Richly-textured, heavy on the florals, just a giant lush bouquet. This is the most archetypical 'perfumey' perfume ever made. If you could somehow go through time and pick a thousand people from all across the last century, and you asked them to describe their idea of a woman's perfume, and then averaged all the responses, you'd get Joy.
Does that mean I'm saying it's boring? No, not really. Remember, those people are describing the idea of a perfume, not a perfume that truly exists (except it does exist, and it's Joy). The Platonic ideal of a thing is rare if not impossible to find in nature, and therefore unique— especially now, when the current trends in perfumery are very different from what Joy brings to the table.
Personally, I don't perceive this as animalic at all. I suppose it is, in the same way that jasmine can be, but it's more floral than anything.
