Pleasures Delight (2007)
by Estée Lauder

For me, Pleasures Delight is playing second fiddle to By Killian's Love, which is the one I really wanted, but I cannot/will not pay what that one costs. I tested Pleasures Delight a couple of years ago, and I bought a bottle on ebay based on my memory of it because I didn't feel like trekking to the mall to re-test. I had forgotten what a heavy hit of patchouli Pleasures Delight has, which is why people call it an Angel clone, but I think they have quite a few differences as well. Pleasures Delight is warm imitation strawberry flavored spun sugar, and it has a fluffy marshmallowy quality. I love that. I think, eventually, the patchouli settles down somewhat. Yes, this is a synthetic sugary scent, and really quite a nice one if you like sugary dessert fragrances. Did I mention that it's sugary? ;-)

I could imagine the combination of some of the notes that are in there would make a beautiful fragrance. But in this one is way overcharged. The worst thing is that it is sugar coated with an unbelievably thick "coat" of fruity sugarneass... it makes it hard trying to detect any of the other notes. And the caramel really throws it over the top for me so that my stomach starts complaining as well.
to make it short: sweet, powdery and sweet ....and sweet!

I enjoy this one. It's just a comforting mellow scent that reminds me of baking, or of a nice candle (not the overwhelming kind.)
And what a pretty bottle. Tried the other Pleasures, but Pleasures original and Exotic were too sweet and flowery.
Not likely to offend anybody at work, or on a Saturday when you just want to enjoy the smell while you run your errands.

Probably the best from the Pleasures line, Pleasures Delight is an uplifting and fresh fruity-floral. It’s sweet, long lasting and has sufficient depth. Unfortunately, it does come across as more girlie rather than sophisticated. If it smelt a tad less synthetic and came across as more unique / sophisticated than it actually does, I definitely would have given it a thumbs up.

I like it. A lot. Pleasures Delight isn't as foody on me as it seems to be on others. It's sweet, pretty, and very light. If you're looking for sugar-candy sweet, you may love Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum, or Pilar and Lucy The Exact Friction of Stars. Pleasures Delight has This is one of the few scents my husband has ever commented on, and he said, "You smell good." He usually thinks vanilla-based scents smell like "cookies" or "candy", but he said Pleasures Delight is "pretty". (This means he smells some flowers. Most of the fragrances he likes on me -sadly, very few- are florals.) I don't smell original Pleasure in Pleasures Delights, nor do I smell the kind of strawberry from Miss Dior Cherie. It's along the lines of Hanae Mori Butterfly, but the patchouli dry-down saves it from being as cloying and dessert-like. I used up a whole bottle of this when it first came out, didn't wear it for about a year, and found myself missing it. I repurchased it, and I like it even better than I did originally! It's a fun, easy, happy fragrance that's great for wearing on my adventures with my kids.

Way too too strong, way to sweet! I agree - total mess...First bunch of unrecognizable flowers and fruits, then patchouli.