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In 1984, Jean Kerléo was responsible for the reformulation and reissue of twelve of Patou's fragrances from 1925 to 1964 in a series called "Ma Collection", including the first fragrances created for the house in 1925, the trio "Amour-Amour", "Que sais-je?" and "Adieu Sagesse". "Ma Collection" was sold in flacons modelled after the originals by Louis Süe. [9] And like others, I get a resemblance to L'Air du Temps, my mother's signature scent ... both have a bright lemon-like quality to me, although L'Air du Temps is airy whereas Joy is creamy. Overall, I'd say...meh. I could have been satisfied with a small decanted sample from STC or TPC. I do still have a thing for Joy. As my younger cousins would say:
Joy doesn't change much on my skin.it's brighter and more fresh when first sprayed and gradually gets warmer and musky.it has a lovely musk.warm and silky Joy? For Dior's latest creation, it smells quite flowery. The opening is pleasantly citric and fresh with bergamot and mandarin, whereby the bergamot takes over the main part here. Quite fast the whole matter mutes itself a little and a clean rose appears. Jasmine and musk add a dash of fluffy creaminess. All in all, the fragrance does not develop excessive sweetness, but it remains rather bland and somewhat boring. Patchouli, sandalwood and cedar show their presence with extreme restraint. The shelf life is, like the Sillage, quite manageable. For powdery vintage fragrances, Chanel and Jean Patou are the brands to go for. This is coming from someone who owns 30 Guerlain fragrances. The discontinuation of Jean Patou's fragrances, in my opinion, was one of the biggest losses that perfumery has had in recent years even though it was somewhat predictable: while French brands such as Chanel, Dior and Guerlain prospered in the market (thanks to millions spent on advertising/cheapening production costs), Jean Patou followed a noble but risky path — they focused on extreme quality and luxury without compromise, perfumes of unique nobility but without advertising, generating neither profit nor fame. Everyone knows or has heard of Chanel No. 5, but JOY by Jean Patou, which is just as big, gradually fell into oblivion and was finally discontinued. I smell the roses in the bottle. The jasmine and ylang ylang have to be in there somewhere. When I put a bit on my wrist, I don't get french garden but instead french zoo. It's as though a little furry animal came and sat on my arm.LVMH needs to hire proper marketing people and not, millennials who have no marketing qualifications and little fragrance history. I rotated wearing Joy with less expensive florals to see how it was received by the men around me. The men, who asked me out and dated, seemed to respond more enthusiastically to the less expensive floral fragrances. Some people say that JOY does not actually have a separate type of EAU DE JOY. If there is, it is likely to be a light version that the company has reconfigured for customer needs.
The best known of Patou's perfumes is " JOY", a heavy floral scent, based on the most precious rose and jasmine, that remained the costliest perfume in the world, until the House of Patou introduced "1000" (a heavy, earthy floral perfume, based on a rare osmanthus) in 1972. Before JOY, the House of Patou released many other perfumes, many which were to celebrate particular events. For example, Normandie (an oriental forerunner to perfumes such as Yves Saint Laurent's Opium) celebrated the French ocean liner of the same name, and Vacances (a mixture of green and lilac notes) celebrated the first French paid national holidays. Middle notes : At the heart of the fragrance lies Bulgarian Rose, Tuberose, Carnation, Jasmine, Chrysanthemum and Ylang-YlangAcquired a vintage bottle of the pure parfum, from the 70s. Achingly beautiful, infinitely better than the current EDP and EDT, which I really like, but don't love the way I love this. Animalic floral, the natural accords make all the difference. My bottle is partially used, but has been so well preserved. This is the Joy I remember. Now to find a vintage 1000 perfume, as that is my favorite out of all the classic Patous. Joy" was voted "Scent of the Century" by the public at the Fragrance Foundation FiFi Awards in 2000, beating its rival " Chanel No. 5". [7] It's floral, VERY floral, the most floral scent of all, but it's not natural: instead of something wild/nature-like, it smells like a greenhouse full of Jasmine and Rose that release all their fragrance into the hot, humid air, some of the flowers even starting withering in the heat, but still releasing its perfume, still singing with all the voice they have. Intense and luscious with alluring floral composition, JOY was created by Henri Alméras, who made its top notes irresistibly delightful. The composition starts with fragrant jilt tuberose, luscious rose, ylang-ylang blossom, aldehydes, sweet and mouthwatering pear, and green notes. The heart beats passionately in pure and sweetly fresh jasmine notes, seductive and balmy spicy and darkened iris root. The base whiffs with sensual musk, warm and milky-powdery sandalwood, with mild musky civet tones.