Pear in Velixir perfumes

Pear is a fruit note that perfumers build from several materials rather than extract, because the fruit itself gives no useful oil. The result is juicy and light rather than syrupy, which is why it often meets citrus at the top of a perfume and fades into musks and woods.

Velixir perfumes with pear

Four of the 28 perfumes list it: Artemis, Hera, Icarus and Persephone.

By layer: top in four of them.

Top notes

• ArtemisEau de Parfum35 and 100 mlpear, watery notes and patchouli
• HeraEau de Parfum35 and 100 mlpear, citrus and musk
• IcarusEau de Parfum35 and 100 mlpear, Calabrian bergamot and musk
• PersephoneEau de Parfum35 and 100 mlmandarin orange, pear and musk

Notes that go with pear

If you like pear, the notes it travels with in this range are mandarin orange, musk, ambrette, patchouli and jasmine; the perfumes are found chiefly among the fruity, musky and powdery and floral families.