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by Paco Rabanne
- Availability: In Production
- Perfumer: Olivier Cresp [Firmenich]
- Bottle Designer: Paco Rabanne In-house
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  |  On my second bottle now. It's dark, deep, sweet, spicy and has something indescribable. It's really strong when putting it on but settles down nicely.This will probably be remain one of my regular scents. 31 May 2008 |
 | Sweet powdery pineapple and strawberry dust. 29 May 2008 |
 | I was very impressed by Paco Rabanne Pour Home (See my review)......so when I spotted Black XS I decided to give it a try......Well I truly love the smell ;very creamy,a bit limy (opening notes) and rosy in a way thats fairly masculine. The only reason I will not give this perfume a thumbs up is due to its poor longevity; this I found to be Black XS' Achilles heel.... BUT otherwise the fragrance itself is delightful....really sexy and youthful. 04 April 2008 |
 | Smells like strawberry and cream sweets to me. Very fruity and quite feminine for a supposed masculine scent. I haven't smelt anything quite like this, and although I wouldn't purchase this it is quite pleasant. 23 May 2007 |
 | Indeed a very peculiar fragrance...! Very hard to say if it is interesting peculiar, or just odd peculiar... In any case, I don't find it as bad as some have put it... Maybe not a first choice, or something that you would buy for full price, but nevertheless a quite bizarre scent for that Halloween party, or just an intellctual experiment trying to follow what good old Paco was thinking when he approved of this blend. Definitely quite mysterious and black in its presence and maybe something for that personality that always wants to go against the stream...?! 10 April 2007 |
 | Interesting and very original. I like that unusual, young, fruity, provocative and sensual smell, but on my skin lasts one a half and a hour with zero sillage!! 22 January 2007 |
 | Very very sweet as well as incissive.. It has notes of chocolate or something like cherry sirup. Once you pour some on your body, you can be floating in this scent for hours.. Undoubtably masculine, invassive and agrassive in terms of feromones. My girlfriend says it "turns her on" so you can be well concerned of what you want.. It reminds me a similar sensation of A·Men (TM). I agree with some opinions saying this is not for the aged man, yes.. maybe is for the boy that seeks a little bit of ego display. All in all I like it, so does my baby! It last for hours and hours, even a day or half and a day without loosing notes. 19 December 2006 |
 | It was a strange smell to get used to. I loved the old XS and XS Extreme, so bought this when it came out, but did not like it much at first. Now it is fine, but still a little overpowering and too sweet. It settles nicely and dries to a powdery smell which is not unpleasant at all. Test this before you buy it though. 03 December 2006 |
 | My mother used to make a dessert/salad with Jello gelatin and applesauce; perhaps Paco's mother did, too (don't suppose Jello was that popular in Spain and France). First I smell apple pulp, then the scent of cherry Jello. Later I find buttery vanilla, but nothing very gothic. I'm starting to wonder whether Perfume Worldwide mislabeled my sample which reads "XS Black by Paco Rabanne for Men;" or else my female flesh has rendered some alternate character. I was hoping to reenact Scenteur 7's experience of strawberries and patchouli. 19 October 2006 |
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| I bought both the EdT and the Deodorant stick quite recently and I must say that the EdT is really good, but the deodorant stick was not of the same quality. Not only did the Deodorant stick not have the same or even similar scent as the "actual" EdT but also managed to get me a severe skin rash almost immediately when I put it on. Within minutes of application I washed the Deodorant off but despite that I had the skin rash for a couple of days. This means: Thumbs DOWN = Deodorant stick Thumbs UP = EdT In summary this must mean that my judgement must be NEUTRAL! // dennis 10 March 2006 |
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| I'd never wear it, way too much like strawberry Jolly Ranchers, but it's not anything vile. Just way too sweet for my taste; I'll take the original XS, thank you. 30 October 2005 |
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