Jean Patou · 2014
Joy Forever Eau de Toilette EDT
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
fresh
uplifting
bright peach and orange blossom, powdery floral
Scent Notes
Floral
Base
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Snapshot
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About This Perfume
Jean Patou Joy Forever Eau de Toilette comes across as bright peach and orange blossom, powdery floral. It opens with orange blossom, peach and galbanum, moves into jasmine, may rose and tagetes and settles on amber, cedar and sandalwood. It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
This eau de toilette is best in spring, summer and fall and is a daytime scent. Reach for it for casual days. Released in 2014.
In the community's experience it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something fresh and uplifting for casual days.
- Sample first if: floral is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike spicy fragrances.
Around $77.
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The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Casual
The Brand
Jean Patou
Jean Patou is a historic Paris couture house founded in 1914, whose fragrance legacy includes Joy (1930) and Vacances (1936). You can browse 23 Jean Patou perfumes, priced between about $18 and $139. The Jean Patou names that come up most in fragrance communities: Jean Patou Joy, Jean Patou Sublime and Jean Patou Sira des Indes.
What the picks smell like
Jean Patou Joy (Eau de Toilette, 1930) reads as powdery rose and jasmine bouquet with soft musk, opening on Bulgarian rose and Ylang-Ylang and drying down to musk and sandalwood. Jean Patou Sublime (Eau de Toilette, 1992) is described as powdery green florals, mossy woods, soft vanilla, with green notes and bergamot up top and vanilla, oakmoss and civet underneath. On Jean Patou Sira des Indes (Eau de Parfum, 2006), expect ripe fruit parfait with soft vanilla warmth; it starts with banana and bergamot and settles on musk, sandalwood and amber.
Related: all brands on Scendira, plus Floral perfumes and Woody perfumes.
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like bright peach and orange blossom, powdery floral. It opens with orange blossom, peach and galbanum, moves into jasmine, may rose and tagetes and settles on amber, cedar and sandalwood.
In the community's experience it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, summer and fall. It is a daytime scent. It suits casual days.
It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
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