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Lady Million
Honey is the material that decides whether you will love or loathe Rabanne Lady Million Eau de Parfum 80ml, and it is worth knowing that before the 80ml bottle is on your shelf.
It does not begin there. The first ten minutes are bright and slightly bitter, neroli leading, bitter orange rasping across it, and raspberry arriving quickly with a jammy sweetness that announces exactly which fragrance this is. Orange blossom and jasmine take the middle, the one soapy and clean, the other fuller and more animal, and both of them sweet enough to prepare the ground for what follows.
Then the honey. It is thick, sticky and a little waxy, the smell of the comb as much as of the jar, and it is the reason this scent has such a strong signature. Patchouli keeps it from floating away, adding earth and a bitter undertow, and amber rounds the whole base into something resinous and warm. On skin the effect is rich, unmistakable and not remotely subtle, and one spray will scent the inside of a car.
Eighty millilitres is a lot of a fragrance with this much presence, which makes it a bottle for somebody who already knows they wear it well rather than a first experiment with the name. Expect hours of strong projection followed by a day of close warmth, best in autumn and winter, best at night, and aimed squarely at women. Its year is 2010, and Anne Flipo, Béatrice Piquet and Dominique Ropion are credited with the composition.
A French name with a Spanish engine: the fashion house dates from Paco Rabanne's 1966 debut, while the scents have been the work of Puig since that group created the perfume division in 1968, and its property outright since 1987.
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