Tenere Paco Rabanne for men

A potent spicy/floral scent, bit like Jazz. Staying power and projection very good. I like it. Wanna get some more.

I grew up in Kentucky and smelling this reminds me of standing in the middle of a barn full of horses.

I guess it’s virtually a truism that a masculine floral will bomb. Sad. This one had so many things going for it, too. A bright opening that gets darker as time passes; a raspy lavender that gives it a barbershop quality; a honey/urinous note that makes it feel lived in. I really saw this categorically as a floral fougère in the Kouros mold, and to read the notes, you’d think it was a rewrite of Kouros, but there’s definitely a lot of breathing room between this and Kouros. When I read other people’s thoughts on Ténéré I realized nobody else saw it as a fougère. More as a spicy floral. There’s definitely the lavender. And the dryness of spice (turmeric/ginger? cardamom?) combined with a clove-like carnation and the dank honey note all serve not so much to smell like coumarin, but to takes its place in the fougère accord. Shouldn’t this have made it somewhat appealing to the male nose? I can only guess that the fougère market became defined as fresh and aromatic when Cool Water (same year, 1988) cornered the market and became the category's alpha male.

I can see this one seeming too much. If overapplied, the honey notes makes it a little too dense in enclosed spaces. But in moderation, the buoyancy of the florals wins the day.

When it was launched, I bought a big bottle and used it often. It was a cold weather friend that was casual and formal. I always felt it a bit sweet and too floral. My school mates loved it so it became my signature in 1989.

The trend was lots of complex notes, and this one had lots of flowers. Its a moist, rich fougere that makes you want to cuddle. Its a far cry from 1 Miliion with its sticky sweet amber

I was always a Rabanne fan since the original PH and the slick, hipster Tenere was very progressive for the time. It could easily be unisex, like La Nuit. They were perfume gender benders, indeed.

They are both regrettably discontinued, with limited vintages on the web here and there. They are well worth the search.

Tenere has a dry/floral opening, accompanied by citrus notes, a typical aroma of fragrances from that time. After 30 minutes, the sweet notes appear, such as honey and star anise, accompanied by a slight cinnamon, where in the final part, we have the emergence of musk, resulting in a decrease in the dry tone in the opening, which makes the fragrance get a much more smooth and easy to please aroma.

I think there is nothing to be excited about in this perfume. I ordered it blind and I was expecting something similar to Insese Givenchy. Tenere for me is a very animalistic leather musk with a hit of flowers. Yes, it is an old school, but not sexy or attractive.

A beautiful flower-amber fougere of the old school The first issue resembles the odour of acasia blossom or acasia honey

Timeless stuff. Its chrysanthemum notes bring to mind Fendi's Theorema Uomo (RIP) and Bue Issey Miyake. Improbably long-lasting. Wonderful.

it shares some similarities with Ted Lapidus PH, maybe it's because of the honey note?

I fell in love with a prevoius boyfriend when he wore Tenere. Such a beautiful fragrance! Then we couldn't find it anymore. Instead I bought him Dolce&Gabbana Pour Homme which I also loveed the smell of. Maybe because both are aromatic fougeres and that those suited him well. If you can't find Tenere, Give vintage DG Pour Homme a try, (I've heard it's been reformulated).

That a great flashback .. a real blast from the past, though, as paco common sense, it does have a soft touch on it, floral aromatic, this was real somethin when i was kid, still memories it, i would love to try it again

If you gentlemen have not tried La Nuit, the sister fragrance to Tenere, you must. Released by Rabanne 3 years earlier, in 1985, it was as trendsetting for its animalic-rose-leather as Tenere is for its unabashedly floral heart. Tenere and La Nuit are masculine and feminine mirror images of each other, but neither too far down the end of the spectrum. I wear both La Nuit, dark for a woman's frag, and Tenere, warm and floral for a masculine, and enjoy them equally.

I am just so curious about this one; judging by its complexity, I think it has a lot to offer.