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[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] So, I am somewhat divided on the new English Pear & Sweet Pea Cologne. I adore sweet peas – they’re really my favourite flower and this year is the first year I feel I’ve been successful with them after some disappointing attempts in previous years. I’ve had sweet peas all summer long and they’re still not over yet although the stems are very short now.
You do have to search for the sweet pea note – it’s there but you need to wait a while for it to subtly emerge. I expected more volume on that note but that said, sweet pea seems to be the perfect magnifier for pear which in this iteration is more beautiful than I’ve known it.
Small fact about the Jo Malone English Pear fragrance – they turned to the food industry to get the pear fragrance just perfect and did it by boiling pears (as a by product rather than wastefully), capturing the clouds of steam and using that to create the note in a natural extraction process. They estimate that each bottle of fragrance contains one whole pears’ worth of juicy extracts.
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To me, the English Pear & Sweet Pea cologne is a whimsical summer note – for a wedding, a party, idling in a hammock – with freshness, lightness and mellowness on a white musk base. It’s calm, tender and gently powdery that leaves a delicate trail on the skin. I think I’m distracted by the fact that I wanted it ALL sweet pea – maybe that will come! 30ml is £55 HERE.
I would also draw your attention to the limited edition English Pear & Freesia candle – never a more giftable thing with a little pear leaf on the top. The freesia variant of English Pear is more rosy with a base of patchouli – it’s the stronger of the two and more ‘bouquet’-ish. You can find the candle HERE for £59.
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Bostin bunch of sweet peas you have there.
My first year of successful sweet peas – been trying for about 4 years and finally have found a spot in the garden that they like.
Congrats on your success with the sweet peas – they look beautiful! I recently bought this cologne and I’m also very new to fragrance. When I first tried it at my local U.S. Jo Malone store, all I’ve picked up on was the english pear smell which completely sold me. I love the light smells of fruits and florals, especially fruits. So I was like “This is it!” Bought it home and tried it a few times then I realized the pear smell doesn’t stay for long before other notes settle in. The next day after I put the fragrance on (it stayed for a long time), had a date with my boyfriend and he said I smelled like an older lady or like walking through the perfume section in fancy retail stores LOL. He probably smelled the white musk I assumed. A little on the fence on whether I want to keep this or not because I wish it was all english pear…
Love the soft smell