First for women

Scent story

First is perfumery royalty — the fragrance that put a jewellery house on the perfume map, and still the most decorated aldehydic floral of the 70s. It opens like a grand ballroom: sparkling aldehydes, peach and black currant, then an enormous heart of jasmine, rose, tuberose and lily-of-the-valley — big, golden, unabashedly feminine. The dry-down of oakmoss, honey and civet is what gives it that vintage bite and the staggering longevity. For beginners: this is a demanding, old-school powerhouse — try before you blind-buy, and wear it on cooler days rather than in Indian summer.