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Lady Million
Half a bottle of a fragrance this strong is often the smarter purchase, and Rabanne Lady Million Eau de Parfum 50ml is a case where the middle size makes real sense.
The reason is the honey. This is a sweet, dense scent that works best in small doses, so a 50ml at one or two sprays a wear will see out a long stretch of winters before it is anywhere near empty. Honey is the material that dominates the second half, thick and faintly waxy, held in check by patchouli, which brings earth and a bitter edge, and by amber, which gives the base its resinous warmth. Before all that, the opening is fruit and peel. Raspberry is the headline, jammy and sweet rather than sharp, with neroli adding a clean bitterness and bitter orange a quick rasp of rind. The heart is orange blossom and jasmine, soapy sweetness in the first and a fuller, almost indolent richness in the second, and the two of them carry the scent from the fruit into the honey without a visible join.
In wear it is loud early and persistent late, so the 50ml is not a restriction but a convenience. It fits a handbag, it travels, and it means a replacement is affordable if your taste moves on. The fragrance dates from 2010, it is marketed to women, and it belongs to evenings and cold weather more than to office daytime. Anne Flipo, Béatrice Piquet and Dominique Ropion composed it.
Rabanne trades today without the Paco it was born with. The label began with the designer's 1966 Paris collection, the Spanish group Puig set up its perfume division in 1968, and Puig has owned everything since 1987. Lady Million and Olympea are the two women's pillars of that business.
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