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Fame Intense Refillable
Pine is the material that makes Rabanne Fame Intense Refillable Eau de Parfum 80ml worth looking at twice, because it is not where you expect to find it.
Four materials make up the composition. Pine sits at the top alongside jasmine, which is an odd pairing and a good one: the pine is resinous, green and cold, almost sappy, and the jasmine is broad and heady, so the opening pulls in two directions at once. Jasmine carries on into the heart, where incense joins it with a dry, smoky resin, and sandalwood closes the whole thing out creamy and soft. That is the full extent of it, and a composition this short does not so much develop as deepen, with the pine burning off early and the smoke and the cream taking over.
As an eau de parfum labelled intense it is the heavier reading of the scent, and it behaves that way on skin: slower, denser and longer lasting than a lighter concentration, with one or two sprays doing the work of three. Cold weather suits it, and so do evenings. In warm weather the pine can read sharp, so it is worth testing before committing to a bottle of this size.
The 80ml bottle is refillable, which is the practical reason to choose it. It is a bottle for somebody who already knows they like this and expects to keep wearing it, rather than a first cautious purchase. Alberto Morillas, Dora Baghriche, Fabrice Pellegrin and Marie Salamagne are credited.
Rabanne is French and came out of fashion, its founding designer having shown a first collection in 1966. Perfume has been made under the name since 1968, when the Spanish group Puig created the division, and Puig took over the brand in 1987.
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