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.
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4 years ago
Parfum d’Habit, from Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier was released in 1988. The perfumer behind this creation is Jean-Francois Laporte. It has the top notes of Bergamot, Black Currant, and Petitgrain, middle notes of Geranium, Incense, Leather, and Patchouli, and base notes of Amber, Sandalwood, and Vanilla.
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.