The Habit Rouge Eau de Parfum, Guerlain's fresh new take. In 1965, the house of Guerlain gave birth to an eau de toilette named Habit Rouge. Still marketed today, it displays an incredible longevity and stands as a true legend of perfumery.
Habit Rouge by Guerlain is among the oldest fragrances still marketed today. This perfume was created in 1965 and is considered a true masterpiece of perfumery, initially crafted by Jean-Paul Guerlain. Then, in 2003, the house decided to offer it a new, more intense and sensual version: Habit Rouge Eau de Parfum. Containing neroli and oud wood, this fragrance captivates with its sensual, oriental vanilla scent, paired with hints of spices, jasmine and leather. But what about its bottle? Here is the detail of the various elements making up its flask.
Habit Rouge Eau de Parfum, a bottle unchanged since 1965
While the scent of Habit Rouge Eau de Parfum is a genuine novelty, its bottle, by contrast, remains largely the same as that of its predecessor. Indeed, no major changes are to be noted here. Its silhouette remains the same as before. It is a thick, refined glass rectangle, with a very streamlined style. It features a few sharp, clean edges, a mark of its overall sturdiness. A raised area hollows out its front face to hold its label. No one could guess the age of this bottle, so timeless is its elegance across the decades, without a single wrinkle. This is no doubt why Guerlain chose to keep it and change none of its elements.
Red and yellow, for a sun-kissed and passionate effect
The transparency of the Habit Rouge Eau de Parfum glass lets us glimpse a yellow-colored juice. This is particularly bright and gives the perfume a very sun-kissed effect. Here, it is a perfect evocation of the neroli contained in its fragrance. Red, meanwhile, is also very present. Indeed, it appears on its label as well as on its cap. But do you know precisely what it refers to? When Jean-Paul Guerlain created this fragrance in 1965, he said: The baying of the hounds mingled with the deep sound of the hunting horns pierced the morning freshness. Then, in a flash, came the fleeting appearance of the strident red of a man's coat, his firm hand gripping the reins of a thoroughbred. Had I dreamed it? Yet there lingered, in the wake of the red coat, unsettling autumnal scents mingled with a sensual perfume of leather and tobacco. Habit Rouge was born within me. Since the rider's red coat inspired the scent of this perfume, he decided to use exactly the same color for certain elements of its bottle.
Guerlain unveils a new wooden cap
Finally, note that since 2016, Habit Rouge Eau de Parfum has been fitted with a new wooden cap. Red in color, it is ringed with metal. Much more casual than the rest of this bottle, it brings an offbeat, modern touch to this visual. It also echoes the undergrowth evoked in his time by Jean-Paul Guerlain.