Paco Rabanne – Pure XS Fragrance (EDT, 100ml)
The new fragrance Pure XS (Pure Excess) emphasizes the similarity of the
words excess and sex in its advertising campaign, which was also the case with
the original edition Paco Rabanne XS from 1993. “In 2017, Pure XS announces
the comeback of sex, or rather eroticism. With excess in its very genes.”
The composition is announced as an oriental combination of fresh spices and
heated resins and woods. Two IFF perfumers, Anne Flipo and Caroline Dumur
developed the fragrance. Their goal was to convey “the sensation of skin
shivering with desire and burning with pleasure”. This idea of a
“smouldering shiver” guided the perfumers to achieve a composition with two
accords that contrast and harmonise with each other: a body-to-body caught
between two contrary excesses.
Fragrance Characteristics:
Pure XS is a vibrant, magnetic and fresh oriental with a permanent
in-and-out between cold and hot, gentle and intense. Two sensations on edge,
brushing against, attracting and echoing each other. The first excess: explosive
freshness. During this foreplay, the senses go wild and the palate tingles with
an overdose of almost icy ginger. A juicy, delicious, bite-inducing,
aphrodisiac. A carnal second wind: the green creaminess of vegetal sap and
ultra-masculine thyme. The second excess and double indecency: smouldering
sensuality. Cinnamon adds a piquant touch and makes mouths water. A spicy sin!
Followed by a surge of power with deep, noble vanilla infused with
leather-liquor-musk inflections. Sweet animality. Finally, it’s time to let
go and sink into the pulsing warmth of myrrh dusted with sugar. A sensation of
overheated skin to enter an altered state. And, quickly, a pure longing to
indulge once again.
Fragrance Notes:
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Top – Ginger, Green Accord, Thyme, Bergamot,
Grapefruit
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Middle – Vanilla, Cinnamon, Leather, Liquor, Apple
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Base – Cedar, Myrrh, Sugar, Cashmeran, Patchouli,
Woody Notes