Category: Fragrances
Brand: Paloma Picasso
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goofyOatmeal8
A dark and sophisticated chypre. Not for the timid, it makes an intense statement at first and then dries down into a warm, sexy embrace. This will always be in my perfume wardrobe.
stressedShads9
Yuck. I wore this in the 80’s, on rotation with Estee Lauded Knowing, Clinique Elixer, Lauren and Aqua-Net. The poor people in my vicinity. I smelled this today, first time since 89. God-awful. Cloying. Headache- inducing -yuckness. so sorry.
finickyLemur5
Okay, I’m back, foot in mouth, changing my review. After being liberally sprayed with a monstrous version of this in an obscure corner of the mall, feeling more than a little offended and put off, I complained to a friend about not understanding the appeal of Paloma at all. Two weeks later, she shows up with a half used bottle and makes me try it again, two small sprays on wrists. This was something else! I don’t know whether the one in the mall had gone off, or whether the chemical warfare effect was the result of a reformulation or what, but not even the strong opening notes in it were similar this time. This is green!!! Very green! Herbal and almost soapy. There’s a slight flower aspect, well hidden in the green, like what you’re mostly smelling is fresh spring foliage with only the faint first flowers of the year in the distance. It is a little bit like a cologne, but not bad cologne by any means. The dry down is warmer and smells just like a mini of something I owned almost twenty years ago and never knew the name of. A vintage-y and only slightly powdery, warm dry down. The animal notes smell exactly like they’re supposed to, clean, sophisticated, with warm skin. They don’t invoke body odor or anything secreted out of a gland, in case the high content of animal notes has you concerned. The only thing vaguely reminiscent of this I could pick up was on a coat sleeve, many days after application- it was a slight dirty smell, very subtle that I don’t think anyone would be able to pick up unless burying their nose in it like I did, and still it was nothing on the “dirty diaper” level. It was gone when the rest of the scent was gone (and it smelled delightful for days before that). I’m a clean freak, and lover of clean scents, and even so didn’t find it bothersome. On skin, I don’t see the fragrance reaching this point before being washed off anyway, unless if individual chemistry was at play maybe.
Longevity and sillage are excellent, two small sprays last forever and project well, but softly rather than in an overpowering trail.
Worth remembering, if you can’t understand how in God’s green pastures anyone could tolerate, much less love a scent, it’s plausible to suspect you’ve sampled a fluke or deteriorated product.
I will go out of my way to purchase this eventually.
I can’t leave on my original one star review of “hideous, chemical attack, hairspray, expired cheap cologne, etc ” due to length of the entire review, but I want those who are as frustrated as I was for not “getting” it to know they can make it work and love it. No idea what version to avoid (if any, in case the fault of the first one had nothing to do with the formula itself), but keep trying if you chanced upon a fluke!
wearyQuiche2
Now that chypres are having a comeback in some form and relatively mainstream houses are including stronger notes in their higher end lines, some older gems that are still available may be rediscovered, appreciated and loved again. To me, Paloma Picasso is certainly one of them. And I genuinely believe we would be writing odes to this perfume if it came in a luxury bottle from an expensive house – costing an arm and a leg.
It may not be instant love for many – it certainly was not for me- because it has a very strong character. My bottle opens with a blast of greens and spices that manage to be both bitter and sweet at the same time. Clove, peppers, citrus. The dirty, sexy, sultry leathery notes appear immediately together with the melange of clean flowers. I would expect today’s big flowers like indolic jasmines, human-eating tuberoses in Paloma but I am always surprised by the clean and maybe soapy hyacinth. It is a lovely experience of contrasts and I think a lot of thought went into this perfume.
I used to get a lot of civet from it, which I don’t anymore. I prefer it this way, too. I have also come across people who think this is more herbal than I perceive it.
I have met women who carry it like a second skin exuding sexiness, I have come across women who exude blinding class and character with it and I have seen rebel women who kicked ass wearing Paloma Picasso. It’s definitely worth a try for the daring.
bubblyChile6
I first became acquainted with this when I asked my hair stylist what fragrance she wore .
It was 1992 , but the smell was sophisticated and elegant . After finding it was “Paloma Picasso ” I asked my husband for a bottle for a Christmas gift. It proved to be a scent that elicited compliments and it was a fragrance that stayed with me all day .
There are no others like this sultry attention getter , and it is almost always on the list of most popular fragrances if you check out websites that sell perfume. There is a reason! It is classy , sophisticated and SEXY in an understated way . It says ” I know who I am ” and do not need to follow the crowd . Not ” trendy ” , just a womanly timeless classic .
I own MANY fragrances , but this one is a standout and I never tire of it . As a matter of fact , I just lucked on to a new bottle of the parfum at Marshall’s and am enjoying it again. If you want a fragrance that is ultra feminine , spicy , not syrupy , and would complement your best handbag and favorite blazer , snag a bottle of this .
brainyPlover5
This is a review of the paloma Picasso in the white circular bottle, not black. (If you click on the last photo above, there are a few views of a white bottle).
If you like Agent Provocateur in the pink egg, but want to see the concept carried even further, this is a possibility. If you were horrified by AP, then no need to try this. No sugar. Not girly or frilly or fruity. As sugar free as Aromatics Elixir.
Challenging, magnificent, austere, elemental, animalic, yet not indolic/urinous on me or overtly musky on me. Statement making. Well blended in the sense that when you smell it, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of components that stand out. If this is an ‘old lady’ fragrance, and I hate that term, the old lady was a super model in her prime when she wore this. It references an era before fragrances became gourmand sugar bombs but after the classic 1970s leather moss chypre. It’s not as green as Ivoire de Balmain.
PP makes me want to retest my vintage Guerlain Parure extrait in the original round topped with a gray wave crested stopper. It’s a statement along that line.
I should mention that I hate silage and spray atomizers and believe perfume should ideally come in extrait and be dabbed, lying close to the skin. This is especially true of a powerhouse fragrance.
dejectedBurritos1
A nice sharp floral fragrance that really smells like 80`s
ferventEggs2
This is $20 at TJ Maxx right now. I wore this and for hours I felt like I was walking around with obvious B.O. …it’s animalistic for sure!
trustingBuzzard9
I don’t like this it’s too 80’s and masculine and old woman smell all in one
decimalOwl4
I adore this! It’s gorgeous and so sophisticated and has amazing staying power.