Fragrance Notes
1 Million Elixir
Rabanne 1 Million Elixir Parfum Intense is the heaviest reading of the Elixir idea, and it is built around fruit and flowers rather than the citrus and spice most people associate with the 1 Million name.
Damascus rose does the heavy lifting. This is the dark, jam like end of rose, closer to petals bruised between the fingers than to anything fresh cut, and at parfum intense strength it is unmistakable. Davana sits over it with a curious sweet, boozy, almost fermented fruitiness, a herb that behaves like a dried apricot soaked in spirit, and osmanthus rounds the group out with soft fruit skin and a thin leathery edge.
Underneath, three materials do the finishing. Cedarwood keeps everything dry and stops the fruit turning sticky. Vanilla sweetens without going milky, reading dark and resinous instead. Tonka bean supplies a dusty sweetness with a faint bitterness, something like the smell of cherry stones. Six materials in total and a flat note row, so expect density rather than development: this is a scent that states its case early and then holds it.
At this concentration a little goes a long way. One or two sprays will see out an evening, and in a warm room it will be too much. Cold weather and night time are where it belongs, and it is aimed squarely at men who already know and like the sweeter end of the range. It dates from 2022.
The house was founded on the clothes of the designer Paco Rabanne, whose first Paris collection was shown in 1966. The scent business, which has long since become the larger part of it, now rests on 1 Million and Invictus for men and on Lady Million and Olympea for women.
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