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.

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...

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.

Patou Forever has been sitting in my collection for some years now, virtually unworn. When I acquired this blind purchase on the back of my love of "Joy" I did not possess the capacity to appreciate its fruity sweetness. I originally found it offensively sugary. Today, after doing the random-reach on my "chypre's shelf", I resisted the urge to return it to its spot and instead sprayed a light mist in the air and walked through it. Juicy golden pineapple chunks swirling in sticky syrup, subtle rock-melon and sweet raspberry jam getting in on the action. I could actually explain the sugar! Yay! Finally Lily-of-the-valley features in the evolution eventually as does a soapy jasmine/rose combo. The base notes evade my olfactive deciphering skills, with the exception of something mildly woody. My appreciation of Patou Forever has increased beyond belief. This is a rather lovely and cheerful scent. I like it!

I'm not so sure about the lukewarm reviews that some have given below, but my wife has the EDT of this one and I can tell you that it's a really nice and classy fragrance that's well worth the esteemed Patou name. It's always sugary sweet in a 90s way, not cloyingly so, but in a sunny, fruity, fun and uplifting way. The delightfully fruity raspberry is always at centre stage, giving it the overall impression of a raspberry jam, accompanied later on by jasmine and other flowery notes that keep it smelling bright and very girly. An excellent all round choice for summer I think, as well as for an informal office setting. I also think it suits all ages, and may be a hidden gem for younger girls to try. You can't help but smile when you smell this. By the way Nuppu, I agree with your comments about the marketing but I'm baffled as to why you find the bottle so ugly.

I bought this blind and i was pleasantly surprised abt the beautiful complexity of this parfum. It has sweetness, but is not sugary. On me and on my husband smells different, but great. On my husband the predominant notes are melon and lily of the valley and on me are pineapple and jasmin. As a general ideea is a cameleonic fragrance, with a lot of personality.

Reminds me of lightend chypre-"Miss Dior Cherie with"+lots of spring-flowers & a big handfull of nigt-blooming jasmine - mixed 1/4 "YSL Paris" & 2 hands of raspberry. An interesting fragrance indeed. Now discontiued. Amazing lasting power. It comes in a big bottle that has a stopper in it. On the side of the bottle there is a spritzer included.

Oh, how I treasure this perfume. I bought one 3.4oz bottle 2 years ago on-line. When it arrived and I tried it on, I immediately went and ordered another. Good thing too, because now it appears to be hard to find. Love this beautiful scent. It strikes me as one of the richest, expensive smelling fruity florals I have ever smelled!

I really am a sucker for Patou. I respect pretty much everything they do, even if it's not to my personal taste. That's how I feel about Patou Forever- if I wanted to wear a rich, fruity, loud perfume, this would be it. And I would wear it with fuschia lipstick and a geometric silk dress in jewel tones. The fruit melange pervades the entire scent. The opening includes lots of jasmine to create a fruity-powdery effect, although even with this mitigation Patou Forever is almost edibly sweet. Raspberry is the dominant fruit- luckily, because it pairs with the initial jasmine and the later-coming rose far better than either melon or pineapple would. The pineapple places a close second, though, providing a mouth watering sweetness. (To note, this is nothing like the dry pineapple of "Colony"). The melon, well, it must be in there somewhere, but it's hard to find it through those raspberry velvet curtains. After about 10 or 15 minutes the fruit calms down and a sweet floramarine heart of relative refinement arrives. This could be the melon finally showing its face after raspberry has left the room? At half an hour, the fruit takes a step back, revealing a balanced, almost boring, classic floral heart. It is later joined by vanilla and some obscure woods. Sadly, I never get the "sweat" note others have mentioned. One critique of this perfume is that I wish the fruity top and the floral heart were more harmonic and less competitive. I wonder if, during production, Kerleo said "Quick! Dump some tropical punch into that Joy so we can enter the fruity floral market asap!". Another concern is that the introduction is so outrageous that most people won't wade through it to get to the more tolerable and refined heart and drydown. Strength even in the EdT has not been compromised, and per Patou's usual standards, is quite strong. Longevity is excellent and sillage is dangerous for the first 15 minutes. This perfume manages to be both young and old at the same time...strangely, I see it on an old woman who was once glamourous, maybe almost famous, but who now runs around town with her feather boa on day and night. My 30ml EdT came in a nice splash bottle of excellent quality glass and an optional atomizer top. Very pretty and nicely dated to the late 90s. I also purchased the coffret which included the raw absolutes of Rose, Jasmine, and the Fruit Base. This was fun as it allowed me to experience the notes individually as well as within the entire composition.

This is the least Patou of all of the Patou fragrances. Just looking at the notes, I went in expecting the composition to be a fruity-floral symphony that possibly shared similarities to other fragrances of its time. What I got was not what I expected in the slightest. To start, my bottle is a 1998 parfum that was launched as a limited edition. On me, I do pick up the raspberry and pineapple, not so much the melon at the start. Later on, the melon does become more prominent and smells very clean and slightly sweet to my nose. The fruit notes are indeed sweet, yes, but not at the level of sugary sweetness you'd find today. More realistically sweet. Beneath them, I found on my skin the most prominent floral note was a slightly indolic jasmine. My box came with a booklet that describes the fragrance, and contains some notes missing from the pyramid here. Namely, iris and violet. I absolutely pick up the iris, and can just maybe place the violet if I focus hard enough. The base smells powdery to me, but is pretty nondescript. The fruit notes and florals are the main show here. Overall, the fragrance lacks the density and depth that the other Patou's have, but it feels very fresh and modern because of it. What it loses in depth, it retains in quality, which is to be expected of a proper Patou. If I am being totally honest, it reminds me heavily of clean laundry. I know that it shouldn't, but something about it really does smell like fresh air, cotton/linen, and fabric softener to me. Not something I would necessarily gravitate towards, but is actually quite enjoyable once given a chance.

As a Patou and Jean Kerleo fanatic, I couldn't pass up a SEALED 1oz pure parfum for a VERY low price... Even though this type of fruity nonsense generally doesn't appeal to me, I wanted to add it to my large collection... First wear: oh s#|+ .. I was right this sucks... Waiting for it to end cuz it seemingly has some serious longevity (and sillage)... No comments... Second wearing months later... Oh...! This smells more mature than I remember it... A bit woodsy under those sunny fruits... Even a touch of indole.... Still not my fave... Few days ago was the 3rd try... Pineapple-- very realistic and not offensive... Instantly reminded me of an OLD OLD Patou extrait I haven't worn in ages: COLONY!! Forever is much more modern but also more layered and THIS time... The drydown felt like it had some quality... I don't hate it... I don't love it either, but it's interesting. I see plenty of them floating around in the interwebs and the prices vary WILDLY so please don't overpay... There's still quite a lot them around. You probably don't need the pure parfum but I always opt for the extrait when one exists... Can't say whether it's better or worse than the EDT or EDP as I've never experienced them... Don't blind buy this one. It's not what you think is going to be, REGARDLESS what you think is going to be lol....

I'm confused...isn't a chypre classified as bergamot/citrus, rose and oak moss? Per the leaflet in the box, the notes for this little "gem" are: top: raspberry, pineapple, melon. middle: rose, jasmin, lily of the valley bottom: sandalwood, iris and violet. How do you get a chypre out of that? Anyway, as to this scent... It's got to be the musty-est and most stale smelling stuff I've ever come across with alot of super strong fruit trying to cover it up. The raspberry is hideeously artificial, saccrine-sweet and overbearing. I can appreciate a little murky depth (Norell, parts of White Diamonds, Youth Dew) but this is way beyond my comprehension and willingness to put up with. There is nothing I would consider classic or redeeming about it at all. I see it is the last jus Mons. Kerleo produced and I think I know why...he lost his nose! Just simply horrible stinky stuff! The bottle I have must have gone off because no one in their right mind could sniff this and think it smells good. And for those of you who indicated this is a summer daytime scent, Very Funny! For Ever?? God, I hope not!

I would love this fragrance if it were more floral, less fruity ~ but it's still a great composition. I guess Jean Kerléo may have been paying tribute here to the iconic Colony, originally launched by Jean Patou in the 1930s, one of the unforgettable groundbreaking perfumes first introduced in the pre-war era. It featured predominantly pineapple, masterfully intertwined with some really lovely chypre and floral notes. Whereas Colony is a warm perfume, evoking tropical sunsets, secrets and romance, Patou For Ever is a bright, lighthearted fragrance, reminiscent of a brisk walk in the park, where the air is redolent with flowers, deliciously betraying a lingering hint of the pineapple cocktail you've just had (well iced), inadvertently spilled on your new summer dress. No secrets, no mystery, no romance, just innocent, youthful anticipation of happy times to come.

Well, I'll be the first to admit that there are a few rare times when I'll come back to a dreaded bottle of jus to give it another chance and come out the other side pleasantly surprised...Such is the case with For Ever. I formerly lambasted Mr. Kerleo and this concoction as a synthetic rasberry disaster, but today, in the chilly sun of winter, it seems to have a refreshing quality that appeals to my yearning for Spring. The sugary top notes remind of the jammy fruit bouquet of EnJoy but are tempered with the oakmoss rich chypre earthiness that I have come to appreciate, thanks mainly to the lovely YSL "Y". So, while it is still not destined to be a favorite go-to scent for me, the little mini I have will not be destined to an eternity in the back of my perfume drawer...it will see the light of day, if only once or twice a year.

Happy days for Patou collectors. Someone unearthed a pallet of For Ever EDT in cellophane wrappers from way back when. "Unopened old stock", in other words. I took a chance on a 100ml bottle for 40 CHF (44 USD) from an online respected grey market shop. It's a splash bottle, with a glass stopper. Imagine that. Comes with a screw on atomiser, if you prefer a spray bottle. It's not destroyed! It's great. The molecules have stood up to time. Intense fruity floral then the usual Patou bouquet of flowers in a radiant ball of scent. You can't say it smells like granny and it doesn't smell like 80s powerhouses either. It's timeless. I will say the molecules are a throwback because nothing made today smells like this. It's cheerful and tart succulent juice on classy support.

This is an interesting one. I can’t decide if I like it or not but I definitely don’t dislike it. Its one of these slow scents that you need to keep coming back to, something unique taking place here that keeps you interested. I don’t think the presentation (box & bottle) was particularly successful but the scent itself reads as green and fruity to me. There is some dryness at the base, a woods/musk combination not to dominate the fragrance but to give it a foundation, with a green/floral centre (reads like the stem of muguet rather than the flower) and the fruit (medley not so much individual fruits) on top. I think its still a little too cold to enjoy this one fully but once we get into spring I’ll see where this story goes. Intriguing.

One of my best blind buys! I have the EDP version and love the fragrance. There is some kind of rich, indecent sweetness of a forbidden fruit in it that I can't resist. What I was looking for and did not find in JOOP's All About Eve - is well and alive here: a ripe and juicy beating heart of a fruit orchard. Welcome to Paradise! The projection is not impressive, but the smell remains on my skin for many hours and I feel its presence somewhere around me from time to time as well. Excellently blended fruity potion! 9/10

On first wearing it is ripe and juicy in the top. The melon is definitely there combined with the raspberry and pineapple. None of these fruits shine through but meld to give the fragrance a juicy quality like that of a peach. Then the florals walk in and say hello. The florals, too, are blended with rose and jasmine combined with the tart berries to create almost a freesia or orchid sharpness. There's a little wood here and some musk that is not listed. Not a modern fruity floral but giving a nod to the vintages.