Habit Rouge Sport

The sun breaks the horizon to greet your sweetly slumbering head - the wind rolls in from the lime and bergamot groves surrounding your house to caress your waking senses. You open your eyes to look around your immaculate room - everything is crisp and clean and orderly. You catch whiffs of your absent lover....a deep patchouli and cedar cut with an immensely delicate and alluring vanilla. Intrigued, you go in search of her. You dress and slowly make your way through the halls, passing indoor gardens that liven the air with tender shoots of crisp bamboo and dewy wild roses and tender jasmine...you hear the purr of an engine outside. You open the door to see your lover ready for a coastal drive along Cote d'Azur in her new convertible Jaguar F-type...your heart skips a beat at this unspoken proposal. You grab your things and join your companion. The cool air wisps around and between the two lovers creating an impeccable fragrant union - the silky leather adds its essence to the dense patchouli, crisp greens, and the soft, musky vanilla of the duo. You look out over the azure waters and think - if only today could last forever... Day 63 - Drive Listening to: College & Electric Youth - A Real Hero Notes: I was surprised when I first smelled this gem - I thought it was a tad too feminine and a bit retro for being a recent release. I am sure glad that I don't give up on things - this is definitely one of my more beautiful summer colognes that effortlessly borders between masculine and feminine...I love it! It opens with a very juicy bergamot and lime with a touch of mandarin before meeting the lush heart of bamboo and tender jasmine and rose (the rose is very hard to pick out - most likely just part of the floral accord). From the start, the airy vanilla mixed with soft woods is quite apparent but fades to let the florals and greens shine for a bit. After about two hours or so, the vanilla picks up with a dense, yet soft, patchouli and woods. This is what is considered 'Guerlinade' and it shines just as beautifully in this as all the others, just a little quieter. The fume is soft enough to seemingly disappear, but it does last around 8 hours or so....it surprises you with its presence now and again. Consequently, if you love this possibly discontinued fume, Eau de Shalimar offers a similar experience!

This is my favorite iteration of Habit Rouge. Sport is a soft, elegant Jasmine and rose fragrance with a little "sporty" citrus in the opening. It's certainly not a sports fragrance. There are no blue aquatic notes running through this or sharp citrus accords to be found. It feels relaxed and composed rather than energized and vibrant. So the 'Sport' label is a little misleading. However, Habit Rouge's heavier, most oriental elements have been removed here, in some ways making it easier to wear and giving it a more modern appeal. So in that regard, the 'Sport' moniker makes some kind of sense. I can understand why fans of the original may not like this--it's very different--just recognizable within the lineage--but if we're to look at Sport as its own scent we'll see that it's also very good. The Jasmine and rose notes are beautiful, accented with a soft powdery vanilla that is very much French and classic Guerlain. The citrus is just bright enough and lasts long enough to bring an element of freshness to the whole. And the drydown is long, smooth and reposed, creating a relaxed, gentlemanly impression. Performance is solid, with above average projection for the first two hours and more reserved thereafter. Longevity has been a consistent 6 to 8 hours. Thumbs up for this very nice, slightly under the radar gem from Guerlain.

very funny this one...let me draw an analogy here.You're used to the smell of Dior's Fahrenheit .You see Fahrenheit 32 and you think you going to get a smell similar to the good old smell of fahrenheit and then,boom!You get hit with florals which appeal a lot to some women. You get the same scenario here.Habit rouge sport is nothing really like the original.This too is akin to fahrenheit 32-floral,and will appeal very much to women.It does however share a very minimal similarity with the original in the opening and that's it.from there it takes it's own journey without much fuss.It's not to be confused with other sport colognes as there's nothing sporty about this.in fact,it's very misleading and dont know why the House of Guerlain got trapped in this craze by other houses to come out with sport flankers of long established brands.If this was the idea then,it's unfortunate. I do find this enjoyable to wear in spite of the fact that like fahrenheit 32 it stays linear throughout.it projects well and lasts all day.Will again suit an older man and pretty much can be worn all day although I believe it will deliver better in the evenings,cold days or nights,even on dates it will rock!Just makes me wonder how "sporty"this is. Anyway,I just got 2 bottles of this just in case...Does that tell you something?

This is just beautiful. I love original EDT and admire it, but it is almost like a museum piece fore me, something more artistic that practical. I've tried the EDP, Dress Code (a bit too heavy gourmand) and L'Eau (too feminine/jasmine heavy for my taste), all of which I ended up selling. But HR Sport is a love through and through, the Habit Rouge I can wear any time in any setting. This version is the true modernized heir to the classic formula. The original structure remains in tact but is less 'dandified'- the jasmine and rose combination isn't so loud. It is blended so well with the watery/woody bamboo note that it gives, perhaps, a sense of "sportiness." However, trying to make a "sport" version of Habit Rouge makes about as much sense as making gym attire out of red velvet, thoughI'm sure it's been done before.. This fragrance exudes such class, such debonaire nonchalance- its the red jacket made of linen rather than velvet. This review may well be moot as Guerlain discontinued this a while back, but it can still be found on the dark web. If you want something light, classy, and beautiful on a masculine base that doesn't have ambroxan, cashmeran, amberwood, etc in the note list, find a sample of HR Sport and see if it works for you.

A powdery citrus smell. The smell is nose-pleasing & inoffensive. It's predominantly powdery, I think it's the bamboo-rose combo, with just the mildest hint of citrus & spice. The citrus, in particular, adds a buzz to the smell. It's not obvious but you can still detect it if you focus, like the bass in a rock song. I wouldn't consider this a "Sport" fragrance as it's doesn't smell like a "gym fragrance" but rather a daily use fragrance. Heck, this fragrance is even a "nuit" kind of fragrance. On a side note, it smells like a lighter flanker of Tom Ford Noir EDT, which itself smells like Guerlain Habit Rouge (EDT & EDP). In short, a good, soft powdery fragrance that isn't exactly "sport".