Reviews of Pleasures for Men (1997)
by Estée Lauder

Sometimes you just want to smell good ... not crazy, not challenging, not esoteric, just good. Hello, Pleasures! Though some might call him boring, he's just a basic t-shirt and jeans scent. No, he's not going to change the world, he might not even save the day, but he smells good enough to keep around.

I thought this fragrance smells like grape. Fresh and crispy.

I've been checking out the fresher side of men's fragrances of late. It could be the not-so-stiff competition, it could be personal skin chemistry...hell, I admit it could be my nose, which is far less refined than I had imagined. Among the fresh/clean crop, this is decidedly good. Still not quite great mind you, but with enough substance to set it subtly apart from the pack it seems to run with.

My only real complaint is the laundry detergent/fabric softener note that usually turns me off to many in this bunch is still present, though it's mercifully dialed way down and fades even further over the drydown, where it sweetens ever so slightly as an almost potpourri-like blend of woods, spices and dried fruit develops, with a translucent haze of floral notes, ozone and laundromat notes.

And make no mistake, it's floral alright. I would brand it unisex only on reflection, though my first impulse would be to market it to women.

I hesitate to call it a masterpiece, but among its kind it is well done, possessing an innocence and utter lack of sex appeal about it that renders it oddly endearing from a route less taken in the olfactory labyrinth.

Plus (confession time) my Dad wears it from time to time. Mostly emotional but tempered by pragmatism, as of now make this a 6.5/10.

pleasures for women was quite nice and very succesfull-so understandable to launch pleasures for men but pleasures is again one of the great deceptions.Estee Lauder has developped such great scents as JHL or Lauder for men and do not forget all those great scents for women but this is definitely not anymore her signature-cheap smell, uninteresting,ordinary vulgar-the same as intuition,l´homme by yves saint laurent etc.hey le´ts make money and launch bad stinking water with flavour and the people will buy it... this perfume smells as all the others of that time-boss,lacoste,canali,kiton etc.but there is so much missing-if you really are interested in a good scent look at the older ones of dior,guerlain!,caron etc.but leave your fingers away from this really cheap stuff like pleasures-definitely a nightmare and no pleasures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reminicant of days strolling the almafi coastline, this captures that fresh floral breeze with perfection.

Fresh and flowery. A bit more on the motrosexual side. Estee Lauder did a good job on making flowery fragrance for men.

This reminds me of one of those "Cool Water" type scents. It does not smell bad at all. I would have to say this is more elegant than those similiar. ill give it 4 out of 5 stars because it is based on the foundation of another.

I really like all the scents on the pleasures line and this one is just as good as the others. I was very happy to get this one and i imagine this one is for everyday, casual wear, it's very clean and has a hint of soap and light flowers, still it's a nice masculine fragrance.

Hmm. Not so sure why Pleasures has gotten such bad reviews. Maybe it's the hot and humid climate I live in, but Pleasures smells GREAT! The girls love it. Some of my female friends will try to sit next to me on the trains just to get a whiff of this stuff.
I do agree that the longevity is poor though. :(