Metal by Paco Rabanne

guest_Steve

I'm a guy and I wear Metal. I wear it lightly. It's very nice for summer. Smells so green, soapy and clean.

rithacha

Metal is a green-floral-lover's floral. It reminds me of firm healthy stems sharply snipped by a precise hands. Metal is the combination of green sap mixing with the rich dirt on the gardener's glove.

The opening is dominated by green notes, very ozonic and invigorating. Smoothly, though, Metal sweetens and thickens into plush luminous flower petals. The most dominant flower to me is lily. But imagine an immaculately dressed professional woman, middle-aged peering out of her spectacles at the report on her desk. She has a lover, but none of the office knows that. Well, one day a flower is delivered to her at work. It scents the entire floor. There's talk, scandal, but she chooses to be tastefully cryptic about it. A grown-up love story.

The closest perfume I would compare Metal to is YSL 'Y'. The green notes and florals in both are similar to my nose. The key difference, though, is that Y has a dry mossy feel to it whereas Metal is plush ripe and humid. I vaguely understand what Chat means with the 'oily' character in the heart. It doesn't remind me of meat persay, but it's moist. The texture . . . oozes . . . into your head when you smell it. Y, on the other hand, is dry, dry, and abrasive. The moss fairly hums in dry vibration at the bottom on the green florals. If Metal has a rounded and smooth-talking tongue, Y would be dry sarcasm.

I toyed with the notion of buying a bottle, but in the end decided I prefer Y. It was a close call, though.

kastehelmi

Chat Lunatique described it well....
I like it-and I'm a vegetarian.

It's bright, green, and it speaks on the skin. Not a meek one, not a seductive one, and not a piece of metal from the bandwagon. This is a leader's type of fragrance.

NebraskaLovesScent

Metal is very unique for a floral. I don't have anything else that smells quite like it in my collection. On my skin, it's more of a dry, woody floral than "metallic." No sweetness at all. It's even a bit sour. I get a lot of iris and rosewood, and the drydown has one of the prettiest musks I've encountered in awhile. Very lovely fragrance and full-bottle worthy!

Aalia

Exquisite fragrance ! Metal is intense, dry, vivid, cutting, clear, dewy, lofty, refined, and -a touch herbacous. This is an extremely "modern" scent, and simultaneously, such a natural, true, classic, pure floral! The written description of notes here in the database varies greatly from the pictures of notes shown. I must agree more with the photo description of notes. The Aldehydes are a magnificent but small touch; not heavy or prominent, as in other perfumes; yet adding so much enjoyment and pleasure. There is a whisper of Galbanum mixing in with blooming fresh white flowers. The Cyclamen, and Iris, add a sense of playfulness to the white flower notes. The Ylang Ylang, Amber, Sandalwood, Musk, and Oak Moss give the perfume depth and weight so that it just does not disappear. One can enjoy all the flowers from a far with good sillage, and appreciate the excellent base when moving in close to the skin.

Leesee

Metal is a bitter green floral with silvery overtones, like the shiny hood ornament on a sleek European car. It smells expensive, chic, and utterly heartless. I love it.

black bacarra

This was the very first perfume i fell in love with. I was nine years old when it launched and smelled like white flowers with fresh basil and lemon. Wow! Still wear it to put me in a romantic mood.

Aiona

This one is spelled wrong. It's not Metall. But that aside, this perfume is a very green-y floral, that reminds me very closely of Cristalle EdT. It has the same sharp bergamot opening and a lovely green-y floral drydown. A bright chypre that puts me in a sunny disposition.