Dior Poison Eau de Toilette 3.4 oz

Poison is Dior's most audacious feminine — a powerhouse oriental from 1985 that announced itself as deliberately dangerous and seductive. It opens with tuberose and berry before an enormous floral heart of plum, rose, and coriander unfolds, deepening into a rich oriental base of amber, musk, and vanilla. Iconic in the '80s and still formidable today. This is the larger 3.4 oz bottle.

Longevity is excellent — eight to ten or more hours — with commanding sillage. Not subtle, not for the faint-hearted, and emphatically not blind-buy territory. But for those it suits, nothing else compares.

• Notes: Wild berries, tuberose, plum, rose, coriander, amber, vanilla, musk
• Best for: Autumn and winter evenings; confident wearers who want a classic powerhouse