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.

Green and zingy in the opening. Some pepper and wood start to appear as it dries. Modest performance with disappointing to moderate projection. For the 35+ crowd and office friendly. This scent was created by 3 MPs who are known for creating some of the classics we all know and love today. It presents with DNA similar but not identical to Banana Republic Classic, Good Life by Davidoff, and Joop’s What About Adam, among others. Again very green, vegetal, zingy, peppery and woody could be used to describe this. I assure you: women gravitate to this. It hits that nostalgic button inside the nose of many. But it doesn’t perform well so be prepared to overspray. If you can find this in the $30 range it’s worth a shot. Above that? Sample. It may not be for you. Thanks for reading and check out other thoughts and recommendations on my page. SYL

I stumbled across this one a decade after it was introduced and have been trying to make up for it ever since. I always toyed with the idea of wearing Pleasures for Women, but who cares about that now when you meet this stunner! It's a clean, intriguing, masculine floral--not an overpowering floral, but a floral that is icy, almost wintry even. Staying power is excellent (over 15 hours on me), and it possesses just enough sillage to have people walk by you again to ask what it is you're wearing. Reminds me of the color silver, for some reason, so its attractive bottle and packaging (to me, at least) are an artistic triumph. Although very versatile--it can be worn casually or elegantly--I enjoy wearing Pleasures most when I'm suited up.

What can I say, it's fresh/warm and spicey goodness. This was for a long time my signature scent. Heck, I've been wearing this one since high school, nearly 18 years ago! The scent will always take me back, and for that I love it. It's given me more compliments over the years than I could even pretend to recall, and I've been through numerous bottles. I'll continue to buy this one as long as it's sold. No one ever, in the nearly 20yrs of wearing this has ever had anything bad to say about it. Literally, every girl I have ever been around has liked it (all ex's and my now wife included). This is probably one of the safest buys in the men's cologne game. If you just want a rock solid workhorse, this is it.

I remember working in a perfumery during the launch of this, the late nineties was a great time for mens fragrances. Estee Lauder had Lauder for Men, but this was seen as a big deal. I'd agree it's in the same realms as Eternity, but I like this one more. Ultra fresh and clean, it's fruity and floral, definitely aquatic, one of those aromatic fragrances that were once so popular. I can't imagine anyone saying they dislike it, as it is so inoffensive. It's comforting to wear, lasts about four hours, projection is moderate. You will feel clean and awake wearing it. I always thought this deserved to be bigger, I'm not a big fan of Estee Lauder fragrances, but this is wonderful stuff.

I live in a city where in any given day or situation you will experience the latest and greatest scents that money can buy just walking around. Yet this cologne makes any man appear 40% more attractive to me. After years of smelling trails at school, college and work, I've loved this cologne so much, that I've bought several bottles for my dad and ex's, just so I can appreciate the scent. Now, I even thought of buying a bottle for myself so I can just enjoy it. It's that wonderful, and I ask people to try this still very great scent. It smells like Mr. Attractive Kind Thoughtful who Feels Great about Himself Fresh Citrus and Hidden Sweet. Spray on clothes and pulse points!!

I may be one of the few people who must have done it in the recent years but in the 2000s may have been more common. What I’m talking about is layering this fragrance with Dior’s Fahrenheit. Oh it just becomes so much stronger and smoother and just takes me back to college days! Amazing layering combo. If anyone who reads this and has both you must try it. Spray pleasures for men by Estée first followed by Fahrenheit by Dior! Amazing amazing amazing. Especially for a night out! Both of these fragrances which I’m using are of batches from the last 10 years so not extremely vintage.

This is another "signature" for me. This is an uncomplicated, masculine, and energizing scent. Powerful, but not overwhelming up front, with vibrant, bitter, citrus notes (grapefruit is most prominent). This leads to middle notes of white pepper and rose/geranium florals which give it a clean, soap/shower aroma. The dry down is mild sandalwood,oakmoss(which retains a slight earthiness), and orange blossom. Perfect amount of sillage and as is the case with most Lauder fragrances: excellent longevity. Highly recommended for daytime wear all year or summer day or night.

It is reminiscent of a green version of Cool Water with a bit of Good Life mixed in. When I first encountered it, it didn't particularly fuss me, but it has grown on my over the years to a point where I really quite like it. Perhaps it is an age thing as Pleasures is a quite reserved scent that doesn't scream out for attention, which suits me now that I am older. It is definitely more citrus aromatic than anything else but while it has real staying power, it never overwhelms. Definitely one for all seasons and anytime of day.

This is a great one, perhaps my favorite. Simple, clean, elegant and light. I have been wearing it off and on since 1998, although I have never let my supply run out. I mostly love this one because it is subtle, my preferred cologne to wear casually. Family gatherings, kids baseball or soccer games etc. Not a soul will be put off when you wear it. At least that's what I have found after fifteen years of wearing Pleasures. The most important thing is I just feel happy when I'm wearing it. Pleasurable? Definately.

I must admit i've fallen back in love with this, i've ignored all things Estee Lauder for over ten years, but gave it a go and picked up a 100ml. I find some of the notes difficult to pick out, with the exception of the gloriously chemically grapefruit, which is stunning. It's quite soapy, and lasts/projects very well. It stands out, not like anything else i know. I think i'll keep it for the Summer, perfect for hot summer evenings :-)

Worked for Estée Lauder right out of college and was “forced” to wear this, as the only other scent for men at the time was the bold, 80’s-fougere Lauder for Men. At the time I liked it but got so sick of it after a while. Haven’t worn it in 24 years, but now that I smell it again, it invokes those amazing memories of my youth. It’s fresh, clean, and a great summer scent that doesn’t really fall into any sort of aqua or blue category.

Clean, floral, green, soapy, unisex... I used to love it when it came out in 1997, Now I'm 38 and got me a small 50ml so I can reconnect. And yes... I'm smelling the innocence, literally feeling my young dreams and vibes. It's nice for me to keep a bottle around but I doubt that I will actually use it :P UPDATE: I am actually starting to reconnect with this fragrance - and loving it again!

I wore this as my signature scent for decades. The nostalgia factor is real... rated it LOVE for that reason. I do still really love it, but there is a HUGE number of better options these days. Pretty much any fresh blue fragrance is going to outperform and (subjectively, of course) smell just as good or better. But hey, I still love this classic!

Estee Lauder Pleasures for Men, Burberry Touch for men, CK Contradiction - these take me back to my high school, carefree days. never knew why I loved those fragrances so much since then, they are not for a high school kid that is for sure ! :D i have about 90+ fragrance in my collection but these always hold a special place in my heart!

I love this fragrance on men and I’ve also enjoyed wearing it myself though it’s been a while. The bottle I had was from the 90’s so I’m hoping it hasn’t changed like the women’s one has :( I prefer Pleasure’s for Men to Pleasure’s for women’s on me and I agree with Crystals On My Converse that this is definitely a unisex(y) fragrance!