Fame, from Rabanne was released in 2022. The perfumer behind this creation is Alberto Morillas, Dora Baghriche, Fabrice Pellegrin, and Marie Salamagne. It has the top notes of Bergamot and Mango, middle notes of Jasmine and Olibanum (Frankincense), and base notes of Sandalwood and Vanilla.
Well, It's a real collection of perfumer talent on this project hey? Are we to expect something monumental, or a too many cooks scenario? I mean the whole name, marketing and the bottle aside, I really wanted this to smell amazing, if only to restore a bit of faith in designer perfumes and obtuse, style over substance releases. I have to say this perfume is not for me, but it did illicit a very genuine and very human response... laughter. That's not me snobbishly laughing AT it either but more the fruity accord in the opening being so outrageous that it made me chuckle in a kind of joyous celebration of kitsch perfumery. I honestly don't know what is louder? the sequin dressed, cybernetic lady bottle (Daft punk if they ever dabbled in drag?) or the sticky, 'from concentrate' fruity accord which does in fact evoke mango, certainly the texture and colour but it's even sweeter than that, passion fruit and that banana edge of the jasmine heart intermingling to create a really impressive but ultra femme (bot) vibe. Sadly I don't really like it much after the fruitiness...I'd say calms, rather than goes away, but only because it becomes a much more functional, fruity floral perfume, which is not something I'd want to wear.