Fame Intense Eau de Parfum 50ml

Rabanne Fame Intense Eau de Parfum 50ml opens on an incense trio, smoky and resinous, dry enough to set the tone before any flower appears. It is the smoke that gives the fragrance its name in intensity.

Solar jasmine follows at the heart, bright and warm, a white floral with sun in it rather than dew, and the smoke from the opening keeps it from turning sweet. Sandalwood cream closes the composition, soft and milky, with a powdery, balsamic warmth and a trace of warm spice through it. The movement runs from smoke to flower to creamy wood, and the woody character is what defines it.

Fame Intense was composed by Alberto Morillas, Dora Baghriche, Fabrice Pellegrin and Marie Salamagne. Rabanne's fragrance identity grew out of its couture work in metal: Monsieur Rabanne showed his debut collection in 1966, and the house's first perfume, Calandre, arrived in 1969 as a metallic rose in a bottle of metal and glass.

It is long lasting with moderate sillage, so it stays with you all day while keeping reasonably close. It suits autumn and winter as readily as spring and summer, and it reads well at night, at work and off duty.