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New Release: Pear Inc. by Juliette Has a Gun

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WHAT I SMELL:  Pear Inc. opens with a soft and slightly milky ambered musk.  In a short time, a lovely muted pear makes an appearance while the perfume remains soft, rather cottony and very relaxed.   As the perfume continues to develop, it picks up a bit of volume and starts to radiate a lightly salty aquatic note.  The perfume manages to stay pretty contained leaving the pear note in control where it’s not too sweet, nor too gourmand, but instead it stays in this comfort zone that is pleasantly relaxing and delightfully casual.  In the end, Pear Inc. recedes into a cotton and lightly billowy musk with a layer of subdued semi-sweet pear that rides on top along with just a hint of a hair spray note that seems to pop in and out.  It’s modern without being obtuse, and it’s wonderfully easy to wear.

From the Juliette Has a Gun website:

Pear Inc. is a fragrance built around a green Pear, laying on a milky heart of Musk and twist of Ambroxan to lift its modernity. A heavenly fragrance evoking happiness, sunny days and positivity!

“I designed this new fragrance thinking about the return of warm sunny days and of my favourite fruit, the Pear. I remember, as a child, noticing its intriguing shape standing out from the others in the fruit bowl. With Pear Inc., I have imagined a refreshing fragrance, with a hint of “gourmandise”. A fruity musk, enhanced with Ambroxan and Pear, like the promise of a beautiful summer.” – Romano Ricci

Top note:  Green Pear

Heart Note:  Ambroxan

Bottom Notes:  Musks, Muscenone, Ambrettolide, Habanolide

Pear BeddingWHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME:  Pear colored bedding; it’s cottony musky fresh.

THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE PEAR INC.:  calming, contented, modern

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT PEAR INC.:  CaFluereBon, Musings of a Muse, 

BOTTOM LINE:  Pear Inc. is a nicely subtle fragrance that is perfect for those who love musk perfumes.  It’s an easy wear that is perfect for casual everyday wear.  I have to say that I like this perfume, but my husband absolutely loves it!

* Sample provided by Twisted Lily Fragrance Boutique and Apothecary.


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New Release: Frassaï El Sur Collection – Rosa Sacra

WHAT I SMELL:  Rosa Sacra opens with a fresh dewy rose that quickly melds into a creamy green stemmed rose that buzzes with a combination of pink pepper and minty essence of berries.  The perfume is soft, but not demure, and its creamy light gauze wraps you up in a cocoon of comfort.  After a short time, a soured note makes an appearance under the rose adding a layer of matured confidence.  As the perfume continues to slowly morph, a clean musk adds more to the gauze and haze along with a light addition of a woody pencil shaving note.  Again, this just adds to depth of the perfume in the most wonderful of ways.  In the end, the an added note of oakmoss dries the perfume to a dusty and spiced woody veil.   Rosa Sacra is a rose perfume for those who like to have their rose anchored in the ancient wisdom of the ages.

From the Frassaï website:

In the midst of South America’s fecund jungles, a delicate flower blooms. Pure and crystalline, Rosa Sacra exudes the magical scent of a radiant flower immersed in the rich biodiversity of the Argentine Yungas.

Through a soft veil of green palo santo, a sun camouflaged Yaguareté observes. Drops of sacred aguaribay, the Incan tree of life, softly caress the senses, offering both ancestral protection and intuitive wisdom.

Notes:

Top: Aguaribay (schinus molle), Black Currant

Heart: Rose Grasse, Rose Turkey

Back: Palo santo (bulnesia sarmientoi), White algarrobo (prosopis alba)

WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME:  A Victorian rose that begins its life in the young and fresh only to mature into a confident beauty.

THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE ROSA SACRA:  mature, secure, dusty

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT ROSA SACRA:  None found.

BOTTOM LINE:  Rosa Sacra is a perfume for those who like their roses to be mature, anchored and not sweet.  Incredibly unisex, the perfume is another beautiful creation in the Frassaï El Sur collection.

  • Bone Rating:  4 out of possible 5 bones
  • Scent:  Woody Floral
  • Nose:  Irina Burlakova
  • Classification: Unisex
  • Expense: $175 for 50 ml. eau de parfum


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New Release: Frassaï El Sur Collection – El Descanso

2020 has been a difficult year, one which I’m sure most would say they would rather put behind them.  I thought about doing a year end list of recommendations for Christmas earlier this month, but I just wasn’t feeling the spirit of the holidays.   So instead, I decided to look ahead to 2021 and the promise of a new year.  And thankfully, Frassaï has just released a trio of perfumes as part of their new El Sur collection.  All three perfumes in the collection, El Descanso, Cuir Pampas and Rosa Sacra are wonderful in their own respective ways and I will be reviewing all three in the upcoming weeks.  But today, I thought I would start off with probably the most unique perfume in the collection, El Descanso.

WHAT I SMELL:  El Descanso opens with a breath of lemony green and a warm and dry ambrette that is soon met with a lightly nuttied grain.  Right from the first spritz, the perfume feels earthy without the dirt and soil, but in the abundance that the earth can bring in grains and grass.  The perfume begins to grow in volume, but it remains in the grassy field as starts to warm in a late afternoon sun.  After some time, a layer of puttied mimosa hovers over the wheat like grass which makes the perfume more rounded.  The addition of the mimosa is ever so slight and it adds just the right amount of sweetness to the natural splendor of the grass.  As the perfume continues to slowly develop, a spice is added along with an ambery sandalwood.  Still natural in the grass, the perfume now is deeper in its warmth and radiation with just a tinge of green.  El Descanso is a perfume that can bring the golden warmth to the day no matter what the weather is like outside.

From the Frassaï website:

In Argentina’s Sur, the golden wheat fields stretch with confidence into the limitless horizon. Time is ripe and the skies have been generous with their abundant rains. Not far, an alazan horse grazes under the shade of an ombú tree, the echo of the pampas beating in its hooves. Tribes of sparrows find their way back to their nests, lulled by the wind that lingers on the whispering plains.

Notes:

Top: Ambrette, Galbanum

Heart: Bran absolute, Ombu leaves

Back: Cedarwood, Sandalwood

WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME:  Golden wheat fields drenched in the sun.

THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE EL DESCANSO:  original, comforting, calming

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT EL DESCANSO:  Colognoisseur, CaFleureBon

BOTTOM LINE:  I love perfumes that will carry you away to a far away land without every leaving your own home.  El Descanso does just that.  It’s a wonderfully easy perfume to wear and every time I wear it, small nuances appear that reveal a new bit of mystery from the plains of Argentina.  El Descanso is absolutely lovely.

  • Bone Rating:  4.5 out of possible 5 bones
  • Scent:  Woody
  • Nose:  Irina Burlakova
  • Classification: Unisex
  • Expense: $175 for 50 ml. eau de parfum