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Calandre Rabanne 1990 Eau de Parfum

7.6 / 10 94 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

Spicy

Fresh

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

7.694 Ratings

Longevity

7.564 Ratings

Sillage

6.658 Ratings

Bottle

7.663 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 05/20/2025.

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What the fragrance is similar to

Rive Gauche (1970) Eau de Toilette

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/18/2013

9
Scent

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
139 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.

01/01/2020

10
Bottle 7
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

Nasenputz
4 Reviews

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Nasenputz

Top Review 15

Calandre needs a good thrashing!

even if the hairs on the back of the neck may stand up in some of them or "doesn't work at all" immediately manifests itself in the brain.
Calandre on freshly showered male skin and after approx. 30 min. " reaction time" is simply ... simply breathtaking.
For me it is the sexy mixture of oakmoss, sandalwood very subtle, the tart rose and the aldehydes.
Even Guerlain's Parure has never been only feminine for me. When I wore this fragrance, I received many compliments and nobody recognized this wonderful guerrilla fragrance, which unfortunately no longer exists even in Paris. Everyone suspected something "masculine" by Caron or something from the States like Fred Haymann.
Calandre is for me on the skin the brother of Rive Gauche, who was also legendary in his time.
Enjoy, switch off, feel good and wear a small, secret - never suspected - scent...
I can't get used to the new Paco Rabanne perfumes, they are too loud, too buried and not soft enough for me Then I'll stay with my grill.