Patou For Ever

At it's best, this is a beautiful jasmine-raspberry accord, a floral on a deep ambery base with a sweet fruity top. The only pineapple note in perfume that I really enjoy, and mercifully no melon to my nose. Fruity and sweet at the same time that it is a greenish chypre. A sweet, floral, fruity chypre if possible, which indeed it is. It actually does not read that sweet on me, and never becomes cloying, due to the freshness of the pineapple. This is not canned, Del Monte pineapple in syrup. This is freshly cored on the spot in it's own juices pineapple. However, when it combines with the very clean greenish LOTV, slightly indolic jasmine, and deep, civety raspberry, it gets a sweet/sour effect that some folks might dislike, but which I find endlessly compelling. There is a polarity between sweet and sour, fruit and floral, that has a slightly earthy, astringent or bitter quality. No oakmoss listed, but a distinctly mossy chypre. Unusual. I get none of the sweaty, sour, or body odour note some describe below. None, but I am sure that if your skin amplifies the melon, trouble could ensue. I get a beautiful ambery drydown, not much vanilla, not sweet, a little animalic from the raspberry and jasmine. Good longevity on me, anout five or six hours, wears close on me, I get wafts all day, but others have to get close before they can smell it. Great professional scent, a good "power scent" that is simultaneously fun, fruity and informal. Glinda the Good Witch might wear this one.

I purchased my bottle of EDP based solely on the notes used in this fragrance, half expecting to be a bit disappointed. So many maisons de parfum have abandoned older olfactory delights for "young," light and fruity scents, and I assumed, wrongly, that Procter & Gamble would have taken this same tack, using the Patou name to lure us in. Instead of being a bit disappointed (as I was with Guerlain Cherry Blossom Fruity), I find myself delighted! Patou For Ever starts out with a burst of powdery fruits. The scent reminds me of the rose or violet pastilles you can still purchase in some sweet shops. The fruit is not overly sweet - this accord is very much tempered by the florals in the middle notes and the woods and amber in the base notes. There is a hint of violet and iris here, which gives this scent its powdery feel. After an hour or so, the fruity essences fade into the background, and Patou For Ever's florals and base notes take prominent stage while still retaining some fruity sweetness. I find this fragrance to be sweet, soft and feminine and I can imagine something like this being worn during France's Belle Époque. Sillage is light and lasting power is average. If there is any disappointment, it's that this scent doesn't last longer with my body chemistry; however, I'm very happy with this purchase overall.

I purchased it blindly despite the controversial and for the most part not so flattering reviews, but I went for a bottle of EDP. Wow, looks like there is a lot going on here. Let me tell you, this is one loud, bold Patou, so much different from the rest of his fragrances. Its sharpness and loudness very much reminds me of Creation by Ted Lapidus, but Patou smells more contemporary and more wearable. I do pick out the fruity notes, that remind me a little of Volupte by Oscar de la Renta, and the rose note the most. I think it's a very unique and beautiful chypre that makes a HUGE statement.As it is EDP, sillage and staying power are through the roof. Now way it is girly or suitable for teens. I consider it a mature and refined scent, like all Patous....and you'd better be dressed up wearing it! I really hope I will be able able to repurchase it in the future without going broke. Since a lot of Patous are discontinued, the sellers are really taking advantage of the Patou fans by ripping them off.

Unlike a few other people here, I like both the box and the bottle, though it's a little hard to spray in my tiny hand. I think both the bottle and box fit the opulent yet slightly bohemian, artsy, well monied but gypsy woman sexiness of this perfume. It's not trying to be like every other perfume, much as the woman who wears it is not trying to be like every other woman. It has a subtle fruitiness and some slightly bold florals. It speaks of a self confident woman with a bold sexiness that is smoldering under a not so obvious surface. I like that my bottle came with a choice of tops, a sprayer or a stopper if you want to use it as a splash. I don't go in for the breakdown of notes, like "oh I don't smell the pineapple or rose, etc, blah blah" The notes are meant to come together for a concerted impression much like a song. Who listens to a song and says "I can't really hear the c flat etc" no, we listen to and enjoy the song as a whole. Perfume should be the same. It should be ageless as well.

God makes a nest for the crow stork... or sends a fairy , otherwise there is no explanation for my meeting with a bottle of Patou's For Ever , directed by Jean Kerleo. According to the cosmetic calculator , it is the batch from the year of launch, that is, 1998. So far it was easy, now comes the hard part: to tell you about it. I would describe him primarily as avant-garde: in a period in which opulent florals predominated, he is a fruity floral. Who doesn't shout at the top of his lungs because he's discreet and gets noticed that way too. It has ingredients that clearly feel different from the current ones: more natural. The fruits are extremely well presented, juicy and sweet pineapple, fragrant raspberry, and a little watermelon. It also has a bouquet of flowers, it is just a little powdery and as a base a woody accord. To be clear: this perfume is from another dimension, one where the perfume is PERFUME, not something else The name is perfectly chosen, it is forever.... or so it would be...