Rabanne · 2020 · Christophe Raynaud and Quentin Bisch

1 Million

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

Bright grapefruit over salty tuberose, settling into sun-warmed leather with ambergris-like woods and rockrose resin.

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

1 Million’s scent picture, a draft: grapefruit, tuberose, solar leather, marine notes, ambroxan (ambergris), cashmere wood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

1 Million, top notes: Grapefruit

Heartas it settles

1 Million, heart: Tuberose, Marine notes, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

1 Million, dry-down: Solar leather, Ambroxan (ambergris), Cashmere wood, Labdanum, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

11 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet3 spices1 powder

9 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

CH MenCarolina Herrera · shares grapefruit, solar leather, ambergris and Cashmeran$133 for 100 ml · about the same as 1 Million’s $140
Elysium Pour HommeRoja Parfums · shares grapefruit, solar leather, ambergris and cistus$380 for 100 ml
Jean Lowe ImmortalMaison Alhambra · shares grapefruit, ambergris and cistus$49.99 for 100 ml · about a third of 1 Million’s $140
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.