Estée Lauder · 1995 · Alberto Morillas

Pleasures

VersionEau de Parfum

Estée Lauder says

You’ll smell White Lily, Violet Leaves, Green Accents, Black Lilac, White Peony, Karo-Karounde Blossoms, Baie Rose, Pink Rose, jasmine, sandalwood and patchouli.

More from Estée Lauder’s description

It also mentions Lilies and White Peonies.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Pleasures’s scent picture, a draft: lily, violet, lilac, peony, pink pepper, rose drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Pleasures, top notes: lily, Violet, Geranium

Heartthe first hours

Pleasures, heart: lilac, peony, Karo karounde, Pink pepper, Rose, Jasmine

Dry-downhours later

Pleasures, dry-down: Sandalwood, Patchouli, Galaxolide, Iso E Super

On the label

What’s inside it

18 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus2 herbs & lavender8 florals3 woods1 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender2

TerpineolLinalool

Florals8

JasmineGeranium oilCitronellolHexyl cinnamalGeraniolHydroxycitronellalFarnesolGeranyl acetate

Woods3

Patchouli oilSantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Spices1

Eugenol

Musks1

Galaxolide (clean linen)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet5

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetCinnamyl alcohol, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetHexadecanolactone, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

Named by Estée Lauder, never on a label

White Lily, not in Ingredients yetViolet LeavesBlack Lilac, not in Ingredients yetWhite Peony, not in Ingredients yetKaro-Karounde Blossoms, not in Ingredients yetBaie RosePink RoseSandalwood

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 18 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.