Rabanne · 2026 · Christophe Raynaud and Quentin Bisch

1 Million Black

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Rabanne asks $140 for 100 ml
100 ml$140

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Roasted pineapple, blood orange and cardamom over vanilla, coconut and clary sage, drying to ebony-like wood, patchouli and tonka.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell Roasted Pineapple, Blood Orange, cardamom, XXL Vanilla Accord, Coconut Accord, Clary Sage, Ebony Wood Accord, patchouli and Tonka Bean.

The shop’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

1 Million Black’s scent picture, a draft: pineapple, sweet orange, cardamom, vanilla (vanillin), coconut, clary sage drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

1 Million Black, top notes: Pineapple, Sweet orange, Cardamom, Bergamot, Lemon

Heartas it settles

1 Million Black, heart: Vanilla (vanillin), Coconut, Clary sage

Dry-downwhat stays

1 Million Black, dry-down: Ebony, Patchouli, Tonka (coumarin), Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), alpha-Isomethyl ionone (violet)

What’s inside it

What a shop’s page names

Roasted PineappleBlood OrangeCardamomXXL Vanilla AccordCoconut AccordClary SageEbony Wood AccordPatchouliTonka Bean

What the label names

22 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.

7 citrus4 herbs & lavender3 florals3 woods2 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus7

Bergamot oilBitter orange oilLemon oilLimonenealpha-TerpineneCitralTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals3

Benzyl salicylateGeranyl acetateRose ketones

Woods3

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Vertofix

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices2

beta-CaryophylleneCinnamal

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (violet) (powder puff)
7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Yellow 5Red 4Ext. violet 2Blue 1

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Bitter PeachTom Ford · shares sweet orange, cardamom, vanilla, patchouli and 1 more$405 for 50 ml
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares cardamom, vanilla, clary sage, patchouli and 1 more$550 for 100 ml
Madawi Gold EditionArabian Oud · shares pineapple, cardamom, vanilla and tonka$300 for 100 ml · about twice 1 Million Black’s $140
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