Sillage is moderate and longevity is good with the edt natural spray, a higher concentration probably performs better. I have a feeling that over time - even with proper storage - CIVET taints a generally balanced perfume.

But my mistake was that I didn't spray it on my skin, and just judged it too harshly by the smell of the bottle. Dark rose, indolic jasmine, strong tuberose and stinky civet but worked out so perfectly one has to surrender to it’s bizarre beauty when you really appreciate classic jewels from a glorious and gorgeous era. Decodawn - the current formulation of Arpege has a lot more aldehydes than the current and last edition of Joy. Far from commercial scents, Joy is an artisanal-fragrance intended to express the peak of years of refined sensory art by Jean Patou. I'm currently soaked in it while reading Nightwood (1936), Djuna Barnes' decadent, modernist tour de force, and it couldn't be more fitting: both celebrate life through death--in the scent's case, feline glands, rotting flowers, and plastic.I'm not really sorry I bought it, this in my mind is one every perfume lover should experience once in their lifetime, especially now that it's going out of production.

New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging .Years ago I had a bottle of Joy body lotion, which I hoarded like the Rheingold for years and genuinely mourned when I used the last drop. if progress means we have to loose the precious with time, let the good old days forever be remembered in a vintage bottle. I don’t believe it’s been reformulated too far from the original but it could be my age, as I used to wear this in my teens and it was a beautiful scent that held out for days.

When the bottle would reach its near end, she would fill it half way with almond oil and pass it down to me. When I unscrewed the top I expected to be smacked around the face by an angry civet cat then choked by the I doles. It evokes a spent beauty, in the dry down, on some days and it's not doing it for you, rather just because it's Joy, after all. If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. While Jean Patou's "Joy" was marketed as a glamorous perfume, and it does smell glamorous, this is also Goth in all of its glory.Having purchased the cellophane wrapped one as a backup I don't feel the need to open it since the opened one hasn't lost its appeal or notes for me.