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post #1 of 28
8/8/07 at 5:44pm
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Jean Patou is new to me.
I am very impressed with Patou Pour Homme Prive.
Looking for a more feminine Patou that might appeal to me.
Any suggestions?

Thank you.
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post #2 of 28
8/8/07 at 5:51pm
I love both 1000 and Joy, but you've got to love violet and jasmin for these two. I also have Sublime, which is very ambery. On the other hand you might prefer something more unisex like Eau de Patou with its orange note. Last but not least is the lovely floral chypre, Caline.
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post #3 of 28
8/8/07 at 5:55pm
Upon reading your wardrobe, i would say you might like -maybe even love- Sublime. (wich i happen to love)
I think i will be writing a review for it soon, it's surprising that i haven't yet, but then again i haven't written a lot of those of scents i already have...

Joy is another safe bet.
If you happen to run into the vintage Vacances, i think it might be interesting for you too. Another vintage to test? Amour Amour is a must. (forget Cacharel's Amor Amor! ...although i do like Amor Amor Sunshine for women)
Sira des Indes is very much a hit-or-miss among the many women i have met that like Patou scents, so i won't go there.
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post #4 of 28
8/8/07 at 7:18pm
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hmmm... thank you both for the suggestions, the Sublime sounds nice, I do tend to prefer amber over floral.
and now that you mention Sira des Indes, I think someone sent me a sample of that way back when...will have to go through my treasure box!
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post #5 of 28
8/8/07 at 7:34pm
Privé
Ma Liberte
Sublime (vintage)
1000 (vintage)
And try most all of the old stuff, which is amazing: Colony, Cocktail, Normandie, Moment Supreme, etc.
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post #6 of 28
8/8/07 at 7:43pm
By the Way, there are many Missing Patou scents, among them:

Lasso (for women, 1956)
Maybe 1925
Eau de Cologne Spéciale 1926
Aparté 1928
Heureux Amants 30s
Love Appeal 30s
Cocktail Dry 1930
Cocktail Sweet 1930
Cocktail Bittersweet 1930
Brandy of Flowers 1936
Eau de Cologne Lavandée 1945
Eau de Joy 1953
Ambition 1953
Olé 1954
Monsieur Net 1956
Makila 1961

Snob year:?

Note:
Companion: It's not really a different perfume , but a presentation in a pocket spray of different scents: Joy, Moment Suprême, Cocktail Dry and others. So if someone tries to sell you "The Companion" or "Companion" as a stand-alone Patou scent, the person is either lying or ignorant.


cheers

PS: i posted this a while ago over at the Missing Frags Forum here (there's a picture too!) :
http://www.basenotespro.com/comm/sho...d.php?t=192000
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post #7 of 28
8/9/07 at 4:08am
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Slept in Prive last night, and just before drifting off, ahhh...the gorgeous drydown...it's really pretty, it sort of softens up and gets tender after a few hours.

WHY does it have to say POUR HOMME in the title?????????
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post #8 of 28
8/9/07 at 6:04am
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Originally Posted by rtamara41 View Post

Slept in Prive last night....WHY does it have to say POUR HOMME in the title?????????

'Cause YOU'RE for a guy!!!

Anyway, I fell for Joy when I was 19 and it is still my #1 Go To All Around Can't Live Without It frag.....even in reformulation it's terrific. On my bod it's more tuberose than jasmine - is elegant and uplifting.

Gotta say the previous comments make me want to try more Patous.....
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post #9 of 28
8/9/07 at 8:00am
I'm a diehard 1000 fan. Do you want to try it? PM me.
I've got the EDP, which is far superior to the EDT, which has too much eucalyptus in the top.
It smells like the epitome of the word "perfume."
Whereas most perfumes nowadays strive to smell like real flowers, this one smells like perfume that smells like flowers.
Osmanthus is the featured note, and there is patchouli, also. The drydown is otherworldly.
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post #10 of 28
8/9/07 at 8:12am
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Originally Posted by rtamara41 View Post

Slept in Prive last night, and just before drifting off, ahhh...the gorgeous drydown...it's really pretty, it sort of softens up and gets tender after a few hours.

WHY does it have to say POUR HOMME in the title?????????

R,

Here's an easy way to conceptually, at least, get over the idea that "pour homme" is a hindrance to enjoyment.

Is there any food that is exclusively designated as "pour homme"?

Taste is a sense, and it's not gendered. Smell is a sense and it is, but that's a human, time/place bound limitation, not a natural one.

Life is short, we should enjoy its simple, innocent pleasures.

scentemental
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post #11 of 28
8/9/07 at 3:17pm
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okay, you have convinced me...I will fearlessly wear Patou Pour Homme as I wish.
But I am now intrigued by this house entirely... it makes one curious about the house when one encounters such a masterpiece as this one.
I will confess , I have never smelled Joy, either. I think this warrants a special trip to the department store.

(purplebird, pm'ed you)
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post #12 of 28
8/9/07 at 3:29pm
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Originally Posted by scentemental View Post

R,

Here's an easy way to conceptually, at least, get over the idea that "pour homme" is a hindrance to enjoyment.

Is there any food that is exclusively designated as "pour homme"?

Taste is a sense, and it's not gendered. Smell is a sense and it is, but that's a human, time/place bound limitation, not a natural one.

Life is short, we should enjoy its simple, innocent pleasures.

scentemental

I agree 100% with scentementals comment - Renee go for it girl! I finally got around to try Bal A Versailles a couple days ago and just like you I had to get over the fact that this was a womans classic perfume, and just enjoyed it.
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post #13 of 28
8/10/07 at 4:14am
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I agree 100% with scentementals comment - Renee go for it girl! I finally got around to try Bal A Versailles a couple days ago and just like you I had to get over the fact that this was a womans classic perfume, and just enjoyed it.

thanks, Mike, and it's true that I would never think twice about encouraging a man to wear a woman's scent...beauty is beauty, I suppose.
proudly wearing Patou PHP today
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post #14 of 28
8/10/07 at 7:49am
I second that.
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post #15 of 28
8/10/07 at 9:06am
R,

I agree with all of the above. Don't let the marketing labels of masculine/feminine affect your enjoyment. Most of the time, marketing labels exist only to aid the unenlightened or narrow-minded make a purchasing decision because the decision making process is too taxing on them to think, open their minds, and make a decision for themselves. You, on the other hand, are enlightened and open-minded so wear what you want to wear and enjoy it.

I also have a few favorites marketed as women's scents that I wear and enjoy. Some of which are in your wardrobe.
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post #16 of 28
8/10/07 at 12:21pm
Ahhhh, so that is what R. is wanting to investigate is it? Jean Patou

Seems Suds has a couple of them .... nudge, nudge, wink, wink!!
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post #17 of 28
8/10/07 at 3:03pm
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Life is good, folks.
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post #18 of 28
8/10/07 at 3:08pm
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Originally Posted by castorpollux View Post

By the Way, there are many Missing Patou scents, among them:

Lasso (for women, 1956)
Maybe 1925
Eau de Cologne Spéciale 1926
Aparté 1928
Heureux Amants 30s
Love Appeal 30s
Cocktail Dry 1930
Cocktail Sweet 1930
Cocktail Bittersweet 1930
Brandy of Flowers 1936
Eau de Cologne Lavandée 1945
Eau de Joy 1953
Ambition 1953
Olé 1954
Monsieur Net 1956
Makila 1961

Snob year:?

Note:
Companion: It's not really a different perfume , but a presentation in a pocket spray of different scents: Joy, Moment Suprême, Cocktail Dry and others. So if someone tries to sell you "The Companion" or "Companion" as a stand-alone Patou scent, the person is either lying or ignorant.


cheers

PS: i posted this a while ago over at the Missing Frags Forum here (there's a picture too!) :
http://www.basenotespro.com/comm/sho...d.php?t=192000

Snob was by Le Galion. I enjoy Eau de Patou and find Joy best as parfum
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post #19 of 28
8/10/07 at 3:37pm
Need to share one of my favorite snippets from a New Yorker piece in the 'sixties: Son brings home new Flower Child girlfriend for dinner at 'rents.

FCGF to Mother: "I just love your aura - it's so beautiful"

Mother: "It's 'Joy'"

FCGF: "Oh. I know."

...beat...

Mother: "Patou".
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post #20 of 28
8/10/07 at 5:35pm
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Snob was by Le Galion. I enjoy Eau de Patou and find Joy best as parfum

Yes, Le Galion released back in the early last century one scent called Snob, but so did Patou. I just mentioned that this Patou called Snob wasn't in the Bnotes directory and i don't have the exact year of release.

It's not strange that perfumes back then (or even now) share the same name.

Remeber the "original" Egoïste? Chanel wasn't the first house to use that name on a scent.There was another house that used that one decades ago first (for example).

cheers!
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post #21 of 28
8/14/07 at 4:36am
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Originally Posted by rtamara41 View Post

Jean Patou is new to me.
I am very impressed with Patou Pour Homme Prive.
Looking for a more feminine Patou that might appeal to me.
Any suggestions?

Thank you.

I suggest you keep an eye on your mail box!

Quote from Perfume-Smellin' Things: Launched in 1930, this chypre apertif opens with a sparkle of citrus and lavender, every bit as crisp and refreshing as a martini made with one of those trendy bespoke vodkas. Honeysuckle, hyacinth and clove come in as the scent becomes more of a chypre and less of a cocktail. The drydown is very dry indeed; the flowers are never overpowering. This smells to me what Myrna Loy would have worn for drinks on the terrace at the Hotel Bel-Air. It's, well, classy: the female equivalent of Royal Bain du Caron, which is what William Powell would be wearing as he refreshed Myrna's vermouth-cassis and lit them cigarettes. Needless to say, this one I'd buy a full bottle of. (in a small voice) I could get away with it!"
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post #22 of 28
8/14/07 at 3:25pm
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Originally Posted by rtamara41 View Post

Jean Patou is new to me.
I am very impressed with Patou Pour Homme Prive.
Looking for a more feminine Patou that might appeal to me.
Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Sadly, the only Patou I have ever really loved has been discontinued. Un Amour de Patou.

I live in hope that they will revive it one day. Sigh.
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post #23 of 28
8/14/07 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by Sudsy View Post

I suggest you keep an eye on your mail box!

Quote from Perfume-Smellin' Things: Launched in 1930, this chypre apertif opens with a sparkle of citrus and lavender, every bit as crisp and refreshing as a martini made with one of those trendy bespoke vodkas. Honeysuckle, hyacinth and clove come in as the scent becomes more of a chypre and less of a cocktail. The drydown is very dry indeed; the flowers are never overpowering. This smells to me what Myrna Loy would have worn for drinks on the terrace at the Hotel Bel-Air. It's, well, classy: the female equivalent of Royal Bain du Caron, which is what William Powell would be wearing as he refreshed Myrna's vermouth-cassis and lit them cigarettes. Needless to say, this one I'd buy a full bottle of. (in a small voice) I could get away with it!"

Be Still My Heart!

Thanks to TaoLady, I am awaft in Joy tonight. Looking forward to the discovery of Patou.
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post #24 of 28
8/14/07 at 6:07pm
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From an eBay site. Accuracy not guaranteed..

The Perfumes of Jean Patou:

(1994) Voyageur
(1992) Sublime
(1987) Ma Liberte
(1980) Patou pour Homme
(1976) Eau de Patou
(1972) 1000
(1964) Caline
(1961) Makila
(1957) Anything Goes
(1957) Lasso
(1957) Tout Va
(1955) Ole
(1954) Ambition
(1952) Companion
(1950) Snob
(1946) L'Heure Attendue
(1938) Colony
(1936) Vacances
(1936) Brandy of Flowers
(1935) Toilet Brandy
(1935) Vin de Toilet
(1935) Normandie
(1934) Holidays
(1933) Divine Folie
(1932) Invitation
(1931) L'Amour Est Roi
(1931) La Joie de Jeau Patou
(1931) Patou's Own
(1931) Heureux Amants
(1931) Happy Lovers
(1931) Love Appeal
(1931) May-Be
(1931) For Her....For Him
(1931) Cocktail Dry
(1931) Cocktail Sweet
(1931) Bar A Parfums
(1930) Angostura
(1930) Cocktail
(1930) Lift
(1930) Joy
(1929) Le Sien
(1929) Aparte
(1929) Moment Supreme
(1927) Chaldee
(1927) Huile de Chaldee
(1925) Adieu Sagesse
(1925) Amour Amour
(1925) Que Sais-Je?
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post #25 of 28
8/14/07 at 6:38pm
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the joy of having obsessive friends! love is in the details.
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post #26 of 28
8/14/07 at 6:40pm
Thanks for the list Kbe!
But you got that right...a lot of the dates are not correct, also, i have to say that Bar a Parfums was a special presentation of the cocktail line (cocktail, c.dry, c.sweet,c.bittersweet etc) not only that, but there were 3 variations of that special presentation: Le grand bar, Le petit bar and Le baby bar.
Also Angostura is the name Patou gave to the little bottles that the cocktails came in and not another scent.
Also, Companion is not a stand-alone perfume but a carry-on pocket presentation of older Patou scents.
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post #27 of 28
8/14/07 at 8:15pm
Great list kbe!!
Today, to Quarry & Twolf, I now possess 5 out of that long list of Jean Patou's.

I am most JOYous today also!! Care for a COCKTAIL Renee??
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post #28 of 28
8/16/07 at 2:36am
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Thanks for the list Kbe!
But you got that right...a lot of the dates are not correct, also, i have to say that Bar a Parfums was a special presentation of the cocktail line (cocktail, c.dry, c.sweet,c.bittersweet etc) not only that, but there were 3 variations of that special presentation: Le grand bar, Le petit bar and Le baby bar.
Also Angostura is the name Patou gave to the little bottles that the cocktails came in and not another scent.
Also, Companion is not a stand-alone perfume but a carry-on pocket presentation of older Patou scents.


Also, Un Amour de Patou isn't even listed! I know it exists, I still have a bottle with a smidge left in it.
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