Joy Perfume - created with care

I was searching for some more historical informaton on joy perfume and found this info on fragrantica.com (cute I know). Some of this information is redundant to one of my older posts but there are a few new tid-bits in here:

JOY was created with a lot of care, just like the most expensive Haute-Cotture dress, and thus it was extraordinary and timeless. It was presented by Jean Patou as 'the world's most expensive perfume' right at the time of The Great Depression in 1929, when the market of luxury fashion crushed and Jean Patou's house could survive only through the perfumes.

JOY is created of rare flowers in unique concentration of 10600 flowers of jasmine and 28 dozens of roses which adorn the exceptional heart of this perfume. With the time JOY attains enormous success and became the second best selling perfume of all times (the first best-selling is the legendary Chanel N°5).

Intense and luscious with alluring floral composition, JOY was created by Henri Alméras, who made its top notes irresistibly delightful. The composition starts with fragrant jilt tuberose, luscious rose, ylang-ylang blossom, aldehydes, sweet and mouthwatering pear, and green notes. The heart beats passionately in pure and sweetly fresh jasmine notes, seductive and balmy spicy and darkened iris root. The base whiffs with sensual musk, warm and milky-powdery sandalwood, with mild musky civet tones.

The bottle, of simple and straight lines with a golden thread around its neck, was designed by the architect Louis Süe in 30ml, 50ml and 100ml sizes for Eau de Parfume and 30ml and 50ml sizes for Eau de Toilette. Regardelss of its simplicity, the bottle leaves an impression of luxury and hints that its content is one of the best perfumes of the world. In 1932 Jean Patou designed a small black and red bottle in which this perfume is also presented.

 

Ahhh yes... the joys of joy perfume.

Joy Perfume - Welcome

Joy perfume has been my most favored fragrance for years. I've dedicated this to the perfume and information on it. I've see tons of great information on the web and will share it here with you. I'll also be sharing information on other Jean Patou fragrances and other personal fave's I find along the way. Now, to give you some background information on Joy perfume. I got this from Wikkipedia.com and it gives a pretty good high-level overview of the history.

Joy is a perfume created for Parisian couturier Jean Patou by perfumer Henri Almeras in 1929. It is considered to be one of the greatest fragrances created and is a landmark example of the floral genre in perfumery.

Joy was created as a reaction to the 1929 Wall Street Crash, which had diminished the fortunes of Jean Patou's wealthy American clientele. Despite its elevated price and the depressed economic environment, Joy became an instant success and has remained Jean Patou's most famous fragrance.

At the heart of Joy is a luxurious combination of jasmine and rose. 10,000 jasmine flowers and 28 dozen roses are required to create 30ml of the parfum, hence its very high selling price. Joy also contains other flowers such as Ylang ylang, Michelia Alba and Tuberose. Despite its many ingredients, Joy does not smell like a specific flower. According to Luca Turin, "the whole point of its formula was to achieve the platonic idea of a flower, not one particular earthly manifestation." The bottle was created by French architect and artisan Louis Süe and was designed to have a simple, classical feel.

In 2002, the House of Jean Patou created Enjoy, a contemporary take on Joy meant for younger women.

 

That is a very short history but there are tons of other resourses online I'll share with you as time goes on. Thanks for checking out Joy Perfume today