Fashion design house of Paco Rabanne, who was born in Spain and came to France during the Spanish Civil War. His first fashion collection, featuring futuristic designs made of plastic and metal, appeared in 1966; Rabanne subsequently became well known for his chain mail mini dresses, disposable paper clothing and the like. After shuffling through several designers, the fashion house went on hiatus for a time in the late 2000s; it returned in 2011. In 2013, Julien Dossena was named creative director.
Fragrance launches have included include Calandre (1969), Pour Homme (1973), La Nuit (1985), XS (1993), XS Pour Elle (1994), Paco (1996), Energy (1998), Ultraviolet (1999) and Paco Rabanne Pour Elle (2003).
The Paco Rabanne fashion and fragrance businesses are owned by Puig.
Recent fragrances from Paco Rabanne
2005: Ultraviolet Fluoressence, Paco Rabanne Black XS for men
2006: Ultraviolet Colours of Summer
2007: Ultraviolet Summer Pop, Black XS For Her
2010: Lady Million
2012: Black XS L'Excès
2013: 1 Million Intense, Invictus
2014: Black XS Potion, Lady Million Eau My Gold!
2015: 1 Million Cologne, Olympéa
2016: Invictus Aqua & Olympéa Aqua, Black XS Los Angeles, 1 Million Privé & Lady Million Privé, Invictus Intense & Olympéa Intense
2017: Pure XS
2018: Pure XS for Her
2019: Pure XS Night
Where to buy
At department stores and online fragrance discounters.
Website
Further reading
See all articles on Now Smell This tagged Paco Rabanne.
Read Paco Rabanne Returns With an Edge at the New York Times.