Mesh Metal

Bought and wore through the official Rabanne 10ml travel sample, kept thinking about it. Found a brand new bottle for $200 and pounced on it. The opening has a strong ambery lime note, it’s a little sour, a little sweet, a little hazy (it will make sense when you smell it). Backed up by the very green petigrain, this opening is very nice. The orange blossom is where the white floral edge comes from, and stays slightly sweet straight through the dry down. The ambergris keeps the entire thing clean, and slightly fresh. This isn’t a 1 Million kind of sweet. It’s different, more like a cocktail. I easily get 12 hours on skin, and can smell it on my clothes the next day. The projection is strong for the first hour or so, but then becomes much more intimate; which I actually enjoy about this scent. You catch wafts of it all day without choking out the room. This is perfectly unisex. There’s nothing I would change about this fragrance, honestly. In my opinion, it’s a home run. Everytime I see the bottle, which is quite hefty with an excellent atomizer, I look forward to wearing it again. You get a good, heavy spray, and I find 3 sprays to be perfect. I actually think you could wear this year round, except maybe the peak of summer. I am admittedly a fan of most things Paco Rabanne, so I will definitely look into more of the private line.

Fucking love this!!!! I got a mini bottle and i think ill get the big one. Super elegant! Reminds me of smth but idk what. Kinda nostalgic.

Classy but oversweet orange blossom; note list may lead you to expect something brisk and masc - and no denying the ambergris at the bottom gives extra heft, helping to eke it out and stay present for up to 6h - but overall it just got a little too syrupy for my taste. Reminded me strongly of Sylvaine Delacourte's orange-blossom efforts, especially Ozkan, which are infinitely cheaper and feel a little less money-grabby. Mesh Metal is absolutely respectable, robust enough to be unisex, and worth wearing any time - but not worth shelling out the gougy RRP for in my view. Not at all bad but a little basic for the price point.

Well. One of my favourite from the collection. Creamy, soft, vanila ambery. 8/10. Not metallic as I expected it to be and that's disappointing. Good performance though.

Masculine citrus freshy. Probably the nicest one of the whole line. Definitely overpriced for what it is.