Beyond Paradíse for Men Estēe Lauder 2004 Eau de Toilette

Beyond Paradíse for Men (Eau de Toilette) by Estēe Lauder

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6.0 / 10 44 Ratings

A perfume by Estēe Lauder for men, released in 2004. The scent is aquatic-fresh. It was last marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.

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Main accords

Aquatic

Fresh

Fruity

Floral

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Buchu

Jabuticaba

Mist note

Heart Notes

Lavender

Marine notes

Sage

Tarragon

Thyme

Base Notes

Beech wood

Broad-leaved paperbark

Oakmoss

Patchouli

Vetiver

Perfumer

Calice Becker

Ratings

Scent

6.044 Ratings

Longevity

6.232 Ratings

Sillage

5.826 Ratings

Bottle

6.545 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 23.01.2024.

Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/06/2018

2.5
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 4
Scent

loewenherz
56 Reviews

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loewenherz

Top Review 13

Stupid for a while

In the middle of the 2000s I was what you would call a 'young professional' today - happy to finally get out of university and to have 'arrived in (professional) life': regular daily routine and income, suit, job ticket and now and then taxi included. And as much as I appreciated everything I had wanted for so long, I missed 'my wild 90s'. And sometimes on Sunday afternoons I listened to Blank & Jones and watched a few old episodes of Friends on DVD - and in weak moments I thought about not wiping the corridor again in sponge technique terracotta colors, at least one wall. And in very weak moments I thought of Beyond Paradíse for Men by Estée Lauder.

Estée Lauder's Pleasures for Men (with the matte grey lid) had been 'my' fragrance in the 90s - metallically fresh and youthfully glue-sweet - it had been Blank & Jones and Friends and terracotta-wiped walls in the hallway with me. His and my time together ended when he finished his studies and moved to another city, but I was not at all averse to choosing a potential successor 'from the same stable'. And as much as I loved to remember my time with Pleasures for Men back then - and still do - as much as I still like to listen to Blank & Jones every now and then and watch one or two episodes of Friends on Sunday afternoons - I'm still glad I never bought Beyond Paradíse for Men.

His character is still completely that of the 90s - probably that's why the longing number worked so well back then. Beyond Paradíse for Men is sweet metallic - even sweeter and more metallic than Pleasures for Men was. It conveys androgynous good humour in almost psychedelic-looking cheerfulness: floral and colourful, fruity and loud, and almost clownishly tropical and Caribbean, like in a comic strip, with the subtlety and impact of an alcopop, which had been so popular in the 90s: Bacardi Breezer, Sierra Slammer, Smirnoff Ice. In 2004 his time was over, but some indecisive people are trying to jump on every trend at the very last moment. Estée Lauder's Beyond Paradíse for Men was already 'beyond everything' back then
Conclusion: stupid for a while. The wrong fragrance at the wrong time - today much more than in the mid-00s. Good that I resisted him then. Just like the terracotta sponge-wiped wall.

08/13/2019

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Hautgout

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Hautgout

Adorno or porno....

...once every Saturday evening Heiner Müller asked his then lover Kim Kardashian, sitting opposite him, who gave him the answer with an empty, blunt gaze without saying the same.
K.K. who had nothing to do with the Ku-Klux-Klan and was also not related to Kim Jong-Un, laboriously rolled her ass (in whose shadow you could park a pick-up without any problems) in a Mies van der Rohe armchair in order to free herself from it with much effort by dynamic up and down swinging, which held her like a clamp...
Heiner in his obligatory turtleneck sweater and "Hans Wischnewski memory glasses", wrapped in biting cigar smoke, turned bored on his creaking Charles Team chair to pull a Danish edition from 1974 out of the drawer behind him, which was completely overfilled with porn movies and which he only managed to open with great effort, from which he read aloud in a monotonous voice for about an hour...
What does this have to do with Beyond Paradise now? Nix.
Aquatics are not really mine - with the exception of L'Eau d'Issey pour Homme, which according to my modest knowledge does not necessarily belong to this family of fragrances and up to this day with its unique selling points cannot be compared with anything from the world of perfume (great) and even that lauderduft... The top note of BP (which doesn't smell like British Petroleum) didn't exactly put a smile on my face during the first test - the usual start - bright, slightly stabbing, not my cup of tea... in the further course fortunately more and more the wood comes to the surface...I can understand the here described, somewhat undecided scent confusion warar - I find it nevertheless unusually good, which has nothing to do with the 5 stars positioning in the "L.Turin Bible"....
For all those who, after a sweaty hour of "River Dance" in a turtleneck sweater, are struggling with their evaporation, the more than perfect compensation... Highly Recommended

03/24/2012

7.5
Sillage 5
Longevity 6
Scent

Missk
1165 Reviews

Missk

Colourful and unique masculine

Estee Lauder may offend me sometimes with her female scents, however in the case of her masculine fragrances, like Beyond Paradise for Men, she has me overwhelmed with shock and joy.

This fragrance is refreshing, sexy and unique. It's a touch synthetic like Beyond Paradise for Women, however it's not reminiscent of rotting flowers and a chemistry lab like its female counterpart was.

Beyond Paradise for Men relies on its distinctive fruity notes and exotic floral combination. It brings to mind everything that's summery; beach, hot sun, cool drinks etc. Strangely enough, despite its rather feminine composition, this fragrance is very manly. However I wouldn't rule out this fragrance for women altogether as I find the scent rather unisex.

Luca Turin raves over this fragrance, describing it as being very colourful and complex. I somewhat agree, even though I do still prefer dark, woodsy and spicy scents on a man.

I thought of my boy the moment I sprayed this fragrance onto a piece of card, which unnerved me a little. For this reason alone, I feel that this fragrance would probably suit his relaxed, somewhat clueless sense of style and humour. Beyond Paradise for Men speaks character, liveliness and youthfulness.

In some ways it strikes me as being a little aquatic, but not in a dominating and suffocating sense of the word. It sits on the skin smoothly and lasts quite well, with the sillage being rather impressive. I highly recommend.

12/18/2012

5
Bottle 5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 6
Scent

Drseid
819 Reviews

Drseid

Better Than Your Average Aquatic...

Beyond Paradise for Men opens with a very sharp grapefruit and bitter melon melange that comes off as a bit aldehyde-like. The sharp citrus remains to a degree in the early heart, joined by floral elements of honeysuckle and jasmine with an underlying oceanic accord almost certainly comprised of calone hanging around throughout. The oceanic floral aspects remain through the dry-down with the melon accord finally extinguished, now accompanied by a plum-like woody accord that must be the plum wood listed in the official scent pyramid (I confess I have never smelled plum wood before, so I can't be entirely sure). Projection is average and longevity is very good.

Ah, the much maligned Beyond Paradise for Men... It would be all too easy to join the crowd and trash this one, but I really don't find it unpleasant at all. Sure, it is laced with the dreaded calone that many scent aficionados disdain (myself included). That said, it distinguishes itself from a crowded group of similar scents by its relatively skillful use of florals in the heart notes and its different woody base that presumably is the plum wood (a note you may not often if ever come across in a scent outside this one). I am not going to say that it is a great scent or even one I would buy (it isn't on both counts), but folks looking for something different in the aquatic genre could do much worse for a lot more money. In the end, Beyond Paradise for Men is an above average to good smelling floral aquatic, earning 3 stars out of 5.

01/09/2016

5
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 6
Scent

Hajuvana
13 Reviews

Hajuvana

Surely more 'within' than 'beyond'

Imagine a soda flavour 'Tropical fruit & exotic hardwood shavings' and you pretty much have it.

Artistically brilliant composition doesn't always equal wearability. On the other hand, if fruity-woody aquatics are your thing, I doubt there's anything better (or even half as good) out there.

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