English Pear and Freesia

Floral Pear was a hit-and-miss for me. I’ve never had the original Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia perfume and I got this as a blind buy. I really wanted to like it, but this scent isn’t for me. Some days I like the scent, some days I don’t. It’s a little strong upon initial application, but the projection is crazy and it lasts a really long time as well. All I can smell is pear though.

I wanted to love this one because I remember smelling Jo Malone's and being enamored by it. I don't think this is a terrible scent at all, I think I just outgrew the smell and it felt too mature for me after the dry down. This is one I'd revisit in the future but for now it's just not my scent.

I enjoy this one and am glad to add it to my fragrance wardrobe. It's not as light and pretty-pretty as might be expected from a freesia- and pear-dominant fragrance. The opening is a bit soapy and somehow reminds me of lavender (for that initially incisive, assertive, soapy quality) and a fresh-smelling shower gel--but not in a generic way, and not excessively so. It's a little masculine and also only slightly girly. (Maybe that makes it hermaphroditic more than unisex? I definitely perceive both.) The drydown is pretty. The freesia comes out, then the pear, faintly, but overall, it smells more fresh and clean than anything. It lasts and lasts. With one spray on each arm, I still get whiffs in the air from the sillage off my skin after 6+ hours. I've taken to spraying this on before bed, because this fragrance is "quiet" enough for sleep. I notice the smell throughout the night, and can still smell it on my skin in the morning.