Paco Rabanne is a French fashion house founded in 1966 in France by Francisco "Paco" Rabaneda Cuervo. Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo is a Spanish fashion designer born on February 18, 1934. He was known by the pseudonym Paco Rabanne, and is one of the most important figures in the fashion world since the 1960s, when he started his own fashion house. The Spanish designer started his career in fashion designing jewelry for other houses before starting clothing design. The house released its first fragrance in 1969, called Calandre, which is based on a bold and stunning floral / metallic note.