Paco Rabanne has launched Pure XS Night, a new fragrance for men. Pure XS Night is a flanker to 2017’s Pure XS, which was a flanker to 1993’s XS…
The gift factory
The holiday video from Paco Rabanne: "a gang of 2 rabannettes & 1 paco boy craft metal gifts in a metallurgist workshop in a joyful and sparkling atmosphere."
Pure XS, part 2
Emily Ratajkowski, plus a pack of peeping toms, for Paco Rabanne Pure XS for Her. Probably NSFW, and if you were offended by the Francisco Henriques / Pure XS version last year, this one will probably offend you too.
Paco Rabanne Pure XS for Her ~ new fragrance
Paco Rabanne has launched Pure XS for Her, the feminine counterpart to last year’s Pure XS. Pure XS for Her is a flanker to 1994’s XS Pour Elle…
Paco Rabanne Calandre ~ fragrance review
It’s barely February, but my daffodils have buds, and clouds of daphne perfume lurk in pockets on the street. It’s not yet the spring of Easter egg colors and Guerlain Chamade, and it might snow again anytime. No, it’s a sort of pre-spring. It’s the perfect time for the knife-edged green beauty of Paco Rabanne Calandre.
Perfumer Michel Hy developed Calandre, and it launched in 1969. Its notes include aldehydes, bergamot, green notes, geranium, orris root, jasmine, lily of the valley, rose, amber, oakmoss, musk, sandalwood and vetiver. (Michel Hy was a genius of the green chypre — he also worked on Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent Y and Balmain Ivoire.) In French, the word “calandre” means “grille,” as in the grille on a car or a radiator. It also means “mangle,” a machine that irons linens when you feed them through its long rollers…