Phantom
For anyone who already knows they like it, Rabanne Phantom Parfum Refillable 150ml is the practical bottle: a big one, built to be filled again rather than thrown away.
It opens tart. Lemon and bergamot do the lifting, cardamom gives the first minute a dry spiced edge, and rhubarb supplies the sour, faintly vegetal note that the whole composition is recognised by. None of that reads as fruit in the usual sense; it reads as sharpness.
Then it softens, without ever going soft. Lavender brings its herbal, slightly mentholated cleanliness, geranium sits alongside, green and cool with a crushed leaf bitterness, and underneath them cedarwood stays dry and sharpened while patchouli pushes in something darker and faintly damp. The join between the clean middle and the earthy base is the most interesting part of the wear.
Vanilla, tolu balsam and Haitian vetiver make the last hours, warm and resinous with a smoky, rooty thread running through. At parfum concentration this stays on skin and on clothing for most of a day, so the 150ml size is less a commitment than it looks: used at two sprays a time, it will outlast several seasons. Cold months and evenings suit it best, and it is marketed to men. Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion and Juliette Karagueuzoglou composed it, in 2023.
As for the house, it carries a French designer's name and a Spanish owner's business sense. The first Paco Rabanne collection was shown in 1966, Puig created the perfume division in 1968 and launched Calandre in 1969, and by 1987 Puig had taken over the label completely. The brand now trades as Rabanne, with 1 Million, Invictus, Lady Million and Olympea doing most of the selling.
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