Fame in Love
Rabanne Fame in Love Parfum takes the fruit and smoke idea of the original and swaps the tropical fruit for a red one, which changes the character of it completely.
Strawberry leads, and it is handled better than the word suggests. This is not a sweet shop strawberry; it is the slightly green, slightly tart smell of the real fruit with the hull still on, and green mandarin sharpens it further with a bitter, zesty citrus that has none of the softness of a ripe mandarin. Basil is the third element at the top and it is the clever one, herbal and cool and faintly peppery, and it is what stops the fruit reading as a sweet.
The middle is where it connects back to Fame. Jasmine is full and warm, orris adds a cool powdery earthiness from the root, and incense draws its smoulder through both of them. The combination of powder, flower and smoke over tart red fruit is unusual and it is the reason to try this one rather than simply buying the original again. Vanilla and patchouli finish it. The vanilla is smooth and quietly sweet rather than thick, and the patchouli is earthy and a little bitter, which keeps the base from turning into dessert. As a parfum it is dense and long lasting, with a strong opening hour and a close, warm, slightly smoky trail for a long time after.
Women are the audience, it suits evenings and cool weather, and it is more wearable in daylight than the original because of the green materials at the top. Three perfumers are credited, Clement Gavarry, Dora Baghriche and Fabrice Pellegrin, and the release year is 2025. Rabanne, which started as the Paris fashion house of the designer Paco Rabanne and is now wholly owned by the Spanish group Puig, has built the Fame family into one of its two or three best known women's names.
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