Pleasures For Men

A+ classy and clean for the WIN! It has a nice citrus opening blended with spicy florals. At this point ... it sort of reminds me of the same feeling I get when smelling Burberry Touch. In the drydown you pretty much lose most of the citrus and are left with spicy florals with a touch of sandalwood. So, there seems to be a masculine/feminine/unisex debate. Well, I'm 67 and if I would have smelled this "back in the day" when I was wearing my masculine powerhouse fragrances ... I definitely would have said it leaned on the feminine side. But ... since then guys have become accustomed to more unisex or men's fragrances that are sweet leaning ... including many floral notes. So ... my take ... as I evaluate it today ... it's a masculine leaning fragrance that could be considered unisex by some. Because of the spice and the sandalwood it really does lean a little more masculine to create a nice, fresh, slightly soapy, spicy floral forward fragrance that has a touch of sandalwood in the drydown. Who should like this ... guys who like Azarro Chrome, Nautica Classic, Uomo Moschino, Burberry Touch, Alfred Sung Hei, Lacoste Blanc (to a slight degree), Eternity for Men or even Versache Pour Homme ... or any other fresh, clean, soapy, spicy, floral leaning fragrance. If this sounds good ... get this oldie ... especially since it's also a great budget buy, too!

I have many fragrances, some that I like, some that I love and some that have a very special place in my heart. I usually wear those at specific times of the year. M7 in the winter, Balenciaga pour homme or vintage Kouros in Spring...and then there is Pleasures for men by Estee Lauder. This eau de toilette has nothing pretentious. It is a nice fresh clean springy smell that brings me back to the year 1998. And you can buy a bottle in a shop today and it will still have the same smell. Some do not like it, fair enough. At the end of the day, a fragrance is all about personnal taste and you cannot convince someone to change their taste because you like something that they find "whatever!" or can't bother about all the fuss. But, let's go back to this fragrance. What I like in this one is this nice fresh floral smell which can linger on my skin for a reasonable time. No matter whenever I spritz it on my skin or clothes I am brought back over 20 years ago when I was living near South Ken in London. What a time has passed by. And I still sherish this eau de toilette for the pleasures it gives me and the memories it brings back to me. This is what a great frangrance does. Make you travel through time and enjoyment. Long live this nice and simple fragrance!

I bought this around the time it came out. I don't remember if it was the late 90s or the early 2000s, and there doesn't seem to be a launch year listed here. Anyway, this is a pleasant, clean, almost otherworldly fragrance that blends its ingredients so seamlessly that it's hard to pick out individual notes. It's fruity and floral mostly, which doesn't sound too masculine, but it works. The base notes are rich, even a little creamy. Again, hard to pick out individuals. I suppose the creaminess is thanks to the benzoin/sandalwood combination. The fruits and florals, with the subtle spice notes (pepper, ginger, and coriander), create a vibe akin to freshly laundered clean linen hanging outside on a warm summer day, next to a garden of white flowers, while you catch a faint nuance of a vanilla scented candle wafting from the open window and a cool aquatic breeze wafting past from the nearby beach. It's all warmed by the mid June afternoon sun. I originally marked this as a like, but I upgraded to a love, smiling as I remember the scent. Pleasures, indeed. 8.5/10

I've found a bottle of this classic in a Burlington for only $22 so I grabed it without hesitation. This was my middle school signature scent back in 1997. I still remember I was with my mom at a SEARS and she tried the women's version and bought it. It was around my birthday so she asked to try the male version and bought it for me too. I always loved it how strong and puncturing it's opening was with a Green Blast to the nostrils . . . . It would wake an hybernatimg bear . . . . The mixture with roses was so good. Back to 2025 when I bought it again . . . . Yes I still smell it but man . . . . The reformulation has been CRUEL . . . . . It has lost the strength it had back then and it's pretty understandable. Is not TOTALLY BAD because now this can be a PERFECT Gym scent for me . . . . The nostalgic feeling that it evoques is right there very present. Thats why I love fragrances so much and for $22 is a no brainer. I dont know how much ot costed back in the late 90's thou.

Pleasures is a for men perfume that is very safe to wear for banging, hence the name and why a lot of chicks probably rated it as "unisex". Blind bang safe. 2 hours longevity is just enough for that purpose ;) In all seriousness, I had a bottle back in the end of the 90s when it was launched - completely finished it back then, used it as signature scent and moved on. Recently saw it for a good price and decided to grab one. Batch 81323066 from March 2023, smells delicious, just as I remember it. Having more experience with different scents, I come to appreciate this scent even more - what a combination of notes, provides a very unique fresh olfactory experience. There's nothing like it, but maybe this is just personal nostalgia from my "How I Met Your Mother" days. Worth smelling it, and probably blind buy safe if your discounter has a good deal on it.