Paco Rabanne Black XS Eau de Toilette 100ml Spray Cleansing Lotion and pure parfum

and pure parfum

instead it lands somewhere between expensive gloves and a whisky bar

then pulls them down into a warmer base of vanilla and cedarwood so it doesn't tip into wedding-cake territory

which makes it good for office days and dinners where you'd rather people get within a metre

200ml EDP in the signature blue bottle

Paco Rabanne Black XS Eau de Toilette 100ml Spray Cleansing Lotion and pure parfumBlack XS opens with pepper and cardamom that spicy, slightly dusty warmth that doesn't soften. The base is vetiver and tonka, which sounds like it should be sweet, but the vetiver keeps it dry and earthy, almost papery. 100ml EDT, for him. Two or three sprays in the morning sit close to skin, closer to a skin scent than projection let people get within a metre to catch it. Wears around six hours before a midday top up makes sense.