Waffle cone
Pear
Sugar
Milk
Vanilla
Zebrain
1 Review
Zebrain
3
Pear Apolo-gelato-ist
The 5 notes listed are somewhat distinct. In some ways this isn't a gourmand, so much as it's a deconstructed gourmand fragrance. It's reminiscent of food, but doesn't feel edible to me.
I smelled this at Scent Bar a few months ago and got a sample. Unfortunately, I spilled it while hurriedly transferring it to a spray container. I sopped it up with a microfiber cloth and kept smelling it every few days. When fabric absorbs fragrance, I find it freezes at the opening and I enjoy the opening of this so much. Despite my best efforts to make myself hate this, I picked up a bottle and I love it so far.
The fragrance opens with an icy pear (I've seen other reviews describing it as cool/icy and I agree) and sweet vanilla. They feel very separate, like you're standing between a BaBW and a gelato shop. The pear is synthetic and not photorealistic imo. It's kind of uncanny, but I love it. The pear in the opening smells almost identical to a soap that my mother-in-law uses (I don't know the brand). At this phase, it's not really giving the impression of pear gelato.
It might seem linear on paper, but it does evolve, even if I mostly get the same notes throughout. Eventually the pear and vanilla get a bit softer and more fluffy. The vanilla gets more sugary. As they slip out of focus, I smell something like a scoop of pear sorbet on -or next to- a waffle cone. The pear isn't lactonic, but the waffle cone is and feels more photorealistic. It's like you applied the synthetic pear fragrance you smelled outside BaBW, and walked into the gelato shop.
The dry down for me is mostly vanilla. Somehow it almost has an animalic quality. I don't know how edgy vanilla makes sense, but it feels that way without smelling like Vanilla Vice, which I'd categorize as more "allegedly" vanilla. The drydown feels pretty eternal to me, like a shower is needed to wash it off.
I enjoy it so much, but I have intrusive thoughts that it's uninteresting and not worthy of being a signature scent. It's shampooey at times and pretty synthetic throughout, but it's so pleasant. Assuming it doesn't offend anyone as I wear it more, I think one spray of this under my shirt is a recipe for a good day. Maybe I could get this same effect by mixing pear and vanilla body sprays for less money, and maybe if I already had an established vanilla scent in my collection it wouldn't be worth it, but considering how much I like this and the reasonable price, I don't regret this purchase at all.
I smelled this at Scent Bar a few months ago and got a sample. Unfortunately, I spilled it while hurriedly transferring it to a spray container. I sopped it up with a microfiber cloth and kept smelling it every few days. When fabric absorbs fragrance, I find it freezes at the opening and I enjoy the opening of this so much. Despite my best efforts to make myself hate this, I picked up a bottle and I love it so far.
The fragrance opens with an icy pear (I've seen other reviews describing it as cool/icy and I agree) and sweet vanilla. They feel very separate, like you're standing between a BaBW and a gelato shop. The pear is synthetic and not photorealistic imo. It's kind of uncanny, but I love it. The pear in the opening smells almost identical to a soap that my mother-in-law uses (I don't know the brand). At this phase, it's not really giving the impression of pear gelato.
It might seem linear on paper, but it does evolve, even if I mostly get the same notes throughout. Eventually the pear and vanilla get a bit softer and more fluffy. The vanilla gets more sugary. As they slip out of focus, I smell something like a scoop of pear sorbet on -or next to- a waffle cone. The pear isn't lactonic, but the waffle cone is and feels more photorealistic. It's like you applied the synthetic pear fragrance you smelled outside BaBW, and walked into the gelato shop.
The dry down for me is mostly vanilla. Somehow it almost has an animalic quality. I don't know how edgy vanilla makes sense, but it feels that way without smelling like Vanilla Vice, which I'd categorize as more "allegedly" vanilla. The drydown feels pretty eternal to me, like a shower is needed to wash it off.
I enjoy it so much, but I have intrusive thoughts that it's uninteresting and not worthy of being a signature scent. It's shampooey at times and pretty synthetic throughout, but it's so pleasant. Assuming it doesn't offend anyone as I wear it more, I think one spray of this under my shirt is a recipe for a good day. Maybe I could get this same effect by mixing pear and vanilla body sprays for less money, and maybe if I already had an established vanilla scent in my collection it wouldn't be worth it, but considering how much I like this and the reasonable price, I don't regret this purchase at all.
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