Phantom
Lemon opens Rabanne Phantom Eau de Toilette, bright and a little zesty, and lavender arrives underneath it almost at once to set the aromatic tone of the whole thing. What follows is warmer and earthier than that first spray suggests.
Lavender sits at the heart and gives the composition its aromatic spine, dry and faintly herbal against the citrus above it. Vanilla and vetiver carry the base, the vanilla warm and the vetiver earthy and a little smoky, so the sweetness is pulled back toward wood rather than dessert. The run is lemon to lavender to vanilla and root: fresh and fresh spicy at the start, darker and woodier by the end, with a fruity softness through the middle that keeps the lavender from turning austere.
Phantom arrived in 2021, and four perfumers composed it: Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion, Juliette Karagueuzoglou and Loc Dong. Monsieur Rabanne showed his debut collection in 1966, and the house released its first fragrance, Calandre, a metallic rose in a metal and glass bottle, in 1969; its fragrance identity still draws on that couture work in metal.
Moderate longevity and moderate sillage make Phantom a close-wearing scent rather than a room-filling one, which suits a fragrance this fresh at the top and this woody at the end. It wears in all four seasons, with spring and summer taking the citrus well and the colder months the vetiver, and it moves between professional wear, casual wear and a night out. It comes here as a gift set.
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