Parfum d’Habit

Really, really lovely perfumery. Makes me happy and transitions monumentally, without being too much of a challenge or whatever? I found the opening very low key, almost like a sandalwood perfume which you no opens quite transparent but will be bottom heavy and kick in the base notes. Although this isn't a sandalwood, the aromatic, men's leaning (for me) classical opening is quite.....nutty. I thought like a very well blended and none too obvious vetiver perfume like cloon keen brand one....I forget the name? Then at it's core....IRIS!!!! Which I swear I couldn't smell at all in the opening. Parfum d'Habit becomes a kind of powdery, cosmetic, and carrot sweet, veggie leather, hybrid. So after this transition a very clean and modern patchouli really starts to pull it's way out of the mix, and to be honest this becomes more and more of a patchouli perfume as it wears on but in the sense that its a backdrop for this little musky pearls and little twinkles of loveliness. What a great perfume. Unsung. Untalked about really and that's kind of understandable because of it's subdued nature. It doesn't excite me as such but it's like a classic that I never found (or at least paid much attention to) until now. Really enjoyable wear with three distinct and complex phases, a solid, staple piece of perfumery, I thoroughly enjoyed wearing it. I actually want a bottle now.

I just bought this juice yesterday after trying it several times. It has a very dirty oily leathery aroma..supported by sandalwood and smokey/ spicy notes. A VERY masculine retro 80's handlebars moustache frag. This fragrance isn't your typical run of mill fragrance...a wild beast considering it's a edt. Amber calms it giving it depth and a warm vib. Longevity and Silage excellent lasting over 8hrs. Finally, I wasn't sure if I would appreciate the quality of this juice..after several times and letting the aroma settles I found myself smelling my wrist more and more. This fragrance has a real animalistic quality which would make your partner melt if they enjoy leather. I'm glad I bought this fragrance and would recommend it to those who like a real strong masculine leathery aroma. 8.5/10 very sexy/attractive juice!!

Ladies and gentleman what we have here is a unique masterpiece. I have never experienced anything similar to Parfum d'Habit. I will say that the scent exudes and projects a disturbing yet elegant atmosphere of contradiction to me. A very old black leather jacket lightly scented with a woman's makeup and lipstick from years of manly adventure. Leave the jacket deep in the woods and cover it with leaves, branches, damp soil, fresh cut pine needles and sap. Allow the sun's rays to warm up the ingredients for a few years. Love it! Patchouli, vetiver, sandalwood, musk and leather are the main players in this hubris inducing formula. Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier is a majestic House and thankfully I have experienced most of their offerings. Don't delay discovering the many gems from this House.

Parfum d'Habit is a fragrance with an excellent scent. Patchouli and leather in perfect harmony with sparkling currants on a bed of sweet amber. Patchouli is earthy and dry and brings a powdery feel to leather that turns out to be soft like a sweet suede, I love it, it's unique and very original. The scent is very old school, it still does not feel demode, it is very elegant and although it does not look like it, it reminds me of the beginning of the drying of the old Hermès Bel ami. I mean I never tried the older version, which they say is now watered down, and in this regard, I do feel that the projection is almost light, which I did not like. Otherwise an original olfactory wonder dedicated to patchouli. Rating: 8.5

This review of Parfum d’Habit is based on the orginal version red bottle with a gold cap. This juice is very masculine, the first note that dominates is leather. Your nose is intrigued with a warm vib coming from sandalwood and geranium which elevates the overall blend. Unfortunately my nose meter isn't able to pick up any insense or citrus notes. However I am able to enjoy the slight herbal/green note of patchouli. Longevity and Sillage is mid-range between 5-7hrs. After wearing this juice for awhile, both leather and sandalwood notes come together giving me a oily vib. I don't mind, it's the beauty of the purfume. This is a definite fall/winter fragrance. Perfect during the afternoon into the evening. 8/10

This perfume confused me, to the point of deleting a review I thought had been posted by mistake. It's described as a woody amber, but very much an iris scent, dark and leathery with Santal Noble's musty incense-patchouli-amber base. The fruity top notes really draw out the smooth texture; something about MPG's blackcurrant accord works fabulously in any scent. You end up with something very balanced and classy, retro but also very wearable. Byredo 1996 and L’air Du Desert Marocain wish they smelled this good.

This is my favourite scent. I rarely wear it out of the house, but at night I wear it when I’m in one of my usual reclusive moods and need to withdraw from the complexity of life. It reminds me of the scent of antique leather furniture and the sweet, musty odour of books stored in the archives of an old library.

classy, old school, smooth geranium forward scent. it is for the more mature crowd

Parfum D'Habit's extremely compelling opening has a quite distinctive "lived-in" leather note joined by pronounced earthy undertones and laying on a masterfully refined musk /sandalwood base. The coniferous (Pine?) presence adds a mysterious extra touch of extreme charme. A well balanced and highly recommended "kinda rough" fragrance. To be completely honest I found the drydown to be slightly more conventional if compared to the outstanding opening but this may be due to the fact that I'm smelling the reformulated version. I've heard the vintage was way more unpolite and unconventional and I'll do everything is possible to put my hands on it. That being said, this is still one of those compositions you encounter every once in a blue moon... Extremely solid, masterfully crafted and miles ahead from today's anonymous scents. Because of its unapologetic character, this is probably not a fragrance for everybody. Me? A personal favorite, just like my old leather jacket I used to wear to go to punk/hardcore gigs. Rating: 9.5/10

The richness of this one is quite amazing! Patchouli, vetiver, sandalwood, leather and even some incense interact in ways that makes it hard for me to keep track of top-, heart and basenotes. The scent to me is not constructed by the individual notes, but is actually a sum of all the notes together. It gives off the notion of someone mysterious, the sense that the person wearing it has multiple layers to his personality that do not necessarily show at first. Sometimes the green notes in this one become so dark that you feel that you're smelling a damp, earthy and slightly decaying forest bottom. All together it's aromatic and slightly dry with a feeling that it almost jumps out of the bottle. Projection is excellent and longevity good. Overall this is really intriguing and definitely stands out from todays generic releases by a mile.

This is L'Air du Désert Marocain avant-la-lettre. Gorgeous, gorgeous patchouli over a luxurious amber base with all the trimmings....vanilla, incense, ambergris, sandalwood....so rich, so voluptuous, so warming.... It dries down much more leathery then LADDM though, and the geranium is also aparent. So it is a different fragance for sure, it's just that they have a lot in common. I do find Parfum d' Habit to be more transparant and slightly more complex in its old school character (more interesting in its development). Also, even though this is a rather sweet scent, it is not sugary or gourmand. It's just classy. Definitely try this if you like dry, woody orientals. Hell, definitely try this if you don't like dry woody orientals!

I absolutely adore Parfum d'Habit. The transition from pungent fruity (and some times disturbing) opening to fruity leather, to just leather and then to dusty, dry, soft leather drydown, simply amazes me. A fantastic concept in my opinion. The leather starts "scratchy" and rough but should someone can survive this opening phase, the fragrance transforms into a long lasting masculine and confident retro leather scent. I cannot think of any fragrance to compare this one to. It is a unique piece in my collection and I absolutely love to wear it. A true masculine gem of the good old days. Retro macho. 9/10

masculine; only ok. There's a note in there I don't love.

I’ll be honest, I don’t know what to say about this fragrance. I was sent a significant sample with an order and was completely unfamiliar with it and I’m literally left scratching my head after reading all of the positive reviews. I’ve heard people talk about bad batches of fragrances or something to that effect, but never really thought about it much because as far as I could tell, it had never happened to me. Here, I began to wonder - because I kept asking myself if what I was smelling could even be remotely close to what people are describing on this page. PH is rather intensely green once I can actually smell anything. Perhaps there’s some kind of wood note in the background, but 15 minutes in and I’m rather at a loss for words as to how to describe this. The best description I can come up with is that it smells like Pinocchio rolling around on an old loafer. However, I’m not sure that’s very helpful. The dry down is somewhat tolerable to me as I can get a fairly light smell of vanilla, amber and the wood. But at the end of the day, I’m left with the wise words of Forrest Gump, “That’s all I have to say about that.”

This is what I call spellbinding perfumery. Parfum d'Habit is truly in a league of its own in terms of development and dynamism, without resorting to any jiggery pokery that sadly seems all too common in much of what is labeled niche fragrance of today (mind you that I have the second version red bottle, I am not familiar with newest formulation[s]). It almost startles as it opens, a front-loaded chorus of sandalwood, patchouli, a waxy, cosmetic iris, and a sebaceous costus. I love openings like this; they may be overwhelming to more reserved noses, but I live for an orchestral hit at the start of scent. This starts to disperse into more discrete elements that play off of each other into the heart, with a leather that really steals the show. Mind you, its not a castoreum or birch tar heavy "leather"—this one is like a softer, more lived-in quality. It's sort of like that old leather article (jacket, coat, you choose) that has been stored in the back of the closet, mingled with old furs and suede and the dust and must of the enclosed space. However, while we don't get that cresylic, almost phenolic facet of a castoreum leather, the iris and costus impart a sensuous, animalic feel. I just can't stop smelling myself at this stage. The geranium (so many favorites notes all at once!) is a lovely counterpoint that almost reminds me of the way rose interacts with the leather in Habit Rouge EDT (one of my all time favorites). Here, it's the greener, more geraniol-rich geranium that contrasts with the overall powdery, unctuous elements. There is a slow ember of a dry down, weaving in and out of detection, traces of sandalwood and patchouli with an enduring damp woods underpinning, reminding me of those walks in the woods in autumn not long after the rain, with decaying leaves saturated, releasing their somewhat fermented, leathery, yet somewhat sweet aroma. When I say this is a stunner, it is an understatement. However, many of you may find it challenging. So, this is my message to those who are up for the challenge of getting out of their comfort zone: locate a bottle of an older formulation if you can. I guarantee you will in the least admire its artistry and unconventional beauty. I for one am smitten.

I dug this out of retirement recently, and was preparing to write a review, but now reading below I'm not so certain. I have one of the older bottles, and likely one of the older formulations. I'd hate to review something that is no longer in production, but at the same time maybe I SHOULD in the hopes that MPG returns to the original formula (but more so I'm hoping aqua_de_la_vita's review is a hint that maybe they have). *ahem* The original of this is anything but shy. When I'd bought it initially, it was probably the most potent fragrance I'd experienced, so to read that it now lacks staying power is disheartening on an epic level! The leather is a constant, but not without a few changes of costume along the way. The opening alongside the petitgrain gives the impression of a clean and new leather, but once the blackcurrant begins to open it rapidly ages into a gorgeous, succulent, well worn and cared for leather. The kind of leather that has only ever been treated with trusted, centuries-old botanical concoctions. The patchouli fleshes out a handsome earthy undertone, but never alludes to its "hippie" connotations. Once everything settles down, the sweetness of the blackcurrant and amber, as well as the creamy sandalwood, carry the leather through the rest of its journey. Softening and drying slightly, but remaining in place for quite some time. I used to get a good 12 hours out this, with wonderful sillage lasting 6-8 hours. If it HAS been changed, then it's a great disservice to the world. Parfum d'Habit absolutely oozed class. I think I'll be treasuring my old bottle all the more now.

To my nose I find this to be a curious fragrance, it projects WELL throughout the day so I notice the journey through top-middle-base. One reserved for weekends as I don't necessarily find it to be universally like-able or appropriate for close working spaces, but I enjoy wearing for myself when I have time to consider the nuances of the scent. The opening I find to be a punchy, juicy blackcurrant. The initial spray is green and damp, drying down to a brown worn-in leather with a semi-sweet character (I assume the amber-vanilla). I do detect an overall iris-y touch throughout but in a restrained manner, not powdery, just enough to stop this leaning into birch tar leather territory. Note, I am a woman and I wear this with abandon. I don't find it too masculine, or maybe it is, but I don't care :D. It's complex and keeps me interested throughout the wear. It's my first MPG and has piqued my interest enough to try more from the brand.

This one opens up with a strong blackberry note mixed with greens followed by a dirty earthy patchouli accord. After a while a very strong incense/pine note seems to dominate the heart of the composition. When this starts to fade I can smell a subdued leather note. In the basenotes the woods start to make their presence known moore. This fragrance opens very loud and projects like crazy. It is a very outdoorsy and forestry earthy green scent. I do not like the incense/pine note as it is really overwhelming for the first forty or so minutes. The strange thing I found with this scent is it is really loud and overwhelming for the first forty minutes or so then it dramatically becomes more of a skin scent. The drydown is quite boring compared to the opening. Not a bad scent just not too my taste.

Parfum d'Habit .... I thought it would be similar to "Habit Rouge". perhaps because of the name ..or perhaps because of the use of Red in the bottle. Oh, how wrong I am.... I love Habit Rouge by Guerlain a classic fragrance Audacious and Straightforward by its use of Vanilla in its spicy complex mix of notes....for men. however.....alot of people consider it a bit old fashion and formal. Parfum d'Habit is Modern in it simplistic use of a few fragrance notes... "Leather-centric" ,Warm, Casual, Not overpowering,but with character, for a certain man of presence with charisma. It balances its Wood notes with its Leather ones in a perfect interplay. Neither one overpowers the other... Add this fragrance to your Want List I did.!

WOW. An absolutely marvelous juice from another era. The opening is a leather and geranium slap of the highest class. The "lived-in" leather reference is spot on. This is a descendant of the granddaddy of leathers, the great Aramis, but not as dry as its predecessor. There is a beauty about the way the leather envelops the other notes, as you get whiffs of geranium, patchouli, sandalwood, which are the ones I can perceive. Maitre is a marvelous house whose output is what fragrances are all about: making statements that make you feel wonderful. Its opulent, its masculine... it's loud but not vulgar. Totally elegant.

تحية كبيرة لصانع هذه التحفة الفاخرة، خوان لابورت. لا يمكن القول إلا انني ازداد تعلقا بهذا العطر مع مرور السنين. لا تكاد تخلو خزانتي منه فكلما قارب على الإنتهاء اشتريت آخر ولحسن الحظ انني وجدت الزجاجة الحمراء مرة أخرى لتعيد بي الزمن لأواخر التسعينات حينما عرفت هذه الدار وعطورها الفاخرة. علما أن الزجاجة الجديدة لا تكاد تختلف كثيرا ولكن أعتقد انها مسألة نفسية. بالطبع مع تقدم الزمن وتقلب الأحوال تشعر أن الروائح تختلف بإختلاف الظرف والزمان ولكن تبقى جمالية الرائحة تتنقل بك عبر الأزمان ويستحق هذا العطر أن تصنع لنفسك معه قصة وتوقيع خاص. تعمدت ألا أصف الرائحة حتى تكتشف ذلك بنفسك. وهذا العطر حقا عطر فوق العادة.

Pretty darn good, and doesn't smell dated. It smells modern, but also kind of avant-garde. I think I get... iris, myyrh, maybe cedar and something that reminds me of either leather or oud. It's semi-sweet, has a kind of waxy iris, and a combination of something cedar-y & oud-y but I'm not sure what that is. According to notes I'm way off, but I'm standing my ground in that it smells like iris to me. Guess I kind of got the leather/oud part right. Sweetness might be coming from the sandalwood. Edit: Ah, the oud/leather part is maybe a mix-up from the patchouli (dusty-ish?) and the leather.

I am sure this was a powerhouse at one point. It still opens explosively with a dusty patchouli that is almost brown-purple in color and touched with enough dry iris to make it almost chokingly dark and powdery. The aromatic elements like geranium and santal are present - but under the patchouli. The leather and moss are missing in action for the most part. It smells like a dry masculine version of the base notes of Aromatics Elixir, the modern version. I think the bergamot-oakmoss restriction have hit this one massively too. No idea what caused the reduction in lasting power though.

I think that it has been reformulated.... Interesting smell but I was specting more power in it and something more special. A light leather-wood scent. Interesting opening (not too strong) that quickly fades in a generic and too light and boring dry-down. Good smell but I suspect it has been watered down. Sillage and longevity are average. scent: 6/10 longevity: 5/10 sillage: 4/10

Starts with a citrusy irris powdery smell. When the dry down comes it turns into a sweet leathery smell. I can detect in the background the sandalwood and the vanilla. Very pleasant, seems more like an evening scent for colder days, but not an overpowering smell at all therefore suitable for the office as well.

calyx93's review is really close to what I was gonna say. Parfum d'Habit, to me, smells like a leather couch that's been sitting in the middle of the woods for a while. A little bit musty, but overall no frills or thrills.

The smell of silence in a wet forest under the rain ;never mind the notes but what it brings to your soul when you experience it.Poetry made perfume. A timeless classic.

Impressions are personal, but... PdH and Corps Fou are very far away from each other. Curious about where the resemblance could be.

Just applied this. Old school. Pissy. Waiting for the drydown

Bitter masculine tears. Special.