Maximum Enjoyment For Women

Maximum Enjoyment opens on a slightly green floral burst of peony, green lily, ylang-ylang and tart blackcurrant, echoing the fresh-green start of Estee Lauder's Pleasures Intense. The heart is a lush, buttery floral bouquet, lily, jasmine, tiare and Moroccan rose blooming together into the original's signature creamy white-floral character. It rests on a soft, sweet base of maple, vanilla, styrax and benzoin for a warm, resinous finish. Compared with the original, the Perfume Parlour interpretation flattens the rich, smooth floral creaminess and the resinous depth that gives Pleasures Intense its sensual body, reading a little sharper and more synthetic. Performance steps down notably too: where the original is famous for huge sillage and eight-to-ten-hour wear, this dupe projects modestly and settles closer to the skin sooner. Still, for a few pounds it captures the elegant, romantic floral character faithfully for daytime and dressed-up wear.