This September 16, 2025, Robert Redford went to the age of 89. During the 1970s, it was whispered that the actor loved to carry a scent of a large French house. Decryption.
A legend has died out. Sacred monster of cinema, notably praised for his roles in President’s men And Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidRobert Redford died at the age of 89. A great lover of the seventh art, he was in turn actor, director, producer, promoter of independent films but also an environmental activist. Always very comfortable with his time, he would have cracked in the 1970s for one of the most pioneering perfumes of the time. Signed by a large French house, it is a creation that is both sensual, masculine and cleared that has seduced other actors such as Richard Gere and Sean Connery.
While he is at the top of his art, and officially becomes one of Hollywood’s most “bankable” actors in the 1970s, he lets himself go to a few confidences in the press. According to the site specializing in passion fragrance fragrances, Robert Redford has revealed to be a great follower of Red Habit by Guerlain. Released in 1965, this perfume is the very first created by Jean-Paul Guerlain, and has an unusual story: while he was walking in the Rambouillet forest, the heir to the French house crosses a rider in red clothes. Fashed by the smell that the latter exhales, Jean-Paul Guerlain then seeks to reproduce it identically thanks to his ability to recognize more than 3000 different olfactory shades. Then came out one of the biggest successes of the brand: Habit Rouge, obviously appointed in tribute to the clothes that the man who inspired him wore.
The fragrance is considered the first male oriental fragrance. At the time of its creation, it mixes hase patchouli notes, cedar wood, cinnamon, amber vanilla, benzoin and leather. A powerful odor without being heady, but also sensual and reassuring. Since the 1960s, he has been reformulated and modernized without losing his DNA.
But Habit Rouge was not the only dear creation in the heart of Robert Redford. He would have mentioned his attachment to several fragrances of the Franco-British house Creed, notably Green Irish Tweed, then proving one thing: he had a taste for great roles, but also great perfumes.
