Enjoy (2003)
by Jean Patou

A soapish beging but in a few seconds
dries to a scent of black current tart
and suble sweet banana it's refreshed
with cassia and orange to make it zesty
and the pear makes it smooth. for me
in perfumes i'v always have a hard time
detecting eather the rose or the jasmine
notes. the drydown is with the usual
mix of amber and musk with an occasional
vanilla.

9th October, 2010. (Last Edited: 12nd December, 2010.)

Enjoy opens like sweet tea on me, and then it stays that way for a good 1-2 hours. It must be the combination of cassia and fruit giving me the impression of sweet tea. Then, Enjoy strengthens on me and I get a bit of the floral character, although I can't pick out individual notes. That's another hour or two. However, the base kind of peters out & it wears very much like a skin scent 5-6 hours out. I wish Enjoy would really project itself at the bottom, because that would make it a 5-star fragrance for me.

Overall, 4 of 5 stars with extra kudos for an unusual opening & lasting heart (3-4 hours), but a wish for more longevity and umpf from the base.

As long as you're not expecting a classic scent and are OK with fruity florals, Enjoy is sample worthy. Thanks to a generous member, I am now the proud owner of this little beauty.

16th September, 2010.

too much patchouli...

8th April, 2010. (Last Edited: 26th January, 2011.)

To me, Enjoy is just another fruity floral, with an opening like a bunch of flowers soaking in fruit punch. Eventually it calms down, and the patchouli more or less saves it from becoming an umbrella drink.

Note to self: stop trying fruity florals; they're just not that into you.

It is difficult to avoid the white elephant in the room, "Joy." The names say it all: an expansive, breathtaking,state of being --vs. the perky imperative offered with the delivery of cocktail: "Enjoy!"

9th March, 2010.

A synthetic fruity floral mess. Too bright, astringent... rose and a cloying musk in the drydown makes Enjoy not so enjoyable. I really don't like it.

24th January, 2010.

Another fruity - floral: not my favorite category so that should be taken into consideration. Enjoy opens more fruity than floral and there’s a somewhat synthetic feel to the pear and citrus that take prominence for a short time. But a few minutes into the opening, the accord becomes more true… more natural: The accord evens out with the florals establishing more of a presence than they had in the very beginning. The movement into the heart level is smooth and seamless. The middle is a beautifully mixed floral with rose and jasmine presented in a soft but solid accord: By now the fruity elements of the opening are gone and I can enjoy Enjoy. It takes a long time to get to the base – this is a substantial fragrance and it claims its own with no problem. The base is beautiful, too: patchouli for wood combined with musk, vanilla, and amber for sweet and breadth of olfactory emanation.

I like the floral heart the best, but even that seems to be missing the special greatness of the usual run of Patou fragrances. Enjoy is a beautifully competent fragrance, but it doesn’t rise above competence. I expect more from Patou, but, compared to most fragrances of this sort, and considering my usual standards, I have to admit it probably deserves a thumbs up. Strong fragrance… strong sillage… lasts forever.

21st October, 2009.