Reviews of 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 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.

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.

This is the only gourmand to date that agrees with me. The only element that feels off-balance is the overly sweet opening. The "strawberry meringue" note (as described by Lauder) is really quite potent at first, but mellows very soon to the sort of smell that you'd have on your fingers after eating strawberries on a summer picnic; warm, juicy, softened by the (now emerging) vanilla notes.

Florals develop about 2 hours in and the sweetness is rounded by more powdery vanilla and a sort of icing sugar over-warm skin; slightly caramel note.

I enjoy baking, and wearing this makes me feel like I've just spent the day making strawberry tarts and Victoria sponges; then applied some sweet floral perfume, allowed it to settle for a few hours and then hosted a tea party in the garden (featuring the aforementioned baked goods).

This will probably put many people off (and I almost wasn't sure myself at first, especially because my skin does tend to turn scents very sweet anyway).

But when in a mood for a comforting, cosseting scent, this is a good option. This has been well put together and I've enjoyed enough to get the body lotion too, which softens the effect and feels very enjoyable. A thumbs up!

The only version of Pleasure that I really like. Reminds me a bit of Hanae Mori, but less sweet and a bit more complex. I would definitely purchase this one.