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Cinnamon is the first thing most people register in Rabanne 1 Million Eau de Toilette Gift Set, and it is what makes the scent inside instantly familiar to anyone who has been near a party in the last decade.
As a present this takes very little guesswork. The fragrance opens bright, with blood mandarin giving a sweet red citrus and grapefruit cutting it with bitterness, while mint keeps the first few minutes cold. From there it warms quickly. Rose fills out the middle without reading as floral, cinnamon supplies the spice and the bite, and underneath sit leather, amber and Indian patchouli, which between them give it the smooth, sweet, slightly earthy trail that lasts into the night.
Presented as a set, it solves the problem of a gift that looks like an afterthought. The box does the presentation for you, and the eau de toilette at its centre is a scent the recipient has almost certainly smelled before and formed an opinion about, which is useful: it is far easier to buy for someone who has said they like this than to gamble on something obscure.
It suits a man who does not mind being noticed, and it is at its best in autumn and winter, on evenings out rather than in a quiet office. Applied with any enthusiasm at all, it will fill a car.
Rabanne began with the designer Paco Rabanne, whose first collection was shown in Paris in 1966. The fragrance arm was the work of the Spanish group Puig, which opened a perfume division in 1968 and went on to own the entire brand from 1987. These days the house signs itself with the surname only. The fragrance is credited to Christophe Raynaud, Michel Girard and Olivier Pescheux.
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