! I'm afraid these days not many perfumers dare to create such a composition.

Habanita is not suitable for delicate little souls.

It is not wearable in the office, on the tennis court or while fishing.

Habanita is suitable in a piano bar where jazz or swing is still played. In the small black. Or at the opera ball in the midnight blue glitter dress.

You can also use it when you want to attract or scare away your sweetheart(s), depending on the mood.

Olè!
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