Trade Routes

Halfeti Leather Penhaligon's 2019

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8.1 / 10 216 Ratings

A popular perfume by Penhaligon's for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is leathery-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It was last marketed by Puig.

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Main accords

Leathery

Spicy

Oriental

Woody

Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Plum

Citrus fruits

Bergamot

Green notes

Heart Notes

Cardamom

Cinnamon

Cumin

Nutmeg

Violet

Lavender

Base Notes

Leather

Cedarwood

Frankincense Oud

Oud

Patchouli

Perfumer

Christian Provenzano

Ratings

Scent

8.1216 Ratings

Longevity

8.2190 Ratings

Sillage

7.9194 Ratings

Bottle

8.3198 Ratings

Value for money

7.1155 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 03/24/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance was part of the collection "Trade Routes".

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Reviews

9 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/05/2024

8
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 10
Longevity 9
Scent

Ragas
17 Reviews

Ragas

1

First Penhaligon's - instant hit

On my latest trip to Sacks I stopped by Penhaligon's stand and sampled some of their offerings. The first one I tried was The Omniscient Mister Thompson - it was pleasant nice iris based smell, inoffensive and great for the office. The second was Halfeti which I liked but I have too many oud & rose fragrances therefore I passed. The third was Sartorial which did not make a lasting impression, I should have probably sprayed it on skin to get a better impression but unfortunately I did not. Last was Halfeti Leather which was a love of first sniff.

When I smelled Halfeti Leather initially I got a blast of red fruit, oud and citruses, as it was on a strip it quickly went into drydown which was dominated by Cedar/Sandalwood and incense. I sprayed it on my skin and the fragrance actually exhibited deeper notes - initially besides the red fruit, oud and citruses I could detect cardamon and whiffs of cinnamon. As the scent developed and moved to drydown I could detect the leather woven through the cedarwood and incense.

This is my first Penhaligon's and will be the only one for a while as my collection is pretty big and I will probably add as I dispose of what I have. However, I am definitely going to order a discovery set as I am really impressed by what I tried out in Sacks.

10/08/2024

4
Pricing 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 6
Scent

Smirky
392 Reviews

Smirky

1

My first Penhaligon was a disappointment

This is my first Penhaligon. Was expecting a lot but am not impressed. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice scent in a generic way, but nothing special. Really no leather in the opening and for about an hour or so. After the initial opening, it's sorta creamy, slightly floral, with the plum and almost a little boozy. After about an hour, the leather starts to appear, very mild at first then amps up a bit. Towards the end, the leather was almost gone and it was mostly cedar. Until near the end, it's unisex and then leans masculine.

Performance moderate all the way around. Got about 6 hours until it was gone from my skin. Modest sillage but a little better projection. Don't know if it's been reformulated or if the sample is tainted (sample from a decanter). All in all, not impressed.

05/18/2024

6
Pricing 9
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Tracershy
119 Reviews

Tracershy

1

Worse than Halfeti

Halfeti Leather is the third Penhaligon's perfume after the classic Halfeti and Cairo and for the third time I wonder why they are classified as unisex fragrances. I don't see any of them on the woman. Especially Halfeti Leather sounds very masculine.
Contrary to the author of the previous review, I do not think that this flanker is better than the classic Halfeti, on the contrary, Leather is less complex, bulkier and heavier. The skin itself that I feel here is not special and rather lacking in character. The leathery chord in this composition is very fruity. The main violin is played by plum and it is the plum leather that dominates, it is dry and slightly alcoholic. Incense and oud, if any, are firmly hidden beneath this plum-leather coat. I don't catch the rest of the notes.
The ingredients are of rather good quality, the parameters are also good, but Halfeti is more interesting, I also like Cairo more, although that is another story.

01/24/2021

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 9
Sillage 10
Longevity 8
Scent

Elbchen
10 Reviews

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Elbchen

Very helpful Review 3

The racer

On Friday finally arrived from the Wintersale our Radcliff from UK here, and at a fabulous price. And sample there was also, I wanted to test necessarily Halfeti Leather.
I love the first Halfeti very much, I do not wear it often, this is not a day fragrance that always goes - I find it already very special.

Halfeti Leather so.
Let's put ourselves in year between 1920 and 1930. A big international car race is coming up. At that time, the drivers still have so ne kind of leather hood instead of helmets worn, mostly leather jackets, coarse pants and of course had the shoes on. All drivers had to line up, there was no ranking like today, the drivers ran to the cars. Whoever sat and started first was already in a good position for a winning race.
Of course Penhaligon's Halfeti Leather was at the start, the leather seats were specially treated again to ensure a good fit, the wooden fittings were set in and polished to a high shine. Halfeti Leather went to the start, and while the station announcer is still shouting full of emotion into the microphone who all is already driving the first lap, Halfeti Leather has already secured a good place. The fresh citrus note in the race car forms a good prelude, the plum goes down a bit, but the top note can not hold long because in the airstream already the opulent spicy heart note claims the space for itself.
Penhaligon's Leather drives the race of his life, he passes Eau de riot, leaves Eau de top dog behind and drives lap after lap. Oud comes along and the woods, the other drivers have to make a pit stop to refuel or change the tires, but undeterred H.L. (abbreviated because speakers never have that much time) pulls his laps. It is already rumored that he has another fuel in the tank, because he drives unbraked even in curves daringly to the top. And there he stays, the voice of the announcer almost rolls over when he declares H.L. as the winner. The other drivers leave the track, the audience is full of euphoria to have witnessed such an experience, the stands are dismantled, more and more people leave the area while H.L. is still driving, and he drives the race of his life. For 18 hours. Well, then the pace was slowed down, the rider was no longer riding at full speed because he was alone on the track. After 20 hours, finally, the race was forcibly ended, the car driven to its capacity zuckelt with quiet töff töff sounds in the shower where it was put an end - not to my chagrin as I'm sorry to say.

The fragrance has not quite been able to win me over. He acts on my skin too tight, but compared to the normal Halfeti which is quite unisex I would not wear Halfeti as a woman. For me, Halfeti Leather doesn't have that special something that blossoms so enchantingly on the skin with the normal Halfeti. Of course: you do not want a rose, but the DNA of Halfeti you are certainly well served with H.L. although the leather note runs only subliminally in the fragrance, sometimes even beaten down by the opulence and density.
I find it already difficult to filter out at Halfeti fragrance notes, but at H.L. I have done me but extremely difficult, everything seems already quite well placed - but makes no great fragrance development through. So at least not on my skin. There's spice, wood and oud, with subtle nuances of course, but this one does its thing. Not my halfeti. The sillage is really unpredictably strong at first. I had a spritz on my neck, one on my wrists and the scent has abnormal longevity. When I had to follow a human need at night, Halfeti was still quite noticeable and that was after 12 hours. And it even waited for me (according to my imagination) in the bedroom! The longevity had some annoyance potential which I'm sure was due to the fact that I didn't get to experience much scent development. Everything is somehow immediately there, complex, dense, and very powerful.
In my opinion, a very masculine fragrance.
Not my fragrance, very well done, a superior quality, but I'll stick with the regular Halfeti.

03/22/2020

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 8
Scent

Dersebastian
3 Reviews

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Dersebastian

Less helpful Review 6

Halfeti Leather, the miracle of endurance

I would say a must for every halfeti lover and for those who like to smell leather on their clothes for days on end I would describe Halfeti Leather as the dark and bitter equivalent of Halfeti

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