After prison, Perrin became a culturally "forgotten figure", and died in Paris on 24 April 1675.

Perrin is sometimes known as L'Abbé Perrin or simply Abbé Perrin although he never belonged to the clergy.

His verses were long-considered considered mediocre, with criticism appearing as early as the writings of Charles de Saint-Évremond (1613-1703). A reevaluation has been encouraged by Louis E. Auld in his three-part monograph series on Perrin (1986).