Sport de Paco Rabanne

Wow! I bought some vintage perfume from etsy or ebay or something and the seller kindly included some unexpected, masculine gems at this was among them. The samples are 80's but clearly impeccably well kept because the top notes and everything smell intact. What a scent as well! I like to think I know all these and can recall them in great detail but truth is even the ones I wore (or my Dad did) are faded memories or rose tinted, pedestal stuff of legend, which they probably weren't. I don't recall this sport ever being something I'd tried, the original of course is a classic but this one not as well known, but it's a cracker! It's much fresher and more 'sport' accent the soapiness, without the piney aspect, it's spicy, earthy mossy drydown is of the era, Sport is great and that seller is a massive enabler (probably seeding people with samples because he has a glut of PR Sport bottles to shift) because I may seek out a bottle of this. There's me thinking I was done with vintage BS'ery.

PR Sport is a masterpiece of its era but with an atemporal class. The mix of green, herbal, mossy, citrusy, and woody notes is just perfect. At first, it may feel "simple" at first but that is an illusion: then you realize you cannot pinpoint what it smells like. With a little focus, you can discover how the notes may be interplaying. It feels tangy and woody, but highly classy, never cheap. Everything smells natural. It is "sporty" in a traditional rowing or tennis club sense and though it has an air of many fragrances of the era (PRPH and Drakkar Noir come to mind) it is its own thing. Remarkably, its longevity is phenomenal (10/12 hours) and transitions from citrus-woody to green-woody in the drydown. I found two bottles (30 ml and 100ml) at an old chemist's shop on sale at a bargain price: one of the best purchases in my life! If you find one and have a soft spot for classics, buy it. Best.

H & R's Fragrance Guide classifies this as a "Citrus Fantasy" fragrance, although the listed notes are those of a classic chypre. My guess is that the oakmoss and patchouli in the base notes are so understated as to leave the dominant effect one of an enriched and enhanced citrus. It's wonderfully fresh and invigorating, but not in that bland 90's aquatic way --- Rabanne's Eau de Sport has plenty of distinctive personality. For those who lament its passing, I recommend Pierre Cardin's Insatiable, which has a very similar overall effect and many of the same ingredients. The listed notes are: Top Notes: Lemon, mandarin, bergamot, petitgrain, lavender, green complex, artemisia Mid Notes: Jasmine, juniper, estragon, rose, orris, carnation Base Notes: Oakmoss, fir, cedar, patchouli, vetiver, musk, leather

Update: In the heat of mid-August I have to say again how much I LOOOOVE this! Why oh why on earth did they discontinue this gem. Le sigh... Love it! Would love it more if my mini had more longevity. I found a very cheap mini, and while time may have affected Paco Sport's longevity, the bones are still wonderful. It is fresh, handsome and well balanced. It's freshness lingers throughout the overall composition. It is citrus without being obviously so, herbal without being too dry, and all layered on it's standout (to my nose) basenotes of vetiver, cedar and fir. Thanks to Ericrico for the full note listings...

Simply the best and bravest Sport fragrance out there! Beautiful aroma, pure springtime to me! Its discontinued but they should bring it back! It is so optimistic and leaves such a great, manly and fresh impression that only very few fresh & sporty scents can stand their ground like this one. Many memories attached also! Amazings stuff inside, cool color and even the box is very appealing. Clean and juicy while manly and sophisticated! Love it!

i can`nt believe that I found a full bottle of the vintage of this.it`s splash edt .and no barcode and green dote on the box.it means it belongs to pre 90`s .the batch is 8A05 which reffer to 1988. man is it true would this belongs to 1988? it opens with sharp citrus and spices along with green vibes of patchouli it `s linear and till the end citrus and spices r there.nice citrusy spicy oldschool.

I fully agree with Oslo-fjord (one the members of this website) : My favourite fragrance of all time... and i say: THE BEST EVER. Very sad that that they discontinued yes. But i went to fragrance shop in Johannesburg, and the lady there said to me maybe we can find this fragrance in France at Paco Rabanne shop.

Fresh! No better word to describe this awesome fragrance. It makes me feel good. It is very sad that this masterpiece fougere has been discontinued. A perfect equilibrium between the woody, citrus and spicy notes. Both longevity and sillage are very good. Please Paco Rabanne, bring back Sport!!!

My favourite fragrance of all time. A flanker that is better than the original. When I was a teenager back in the 80ies, I used to bath in this stuff! Pity it's discontinued. Paco Rabanne should bring it back! -Fans of this should try Xerjoff Dhofar. They share some similarities.

What a beautiful scent for a man. I know for sure I've never smelled it on a man because I wouldn't have been able to resist him (even if he hadn't made a move). It' really very attractive, I love it!

Quite a shame realy this one has gone. I never met anything of the kind again. At the time this was to me the best sport citrusy scent. Surprisingly fresh while being in the mean time pleasantly warm.

a much higher quality scent than similar perfumes. trussardi is the most similiar product I have seen. It disappeared after 3 hours.

Used to have this back in the 90's. A unique, fresh and very lovely citrus/green fragrance.

BRING IT BACK PLEASE!!!!!! Springtime bottled!!!

Please Puig, bring back this masterpiece.

For me the Best of Paco Rabanne .

This one comes from an era when "sport" in a scent's name didn't mean that it lasts one hour max, or that people wouldn't be able to smell it even if you were trapped in an elevator with them five minutes after having sprayed ten good spritzes of it on you. No. This one comes from an era when "sport" in a scent's name simply meant that when you were trying to describe it you'd put only one or two exclamation marks after the word "Powerhouse" instead of the usual three to five, and perhaps sometimes "Powerhouse" was spelled with a lower case "p". Other than that, "sports" of this era were handsome beasts, with sillage and longevity that would rout easily most of today's "concentrées". For some reason it was never associated with team sports in my mind, but rather with individual sportsmen. And not of the boxing, riding, racing or tennis kind. There were sport editions of Kouros, Boss, Santos and Lacoste respectively, for all these nice gentlemen to wear. Paco Rabanne's take on the subject was always about fencing in my mind, and time has proven me right. Imagine a fearsome maniac grinning behind his mask, while delivering devastating blows with his sabre to the wuss wearing some "Eau de Sport Sensuelle for the bleeding hearts" who stands against him. All furious and yelling "Take petitgrain for starters! And lavender too! Fancy some tarragon? Well have some! And let's not forget juniper! And oakmoss! And cedar! And vetiver! How about some patchouli and leather? Huh? How about them? Oh, you're going down boy, you are going SO down!..." It seems that old scents have their way of rewarding you sometimes, especially when they're not forgotten, but rather remembered with love and respect... I recently discovered two 125ml and one 250ml bottles of it, buried in the lower shelf of a little dusty shop. The price asked for them was pure urban legend material. "Have you ever heard the story of the guy who bought more than a solid pound of Paco Rabanne's Eau de Sport for 60 euros? It's said that from then on he stalks the night with a mesh mask and a sabre, terrorising everyone unlucky enough to have thought that wearing "Eau Légère de Mauviette" was a good idea for a night out..." I think it's time to go and look for my old but not forsaken sabre now, which is waiting patiently somewhere, along with my bronze medal won in a national championship some 30 years ago...

A perfume store that I frequent knows I enjoy fragrance's which are hard to find and if it has a very unique aroma. Sport de Paco Rabanne is one of those fragrance's. It has a perfect blend, when I first sprayed it on my skin I can smell the top note of Citruses coming through. After it settles you can smell the woodsy/warm spicy notes which giving this fragrance a very masculine scent. Being a sport cologne it isn't light in intensity, it has depth which I enjoy in a cologne. This cologne lasts well over 8 hour's and after awhile you can smell patchouli which gives it a subtle sweet scent overall. I have used this cologne both during the daytime and sometimes in the evening. Overall, what I enjoy about this fragrance is that there is only five notes which makes it AMAZING!!!!! This fragrance for me is perfect during the summer/fall time. Longevity is well past 8 hour's Sillage is excellent. A high quality fragrance, if you can find a bottle you won't be disappointed if you buy it. A real classy fragrance, a throw back from the mid 70's... 10/10

Wonderful reviews by both my friend, krmarich, as well as aqua_de_la_vita...! Kudos. I have enjoyed this scent for some time and find it to be a very nice, fresh, citric, green and non-traditional 'Sport' fragrance. An excellent flanker, indeed. Very well-made and it maintains a nice radiant aroma on your skin for hours, although it never has loud sillage. A complete review will follow... The correct pyramid of notes is here (from Haarman and Reimer's Book of Perfume & Fragrance Guide): Top Notes: Lemon, mandarin, bergamot, petitgrain, lavender, green complex, artemisia Heart Notes: Jasmine, juniper, tarragon, rose, orris, carnation Base Notes: Oakmoss, fir, cedar, patchouli, vetiver, musk, leather

This is a fragrance I've never really given enough time to. It's kind of like the original, but lighter and fresher. Mossy, the top notes on mine probably died off a long time ago, but the heart and base are clean and soapy, and you can still faintly smell some citrus. Ultimately, it smells like shaving cream, similar to Azzaro Pour Homme, or the original Paco Rabanne Pour Homme. It's not really worth it unless you find an awesome deal on it, but a solid smelling old school freshie that doesn't just smell like Cool Water, although it isn't completely dissimilar to CW either.