Jesus del Pozo
Madrid fashion-house perfumery with a witch's-ball bottle.
Jesús del Pozo was a Madrid-born fashion designer who opened his eponymous house in 1974 and became one of the central figures of post-Franco Spanish ready-to-wear, presenting men's collections in Paris from 1976 and women's prêt-à-porter from 1980. The fragrance arm opened in 1992 with Duende, but it was Halloween — launched in 1997 in a witch's-ball bottle — that became the international hit and turned the perfume line into a major part of the brand's revenue. Flankers and new pillars followed: Halloween Kiss, Halloween Freaky, Halloween Man, In Black, Quasar. Del Pozo died in 2011, and the perfumery business now operates under Perfumes y Diseño, which keeps the line in active production at accessible department-store pricing. The signature register — bright fruity-floral femininity with a slight Iberian warmth — remains intact.
DNA over time
Each column is an era. Each colored band shows that family’s share of accord weight across every perfume the house released in that window. Bigger band = the house leaned harder on that family.
