Paco Rabanne Pour Homme
Rabanne (1973)

My favorite fragrance of all time. The one that started me on the fragrance journey that has now been decades and a vast collection since I was a teenager. I have several, and all vintage. I’m loyal to this fragrance though APH gets a little more love than it. It, too, is a MUST own for me.

I'm reviewing a bottle I purchased new in 2025.

It's wonderful. It doesn't smell old at all, either AS a fragrance, or for the demographic who would wear it. It's just awesome. If PR put it in a new bottle and released it with a new name and a new ad campaign, it would kill.

It's strong, fresh, green, somewhat soapy, and masculine. I've been on a bit of a kick, blindly buying classic men's fragrances that I've never smelled, or at least never known what they were at the time. It's a fun game to play because /most/ of them are super affordable at discount retailers. This, along with Azzaro and Dunhill have been pleasant surprises.

Pick up a bottle. You won't regret it.

Reminds me a lot of Irish Spring Soap. Very invigorating and refreshing.

To those who declaim: “Yea, but”, or “keep mind you, that doesn’t mean that” regarding age-appropriate audiences, “It tastes like chicken…is not a compliment: - Seth Godin. Wear it brightly, refreshingly, cleanly, and proudly. Make a name for yourself! Go OG Van’s checkers.

My bottle was purchased at a dying Kmart somewhere between 2000-2005. The clamshell package sat unopened until a few weeks ago. It's a gorgeously rich, sharp, and clean scent. In the same clean green vein as Houbigant's Navigator but more complex and better assembled.

Green, fresh, sharp, crisp, masculine and classy. Love it.☝️