XS Pour Homme
Rabanne XS Pour Homme is a 1993 composition with nineteen materials in it, and the density is immediately obvious.
Bergamot, mint, rosemary, lemon, tarragon and mandarin orange open it. Tarragon is the one that marks it out, aniseed-like and slightly bitter, and with the mint alongside the start is bracing rather than merely fresh.
Juniper, rosewood, sage, geranium and coriander form the heart. Juniper is resinous and dry, sage herbal, geranium green with a metallic edge, and coriander warm and faintly soapy. It is an aromatic middle with no sweetness and no flower doing any real work.
The base is where it shows its age in the best sense: sandalwood, musk, oakmoss, cedarwood, vanilla, patchouli and ambergris. Oakmoss gives the damp bitterness that defined men's perfumery of the period, ambergris a salty mineral depth, and the vanilla just enough warmth to round it off.
How XS Pour Homme wears
It lasts a long time and projects moderately. Autumn and winter suit it, and it reads as formal rather than casual.
Rabanne XS Pour Homme Eau de Toilette, 100ml, launched in 1993 by Rabanne, the Paris house making fragrance since 1968.
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