Halston will update their iconic Halston for Women (1975) and Halston Z-14 for Men (1976) fragrances with the new Halston Woman (shown above) and Halston Man. The Halston fragrance license, which has passed hands several times, is currently held by Elizabeth Arden, and the fashion brand is hoping to find new life under recently appointed creative director Marios Schwab.
Halston Woman is a woody floriental developed by perfumer Carlos Benaïm. The notes include bergamot, marigold, black currant, rose, orris, jasmine, patchouli, sandalwood and deep amber. It will be available in 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum.
Halston Man was also developed by Benaïm; the notes feature citrus, artemisia, passion fruit, lavender, pennyroyal mint, cardamom, patchouli, labdanum and musk. It will be available in 75 and 120 ml Eau de Toilette.
Halston Woman and Halston Man will be packaged in the original Elsa Peretti bottles done up with a platinum finish. (via wwd, additional information via uk.glam)
Update: Halston Woman "incorporates a modern rose floral bouquet to update the original scent with a touch of femininity and patchouli heart to add a layer of sensuous luxury", and Halston Man is a fresh woody aromatic. Both scents will debut at Harrods in London on 7/20. (via press release)
I love and wear the original H and H Couture. It’d be interesting to see what this smells like.
My guess is that they are doing a rounder wood/amber interpretation of the original – like a fruitier Sensuous or a non-rosy Magnifique. I love the original, and wouldn’t mind checking out a fruitier update. I hope they keep some of the fizzy sharphess on top – that’s one of my favorite parts. And I’m glad they kept the bottles.
I’m curious too!
I remember wearing the Halston for Women fragrances and loving the Men’s as well. It was so long ago, but I do remember Halston Woman being a woody fragrance. I wonder if I would like it today as I do think my perfurme preferences have evolved through the years. It’s probably not anything like the original one.
I used to love the original Halston. Last I smelled it, it seemed quite different…wish I had a vintage sample.
I agree Robin. I smelled Halston a few months ago after a 27 year absence and it has changed so much. Back then you could really detect the patchouli in it and while not a big fan of that scent, I still kind of liked it. The present day version I smelled is really offensive-seemed o’d on amber. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! Although in this case it is so maybe that’s why they are.
The new version, in the silver bottle, is even less recognizable as “Haltson”.
Why do you think companies open up a can of worms by reformulating perfumes that don’t need it? Poor sales?
I will be posting an article on reformulations tomorrow, as it happens…the old Halston probably wasn’t selling and it may not have been compliant w/ new regulations anyway.
Halston has been reformulated. I have MANY bottles of vintage Halston, in parfum (i have about 4 ounces) & cologne strength (i have about 20 oz). I also have vintage Halston Couture cologne (I have 35 ounces of that one) I also have a few full size vintage Halston talcs. All of the perfumes & colognes i own smell great, just as they should, I take my fragrance collection seriously, my bottles are stored properly in cool, dark places. Although you can notice slight variations from each Halston bottle to the next, because they are from back when the juice was made with natural ingredients & each batch was slightly different from the next. I’d like to send you a few samples of each the perfume & the cologne so you can experience the differences Im speaking of, one might be slightly more green, one slightly more peppery, etc. But they are nothing like the reformulated Halston that is available today from E. Arden co., the new stuff smells like violets & other flowers to me, nothing at all like the original Halston. I love the scent, but I never wear it. I’d be very happy to send you as many samples of Halston if you’d like. I wont charge you anything for the juice, all I’d ask is that you send me the vials/containers (as many as you would like filled, they dont have to be tiny, I will be generous, especially with the colognes) as I dont have decanting supplies & also a few stamps for the return postage, depending on how many samples are to be mailed. If you’re interested please email me at ruffdawg@ymail.com & I can give you more info. Looking forward to hearing from you & anyone who wants to try some vintage Halston
Hi Ruffdawg, that’s really kind of you! I’m sure someone will take you up on it.
Hi Ruffdawg,
Do you still have some of this original Halston, and on what basis might I get hold of some of it? I started using Z-14 in 1984 (having first experienced it worn by a girl!). Every now and then, on holiday, I’ll find a bottle in a bargain basket in US drug stores, but the new stuff, which I bought a year ago, is nowhere near as special.
Oh wow flashback from the past! My very fisrt serious boyfriend wore Z-14 and as I remember, it was very potent with the sillage and veddy, veddy manly! Yum! Can’t wait to smell the re-make! Hope it doesn’t stray too far from the original, maybe just cut back the sillage a little.
Sorry to say I can’t remember Z14 at all!
You can still find Z-14 for sale at drugstores, and at places like TJMaxx, often for very good prices. It’s quite good, with citrus dominant (bergamot, I think). A straightforward masculine, done quite well. I hope they don’t mess it up in the new version.
It’s still on the market, so even if the new one is significantly different, hopefully you can keep buying the original.
One of my first fragrances many many years ago. Wore it for quite some time too.
The men’s or the women’s? I don’t remember the men’s at all.
Sorry…those bottles are just wrong wrong wrong! :O
Really, why? I always liked the original Halston bottles.
I think it’s the cap.
My mind MUST be in the gutter… every time I see the Halston bottle, I blush. Every.Single.Time.
LOL…you guys are too suggestible.
I clearly remember both women’s and men’s original bottles, but no memory of what the juices smelled like. I know my aunt and grandmother both owned the women’s… and I love those iconic bottles:
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Not sure how I like the metallic “platinum” finish.
I liked the original ivory color myself (of the women’s).
That’s what I was thinking – [I remember the bottle but not the juice]. This is really a cool idea though. I know marigold can be a difficult note, but I do like it. Nikki de st Phalle was formulated around marigold, if I remember correctly, and I know that was a love it or hate it fragrance. I like the bottles in the metallic finish – and the shape is iconic – so instantly recognizable.
The original bottle was cool, esp. the opaque version. The platinum looks too much like it’s trying to evoke Euphoria. Would love to see more opaque, milk glass, celadon, or milky blue bottles.
I love opaque bottles too.
But in person, the man’s bottle in platinum looks like an very chic flask. Wonder if Tiffany has it as a flask???
I’ve liked Halston Z-14 since it was first released and I’ve also tried the original women’s Halston perfume. They’re very evocative of the 70’s! Looking forward to buying Z-14 commercially again.
The original is on elizabetharden.com now, I think…although no doubt it’s been reformulated several times over by now.
I just went to buy the Halston Man today (I could not resist the Elsa Peretti bottle in platinum) and while waiting for the SA I spritzed myself with the Woman. WOW! I am going back tomorrow to buy the Woman .
I have never had a chance to smell the original, but this…. it smells like the love child of CD J’adore and Shiseido’s Féminité du bois with a finish that brings to mind Fendi (the original)
I love it.
I was disappointed because I liked the original…should try it again but was not able to get a sample.
Maybe that’s the key: it needs to be approached as a whole new frag.
Even the Man version has NOTHING to do with the Z-14 it is supposed to be updating. (OK maybe after 4 to 5 hours there is a vague “memories of Z-14” moment)
Yeah. Hard to do that sometimes. But it would help if they’d given me a sample