Name: Eau de Joy by Jean Patou
Brand: Jean Patou
Rating: 4.19 (294 reviews)

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Eau de Joy by Jean Patou is an aldehydic floral fragrance for women. Launched in the sixties, this composition features top notes of aldehydes, ylang-ylang, neroli, peach, green notes and citrus; a heart of jasmine, rose, iris root, lily of the valley and orchid; and a base of ambrette, musk and sandalwood.

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82% positive reviews

294 votes

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Selene

February 23, 2019

I love kicking off my first review of the year with this perfumery gem. Joy is a floral that is practically perfect. I’ve never tried the vintage version; I only own a 2003 Eau de Parfum. A few days ago, I found a miniature of Eau de Joy from the late 1960s. They say the name was later changed to Eau de Parfum while keeping the same formula. As for the Eau de Joy composition, it doesn’t feel light at all; the scent is very similar to my EDP, so we can say that the reformulations up until the early 2000s were very well cared for—I haven’t tried the current Joy. Eau de Joy has its own unique touch: in the 60s, animalic notes were in vogue, so the civet here is much more potent. There is an intense jasmine opening at first, while the rose is slightly less prominent, which isn’t the case with the EDP where jasmine and rose shine almost equally. What’s interesting is when the jasmine starts to fade and the animalic notes stand out even more, completely overshadowing the jasmine. In the EDP, this doesn’t happen; the civet always serves the rose and jasmine, never eclipsing them. But in the Eau de Joy, the civet takes centre stage, relegating the jasmine, especially from the heart to the dry down. What we get is a more animalic perfume, with a prominent jasmine that is heavily overshadowed by the civet and musk. I feel this version of Eau de Joy is more olfactively complex; it abandons the serenity of the jasmine-rose duo to give the composition drama, a more indolic and extravagant texture, typical of the era.

Animalic
Floral
Civet
Jasmine

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Selene

February 23, 2019

I love kicking off my first review of the year with this perfumery gem. Joy is a floral that is practically perfect. I’ve never tried the vintage version; I only own a 2003 Eau de Parfum. A few days ago, I found a miniature of Eau de Joy from the late 1960s. They say the name was later changed to Eau de Parfum while keeping the same formula. As for the Eau de Joy composition, it doesn’t feel light at all; the scent is very similar to my EDP, so we can say that the reformulations up until the early 2000s were very well cared for—I haven’t tried the current Joy. Eau de Joy has its own unique touch: in the 60s, animalic notes were in vogue, so the civet here is much more potent. There is an intense jasmine opening at first, while the rose is slightly less prominent, which isn’t the case with the EDP where jasmine and rose shine almost equally. What’s interesting is when the jasmine starts to fade and the animalic notes stand out even more, completely overshadowing the jasmine. In the EDP, this doesn’t happen; the civet always serves the rose and jasmine, never eclipsing them. But in the Eau de Joy, the civet takes centre stage, relegating the jasmine, especially from the heart to the dry down. What we get is a more animalic perfume, with a prominent jasmine that is heavily overshadowed by the civet and musk. I feel this version of Eau de Joy is more olfactively complex; it abandons the serenity of the jasmine-rose duo to give the composition drama, a more indolic and extravagant texture, typical of the era.
- Animalic
- Floral
- Civet
- Jasmine
boudica

January 14, 2015

I was keen to try JOY, and although I like the scent, it didn’t quite convince me because it doesn’t last long enough.
- Longevity

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