Chapeau Bleu

Many of us know Paloma Picasso, daughter of Pablo, the jewelry designer with her own signature perfumes, but few know that her niece, Marina, also lent her name to a fragrance in Chapeau Bleu. Its bottle doubles as objet d'art, an homage to her uncle, based on his 1939 work "Tête de Femme au Chapeau Bleu à Ruban Rouge (Head of a Woman Blue Hat and Red Ribbon)." It's filled with a rather enchanting, dusky amber floral heavy on beta ionone, suggesting that of the boronia flower, and a dark violet-hued floral heart, seemingly dusted with black pepper. It feels like a mosaic of deep colors: burgundy, forest green, cerulean, and umber. It's played in a minor key, a glissando from one element to another, moving from tart-green and velvety to darker and more shadowy into its dry down—dominated by a tolu balsam and a sweetly resinous base. While its robust, none of it feels dense; rather, it's a sheer cloak that could wear well even on warmer days. It's fascinating to think that this is a distillation of the power-fruity-floral-ambers in the vein of Poison nine years prior, aerated and made more elusive in a 90s style.

I have anticipated if the juice is not as great as the hype flacon. I shouldn’t have bothered!! Chapeau Bleu is one of the best floral fragrances i ever smelled. I thought that the green notes and tolu balsam would lead into balsamic and grassy scents, but that’s not the case apparently. Chapeau Bleu is sweet since the beginning to the end. I immediately detect jasmine, ylang, and tuberose. Tolu balsam and green notes join later just to add nuance, not to take over the game. After a short while, it becomes richer and warmer. Caramel and amber didn’t make this a gourmand, nor civetta made this an animalic frag. It’s always a flower paradise, a rich and dynamic floral fragrance. The flacon is an art as many said. Lucky i got Chapeau Bleu and managed to secure two more as a lifetime spare. Love love love! Chapeau Bleu reminds me of these white floral classic: Ozbek Rifat, White Shoulders, Chloe Lagerfeld, and Mon Classique.

Wow. I've just received a vintage bottle of this. It's a very potent fragrance but no powder in mine. Rather it's peppery, kind of unisex. I love it. First spray is extremely sharp, even alcoholic but as it fades well that's something beautiful. Very very unique. I just went into a sephora a few days ago to smell the perfumes and to me all smell the same or at least along the same line. The old perfumes were so unique and you could keep it secret what you're wearing. Oh how I miss those discontinued scents... Update. This lasts for a good 10 hours and counting... Smells sooooo nice. Now I smell freshly cut grass in this. I can't help smelling myself:) I don't get any fruity lemony florals. On me it's sharp and peppery. Very earthy. Love love love.

Nice green floral aldehyde verging chypre but clean and pretty. Surprisingly good, not sure what I was expecting but it smells very romantic. UPDATE: A perfect choice on this HOT August day. Really brings out the juicy green notes. Breezy and interesting; theres intermittent hints of Lagerfeld Chloe, Arden Sunflowers and Halston Classic. I like to wear it when I want to channel an artistic, funky, feeling that still smells fresh and not ACTUALLY funky.

This is really lovely! On my skin the gorgeous osmanthus is what lingers on after the delectably fruity opening. There isn't much siilage, so my nose is pressing against my skin trying to inhale every molecule. I am so glad that I was lucky enough to snag a bottle of this very original perfume long after it was out of production. I usually keep my bottles boxed and out of the light, but I may have to display this one!