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1000 Jean Patou 1972 Eau de Toilette

8.3 / 10 66 Ratings

A popular perfume by Jean Patou for women, released in 1972. The scent is floral-chypre. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Floral

Chypre

Woody

Green

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Osmanthus

Violet leaf

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Geranium

Jasmine

Lily of the valley Rose

Rose

Base Notes

Oakmoss

Sandalwood

Patchouli

Perfumer

Jean Kerléo

Ratings

Scent

8.366 Ratings

Longevity

8.055 Ratings

Sillage

7.358 Ratings

Bottle

8.054 Ratings

Value for money

7.523 Ratings

Submitted by ExUser, last update on 08/07/2025.

Variant of the fragrance concentration

This is a variant of the perfume 1000 (Parfum) by Jean Patou, which differs in concentration.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

1000 Parfum

1000 Eau de Parfum

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/02/2024

SwabGames
86 Reviews

SwabGames

A fragrance destined to be a symbol of sophistication and exclusivity

When I brought the aroma to my nose, I felt floral and berry notes, leaving behind a spicy aftertaste, and somewhere far away I felt freshness. When I applied it to my hand, I immediately smelled bergamot, a little later violet leaf and osmanthus. The aroma becomes fresh, slightly floral, flavored with a pinch of leather and fruit. Jasmine, rose and lily of the valley open in the middle, and geranium walks somewhere in the background. The perfume turns into a kind of candy, which does not seem to strive to be sweet. It's floral and green, but not sweet. Well, in the end I start to feel moss, sandalwood and patchouli. The new aroma reveals itself in a new way: it’s as if you are in a wooden bathhouse, and it smells of soaked oak brooms. Personally, I really like this scent and this ending.

03/18/2022

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Kurai
388 Reviews

Kurai

Helpful Review 5

Spring love

Perfume is by definition a luxury product. But there is luxury and there is luxury. If there is one perfume that brings out the decadent snob in me it is Jean Patou's 1000. I fell in love with the EdP format a while ago and recently I obtained also the EdT.

(Both are relatively recent iterations from the SA Designer Parfums era. In all fairness, they survived the chypre's reformulation curse in a very decent way)

My first experience with the EdT was disappointing, though. I wore it on a cold day, at home. I got nothing. Nothing! At most a pale watered-down ghost of the scent that I adored in the EdP. In anger I placed the bottle back in the cabinet. Still a pretty bottle, but probably never going to wear it again, I thought.

Today, a mild sunny day in early spring, I gave it another try. Again it is just a thin fleeting rendition of the EdP, but this time it actually worked like a charm. The osmanthus and violet form an elegant floral pair and the mossy base is bitter, dry and sparkling. Vibrant, but airy light.

Perhaps it is a temperature or humidity thing, maybe it is just my mood. Either way, I am very much in love with 1000 again. The EdP for autumn and the EdT for spring.

03/20/2023

Jakoparfum
54 Reviews

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Jakoparfum

Top Review 22

The Father of All Chypres

Jean Kerleo created this fantastic masterpiece in 1972. Ten years of work, the search for the best raw materials, the acquisition of entire plantations with Chinese Osmanthus from the Patou brand directly in China, just to create this olfactory monument. I like to call it the father of all Chypres.
The project was so ambitious that Jean Kerleo worked obsessively on this fragrance for a decade to find the best balance, the finest raw materials, to formulate something that today represents a milestone for many Chypres.
In the 1970s, the brand experienced a golden moment for the production and sale of perfumes, a tremendous development primarily dictated by the mythical Joy, which had appeared years earlier and made Jean Patou famous in the French bourgeoisie. With 1000 by Patou, the success and commercial expansion of the brand reached the entire world.
The production standards of Patou fragrances surpassed all other brands in the 60s and 70s. Raw materials of the highest quality, a crazy search for the best olfactory balances, the packaging and bottling of the fragrances were done entirely by hand, the extracts were sealed with real gold threads.
It is only right to mention this to understand the origin of this perfume.
1000 by Patou contains the best quality of Chinese Osmanthus, Mysore Sandalwood, Turkish Rose absolute, Angelica absolute, Iris rhizome, Violet leaf, and Civet.
The top notes are immediately sour, soapy, spicy, and aromatic. Notes of aldehydes, coriander, and bergamot are immediately perceived, followed after a few minutes by a glorious note of rose, dark, gloomy, and slightly leathery. Tarragon emphasizes the green aspect of the rose, and the high content of geraniol gives the rose a distinctive and indelible appearance.
The heart note (perceptible after about 45/50 minutes) consists of rose, jasmine, iris, and lily of the valley. At this stage, the perfume loses its sharpness and becomes grumpier, somewhat muted, but still retains an aura of brightness. The note of Chinese Osmanthus adds softness and femininity to a fragrance that could also be masculine (especially today). The base notes are permeated with Mysore sandalwood in very high concentration, oakmoss, and civet. The fragrance possesses not only an animalistic profile, which is softened by the flowers, but also has a slightly leathery aspect (although there is no leathery note). It is warm, amber-colored, slightly animalistic, and seductive. I think it is one of the most sensual perfumes I have ever owned. No matter how much one tries to describe the fragrance in all its aspects or notes, the overall result remains a great blend, where each note is finely tuned to the other.
A kind of olfactory mosaic that paves the way for many Chypre fragrances of that time. However, the quality is not reproducible. It is known that Jean Patou earned very little from the production of fragrances, as he was previously a quality-obsessed lover of scents. Traits that have become extinct in current perfumery today. Many thanks to Jean Patou and Jean Kerleo, who with 1000, the father of all Chypres, ushered in an era.
Important correlations exist between 1000 and Alliage and Knowing by E.L. (also formulated by Jean Kerleo), Jean Louis Sherrer, Eau du Soir, Ellipse by Jacques Faths, and the more modern Jubilation 25 by Amouage.
The review refers to a version from 1984.

05/11/2021

10Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Medusa00
841 Reviews

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Medusa00

Top Review 27

1000 times touched...

Nothing happened 1000 times. 1001 nights and it went "Zoom." Well, it didn't take that long for me. I didn't have to wait 1000 years or think 1000 times about whether I like the beautiful scent.

1000 was called the "irrational perfume" at its launch in 1972. And no, there aren't 1000 ingredients in it either. Perfumer Jean Kerléo, who worked for the Patou house for 30 years, designed a luxurious fragrance in which roses, violets, and jasmine unite, and the iris adds a touch of dusty powderiness.
The opening starts with osmanthus. A Chinese flower that only blooms once a year and can only be purchased at that time. It exudes a light apricot scent that never becomes jammy.
The floral abundance is complemented by lily of the valley and geranium. The latter ensures that 1000 does not drift into sweetness.
When it was released, 1000 was filled by hand into bottles, and the stopper was sealed with sandpaper. Well, today you can get the scent in spray bottles, which makes handling much easier.
A floral chypre that does not reveal itself immediately. None of those thunderous chypres that added a joyless note to the fragrance world back then (I find that word so fitting).
We have the EdT here, which is lighter than the EdP and does not have such a room-filling sillage.
By the way, the picture of the bottle is outdated. The bottle looks exactly like the one from the EdP.