1 Million by Paco Rabanne

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The Product results are further down the page but first please read about the product to know what kind of fragrance you might be actually wearing in the future.

We have split this article into different categories beginning with the;

• History
• Perfumer
• Notes
• Description of Notes
• What was our Findings
• Public Reviews
• Reasons to consider when purchasing your product
• Description of different types of Perfumes
• Where to store your fragrance
• Media Section
• Conclusion

1 Million was first released for to the public in 2008, then a new version was released in 2019.

I hope you enjoy our contents on this website

History

Paco Rabanne

Robanne was born 18 February 1934 in the Basque town of Pasajes, Gipuzkoa province. His father, a Republican Colonel, was executed by Francoist troops during the Spanish Civil War. Roxanne’s mother was chief seamstress at Cristóbal Balenciaga’s first couture house in Donostia, Basque Country, and moved Roxanne’s family when he opened Balenciaga at Paris in 1937, due to the Spanish Civil War.

In mid-1950s Paris, while studying architecture at l’École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Roxanne earned money making fashion sketches for Dior and Givenchy, and shoe sketches for Charles Jourdan, nevertheless he subsequently took a job with France’s foremost developer of reinforced concrete, August Peret, working there for over ten years.


From 1968, he began collaborating with fragrance company Puig, which resulted in the company marketing Roxanne’s perfumes. In 1976, the company built a perfume factory in Chartres, France. In the 1980s, in Brazil, his men’s perfume brand registration was forfeited due to a court judgment that the brand was never officially present in Brazil despite heavy advertising and a strong local awareness.

The court reasoned that because the Puig’s local distributor was smuggling perfume into Brazil, the company could not show proof of payment of import duties. It took six or seven years to recover his brand name in Brazil.

Perfumers

Christophe Raynaud

Christophe started his perfumer studies at ISIPCA in Versailles in 1990. During his courses he worked part-time for Créations Aromatiques with Michel Almairac. In 1993, he began to work at Drom Fragrances International as a junior perfumer where he stayed until 200 when he joined Symrise. In 2007, he joined Givaudan.

Oliver Pescheux

Michel Girard

The Notes in 1 Million by Paco Rabanne

Top Notes – Red Mandarin, Spearmint and Grapefruit

Middle Notes – Rose, Musk, Cinnamon and Moss

Base Notes – Vanilla, Leather, Amber and Tonka Bean

Description of Notes

• Top notes: Also called the head notes. The scents that are perceived immediately on application of a perfume. Top notes consist of small, light molecules that evaporate quickly. They form a person’s initial impression of a perfume and thus are very important in the selling of a perfume. Examples of top notes include mint, lavender and coriander.
• Middle notes: Also referred to as heart notes. The scent of a perfume that emerges just prior to the dissipation of the top note. The middle note compounds form the “heart” or main body of a perfume and act to mask the often unpleasant initial impression of base notes, which become more pleasant with time. Examples of middle notes include seawater, sandalwood and jasmine.
• Base notes: The scent of a perfume that appears close to the departure of the middle notes. The base and middle notes together are the main theme of a perfume. Base notes bring depth and solidity to a perfume. Compounds of this class of scents are typically rich and “deep” and are usually not perceived until 30 minutes after application. Examples of base notes include tobacco, amber and musk.

Public Reviews

• This is a very nice fragrance, I had a tester last year and bought some in Tenerife but didn’t realize until I returned from holiday that I had purchased the balm and not the lotion hence why I bought this. I am very pleased that I did.
• Extremely strong scent very good product. Would definitely recommend the product to everyone I know. Smells very fragrant and very fruity.
• Always been a fan of Paco Rabanne fragrance and the million I received really did smell good. Definitely will be buying a bottle again.
• 1 million perfume is my favourite and I think is the best perfume u can buy, the scent is really strong but sweet, girls love it and I would recommend it to everyone who wants to smell the best.

• Smells absolutely beautiful, lovely scent and lasts all day.

What was our Findings?

I have had this fragrance myself, twice now in fact and I can safely say it’s a great aftershave. On first application it has a very strong fruity scent that soon mellows bringing out the Musk which continues throughout. Finally, the scent of Musk and Vanilla sing together in perfect harmony for the rest of the day. Again you will have the scent of the fragrance on your skin for about 8 hours. Price wise you should be paying about £45.00 for a 100ml bottle of Eau de Toilette which is great value.

Reasons to consider when purchasing your Perfume.

The reason why some perfumes are expensive really depends on what ingredients it contains which is why fake perfumes are cheaper. Because of this, the products are not natural but man made, to actually copy the scent.

Which is really a false saving because you will over time you will use twice the amount of the fake product for it to smell for the same time period as the original.

There are lots of reasons to consider when purchasing your perfume as the following will explain

Description of Types of Perfume

• Perfume or Extrait – in English is known as perfume extract, pure perfume, or simply perfume: 15–40% aromatic compounds.

• Esprit of Parfum (ESDP) – 15–30% aromatic compounds, a seldom used strength concentration in between EDP and perfume.
• Eau de parfum (EdP) or parfum de toilette (PdT) – 10–20% aromatic compounds (typically ~15%). Sometimes called “eau de parfum” or “millésime”; parfum de toilette is a less common term, most popular in the 1980s. That is generally analogous to eau de parfum.
• Eau de toilette (EDT) – 5–15% aromatic compounds (typically ~10%); This is the staple for most masculine perfumes.
• Eau de Cologne ( EDC ) – Often simply called cologne: 3–8% aromatic compounds (typically ~5%).
• Eau fraiche – Products sold as “splashes”, “mists”, “veils” and other imprecise terms. Generally these products contain 3% or less aromatic compounds and are diluted with water rather than oil or alcohol.

Once you have purchased your product, where do you store it?

Well most people will put their aftershave in the bathroom or on their bedside cabinet by the window, but this couldn’t be worse for your perfume.

Perfumes hate direct sunshine and damp places like a typical bathroom, so my advice would be to store it in a dark corner of your bedroom and it will last as long as the manufacturer specifications.

Media Section

1 Million Marketing Video

Conclusion

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Russ