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Fame
Concentration is the whole point of Rabanne Fame Parfum 50ml. This is the parfum strength version of a fragrance most people meet as an eau de parfum, and the difference is less about volume than about weight: it sits heavier on the skin and it lasts considerably longer.
The composition is broader than the original too, with ten materials on record. At the top, mango brings the fruit, soft and golden rather than sharp, bergamot adds a bitter citrus lift, and pink pepper fizzes over both with a dry rosy sparkle that the standard version does not have. In the heart, jasmine is full and warm and a little heady, incense cuts a cold, resinous smoke through it, and patchouli puts a dark earthiness underneath, which at this strength is more noticeable than it would be in a lighter concentration.
The base is where the extra materials tell. Oakmoss is green, bitter and faintly damp, the smell of moss on bark, and it gives the whole thing a darker footing. Benzoin adds a sticky balsamic sweetness, sandalwood smells like the inside of a wooden box, and musk blurs the lot into the skin. The finish is warm, smoky and quietly earthy rather than sweet.
Fifty millilitres is a sensible amount of something this dense, and one spray will do what two of the eau de parfum would. Expect a full day of wear, strong for the first two hours and close to the skin after that. It is aimed at women, it is best after dark, and it is at its most comfortable in autumn and winter. Rabanne's perfumes are made by Puig, the Barcelona company that built the brand's fragrance division and launched its first real success, Calandre, at the end of the sixties.
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