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Paco Rabanne Pour Homme(1973)

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Created by Jean Martel for Paco Rabanne, this composition opens on lavender, bergamot, and rosemary, moves through a heart of geranium, carnation, and jasmine, and closes on oakmoss, tonka bean, musk, and sandalwood. Its lavender-oakmoss-tonka fougere structure became one of the most commercially successful and widely imitated masculine fragrances of the 1970s.

Did you know? This scent's jasmine note owes its richness to indole — the same compound found, in larger amounts, in feces. Read the full story →

Brand

Paco Rabanne

Perfumer

Jean Martel

Launched

1973

Family

Fougere

Paco Rabanne Pour Homme is a fragrance from Paco Rabanne, released in 1973 and composed by Jean Martel. It sits in the Fougere family. It opens with Lavender, Bergamot, and Rosemary, moves into a heart of Geranium, Carnation, and Jasmine, and settles into a base of Oakmoss, Tonka Bean, Musk, and Sandalwood.

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