Pleasures

Pleasures is a sheer floral built around the clarity of flowers just after a spring rain. Evelyn Lauder led its development in 1995, seeking a quality that felt sheer, elusive and luminous, and it went on to set the trend for airy, uplifting fragrances.

White lily, violet leaves and green accents open the scent, pairing fresh petals with the crisp green of leaves.

The heart gathers black lilac, white peony, karo-karounde blossoms, pink rose and jasmine, with baie rose, the pink peppercorn, running through them. The soft sweetness of peony and rose meets its bright, lightly peppery sparkle, while karo-karounde and jasmine give the bouquet more body.

Sandalwood and patchouli form the base, laying a smooth, warm wood beneath the flowers without dulling their transparency. Evelyn Lauder described the result as a fragrance that unfolds like a flower in the warmth of the sun, giving up its scent little by little, which was the elusive, textural quality she had wanted from the start.