Fame
Rabanne Fame Eau de Parfum opens fruity and bright, mango leading with bergamot just behind it, and the first impression is of ripeness kept clean. The fruit is generous but brief.
The heart is where it becomes itself: jasmine and incense together, a white floral note shot through with smoke, dry and a little austere against the fruit above it. Sandalwood and vanilla build the base, and the fragrance goes powdery as it settles, iris and violet in the powder, amber warmth around it and a balsamic, earthy weight underneath. Fame moves from fruit through smoky flower to a soft woody finish. It is the incense that gives the fragrance its backbone, and the vanilla never turns into dessert.
Dora Baghriche, Marie Salamagne, Alberto Morillas and Fabrice Pellegrin composed Fame for Rabanne in 2022. The house goes back to Monsieur Rabanne's debut collection in 1966 and its first fragrance, Calandre, a metallic rose released in 1969 in a metal and glass bottle, and its fragrance identity still draws on that couture work in metal.
It is moderate in both longevity and sillage, so it wears close and stays personal instead of filling the room. Winter and autumn are its natural seasons and spring and summer work as well, and it is built for a night out but holds for work and casual wear. It comes as a gift set.
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