Fame
Mango is the first thing Rabanne Fame Eau de Parfum gives you, juicy and almost nectar-thick, with bergamot keeping an edge on it. The sweetness never gets the run of the composition, because what sits underneath the fruit is smoke.
Jasmine and incense meet at the heart, the white floral turned smoky rather than dewy, and the two hold against each other through most of the wear. Sandalwood and vanilla close it, and they are what give the scent its powdery finish, with iris and violet adding a cool dustiness and a balsamic, faintly earthy weight underneath. The movement runs from juicy fruit through smoke into soft wood and amber. By the time it settles there is nothing of the mango left; what remains is dry and sweet at once, with the incense still legible beneath the wood.
Dora Baghriche, Marie Salamagne, Alberto Morillas and Fabrice Pellegrin composed Fame together, and it was released in 2022. Rabanne began as a couture house, with Monsieur Rabanne's debut collection in 1966, and its first fragrance followed in 1969 with Calandre, a metallic rose presented in a metal and glass bottle. That work in metal still shapes how the house builds its scents.
Fame has moderate longevity and moderate sillage, which makes it close-wearing rather than room-filling, and it suits professional wear as readily as an evening out. It wears through all four seasons, leaning on its fruit in the warmer ones and on its incense and wood in the colder, and it moves easily between a night out, professional days and casual ones. It is sold here as a gift set.
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