Leather
Unconventional
Vintage/old school
Top Notescut grassnarcissus
Heartlabdanumleather
Base Notesambercyprioldark musksnagarmotha
Tags
#animalic
#sexy
Style
for her
for him
unisex
A richly evocative fragrance that will carry you away, riding a galloping thoroughbred in the English moor… damp earth, wildflowers, grass trampled by hooves, the smell of the horse’s mane, the heat of its fur…
This richness comes at a price, the price of complexity. In addition to using exceptional ingredients such as narcissus absolute, labdanum absolute and cypriol, PG3.1 is a “drawer” formula, i.e. it contains several unique perfume bases including Ambre 83, Calmode, Animalys and Herbacuore.
The record number of ingredients that compose it make it very hard to copy, and its formula is the longest to weigh in PG's factory.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
After a ride across wet grass, the warmth of leather and a horse’s coat lingers beneath the sharper smell of crushed stems. Arabian Horse brings that contrast into close company: tactile, slightly feral and more intimate than ceremonious.
How to wear
Start with one or two sprays on skin, allowing the leather and dark musks room to develop before adding more. Cool or mild weather suits the contrast between damp greenery and warm amber; in heat, a lighter application keeps the animalic character from dominating.
Who it’s for
For lovers of animalic leather, green florals and old-school chypre character. It rewards a taste for earthy, bodily textures rather than polished sweetness, with narcissus and dark musks giving its sensuality a distinctly unconventional edge.
Release year
2012, released 2014
The nose
Pierre Guillaume brings a chemist’s precision to compositions built around unexpected textures and contrasts. His work ranges from the spicy woods of Cozé to the chocolate-toned musk of Musc Maori, balancing experimental ideas with wearability. Arabian Horse revisits his earlier Cuir Venenum, expanding its leather theme into a complex landscape of narcissus, vegetation and animalic warmth.
Pierre Guillaume - Parfumerie Générale’s story
Pierre Guillaume’s house pairs independent, in-house creation with an inventive approach to wearable perfume. Its Numéraire collection, formerly Parfumerie Générale, organizes fragrances into numbered olfactory themes, allowing Guillaume to revisit ideas as his techniques and tastes develop.
PG3.1 Arabian Horse’s concept
Arabian Horse began as a tenth-anniversary creation presented at Pitti Fragranze in 2012, initially conceived as a non-commercial exploration of Guillaume’s creative development. A reinterpretation of Cuir Venenum, it entered the regular range in 2014. Its landscape is an English moor: wet earth, crushed grasses and wildflowers surrounding the warmth of a galloping horse’s coat.
Extra info
Despite its name, Arabian Horse evokes an English moor rather than a desert. Its elaborate formula combines narcissus and labdanum absolutes with cypriol and several compound perfume bases; the house describes it as particularly time-consuming to weigh.
Top Notescut grassnarcissus
Heartlabdanumleather
Base Notesambercyprioldark musksnagarmotha
Tags
#animalic
#sexy
Style
for her
for him
unisex
A richly evocative fragrance that will carry you away, riding a galloping thoroughbred in the English moor… damp earth, wildflowers, grass trampled by hooves, the smell of the horse’s mane, the heat of its fur…
This richness comes at a price, the price of complexity. In addition to using exceptional ingredients such as narcissus absolute, labdanum absolute and cypriol, PG3.1 is a “drawer” formula, i.e. it contains several unique perfume bases including Ambre 83, Calmode, Animalys and Herbacuore.
The record number of ingredients that compose it make it very hard to copy, and its formula is the longest to weigh in PG's factory.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
After a ride across wet grass, the warmth of leather and a horse’s coat lingers beneath the sharper smell of crushed stems. Arabian Horse brings that contrast into close company: tactile, slightly feral and more intimate than ceremonious.
How to wear
Start with one or two sprays on skin, allowing the leather and dark musks room to develop before adding more. Cool or mild weather suits the contrast between damp greenery and warm amber; in heat, a lighter application keeps the animalic character from dominating.
Who it’s for
For lovers of animalic leather, green florals and old-school chypre character. It rewards a taste for earthy, bodily textures rather than polished sweetness, with narcissus and dark musks giving its sensuality a distinctly unconventional edge.
Release year
2012, released 2014
The nose
Pierre Guillaume brings a chemist’s precision to compositions built around unexpected textures and contrasts. His work ranges from the spicy woods of Cozé to the chocolate-toned musk of Musc Maori, balancing experimental ideas with wearability. Arabian Horse revisits his earlier Cuir Venenum, expanding its leather theme into a complex landscape of narcissus, vegetation and animalic warmth.
Pierre Guillaume - Parfumerie Générale’s story
Pierre Guillaume’s house pairs independent, in-house creation with an inventive approach to wearable perfume. Its Numéraire collection, formerly Parfumerie Générale, organizes fragrances into numbered olfactory themes, allowing Guillaume to revisit ideas as his techniques and tastes develop.
PG3.1 Arabian Horse’s concept
Arabian Horse began as a tenth-anniversary creation presented at Pitti Fragranze in 2012, initially conceived as a non-commercial exploration of Guillaume’s creative development. A reinterpretation of Cuir Venenum, it entered the regular range in 2014. Its landscape is an English moor: wet earth, crushed grasses and wildflowers surrounding the warmth of a galloping horse’s coat.
Extra info
Despite its name, Arabian Horse evokes an English moor rather than a desert. Its elaborate formula combines narcissus and labdanum absolutes with cypriol and several compound perfume bases; the house describes it as particularly time-consuming to weigh.