Paco Rabanne is a well-known French fashion house. It was founded in 1966 by Francisco “Paco” Rabaned Cuervo, a Spanish- born who grew up in Paris. Francisco was actually an architect, who started his career by designing jewelry for other houses. After some experimental clothing designs, he became quickly known for his amazing fashion features and the use of unconventional materials like metal and paper.
The first Paco Rabanne perfume, named Calandre, was introduced in 1969. It was created for active women and was a revolutionary perfume for its time. In 1973, the first Paco Rabanne perfume for men was introduced on the market. It was named Paco Rabanne pour homme, the first aromatic scent on the market. This perfume gained huge popularity, and quickly few innovative fragrances in distinctive bottles were released on the market. Today, the house has 55 unique scents in its Paco Rabanne perfume line, and the newest is from 2014.
The Paco Rabanne perfume line is known for its unique and modern fragrances for women and men. The best selling perfumes from Paco Rabanne are the following ones:
Lady Million – designed for irresistible and glamorous women. Created by Anne Flipo, Beatrice Piquet, Dominique Ropion and Bruno Jovanovic and introduced by Paco Rabanne in 2010, Lady Milion is a fresh, woody-floral fragrance blended with bitter orange with jasmine sambac, honey and patchouli.
Black XS (for her) – designed for sexy and mysterious women. A fruit-floral fragrance created by Emilie Coopermann and Marc Buxton, introduced in 2007. It combines cranberries, black violet, cocoa flower, vanilla and patchouli.
1 Million (for him) – designed for exuberant and confident men. Extremely masculine and seductive fragrance featuring blood mandarin, rose absolute, amber and a sensual leather accord. This Paco Rabanne perfume was inspired by Paco Rabanne`s metalic fashion and created by Christophe Raynaud, Oliver Pescheux and Michel Girard. It was introduced on the market in 2008.
Black XS (for him) – designed for tough men with a tender heart. A sensual fragrance featuring woody-oriental blend of lemon, praline, black amber and patchouli. It was created by Oliver Cresp and introduced in 2005 by Paco Rabanne.
“ Creativity is not about seduction, it’s about shocking. I try to create powerful moments because emotions speak only the truth.”
-Paco Rabanne