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Calandre Rabanne 1990 Eau de Parfum

7.6 / 10 95 Ratings

A popular perfume by Rabanne for women, released in 1990. The scent is chypreartig-floral. It was last marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Chypre

Floral

Green

Fresh

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aldehydes

Leaf green

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Iris

Lily of the valley

Geranium

Jasmine

Rose

Base Notes

Musk

Oakmoss

Ambergris

Sandalwood Vetiver

Vetiver

Perfumer

Michel Hy

Ratings

Scent

7.695 Ratings

Longevity

7.565 Ratings

Sillage

6.659 Ratings

Bottle

7.565 Ratings

Value for money

7.511 Ratings

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Reviews

13 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/18/2013

9Scent

BronxBeauty
58 Reviews

BronxBeauty

Helpful Review 5

More Metallic Than Metal

I've been wearing PR fragrances since the early 1980s, so I can give a bit of history as to how they've changed over time. In those early days, I was a diehard fan of Metal, which I used to buy in parfum concentration at the drugstore (yes, the drugstore). I didn't really like Calandre, which back in the day used to have an unpleasantly metallic edge, although I did buy it on occasion when I could not find its darling sister. Thirty years later, lo and behold, and my tastes have switched. Or is it the perfumes' formulas? Calandre has lost its high-pitched edge (helional?), while the green Metal (now found only in EDT) has grown much harsher. Nowadays Calandre is a fine, classy, aldehydic with a cool white sheen. Nice stuff.

12/28/2012

Krmarich
229 Reviews

Krmarich

6

Future Shock

Calandre was post modern, ultra chic and now too good to be true. Its was very stylish in 1969. Indeed, its aldyde-floral mastery could easily fit onto the 2001 Pan Clipper. It was futuristic glamour ready for the perfume world. Frosty roses mingled with other flowers that commanded attention. The oakmoss has a unique "changed" quality to it. It had become sharp and metallic! What a better way to enter the Space Age? This rose can survive in the void!

It was never really popular in the USA-usurped by its follow-up Rive Gauche in a few years. Micheal Hy was the most progressive nose of his day. However it had an audience that held on until its removal from the market in 2000. 2001 came and went. We never made it to the moon. Calandre is now forgeotten, cold, dry and dusty. Its hermetically sealed in my collection. We shall lament this never to be forgotten glimpse into tomorrow...

07/23/2012

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Helpful Review 4

glaring chrome

I get the comparison between Rive Gauche and Calandre, and I love to put one on each wrist just for kicks. It’s fun to watch them both unroll over time. Try the same with Estée Lauder’s White Linen and Calandre. It feels like the same experience as with RG, but the sides have been switched. If RG was on Calandre’s left, then WL sits on its right. Forgetting for the moment who came first, the comparisons of A:B and B:C yield so much similarity, but studying A:C is like comparing apples to aldehydes. There feels like virtually no connection between White Linen and Rive Gauche.

My take on the RG/Calandre comparison is that, contrary to general consensus, Calandre is both ligher in weight and darker in feel that RG. Yes, RG’s rose is darker and Calandre’s chromium shine is brighter than RG’s. And, yes, RG has a dark resinous opening, but the resins grow sweet over time. In the end Calandre has a sharp green chypre facet that RG doesn’t. This is Calandre’s darkness. This chypre aspect is also what makes Calandre seem more tart than WL. Also, the rose in Calandre seems metallic when compared to WL’s sweet rose.

Juxtaposition aside, Calandre stands beautifully on its own and were I to keep one of the three, it would be Calandre.

10/31/2013

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Pluto
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Pluto

Top Review 22

An impossible person, but her scent, ..... heavenly

In my professional life, I have generally gotten along well with almost all my colleagues or bosses. But I also had some bad luck and spent a few years with a colleague I couldn't stand. Thank God we had little contact at work; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to endure it there. Those who had to work with her received no salary but rather pain compensation and usually changed jobs quickly. When I think of her now, her accented speech comes to mind again; she thought it made her sound importantly emphasized, stretching and stressing the vowels: "Nooooo, darling, we always do it this way, noooo, haaa, haa" - my neck hairs are standing up right now...

But Ms. S. had a wonderful scent, it was Calandre. Usually, I didn't want to linger at her desk and quickly returned to my office, but when she wore that fragrance, I stayed a little longer. We were sure she had received it as a gift; we simply didn't believe she had such good taste.

Calandre starts powerfully, is green and fresh, moderately citrusy. Then it becomes increasingly floral, the freshness remains, and slowly a spicy note joins the flowers, with which the scent gradually fades. Calandre has no sweetness, is slightly bitter, is not a loud fragrance, rather restrained, but very fine. The sillage is medium to close to the skin, and the longevity is also in the medium range. The rectangular glass bottle, slightly greenish shimmering, is simple, elegant; I like it. For me, Calandre is one of the all-rounders and a classic in the chypre category, comparable to Scherrer, not overwhelming, but subtly perceptible and always wearable anywhere. However, the scent unfolds most beautifully in the warmer months.

Currently, I have Calandre as a miniature, but I think it will make it onto my wish list, despite the trauma with Ms. S.

05/12/2012

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Medusa00
846 Reviews

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Medusa00

Helpful Review 22

Ei verbübbsch.

Now in the last days, the mother just can't get past Schübre Broben and they come to me in droves. Well, they know where they have it good, dudzi, dudzi. The little one is not a big shot either, but he can still be, they have tinkered with him and he used to smell stronger. Galandre smells like Schübre light. It's not bad, but here definitely half of what stands up there is missing, right?
It starts fresh with soap and borrowed bergamot.
A little bit of iris and a slight hint of iris and a few other flowers shimmer in the heart note.
On the other hand, this could be a Schübre for beginners, because it doesn't knock you down right away, like Baloma Bigasso or Azurée by Lauder.
Yes, they left the dusky base with moss and also added a bit of wood. But I miss the damp cellar mate patchouli here.
It's not bad, but I believe this is no longer the one from 1969. The little one still gets 80%, he is fine and a starter drug for the really big Schübre fans.

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