Splash - The Pear 2008
Pear opens with a watery-juice character that immediately dominates, its translucent flesh rendered through crisp lemon aldehydes rather than syrupy sweetness.
The scent fingerprint
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- Fresh50
- Aquatic50
- Sweet50
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Pear
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Freesia
- Amber
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readPear opens with a watery-juice character that immediately dominates, its translucent flesh rendered through crisp lemon aldehydes rather than syrupy sweetness. Lemon and bergamot provide a brief citric sparkle across the top, but their acidity is quickly absorbed by the pear’s aqueous momentum, creating a rinsed-fruit accord that feels more like chilled pear water than candied flesh. Freesia enters early, adding a clean, almost soapy floral lift that keeps the composition airy rather than dessert-like, its green stems reinforcing the fruit’s crisp snap. The heart is short-lived; within thirty minutes the pear dilutes into a sheer amber-musk cushion that sits close to skin, leaving a faintly sweet, skin-warmed haze that suggests pear skin rather than pear meat.
Scent twins
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