There's not really any other way I can describe my experience with this fragrance; I love it! I'm not sure what it is about it, there's just something entirely magical about it - the aldehydes just do something to me. Like with most aldehyde fragrances, it makes my tummy feel so strange. If anyone knows why this may be, feel free to explain it because I just don't get it... it's a bit of a fun mystery. It lasts around 6 hours and projects well for the first hour and then becomes more measured. I use it in different climates, including hot days - the heat makes the flowers of this perfume vibrate even more, becoming even more alive and exuberant.

Elegance is simplicity. Joy is elegance in a bottle. For all complexity of the formula, which arrived sealed and perfectly preserved, this is a stunning jasmine simply warmed by the real civet and musks inside. It’s not dirty, it’s not extravagant in a more contemporary way (think 70’s/80’s stunners); it’s simply beautiful. Middle notes : At the heart of the fragrance lies Boronia, Rosemary, Amaryllis, Ylang-Ylang, Lily, Jasmine, Lilac and Lily-of-the-Valley Joy starts off with a beautiful floral spray. Rich, natural rose takes the lead, opening up to a lush, sweet, powdery rose after being originally little green and dewy. Here, a tinge of peach brings in some juicy richness. After a while, creamy white blooms elegantly complement the honeyed rose. Sweet ylang ylang gives the scent a little tropical edge, while silky, waxy tuberose gives it a deep, sensual quality. Little wonder Joy is the brand's most expensive perfume. Acquired 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 different from the previous Patou perfumes. First of all, unlike all the precious releases from the house, this bottle was very simple, austere and geometric, much in sync with the Art Deco style, and following the footsteps of the hit of Chanel Nº5. Second, the composition was for all women, more universal and not directed at a specific skin color or a particular event. It was a simple name, but very meaningful for everyone, everywhere. Joy was also jumping in the floral rose-jasmine trend initiated with Chanel Nº5, but whereas Chanel's take depended on artificiality and illusions, Patou's approach was mainly about naturalness and tradition.

All these, with the exception of Le Sien, were re-released during the 1980s (under the name Ma Collection), and were available until recently, all in a 50ml Eau de Toilette Spray, 75ml Eau de Toilette bottle, and 30ml pure perfume bottle, each with a unique art deco box. A Jean Patou silk scarf, printed in a pattern complementing that of the box was included with the pure perfume. Joy remains the world's second best-selling scent (the first is Chanel No. 5), Joy was created by Henri Alméras for Patou at the height of the Great Depression (1935) for Patou's former clients who could no longer afford his haute couture clothing line. For powdery vintage fragrances, Chanel and Jean Patou are the brands to go for. This is coming from someone who owns 30 Guerlain fragrances. This rose-forward perfume isn't particularly fragrant or too sweet. In reality, Rosa Turca smells like a real, warm, fresh rose; on a sunny summer day, it is lovely.The structure is similar, but the weight ratio of various fragrance materials is different from the essence. EDT appropriately weakens indole and civet, giving consumers a lighter and easier-to-wear option. 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]

That's why I won't buy Joy, because he doesn't offer enough for the price, durability and sillage can't keep up with Chanel. Allure is the better choice for me, also the cheaper one! Eau de Joy, while being from the '60's still has it going on. I don't believe I ever smelled it when it was first made, but what I am smelling now, many newer fragrance ((1990's an on), can't hold a candle to this beauty. Civet, which many here have voted as prominent, it is not prominent in this bottle. It doesn't turn animalic or skanky.

In my Joy EDP (the bad one, the one nobody wants) I like the aldehydes and the way the metallic adjacent not-rose flowers coat the rose and its vibrations. After about an hour it's just a skin scent on me, but a lovely one: still floral but somehow also an accord of fine Darjeeling tea. That's the closest I ever get to roses from it. Still very pure quality, much more subtle now (and much more my style than the opera singer). I wish it had some sillage and lasting power at this stage! I'd wear it whenever I wanted to feel calm and polished. But the scent keeps ebbing away; within three hours I can barely smell anything even with my nose touching my wrist. Farewell, you flighty beauty! In my favourite perfumery, where I hadn't been in for a while (I'm pretty happy right now), a Joy sample was waiting for me. You can spray yourself generously with it, after only one sprayer the scent was in 10 minutes no longer to be guessed. Designer Parfums buys Jean Patou from P&G Prestige". CosmeticsBusiness.com. 5 July 2011 . Retrieved 14 September 2012. Ode is similar to Patou's Joy but creamier, with a tinge of fruitiness that almost tastes like a plum.

I also love vintage fashion and also love wearing fragrances that aren't on trend but possibly ready for a wider audience. Like Cinnamonpeelerswife, I find that Joy puts me in mind of a pristine glamor and of the opera (though for me there's nothing dated about it). At the outset I get a soprano in a simply cut, ultra-chic long silk dress and gloves, flawlessly and very loudly holding a high note--not my style of fashion or of music, but impressive in its purity. I can't detect aldehydes or anything animalic here.on my skin it's all about a rich floral heaven in a golden sweet base,something like honey and champagne.among it's floral notes rose is the most prominent one to my nose.it's not an overly powdered,dusty rose.it's a sweet,bright and jammy rose.I can also smell ylang ylang but not much white florals,except something like magnolia Or is it?! Just as with "Gabrielle" by Chanel this groaning was, however, this smell had nevertheless no similarity with an already brought out smell. So, so to speak, to bring out a classic in a modern and nice little dress that everyone wants to wear? This Grand Dame is an unapologetic indolic jasmine/rose/yilang floriental, emblematic of times when perfume actually smelled like perfume. I love Pandarapt's review below. I agree, this composition "is so pure and exact..." Even after IFRA reformulation, Joy EDP is fine perfumery that projects at arm's length for approximately 5-6 hours and can live as a skin scent up to 24 hrs.Joy is a bona fide classic scent that evokes old-style feminine glamour. Infamously, it was once the most expensive perfume in the world - shortly after the Great Depression, which somehow didn't hamper its success. A bouquet in a bottle, Joy beautifully showcases all aspects of its rich florals. It is green yet carnal, waxy yet powdery, sweet yet soapy, fruity yet creamy - I could go on. Multifaceted and complex, it is cohesive and well-composed. While it is often dismissed as an "old lady scent" today, most of the best perfumes are, in fact, old lady scents! Joy is an aptly-named, opulent, luscious floral. I have a very old miniature EDT without a barcode. Roses. Instantly, I am surrounded by roses, and drenched in sunlight. I must be carrying a half-eaten pear, for there is the faintest note. As if I can only catch it when the breeze blows in a very particular way. Oh, and there's beautiful Jasmine too. The whole thing smells like a slow stroll in a luxurious garden. Warm, clean, floral. 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. Incidentally, I was with a friend who couldn't smell it, but said she experienced a powerful fecal note. Joy is so much more tangible than ever scent I have experienced at the Ultas, Sephoras and Macy's at this moment