Fame Eau de Parfum 50ml

Fifty millilitres is the right size for a fragrance as emphatic as this one, which is the practical case for Rabanne Fame Eau de Parfum 50ml over anything larger.

A loud perfume gets used sparingly, so a smaller bottle actually gets finished rather than gathering dust on a shelf for five years and spoiling in the process. What is inside dates from 2022 and runs to six materials in total. Mango opens ripe and juicy with a resinous edge, bergamot gives it bitterness, jasmine takes the middle with a heady floral sweep, and incense cuts across the flower with dry smoke. Sandalwood and vanilla close it out, the one creamy and the other sweet and soft.

The eau de parfum concentration is what gives it the stamina it has become known for. The first hour or two has real projection and then it draws in and stays there, still clearly present many hours later, particularly on knitwear and coats. One spray on skin is very often enough, particularly indoors.

Dark evenings and cold months are when it works best, and it suits somebody who treats perfume as part of getting dressed rather than as an afterthought on the way out. For a first bottle this size is the sensible way in, and for somebody who already knows it the smaller format is simply the one that gets used up. Dora Baghriche, Marie Salamagne, Alberto Morillas and Fabrice Pellegrin are named as the perfumers.

Rabanne is a French name from the fashion world, its founding designer having shown his first collection in 1966. Perfume has been made under it since 1968, when the Spanish group Puig created the division, and Puig acquired the brand in full in 1987.