Eau Paco Rabanne

It is a very unique and different fragrance among the fougères. I have a tester with the main ingredients listed. There are five in all, but three of them are not in the Fragrantica pyramid. These are: copaihu (whatever that means), palm rose, cedar moss (NOT oak moss!) (The other two are lavender and musk) What my nose can definitely smell from the blend is lavender, bergamot and palm rose (plus of course a neutral sandalwood base) - I know palm rose for a while because I bought a 100% essence oil. It's an incredable fine and airy, beautiful both flowery and fruity scent from the Heaven. So, these are I got it. ...and, of course, a slightly soapy musk. - Sophisticated and elegant but with a definite “wildness” that takes it far beyond the classic fougères (Armani Eau Pour Homme, Dior Eau Sauvage...etc.) - This is challenging stuff. If you want to please the chicks, don't buy this. But if you have a real lady, she'll appreciate it on you! - I love it! It's absolutely NOT similar to Gucci Nobile or any I know! Nobile is definitely a very GREEN fougére, but PR Eau PH hasn't significant greens. I can't feel basil or vetiver.

I've been going back and forth on this one a lot lately. It opens sharp and green, with a very cool, steely ivy note and a trace of sweetness that reminds me of the secretive florals in Acqua di Gio. Like Bowling Green, the greenery is moderately sweet and almost waxy or plasticky, but not in a bad way, and still much less sweet than most of the competition. Previously I remember this seeming too sharp and medicinal, but now that I've sprayed differently (on my arm, over a large area) I'm not getting that as much, or maybe just in a different way. Like the original, it has enough of a soapy vibe to come across as clean, even though the underlying soil-and-ground-cover notes have a dirty edge. My main misgiving is that the base of this reminds me of the very top notes of Caswell-Massey #6 or Murray and Lanman Florida Water, with their fizzy, metallic, 7-Up sharpness that won't shut up. I don't think it would be enough to bother most people, though. I don't know of anything else quite like it.

Authenticity pushes PR Eau way up the ladder for me. It's a classy, clean, summery but sophisticated scent with a mature feel. Best suited for a grown man over 30 I feel. I would definitely say that Eau PR is the bitter/herbal ying to Platinum Egoiste's minty/floral yang, while having better longevity and a bit more personality than the latter in my opinion. Both are clean and mature statements that don't exactly fit the mainstream mold in 2014, but regardless, the entire experience is really hard to deny either way due to EPR being so well done. Both scents feel similar in construction, but their DNA is different enough to co exist on the same dresser top. If you're thinking about making the purchase, you'd better do it now because this hidden gem is on the verge of going extinct online. Definitely try! One of my best blind purchases ever!

I had the aftershave of this for quite some time and wanted the EDT. I eventually got it and was very pleased to have it in this concentration. It is very hard for me to describe the notes in this other than to say it has a metallic, fresh lavender aspect to it. The bottle I have, which is a tester, says that it is an Eau de fougere, which I think is a pretty good description of this fragrance. It is very cooling and airy and as such it is an awesome summer fragrance. I really do not detect too much in the way of lemon, basil nor very many other notes as other reviewers have. I think this is one example of a cologne which doesn't rely on trying to imitate nature, rather it presents something which is at once recognisable and at the same time abstract.

Man this one just keeps on climbing, climbing climbing up my favorites list almost to the very top! It's just that damn good and original! Only a mall rat hipster or dead person would hate this scent! Clean, green and mature as hell. This fragrance is the only one that I own where I can actually smell the scent radiating from the atomizer sitting on my dresser top as I walk into my bedroom! Very cool! I don't know if I'd call Eau a projecton bomb. I think I'd venture to say it's almost there, but definitely a sillage beast. This bitch sticks around like a venereal disease on a Sunset Strip hooker! It's an absolute tragedy that this masterpiece has been discontinued. We need a limited rerelease on Paco Rabanne Eau at least every 10 years.