When using layout python how can I specify a path containing a space?

[lunik1]

I am using direnv and PDM on MacOS and want to use layout python to create a virtual env using one of the python interpreters installed by PDM (I don't want to use PDM directly as the project has not been ported to use it yet). PDM installs interpreters at e.g. /Users/corin.hoad/Library/Application Support/pdm/python/[email protected]/bin/python3.11. When I use this path as

layout python /Users/lunik1/Library/Application Support/pdm/python/[email protected]/bin/python3.11

I get

environment:850: /Users/lunik1/Library/Application: No such file or directory

due to the space in the path. I can't work out how to escape this space: neither backslash nor quotes seem to work.