Joy was launched by Jean Patou in 1930, in the wake of the 1929 crash. Composed by Henri Alméras and presented to the world as the costliest perfume in the world, this floral of Grasse rose and jasmine, into which go 10,600 jasmine flowers and 28 dozen roses per ounce of extrait, went out in 2018 when LVMH took its name for Dior.
The bottle designed by the architect Louis Süe, cut like an emerald, topped with a gold stopper bearing the monogram; from Baccarat crystal to the purse spray.
Louis Süe, architect and friend of Jean Patou, designed all the house’s bottles and boxes. Joy’s, cut like an emerald according to Angela, of Now Smell This, seems carved from a precious stone; a gold stopper inlaid with the Jean Patou monogram tops it.
This bottle also dresses 1000, Sublime, and Joy Forever. Angela describes it ranging from thousand-dollar Baccarat crystal to the 6 ml purse spray.