Pear Inc. Juliette Has A Gun 2021

At first I disliked this. It smelled like rubbing alcohol to me. But returning to it tonight it’s actually better than I remember. The musk and ambroxan give it a hardcore twist, which reminds me of late 90s grunge aesthetic, but it fades fairly quickly. The top note actually lingers more than anything. I don’t know of any other fragrance with such a strong pear scent. It might smell different on different skin types. It’s a distinct summer scent but it would be fun to experiment and wear it in the winter to mix things up a bit. I wouldn't buy it because it's not my thing but I recommend it if you're into musky/fruity combos.

Pear Inc smells exactly how one might expect Juliette Has A Gun to do a pear fragrance - molecular, soapy, clean, with a nod to its namesake fruit in the opening. There's not terribly much to dig into with this one as, aside from losing some of the juicy pear note after it dries down, the scent doesn't progress much with wear. It maintains a soapy clean slightly fruity scent for about four hours of wear, then departs.

This perfume needs a little time to develop. At first the molecules make it smell like nothing, just alcohol and a very transparent sterile scent. But, after a few minutes, this perfume settles and the pear starts to bloom.

This has the ambroxan profile of JHAG dripped in a very fresh and a little sweet pear. The scent is very pleasant and the pear is so well balanced: not too ripped, not too candy-like.

BUT, it is weak. The performance is far from good. It doesn't have more duration or sillage when sprayed directly on clothes. Minimal sillage and poor longevity, which made it (for me) a perfume not suitable to use when you want to smell nice (and others to notice it) for some time (more than 2h).

I still like it very much, but won't use on my daily basis. Instead I reach for it at home, before bed or when I have to run some quick errands. It is a pitty, but also each perfume has his own lifespan and we pick them for different occasions taking that into account.

Pear Inc oscillates between crisp pears, sweet pear-flavored candy, fresh soap bubbles and sparkling citrus soda. I can't decide which aspect I get the most. Like many JHAG it smells intentionally lab-made, but in this case it's fun and bubbly and not scratchy or sterile. For some reason I find the bottle color really fitting for the scent, even though I never associated pears or clean scents with those dark teal hues before.

It's been a while since I tried Not A Perfume, but to my nose this doesn't resemble the fuzzy woodsy aura of that one too much. Instead it reminds me of D&G Light Blue in a way. The pear note is obviously a big difference, but the sweet, zesty citrus top and clean cedar-ish woodsy base together are quite similar. If someone gave me an unlabeled sample of this and told me it was a new Light Blue flanker, I wouldn't have doubted it.

I don't always get along with JHAG, but this is a good one.
My only small problem is that it turns very sweet on me after a while, which doesn't happen on paper. I love sweetness in general, I just think this specific scent doesn't profit from it, this should be fresher. It's definitely a skin chemistry thing though. See for yourself if you like pear and don't mind some synthetic clean vibes.

I think this is one of the most realistic, juicy and crisp pear openings out there and oh, how I wish that this topnote would last longer.

I understand that as a topnote, it is a fleeting one, but I will say that if I do not overspray this, it almost seems gone to my nose within one to two hours.

I think I am somewhat anosmic to the underlying ambrettolide / ambroxan, so it might be just me. If it was more linear and stayed as crisp and fruity, I would bathe in it, I think :)

Dries down to a very soft and inoffensive skin scent