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niktor – :
i can`nt believe that I found a full bottle of the vintage of this.it`s splash edt .and no barcode and green dote on the box.it means it belongs to pre 90`s .the batch is 8A05 which reffer to 1988.
man is it true would this belongs to 1988?
it opens with sharp citrus and spices along with green vibes of patchouli it `s linear and till the end citrus and spices r there.nice citrusy spicy oldschool.
bek – :
truly amazing one..does any1 know the difrence between this and the yellow bottle of same name ??
MISTER6666 – :
I am down to the last 10 ml of a vintage bottle and this great stuff is discontinued. You barely find a semi reasonable price for this juice, not even online.
This is the only scent that made me contact the Puig company via email to request its return.
PashTet20 – :
Classic-citrusy-woody-fresh-aromatic!
discontinued or maybe i couldnt find it!
smells a bit like aftershaves which is a normal thing about classic perfumes around 1980-2000.
anyway i love this one!
longevity and sillage both good!
price tag:reasonable price
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7/10
matomehe – :
BRING IT BACK PLEASE!!!!!! Springtime bottled!!!
michodoArrodo – :
I hope PACO RABANNE will bring back this …… like it very much
nastya888809 – :
H & R’s Fragrance Guide classifies this as a “Citrus Fantasy” fragrance, although the listed notes are those of a classic chypre. My guess is that the oakmoss and patchouli in the base notes are so understated as to leave the dominant effect one of an enriched and enhanced citrus. It’s wonderfully fresh and invigorating, but not in that bland 90’s aquatic way — Rabanne’s Eau de Sport has plenty of distinctive personality. For those who lament its passing, I recommend Pierre Cardin’s Insatiable, which has a very similar overall effect and many of the same ingredients. The listed notes are:
Top Notes: Lemon, mandarin, bergamot, petitgrain, lavender, green complex, artemisia
Mid Notes: Jasmine, juniper, estragon, rose, orris, carnation
Base Notes: Oakmoss, fir, cedar, patchouli, vetiver, musk, leather
ruzden – :
Please Puig, bring back this masterpiece.
dimaljba – :
I fully agree with Oslo-fjord (one the members of this website) : My favourite fragrance of all time… and i say: THE BEST EVER. Very sad that that they discontinued yes. But i went to fragrance shop in Johannesburg, and the lady there said to me maybe we can find this fragrance in France at Paco Rabanne shop.
Sonique – :
My favourite fragrance of all time. A flanker that is better than the original. When I was a teenager back in the 80ies, I used to bath in this stuff! Pity it’s discontinued. Paco Rabanne should bring it back!
-Fans of this should try Xerjoff Dhofar. They share some similarities.
niko9 – :
make my stomach feel so bad. i don’t like this perfume
ahu850Negeltzex – :
Used to have this back in the 90’s. A unique, fresh and very lovely citrus/green fragrance.
ppmelok69 – :
What a beautiful scent for a man. I know for sure I’ve never smelled it on a man because I wouldn’t have been able to resist him (even if he hadn’t made a move).
It’ really very attractive, I love it!
oleggreen – :
Update: In the heat of mid-August I have to say again how much I LOOOOVE this! Why oh why on earth did they discontinue this gem. Le sigh…
Love it! Would love it more if my mini had more longevity. I found a very cheap mini, and while time may have affected Paco Sport’s longevity, the bones are still wonderful. It is fresh, handsome and well balanced. It’s freshness lingers throughout the overall composition. It is citrus without being obviously so, herbal without being too dry, and all layered on it’s standout (to my nose) basenotes of vetiver, cedar and fir. Thanks to Ericrico for the full note listings…
Sexa_dmx – :
This doesn’t come across to me as much of a “flanker.” The strong fougere accord is absent and instead we get dihyrdromyrcenol and spice. It reminds me of the smell of a “Polynesian” restaurant my parents liked to go to when I was young, minus the grease, fish, etc. odors., since there is spice and citrus, lemon in particular. And there is a bit of sweetness to it. I think I prefer vintage Spiced Limes to this one, for example, and then there is the long-forgotten Stardust for Men, which featured pine, spice, and citrus, though with the chemical freshness less obvious. I can understand how it has its fans but I don’t see the occasion when I’d b enthusiastic about wearing it, considering the options.
futbolist_05 – :
@Le Coeur Goth: Wow…60euros for 375ml total? You just love making people jealous, don’t you? Shame on you! LOL!
Seriously, though. Take care of those bottles. I remember mine turning from yellow-green to yellow in just a few months after I bought it. That contributed to the reason why I threw it away. I thought it was going bad.
I always thought it was Paco Rabanne’s version of Polo. I remember it was sort of like fresh cut grass with citrus…sort of. Anyway, I’ll try to look for it on eBay.
utg178InsuffBooni – :
This one comes from an era when “sport” in a scent’s name didn’t mean that it lasts one hour max, or that people wouldn’t be able to smell it even if you were trapped in an elevator with them five minutes after having sprayed ten good spritzes of it on you. No. This one comes from an era when “sport” in a scent’s name simply meant that when you were trying to describe it you’d put only one or two exclamation marks after the word “Powerhouse” instead of the usual three to five, and perhaps sometimes “Powerhouse” was spelled with a lower case “p”. Other than that, “sports” of this era were handsome beasts, with sillage and longevity that would rout easily most of today’s “concentrées”.
For some reason it was never associated with team sports in my mind, but rather with individual sportsmen. And not of the boxing, riding, racing or tennis kind. There were sport editions of Kouros, Boss, Santos and Lacoste respectively, for all these nice gentlemen to wear. Paco Rabanne’s take on the subject was always about fencing in my mind, and time has proven me right. Imagine a fearsome maniac grinning behind his mask, while delivering devastating blows with his sabre to the wuss wearing some “Eau de Sport Sensuelle for the bleeding hearts” who stands against him. All furious and yelling “Take petitgrain for starters! And lavender too! Fancy some tarragon? Well have some! And let’s not forget juniper! And oakmoss! And cedar! And vetiver! How about some patchouli and leather? Huh? How about them? Oh, you’re going down boy, you are going SO down!…”
It seems that old scents have their way of rewarding you sometimes, especially when they’re not forgotten, but rather remembered with love and respect… I recently discovered two 125ml and one 250ml bottles of it, buried in the lower shelf of a little dusty shop. The price asked for them was pure urban legend material. “Have you ever heard the story of the guy who bought more than a solid pound of Paco Rabanne’s Eau de Sport for 60 euros? It’s said that from then on he stalks the night with a mesh mask and a sabre, terrorising everyone unlucky enough to have thought that wearing “Eau Légère de Mauviette” was a good idea for a night out…”
I think it’s time to go and look for my old but not forsaken sabre now, which is waiting patiently somewhere, along with my bronze medal won in a national championship some 30 years ago…
Vel75 – :
My perfume collection started out with only four bottles: Aramis, Brut33, a blue bottle of something I can’t even remember that a cousin bought me from London, and this one, Sport de Paco Rabanne.
This was my go-to scent. I wore it so much, I got sick of it and threw away the half-empty bottle. Back then, the etiquette in my culture was that you could only have two or three kinds of cologne–more than that was considered vulgar. I was pushing it with four. So, I binned this one in order to buy Drakkar Noir. Some cultural practices are so stupid.
But now I miss it, although I’ve forgotten what it smelt like. Does that make sense? I remember it was very citrusy, very herbal, lots of sillage and lasted forever.
FurnDurce – :
Wonderful reviews by both my friend, krmarich, as well as aqua_de_la_vita…! Kudos.
I have enjoyed this scent for some time and find it to be a very nice, fresh, citric, green and non-traditional ‘Sport’ fragrance. An excellent flanker, indeed. Very well-made and it maintains a nice radiant aroma on your skin for hours, although it never has loud sillage. A complete review will follow…
The correct pyramid of notes is here (from Haarman and Reimer’s Book of Perfume & Fragrance Guide):
Top Notes: Lemon, mandarin, bergamot, petitgrain, lavender, green complex, artemisia
Heart Notes: Jasmine, juniper, tarragon, rose, orris, carnation
Base Notes: Oakmoss, fir, cedar, patchouli, vetiver, musk, leather
джокер – :
Bought a miniature.
The topnotes a re done quite well, actually a just out the shower smell. Ater a while though, the drydown is a little bit weird. A bit medicinal, maybe. I imagine a weak person smelling like this. Not a good thing, no.
westerd – :
Simply the best and bravest Sport fragrance out there! Beautiful aroma, pure springtime to me! Its discontinued but they should bring it back! It is so optimistic and leaves such a great, manly and fresh impression that only very few fresh & sporty scents can stand their ground like this one. Many memories attached also! Amazings stuff inside, cool color and even the box is very appealing. Clean and juicy while manly and sophisticated! Love it!
Almoplerirm – :
Fresh! No better word to describe this awesome fragrance. It makes me feel good. It is very sad that this masterpiece fougere has been discontinued. A perfect equilibrium between the woody, citrus and spicy notes. Both longevity and sillage are very good. Please Paco Rabanne, bring back Sport!!!
moripapikker – :
This one slipped past me in the day. I was just growing into Paco Rabanne Pour Homme and didnt notice this Sport at all. I was presented here a few months ago and I knew I had to have a bottle. I am such a devotee of Paco Rabanne. The pre 2000 classics of course.
Its basically does for PRPH what Kouros Fraicheur did for Kouros. It takes it to the next level and somehow tops the original. A few years later Tenere grabbed the spotlite. Flankers werent popular in the 1980s and this may have confused the fans.
Its well constructed making the notes difficult to identify. Lemon, bergamot, and lavender are most obvious in the beginning. Its heart has perhaps some rosewood, jasmine, rosemary, juniper and clary sage. These are fresh spring buds that have yet to reach full bloom. There is the classic patcholi, vetiver and oakmoss accord that is held up by sandalwood, cedar, amber and light musk. The hard metallic character of PRPH is softend for summer.
The “sport” could easily be swimming, horseback riding or simply laying on the beach taking in the sun. This is casual warm weather indulgence that has been lost to a forsaken market. There are still a few bottles for sale online here and there. You PRPH fans need to grab them up before they are gone.
Paco Rabanne once predicted Paris would be destroyed by a falling piece of space junk in 1999. I think he was right about the perfume industry only being hit, as the 21st century has failed to produce anything worth wearing. The “space junk” seems to have been identified as greedy international corporations.
embertMom – :
Deefit, I do believe this and Eau de Sport are basically the same fragrance. And yes, the notes list does need lavender in it.
This is a very unique fougere with a “cool” feel, like an icy feel, but not necessarily minty or anything. A very distinct, light lavender with a real meat-and-potatoes herbal character to it, yet it doesn’t smell dated and is light enough to be worn in hot weather.
I’ve always had a bit of a hard time deciphering this one. I enjoy it a lot, but I’d love to hear some more opinions on it.
sweetrirl – :
Is this actually the same fragrance as Eau de Sport?
gosha58 – :
I’ve obtained a miniature of this a few weeks ago. It’s much stronger than most ‘sport’ fragrances I’ve smelled so far. But I like it! There’s something classy about it, without smelling old or dated.
By the way, lavender seems to be missing from the notes.
nomashkar – :
A perfume store that I frequent knows I enjoy fragrance’s which are hard to find and if it has a very unique aroma.
Sport de Paco Rabanne is one of those fragrance’s. It has a perfect blend, when I first sprayed it on my skin I can smell the top note of Citruses coming through. After it settles you can smell the woodsy/warm spicy notes which giving this fragrance a very masculine scent.
Being a sport cologne it isn’t light in intensity, it has depth which I enjoy in a cologne. This cologne lasts well over 8 hour’s and after awhile you can smell patchouli which gives it a subtle sweet scent overall. I have used this cologne both during the daytime and sometimes in the evening.
Overall, what I enjoy about this fragrance is that there is only five notes which makes it AMAZING!!!!!
This fragrance for me is perfect during the summer/fall time.
Longevity is well past 8 hour’s
Sillage is excellent.
A high quality fragrance, if you can find a bottle you won’t be disappointed if you buy it.
A real classy fragrance, a throw back from the mid 70’s… 10/10