Kiss and make-up: intense perfumes

Now is not the time for delicate scents. Now is the time for deep and complicated perfumes that will confuse some and set others on fire with their almost- too -sexy ingredients. These are the flavours made unfashionable by our generation of lemonadey or flowery Febreze-ish scents – heavy, expensive, dark and eveningy. Jo Malone, known for its light citrus scents, this month launches a new range called Cologne Intense (£80, jomalone.co.uk ) with amber and patchouli, rose water and vanilla, iris and white musk, each of which makes you stagger drunkenly through parties, pulling at every doorway. Armani Prive, £175, selfridges.com Sisley Eau du Sior, £162, selfridges.com Tom Ford Black Orchid, £42, 0870 034 2566