Rabanne · 1973

Pour Homme

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Lavender and tarragon over geranium and clove, drying to warm woods and honeyed tobacco.

Rabanne says

You’ll smell lavender, tarragon, geranium, cloves, warm woods and honeyed tobacco accord.

More from Rabanne’s description

It also mentions Aromatic ferns, Freshly shaved skin and Honeyed tobacco.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Pour Homme’s scent picture, a draft: lavender, tarragon, geranium, clove, warm woods, tobacco drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Pour Homme, top notes: Lavender, Tarragon, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Pour Homme, heart: Geranium, Clove

Dry-downwhat stays

Pour Homme, dry-down: Warm woods, Tobacco, Oakmoss, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

15 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender7 florals1 sweet2 spices1 powder1 earth & moss

4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Uomo Born in Roma Coral FantasyValentino · shares lavender, geranium (rose geranium) and tobacco$138 for 100 ml
London for MenBurberry · shares lavender and tobacco$112 for 100 ml · about the same as Pour Homme’s $98
WisalAjmal · shares geranium (rose geranium) and cloveabout $26 for 50 ml · about half of Pour Homme’s $98
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.