Serge Lutens likens his work as a perfumer to the art of Picasso. “It is a reflection of me; it is substantiation,” he says. “When Picasso painted Dora Maar, he was painting his own portrait through Dora Maar. The same applies to Guernica, which is a projection of his own convulsions of pain. Life and creation are bound together.”

Where the Spanish artist spent a lifetime exploring colour and form, Lutens has explored unorthodox scent combinations and unusual ingredients over a career spanning five decades.