Rare No 1 <<way of life>>

Rare No 1 woman is beautiful and wants to live a rich life in many different ways : the most exquisite food, the most exclusive travels, the nicest pieces of jewellery, the most elegant outfit. She is also very feminine and protective to her family.

Rare No 1 look

Rare No 1 woman is smart and sexy in all circumstances. Perfection is not a vain word to her. She pays a lot of attention to her outfit, from the make-up to the smallest accessory, and her perfume is her signature. She isfond of sensual silky fabrics, that she loves to wear directly on her skin, she often wears skirts more feminine than trousers, and perfectly cut jacket that enhance her thin and elegant silhouette. High heels are a second nature. Her look reminds of Hitchkok beauties.

Rare No 1 leisures

Rare woman enjoys selective leasures and food, elistist travels : safari in Botswana, cruise on the Nil, Spa in Indonesia? She also spends time shopping and collecting luxury accessories to sign her look. This very sensual woman has also an active familly life. She evokes in some ways Italian mothers strong and protective : Monica Belluci, Claudia Cardinale, Ornella Muti. She goes to Paris as often as she can to see the catwalks and buy her favorite brands : Vuitton, Hermes, Cartier, Yves Saint Laurent.

The milky carnal bottle refers to a woman delicate skin with great sensuality while the translucent coloured cap symbolises a precious stone on a golden ring.

Origins of RARE No 1 name :

The name refers to the rarity of the fragrance. RARE N¡ã1 brief was to create a perfume of pure luxury as precious has a jewel for a sensual and beautiful woman. Many samples were realized but at the end, it is the first one that has been choisen, which explain the (No 1)

Inspiration of the creator : 

The perfumer turned to jewelery to create this precious scent : he wanted it to have different facets as a precious stone and to evoke a certain sophistication. And that is what he did as Rare No 1, a perfume for the women you remember rather than for those you simply notice.
A perfect balance between sensuality-thanks to the vanilla and white flowers-, femininity, through fruity hints- and warmth ¨Cwith amber and benzoin extracts.

Introduced by fresh and smooth blend of red berries, the top opens on delicate freesia and sparkling mandarin hints.  This turns to pure seduction through a sensual rose and magnolia bouquet. An ingenious mix of spicy patchouli and amber is warmed up by sweet vanilla and distinctive balsamic notes.

Floral Spicy 
Red Berries, Freesia, Mandarin
Lotus flower, Rose, Magnolia
Balsam, Benzoin, Vanilla, patchouli, Amber

Ingredients:

VANILLA

Vanilla is an orchid. It is a climbing herbaceous plant which grows in the warm and damp places of tropical America it is native to. Its culture extends everywhere in the tropics. Vanilla is fond of shade and volcanic ground.
Its entire leaves are oblong. Its irregular flowers form spikes. The fruit is a pod which used when unripe. When it is harvested, the unripe pod does not smell anything, it has to be handled many times before the scent develops.
The ancient Mexican civilisations used to flavour their favourite drink chocolate with a fermented pod of vanilla. Spaniards introduced it in Europe around the beginning of the 16th century.

BENZOIN

Benzoin from Sumatra grows wild in Malaysia, Java and Borneo, at low altitude (200 to 500 metres), and near rivers. It is mainly cultivated in Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra.
Its 10 to 20 metres high trunk is rich in resin. Its whitish branches bear dark green, simple and isolated leaves, pubescent on their underside. The white flowers form axillary cymes. They give birth to a round drupe surrounded by a fleshy evergreen calyx. The tree does not smell anything in particular.
The resin, itself called benzoin, is used. Very aromatic, with a pleasant smell and a slightly acid taste, benzoin has been known and used for a very long time.¡±Tears of benzoin¡± are obtained after an incision has been made in the bark.

PATCHOULI

This very important perfume oil originated in the Philippine Islands and Indonesia where the bulk of today's Patchouli Oil is still produced. It was made popular in its perfuming of Indian shawls and is believed to help prevent the spread of disease.
It is also used in China, Japan and Malaysia as a herbal remedy to suppress numerous ailments including headaches and bad breath. The oil is primarily used in cosmetics, soaps, perfumes and the food industry. Reaction to its exotic hot and heavy perfume varies from apprehension to immense pleasure. Patchouli blends well with labdanum, sandalwood, cedar wood, oak moss, rose, orange blossom, bergamot, cassia, myrrh, opopanax, and clary sage. Patchouli is believed to have many medicinal qualities and has a very distinctive fragrance. The steam distillation of the dried leaves usually after fermentation produces the oil.