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Million Red for Her
Coconut is the first surprise in Rabanne Million Red for Her Parfum, and it sets the tone for a fragrance that is sweet without being girlish.
It opens with that coconut sitting against bergamot, which is a smart pairing: the coconut is creamy and soft, closer to the flesh of the nut than to sun cream, while bergamot brings a bitter citrus sharpness that stops it turning into dessert within the first minute. The heart is where it gets its character. Ylang ylang is rich and faintly tropical, a white flower with a buttery warmth, and lavender runs alongside it, cool, herbal and slightly camphorous, which is an unusual thing to put next to a flower this creamy and the reason the middle stays interesting.
Vanilla finishes it, and finishes it alone. There is no complicated base here, just a warm, smooth sweetness that the rest of the composition settles into, which keeps the whole thing simple and easy to wear.
Five materials in all, so this is a short composition rather than a layered one, and it is better for being honest about that. As a parfum strength it is rich and lasts well, and a light hand is enough for an evening out. The coconut and vanilla together make it a cold weather bottle more than a summer one, though it never becomes heavy. The perfumers credited are Alienor Massenet, Loc Dong, Nathalie Benareau and Suzy Le Helley.
Rabanne is a French name from fashion, the designer Paco Rabanne having presented his first collection in 1966. The fragrances came by way of the Spanish group Puig, which started the perfume division in 1968 and bought the brand in 1987, since when the house has traded without the first name.
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