Paloma Picasso Eau de Toilette Spray for Women

Paloma Picasso Eau de Toilette Spray for WomenFrom Paloma Picasso, the eponymous fragrance is a 1984 chypre floral EDT by perfumer Francis Bocris one of the most audaciously bold, richly complex, and unapologetically powerful feminines of the entire 1980s, created by Pablo Picasso's daughter as an artistic self portrait for strong women, built around a carnation coriander rose angelica neroli bergamot opening, a patchouli hyacinth jasmine ylang ylang mimosa heart, and an oakmoss civet vetiver

From Paloma Picasso, the eponymous fragrance is a 1984 chypre floral EDT by perfumer Francis Bocris — one of the most audaciously bold, richly complex, and unapologetically powerful feminines of the entire 1980s, created by Pablo Picasso's daughter as an artistic self-portrait for strong women, built around a carnation-coriander-rose-angelica-neroli-bergamot opening, a patchouli-hyacinth-jasmine-ylang ylang-mimosa heart, and an oakmoss-civet-vetiver-sandalwood-amber-musk base that reviewers describe as a grand, leathery, animalic chypre rose — intoxicating, unapologetic, and unmistakably confident, drawing comparisons to Chanel No. 19 and Knowing. Carnation, coriander, rose, angelica, neroli, bergamot, and Amalfi lemon open with a rich, lively, multi-spiced floral-citrus complexity — the carnation delivering a bold, clove-spiced floralness that immediately establishes the composition's most powerfully feminine and unapologetically dramatic quality, the coriander threading in a warm, slightly sharp aromatic spice, the rose delivering a vivid, siren-red floralness that reviewers describe as the composition's most beautiful and defining quality, and the bergamot and Amalfi lemon contributing a bright citrus clarity that lifts the dense floral-spice opening. Patchouli, hyacinth, jasmine, ylang ylang, and mimosa carry the heart into a lush, richly floral, lightly earthy complexity — the patchouli threading a warm, lightly smoky earthiness through the heart, the hyacinth delivering a cool, slightly green spring freshness, and the jasmine and ylang ylang adding warm indolic white-floral richness. Oakmoss, civet, vetiver, sandalwood, amber, and musk close with a deep, animalic, lightly mossy chypre warmth. 8+ hours with strong projection. Best in fall and winter; a bold, unapologetic masterpiece for the strong, confident woman.