I received my HR EDP and am very happy to give you some impressions after being able to spend a little time with it. For starters, I love the bottle. The bottle is framed with red leather. Very nice!
The scent is smooth straight out of the bottle with an excellent accord of lime, orange and bergamot. The heart notes bring up an ever so slightly soapy note amidst, the recognizable warm, woody, spicy floral HR accord. The neroli in the heart smells very rich and rare. The accord is familiar as HR, but richer and darker and much more slow moving. Smelling the EDP side to side with the EDC and the EDT, it develops at about 1/3 the speed of the EDT and obviously much more slowly than the EDC. It moves at a snail's pace, so you have to be patient!
As the base finally emerges, the oud wood brings a sexy yet distinguished air to the affair, and has neither the medicinal nor the "scouring powder" type smells that can be an oud note's downfall in a scent IMO. The trademark Guerlain vanilla/tonka base is given much substance with a perfect leather accord over patchouli.
HR EDP lasts for hours and hours on me. It has the speed of development of one of the Guerlain women's parfum classics, but is decidedly masculine, rich, sensual, elegant and distinguished all at once. HR EDP eschews much of the overt citrus aspects of HR and cuts right to the chase. The good news is that it layers well with either the EDT or the cologne so you can have it both ways.
While I wouldn't say I like it "better" than the other HR concentrations, I will say that so far, I like it a lot. It is Habit Rouge, but it is also its own scent. This is no mere flanker, it is a serious fragrance, that uses some very high quality materials and has been formulated with a master's flair. It's definitely one of the most exciting Guerlain offerings in many years.
While Habit Rouge EDC is probably still my favorite version of HR, I think over time that the EDP may find itself tying for first place. Only time will tell.
The scent is smooth straight out of the bottle with an excellent accord of lime, orange and bergamot. The heart notes bring up an ever so slightly soapy note amidst, the recognizable warm, woody, spicy floral HR accord. The neroli in the heart smells very rich and rare. The accord is familiar as HR, but richer and darker and much more slow moving. Smelling the EDP side to side with the EDC and the EDT, it develops at about 1/3 the speed of the EDT and obviously much more slowly than the EDC. It moves at a snail's pace, so you have to be patient!
As the base finally emerges, the oud wood brings a sexy yet distinguished air to the affair, and has neither the medicinal nor the "scouring powder" type smells that can be an oud note's downfall in a scent IMO. The trademark Guerlain vanilla/tonka base is given much substance with a perfect leather accord over patchouli.
HR EDP lasts for hours and hours on me. It has the speed of development of one of the Guerlain women's parfum classics, but is decidedly masculine, rich, sensual, elegant and distinguished all at once. HR EDP eschews much of the overt citrus aspects of HR and cuts right to the chase. The good news is that it layers well with either the EDT or the cologne so you can have it both ways.
While I wouldn't say I like it "better" than the other HR concentrations, I will say that so far, I like it a lot. It is Habit Rouge, but it is also its own scent. This is no mere flanker, it is a serious fragrance, that uses some very high quality materials and has been formulated with a master's flair. It's definitely one of the most exciting Guerlain offerings in many years.
While Habit Rouge EDC is probably still my favorite version of HR, I think over time that the EDP may find itself tying for first place. Only time will tell.
Habit Rouge L'Extrait was only sold in the normal 50 ml travel glass bottles, although the sprayer was remade to only spray drops/squirts, not diffusions - which is one of the small details that I love Guerlain for! Its price per ml was slightly lower than for their feminines. Btw, all Guerlain extraits are sold in glass bottles, not crystal, except for special limited editions (and a much higher price).
yes I meant the BOTTLE, not the juice 
