Rabanne · 2023

Fame

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

Smoky incense and soft musk, drying down to a heady, creamy jasmine.

Rabanne says

You’ll smell incense, musk and jasmine trio.

More from Rabanne’s description

It also mentions Sensual jasmine, Hypnotic incense and Irresistible musk.

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Fame’s scent picture, a draft: frankincense, musk, jasmine, coumarin (new-mown hay), citral (lemon) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Fame, when you spray it: Frankincense, Citral (lemon)

As it settlesheart notes

Fame, as it settles: Musk

What staysdry-down notes

Fame, what stays: Jasmine, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Rabanne names

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 & lavender6 florals1 sweet1 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

Orange SmokeDries Van Noten · shares frankincense, cashmere knit and jasmineabout $246 for 200 ml · about half of Fame’s $185
Alto AstralByredo · shares frankincense, cashmere knit and jasmine$330 for 100 ml
Blanche BêteLiquides Imaginaires · shares frankincense, cashmere knit and jasmine$285 for 100 ml · about the same as Fame’s $185
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.