Paco Rabanne will launch Lady Million, the feminine “alter ego” of Paco Rabanne 1 Million, in July. The Lady Million fragrance is a fresh woody floral, and is fronted by model Dree Hemingway…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2010, part 1
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
From Jean Paul Gaultier, Le Mâle in “The iconic Le Male Gaultier bottle, with original scent, stars in a comic book-inspired story as Super Le Male…”
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A new advert for Paco Rabanne's Black XS & Black XS Pour Elle.
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2009, part 8
From Marc Jacobs, the ever-popular Daisy in the limited edition Daisy Silver Edition, expected to launch in September. In 100 ml Eau de Toilette for $88…
Paco Rabanne 1 Million & Omnia Granato ~ fragrance reviews
Paco Rabanne 1 Million
Paco Rabanne 1 Million debuted last August in Europe, but it’s never “officially” launched in the U.S. (though it can be purchased at online discounters here). 1 Million was developed by perfumers Christophe Raynaud, Olivier Pescheux and Michel Girard, and it contains grapefruit, blood orange, peppermint, rose, cinnamon, “spice,” blond leather, white woods, amberketal (synthetic ambergris) and patchouli. It’s difficult to review 1 Million because the fragrance is so well blended. Imagine painting precise squares of color (cool purple, faded pink, creamy green and sunny yellow) side by side onto a white canvas using acrylic pigments, then taking a wet brush and running it thru the middle of all the squares — blurring all the colors with one strong sweep of the brush. The resulting image of this rapid “mixing” is like 1 Million: gray (indistinct) in the center but with traces of residual color (individual notes) around the edges.
1 Million smells like “sugar and spice” with a touch of lavender-orange blossom and vanillic amber. It also smells like an upscale (slightly retro) barbershop…