Mon Parfum Paloma Picasso for women

I have a bottle thats about 25 years old. Its as strong as ever, of course. It hails from a time of excess. It was the frontrunner.

It defies all catagories. It opens with a blast of aldehydes and the oakmoss reaches out and grabs you. Unlike most chypres, there is no fruit here. It is almost a floral aldehyde.Carnation, neroli, hyacinth,angelica and rose wave happily for awhile. Somehow, they stay around for the duration of the production.

After about 30 minutes, patcholi share the stage with oakmoss and introduce the heart floral-jasmine, ylang ylang and mimosa. Its a sumptuous tropical bouquet covered in honey. It never really gets sweet, however.

The naughty closing notes accompany the oakmoss again. The vetiver, sandalwood, amber and musk all make the civet/castorum seem proper. We all know better. This is pure sex in a bottle! Its done so well that you cannot help but admire it.

It has been compared to Chanel No 5, Mitsouko, and various other classics. It was a classic for its time. It is all about the power of a woman-dont forget her reserved grace. Of all of the powerhouse productions of the 1980s, this one seemed timeless.

It has changed hands a few times and had the oakmoss/civet turned down. Now it is in the clutches of L'Oreal who will clean it up-basically rewrite the formula. Why dont they stick to making cheap hair color?

verry rich

Horrible horrible horrible. I stumbled across a sample. It smells so old fashioned and way too overbearing. Probably my gran would wear this, no offence :)

It's a great perfume, reminds me of CK's secret obsession. This perfume is more suited to mature, sophisticated women.

very rich, feminine, sensual ''too much'' in a good way

Really nice, loud in the best way. on me it smells incredibly clean, warm, and almost unisex- a little like shaving cream but perfumy (if that's a word). i get no animalic notes at all.

At saturday I got this 30 ml bottle. But it´s really the same, like the other "Paloma Picasso" (which ist listened here too)...
It´s strange... Why do they show for the same fragrance different frag.-notes?

It doesn´t matter, because I like it soooo much! On me it smells a little bit fruity and green.

My bottle of Paloma Picasso looks like the picture shown for "Mon Parfum" but smells like the other Paloma Picasso scent listed here. In looking at several websites, it appers the two scents are actually the same, but the bottle changed in there somewhere.

I love Paloma because my mother used to wear it, and because it still smells completely unique. It's very warm, very animalic and musky, but you can smell the beautiful flowers in there, too. This is a great scent for winter, but needs to be applied with a careful hand for office or warm weather wear. It has monstrous sillage and can be overpowering. It also lasts for hours. You'll likely have to scrub it off if you don't want it to last an entire day.

They just don't make scents like this anymore, but thank goodness they still make this one. A classic chypre that any fan of the category must try!

I just read in Harper's Bazaar that Ms. Picasso still wears this one herself. Bravo!