Reviews of XS pour Homme (1993)
by Paco Rabanne

This smells terrific. It's a grassy green smell with a light, but not white, musk at the end. However, a major flaw is how quickly it vanishes. Maybe it's because my skin drinks fragrance, but I could soak myself in this and not smell it two hours later (and neither would anyone else, I've asked). If your skin holds a frag well or you know some magic tricks then this is great for you, but I will not be getting a second bottle.

its generic Eternity in my opnion, which i find have similarities to polo sport Cool Water, tho polo sptort and CW have a distinct aquatic scent. Those who have used Eternity for sometime now, myself included, should find the XS trying to be a double. There was a particular rocco barocco scent to be of the similar genre. These scents were the definition of masculine clean and crisp in the late 80s early 90s. Ive used Eternity and CW more than XS simply for its poorer longevity and lacks identity. Its quite like jumping on the bandwagon of the success and popularity of this genre which essentially mixes fruit and mint. I found Eternity to have more spice among the gang. XS is slightly above average, but with Eternity and CW, it doesnt really get as much attention and justifiably so. At least XS did a decent enough job keeping it from smelling cheap

This review is under revision.

There is a coolness to this one that lasts all the way through it's dry down. I can only put this down to the musk. This is no doubt be very attractive to many but I can't quite get around it to the other softer / warmer notes (this may just be my skin though)

You can tell from the many reviews here that people are smiling as they report about this well-executed juice, although it inspires no use of exclamation marks in their texts. XS for Men strikes me as a smart scent with a little coriander bite.

For me the bergamot is really overpowering. I don't hate the scent, but I don't want to smell like it.