Reviews of Pleasures for Men (1997)
by Estée Lauder

Wouldn't wear this filth if paid. Smells like citrus in the last stages of decomposistion; for the life of me I cannot figure out why women love this garbage. I'll stick w/ Intuition or Lauder for men when it comes to Estee Lauder scents.

Feels like the likes of Kenzo pour Homme or other "sporty and blue" fragrances but not the same. I think this is a nice compliment to Pleasures for Women. Though it could be a supplement because a few of the women said they liked it better than the Women's version. A nice airy floral that's a little feminine.

spendid stuff from lauder, a everyday edt, though it also carrys a special occasion
air about it, fresh, floral, honest. my wife has often commented that in combination
with its aftershave balm its her favourite mens scent, its mine too

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.

The pyramid at the Lauder site is more complete, so I give it here:

Top Notes: Citrus Effervescence, Nectarine, Sky Air Accord
Middle Notes: Pimento, Coriander Seed, Red Ginger
Base Notes: Sandalwood, Iridescent Ebony, Deep Forest Moss

I find Pleasures for Men to be rather unremarkable. I do detect nectarine in the opening, but otherwise this is utterly dominated by the ‘sky air accord’, which I take to imply synthetic and clean smelling. Ho hum. I struggle to find the other notes, though I did detect ginger and moss. Inoffensive, but nothing special.

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.

Pleasures is very oily & foggy.
i wonder why was that created?
this fragrance doesn't change during time, that's really boring.
doesn't have any special thing, but fortunately it's longevity is low.
suitable for Mickey Mouse.

Honestly speaking, its not bad, but its just a fresh and clean scent that smells like 1000 other things out there. Its not worth buying, every other hugo, zegna and lacoste scent smells like this. You could even buy a cheap perfume from a drug store for a similar scent, I will pass

This is OK, I wore it for awhile some years ago and liked it, though I had to keep it light because one spritz too many and it would be too flowery and a bit cloying. After about 6 months I switched because I like stronger woody scents. Not bad, but not for everyone.

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.

Fresh, a bit overflowered with a sweet fruity note and soft woody basenotes, but... eh... it's not a very masculine fragrance. In fact a pair of girls on my office liked it (I had a sample in my desk in case I forgot to use cologne)... the first one tried it that day and the second one usually asked me the sample as an additional aroma for meetings.

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. :(

Ugh, so very cloying. Reminds me of Victoria's Secret Very Sexy, but so very cloying. I really don't like the smell at first, but it improves after it dries down a bit, but I don't think I could ever wear it for a whole day.

This was probably the first cologne I really, really liked. However, that was when I was younger, and before that I had an unfound dislike for colognes (like I said, I was a young, and stupid). Anyway, this cologne is fresh, hint of floral, very light. Surprisingly, it does last about half a day despite the lightness. I would say this cologne is great for a "beginner" because it is so tame. However, when I recently put it on, I found it weak (no it wasn't old). Maybe I've just "been around the block" a few times and really seen what's out there? Not bad, but not spectacular either.

What a nasty little fragrance. It's fresh, clean, and smells totally....cheap. If you want to smell like bathroom cleaner wear this stuff. Otherwise, there are much better fragrances (even in this category) to choose from.

I received this as a present and I've never been more disappointed in a fragrance. The top notes are stingingly powerful, almost nauseatingly so, this quickly dies to... nothing. Nothing is a relief after stinking yourself up with this stuff. I wouldn't recommend this to my worst enemy and the remains of the bottle (99.5ml!) will shortly be binned. Don't waste your time guys!

If you're into floral scents thens you'll probably like this. I just tried a sample of Pleasures and it's way to feminine for me so I won't be buying any.

I don't like Pleasures - it's too Œwith it¹, trendy, etc. It's as if Lauder took a look at the success of Tommy and decided....
I don't find it has a lot of depth. And this isn't to say that I dislike all fragrances of this type: Issey is excellent, as is Rocher's Homme Nature and Lucky You. And I have been fond of a number of Lauder scents, both male and female. I really appreciate Youth Dew, White Linen, Knowing, Private Collection, Aliage. I have also worn Aramis, Tuscany, Aramis 900. Since Ms Lauder retired the quality of the products from this company seems to have gone downhill. The fragrances are brought to the public based on market research, not intuition. Estee Lauder never launched a scent based on market trends. If she like the fragrance it was simply put into production.