Paloma Picasso Perfume
] Paloma Picasso was born in 1949, in Vallauris France, the illegitimate daughter of artists Pablo Picasso and Francoise Gilot. Young Paloma was the subject of many of her father’s paintings, including Paloma with an Orange, and Paloma in Blue. Due to world famous heritage, Paloma was hesitant about entering design as she did not wish to be compared with her father, and did not relish the unavoidable notoriety his name would bring. However, Paloma's urge to create soon surpassed her hesitation and she began to study jewellery design and fabrication while still in her teens.In 1971, she began to show the jewellery she had created for Zolotas of Greece, and critics were genuinely impressed by her creative talent. In 1973, Paloma’s father Pablo Picasso died and as a result she lost interest in designing. Picasso had left no will, but eventually Paloma won her share of the inheritance, an estimated $90 million.
Having temporarily given up design, Paloma turned her hand to acting and her first role in a motion picture received rave reviews from critics and won the Prix De L’Age D’or Award in 1974.
Paloma began to work again when she met playwright and director Rafael Lopez-Cambill, designing the sets for some of his productions. The pair married in 1978. In 1980, the senior vice-president for Tiffany and Company encouraged Paloma to create jewellery for the company. She was thrilled to be asked and the results delighted both Tiffany and critics alike. The success of the pieces she had created encouraged Paloma to design and market items ranging from fashion accessories to china.
In 1984 the plan to reinforce the Paloma Picasso image began with her fragrance, "Paloma Picasso." It seemed natural for her and her husband to come up with Paloma's own designer scent; Picasso's grandfather, Emile Gilot, was a chemist and perfume manufacturer. With his experience in the theatre, Lopez-Cambil carefully developed the fragrance project. He came up with a particular image for Picasso, which culminated in one of the most well known advertisements in the world, photographed by Richard Avedon, whereby Paloma Picasso the person was inextricably linked to Paloma Picasso the brand. As a couple and a team, this particular partnership had the advantage of a brilliant artistic director and a gifted designer.
In 1992 the men’s fragrance Minotaure was launched with great success. Picasso designed the bottle and packaging, while Lopez-Cambil developed the concept, the name, and the cologne’s first advertising campaign.
In addition to Paloma Picasso boutiques in Japan and Hong Kong, Picasso's accessories are available throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East. Paloma Picasso creations in Europe also include cosmetics and fragrances for L'Oreal in France, sunglasses and optical frames for a German company, hosiery for Grupo Synkro in Mexico, and bed ensembles, towels, and dressing gowns for KBC in Germany. As in the United States, home design has become a new era of creation for Paloma Picasso, with collections of bone china, crystal, silver, and tiles for Villeroy & Boch and fabrics and wall coverings for Motif.
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