Paloma Picasso Eau de Parfum 100ml Spray Liu Jo 250ml bottle with a pump

250ml bottle with a pump atomiser

Chestnut brown is softer than black — it reads as defined rather than dramatic on most skin tones

lightly powdered feeling that lingers on clothes longer than skin

longer on clothes if you want the lift to carry

not as perfumery imagines it

Paloma Picasso Eau de Parfum 100ml Spray Liu Jo 250ml bottle with a pumpPaloma Picasso opens dark opopanax and rose wrapped in leather and spice, the kind of scent that doesn't apologise for taking up space. This is the original, from 1984, and it wears like a statement rather than a whisper. 100ml EDP, 100ml bottle. Three sprays in the morning sit on skin all day, stronger on clothes, unshiftable by midafternoon. Not for someone who prefers subtle.