Jo Malone London – English Pear & Sweet Pea
Eau de Toilette
Format: 100ml
Nose: Celine Roux
Although its official title is Global Head Of Fragrance Jo Malone London, we like to think of Céline Roux as something similar to a perfume magician. Because when she launches a new, often unexpected, fragrance, she tends to go on a magical journey.
While he may not have taken one of his meandering, concrete journeys to create English Pear & Sweet Pea, Céline has taken some trips down memory lane. “There is a pear orchard at the back of my parents' country house, where I have spent all my summers since childhood,” she recalls. “My bedroom is the only one that has a window overlooking the orchard.” This throwback is something she admits to taking for granted: “I didn't realize how lucky I really was to grow up like that: how special it was to just be able to go under the tree, pick a fruit and eat it.” Seeing the trees laden with juicy, ripe, ready-to-eat pears brings her back to the original, if accidental, inspiration for English Pear & Freesia and, more recently, English Pear & Sweet Pea. “The orchard is the real protagonist,” she says, her voice full of wonder.
From inspiration to ingredients, this sense of Englishness has been intentionally introduced into English Pear & Freesia and now, many years later, into its sweet pea-based sibling. At the heart of this family is the Williams pear, a glorious, succulent fruit, famous for its distinctive bell shape and the reddish hue its golden skin takes on when ripe and ready to be plucked from the tree.
It's no wonder, then, that the desire to capture this sensation and put it in a bottle has become something of a quest for Céline. “When we started working on the original fragrance more than 10 years ago, it was nearly impossible to put a natural pear into the fragrance. So, we worked on how to reformulate it.”
“We are very happy to say that both of our English pear colognes are now produced using 100% natural pear fruit extract. We looked outside the perfume industry for a solution and found it in the food sector, where pears are steamed to produce fruit juice. The final extract is the equivalent of a pear in each bottle, which is easy to visualize and a simple, powerful message – a stark contrast to the two years of work it took to develop it.”
Olfactory family: Fruity, Aromatic
Olfactory pyramid:
- Top notes: per Williams
- Heart notes: sweet pea
- Base notes: White musk
Persistence: Media
Wake: Media