Paco Rabanne
Paco Rabanne
656 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Bitter orange and neroli cut through with almost zesty sharpness, immediately undercut by a surge of juicy raspberry that transforms the top into something brightly fruited and rather synthetic—candy-sweet rather than naturally tart, with the neroli providing a fleeting whisper of citrus complexity before it dissolves.
Jasmine sambac emerges with creamy density, locking hands with honeyed warmth whilst the orange blossom softens the composition into a distinctly gourmand character; the patchouli begins its ascent, adding a dusty, almost chocolate-like undertone that prevents the fragrance collapsing entirely into sugar.
The patchouli becomes increasingly prominent against the fading honey, whilst everything else seems to vanish almost entirely—the result is a thin, barely perceptible veil of amber-tinged earthiness that barely clings to the skin, leaving you questioning whether the fragrance is still there at all.
Lady Million arrives as a deliberately synthetic confection—not a flaw, but the fragrance's central conceit. Anne Flipo has constructed something that sits deliberately between candy shop and couture, where a tart raspberry-neroli opening immediately capitulates to honeyed jasmine sambac. The bitter orange provides necessary structure against what could otherwise become cloying, though one suspects the perfumer knew exactly how close to that edge she was walking.
This is a fragrance that announces itself through sheer sweetness rather than refinement. The orange blossom in the heart doesn't offer the delicate, almost savoury character you'd find in a classical chypre—instead, it reads as a natural amplifier for the honey accord, rounding out the fruity edges into something more obviously gourmand. There's an undercurrent of patchouli that attempts restraint, a grounding agent in what might otherwise feel entirely weightless, though it arrives too late to substantially reshape the composition's fundamental sweetness.
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