I attended the Paco Rabanne #InvictusAqua launch event this week. The event took place at a very chic space in Chelsea, NYC.

There, I met the brand’s ambassador, Nick Youngquest, the Australian rugby player turned model (see photo below).

I also got to sample the scent! And I love the crisp freshness of it. Inspired by divinities devoted to water and freshness, sensuality reaches dizzying new heights with Aqua, a godly element. Freshness from the deep, a power that rules the seas.

Ron Robinson, BeautyStat Founder and Cosmetic Chemist, with Nick Youngquest, brand ambassador.

Invictus Aqua embodies colossal, unremitting freshness at its peak, swept up in sensuality. A fragrance constructed from a vibrant surge of amber and violet woods, met by a crashing wave of marine accords of wet violet and grapefruit granite. An olfactory smash-up by Nicolas Beaulieu and Juliette Karaguezoglou.

The packaging is stunning. The bottle was revisited with a new purity and a solidity that’s powerfully pure. Strong lines in glass and silver-blue metal for the cap. Shades of blue show the liquid inside, from the deep to blinding, the abyss to the light.

Available in March of 2018:

• Eau de Toilette (Macy’s exclusive) | 150 ML, $112.00
• Eau de Toilette | 100 ML, $88.00
• Eau de Toilette | 50 ML, $68.00

-Ron Robinson, BeautyStat Founder and Cosmetic Chemist