Pearl

This is my first Mancera purchase, but surely not my last. I have aoud blue notes, aoud lemon mint, Wild fruits, red tobacco,& black vanilla all on my radar.. I am thoroughly pleased and impressed with Mancera so far.. Never have I loved so many selections from one house at first sniff..Now to the fragrance!! First off I'm a masculine male and always feel a little funny about a fragrance geared towards women.. I had no idea that this wasn't unisex initially, until I looked it up here on fragrantica.. I was just sampling them all and fell in love with the clean/fresh powdery peach that lasted on my skin for 12 plus hours!! I'm sure at some point they will relist as unisex . It does have an awkward opening I must confess, a very stringent white floral type of blast.. However after like a half hour this thing powers down and develops into the fragrance version of a Bellini (peach liqueur/ champagne) for those that live under a rock..It just lasts and lasts, with this fresh powdery but ever so subtle peach bubble around you!! I wear this on summer nights, but it would be perfect for all day use in the spring for any casual occasions.. Mancera is truly a powerhouse of a house so if you love to smell as good as I do its a must to experience..Most of these are blind buy worthy IMO just check to see which notes suit you.. I give this frag a strong 9 in all categories!! How do I fell about it overall? JUST PEACHY!!!

OMG. I might have finaly found it: the Perfect Fig Perfume! For years now, I've been looking everywhere for a GREAT fig perfume, tried pretty much all of the usual suspects, but always came out disappointed. Philosykos? Great smell, very modest longevity and projection. Premier Figuier (Extreme)? Decent smell, absolutely zero performance. Fico di Amalfi? Gorgeous smell, absolutely zero performance. Un Jardin En Mediterannee? Same. Womanity? Gorgeous smell, fantastic performance, not *really* a fig perfume, though. And so on - disappointment after disappointment. And today...I sniffed THIS. Dear lord, the strength! It opens with a blast of fig, rose, and bergamot. Gorgeous, fresh, fruity, dewy. And it settles into a strong, rosey fig, which gradually transitions from dewy to musky (but in a good way). Comforting and cocooning. It's been a couple of hours, and I can smell it clearly whenever I move. And I'm outside, in freezing London weather. I can't WAIT until it gets warmer, if it's already projecting so well now! The only thing I would change about it, is making it slightly less floral, as it's almost evenly fruity and floral. I bought it just now - it only took two hours to fall in love. (Actually, it took about 5 minutes, but the other 115 were spent trying to rationalize my purchase. Black Friday, y'all!)

I adore this perfume!! I crave the scent. I don't find it forgettable at all. On my skin it is a salty, sweet, fig with Jasmine and bergamot. The ambroxan is savory! This perfume has a character that is hard to describe that I've never experienced in a perfume before. It has a grainy smell.... I hope that makes sense. You know how a pear feels , the skin And flesh has The juicy grainy texture.. well I get that same feeling in this perfume and I love it. The dry down is a sweet musk and creamy violet. I feel amazing wearing this and of course the longevity is outstanding! Sillage is a nice fragrant bubble floating around me all day. Imo it's bordering on gourmand ! My husband came home from work and I was wearing pearl, he hugged me and said. "Ooh you smell delicious!" . I only have a sample but I definatly will be buying a full bottle. It's flirty, sexy and fun. It also feels classy and it layers great with Modern muse (if you like layering).

I bought this perfume last spring when temperatures were already in 90s. A sampler set I bought first allowed me to tell it worked well on my skin as a fruity floral. I wore it often until summer when Arizona desert reaches over 120 degrees then it was too strong florals with hardly any fruit and zero musk showing up on my skin. It projected 6 feet at least with a strong trail and lasted 6-8 hours. The freaky think is I tested it in winter for first time today when it is 61 degrees and it smells like a different perfume! There are only 2 notes in cold weather that show up...fig and musk. It opened that way with zero fruit or florals. I’m not crazy about this new scent and will be putting this bottle away until it is warm outside again! I love this as a spring fruity floral scent but right now in winter it smells like raw fresh fig with cat fur and musk - yuk!

The first time I wore this I was kind of confused of how strong it smelled. I live in the Caribbean so I have not been able to experience the "shift" some people have mentioned when they use it on Winter. At first, to me, it smelled like the most oppressive grapefruit and rose smell ever...and I had to go out and did not want to get out of the house smelling like that but in the time it took for me to actually leave, it turned out into this lovely powdery musky fragrance that lasted for what seems a lifetime. I was complemented repeatedly and had to write down the name for one person lol. I reckon it is not for everybody, especially that initial 5-10 minutes but if you don't mind that, you will find yourself smelling amazing for the rest of the day. I cannot talk about notes and other technical perfume terms because I am kind of new at this.

Love at first sniff Oh golly. This perfume is amazing. Longevity and sillage second to none. Mancera is quickly becoming my favourite brand of perfume. My main criteria is good longevity and bonus of great sillage and Mancera rarely disappoints. For me this is effervescent fig on first spray settling down to beautiful fruity musk. Longevity 12 hours plus. One of my most complimented scents. Is it sexy? I really don’t know. I think this scent transcends all that. In my opinion Pearl could be worn all year round and at any occasion and would make a terrific signature scent. I just love it. Careful with the sprays. I’m a 10 to 12 sprays kind of girl. With this one and with the office in mind eight sprays would be sufficient : ) I go to work with Pearl and walk home 12 hours later Pearl still going strong. Perfection 😊

On a cool day, I get a green blooming leaf on a warm sea breeze, which ends in a peachy-peach that is sweet but not sugary. There is a note that is almost salty, which crisps up the perfume before it settles into a very soft, rosy musk. On hotter days, I can smell flashes of a green apple and the fig becomes clearer and more forceful presence. When the fig deigns to appear, this changes the silage of Pearl and makes the perfume into a heavier, more dramatic scent. What is impressive about Mancera is the range within each perfume they create. Depending on the day, the temperature, and the humidity, you get a different face of the arrangement of Pearl and each face is beautiful and dramatic in its own way.

I’m in love. This is a special scent that earns more love and attention When you first spray it you will smell green notes. Comparable with the smell of cutting a branch from a rose if that makes sense? It’s a very musky scent, so you will smell very strong soapy aroma at the beginning. But this smell will be broken down by the figs , after an hour. All you get is a soft sweet fruity scent, which will hold more than 7 hours (if not more, that’s what I could smell at least). This is a fig bomb and it PROJECTS like crazy. Be careful with the trigger, because everyone will smell you. If you love musk or figs, or either, this is a MUST You can wear it every season. Another stunner from Mancera! 9,5/10

Instant amor!! The fruity/musk combo got me like a fish on a hook. Beautifully blended. I don't know if I would consider this sexy and I don't care. The longevity and sillage are great. The clean musky drydown is perfection. I appreciate soapy floral fragrances. I don't care the season or reason. This is getting used all year round. My first favorite from the House of Mancera. BRAVO! 1/16/23--😲😲 good GAWD my FB is so much louder than my sample was! No complaints...just have to be careful not to overspray. I like my fragrances loud but I don't wanna choke anyone out either. 6/6/23--in swampy weather here in south Florida, I get 12+ hours longevity. 🙌🏾

Very hard not to like for people who loves fig like me. The rose could have been less, but this is Mancera. It leans this scent to feminine side for me, but only just. Still for warm weather this can work unisex easily. Ambroxan makes the scent so fresh, and towards drydown it gets ideal for me, musky woody fig, the best combo - instant teleportation to Mediterranean. I dont get any peach in the opening, bergamot and apple assisting the fig and rose, which are the main notes. Blind buy worthy if you like fig. Somehow amongst fig based scents Pearl reminds me most of the Body Shop Italian Summer Fig. IG: @talkaboutscents

I'm in love with this. This is what the word "niche" means to me. It's quite odd but so soooo beautiful. It manages to be sharp, green, natural smelling and juicy sweet at the same time. It's basically spring in a bottle. It opens with strong and scratchy green apple and bergamot and then the fig comes out to play and it gives it the most believable fruity sweetness I've ever smelled in a perfume. But the last bits of the magic come out a bit later: the rose literally slowly blooms. Wonderful composition. Sillage and longevity are pretty decent.

I got a Discovery Mancera Sample kit yesterday and thought to try it out today with Pearl. This fragrance was absolutely beautiful. I don't believe I ever had a fig note in a fragrance. It was definitely distinct and gorgeous. Excellent sillage, a few squirts is all you need. It lasted well into 12 hours and I could still detect it on my wrist. I felt like Wonder Woman. I am definitely sold on the first try. I can't wait to explore the rest. When I get through, I am sure I will be splurging for a full bottle.

Fantastic opening I could sit in all day, fresh green grassy n vegetal, something behind it v high n fresh, almost like the smell of ice in a freezer, it moves into a stage of almost pear drops mixed with honey n cream mixed with washing powder or the smell of line dried clothes but v strong. Weird n lovely, reminds me of Debaser but that is more natural, stem greens, this is a bright green, nature but with the contrast turned up. Shame the drydown is so rough.

It smells clean and fresh, I think it is an everyday perfume (but don’t over spray, in fact one spray below the knees is enough). The first minutes I wasn’t sure I was going to like it, there was a strong green leaves scent but after the dry down I liked it better, it became smother and fresh. I’m happy because it was a blind buy, I don’t regret it but definitely I can only spray a tiny little bit on my legs or else the beast mode might be too overwhelming.

I love this, its a green fig that opens up into a powdery slightly (and I mean slightly) sweet floral. I think things like Soap/shampoo/laundry are relative because no one is thinking of powdered tide when calling something a laundry scent nowadays. This is a "clean" floral that is perfect for spring and summer. White and pastel colored dresses and chignons with french clips. Pearl is fig fantasy's brighter sister and a great addition to any figgy lovers.

I recently in a venture of discovering Mancera House, and this one come up late to my collection. And i love this incredible juice on my skin! Although it is marketed toward female but i think man can also wear it. The performance is not disapoint. With moderate spray, I get 6++ hours on my skin, 8++ hours on my cloth. Projection and silage is decent. I can detect it without trying to sniff the spot where i sprayed it.

Mancera Pearl is a beautiful fig/floral scent. Most of us love wearing fig-forward scents in the Summer. However, the KEY to wearing Pearl (for those who have struggled) is to wear it during COOLER weather. It takes on a whole new scent profile. The cold weather takes away the sharpness some experience and rounds out the fragrance. It's one of my faves from Mancera and I don't have many.

Beautiful scent. Well done. It’s amazing how well this preforms for the price. Good projection and lasts for quite some time. Visual Interpretation: Walking with a beautiful princess dressed in white, through a royal orchard of lemon trees, peach trees and apple trees, and in between the fruit trees it’s filled with roses, berries and flowers growing everywhere.

2nd Review. Still working through my Discovery samples. Wore Pearl again today. This stuff is a beast. 12 hours on my skin. I have nothing but figgy love for this. I picked up a few compliments as well. I am planning to buy a full bottle of this and possibly the Musky Garden. My two favorites so far.

I received a sample of this and I had no idea what to expect. Wow! It's a beautiful shining figgy floral. "The hills are alive, with the sound of music" is what comes to my mind. It's very feminine and clean. It's strong enough to be interesting, yet I think it would work well in a work environment.

Fig, rose, and musk are the main notes I get. The musk isn't a pure white musk...it's just the teeniest tiniest bit dirty. It really projects and longevity is fairly good, which is par for the course for Mancera. This was a blind buy but a very successful one. I quite like it.

Mancera Pearl is a beautiful all year perfume. Pearl feels like a white, bright and unique perfume for hours but the dry down is very licorice-like similar to Black Candy. Remains bright throughout. Will be especially great in spring/summer. Very long lasting and unisex.

I agree with Allied9 it starts off green then dries down to a soft clean airy scent that wraps you and feels good .. idk why but it also reminded me of a airy version of Al haramain amber oud gold edition. All in all its starts tart then ends fruity light and crisp.

A few people know about this gem , But after equality fragrances review this amazing frag is hard to find , I can't wait to wear this in the summer, But now in the cold weather this baby is powerful smell stunning fresh and clean im in love with this fragrance

Interesting example of fresh fruity perfume. I can smell pear and drop of honey mixed with powdered laundry detergent and green grass note. At the same time it doesn’t turn into shampoo scent. And keeps me feeling fresh even in hot and humid climate.

Feelings when sprayed: I am in a vacation somewhere in the Mediterranean’s at a very luxurious Resort, drinking ice tea, eating a mouthwatering dessert of figs, relaxing in the warm sun, with a beautiful garden around me. Pure Delights.

Mmm...this is parfume who ́s everybody love it... sweet but fresh , no strog- but long stay.when I wesr this parfume.I feel very clean and fresh and -gently sexy;)

blackcurrant sourness and green leafiness, fruity but not sweet. Over time, it dries down to something that reminds me of Super Cedar. A very longlasting scent.

Pearl is so wonderful! I love fig perfumes but i can say this is one of my favorites. It is a very clean, classy and elegant scent. And also, very long lasting.

this is so fun. reminds me of a really expensive shampoo, with some interesting green notes to keep from being typical. Great performance

Freshly cut grass, green leaves, floral, fresh, clean, tender, noble, a great combination of the above. Very interesting. Not oriental.

Similar to Miss Charming if you added some yummy tart fig Smells niche and clean and expensive Highly recommend

Fresh, smile-inducing, long lasting and totally unisex. Love it!

I bought a 2-ml sample vial of Pearl because I had read that it had a good fig, and Fig Extasy was not available in sample form. I just sprayed it a few minutes ago, and I'm enjoying it so far. It reminded me of going to some of the enclosed gardens at the Missouri Botanical Garden, particularly the humid, green, fertile scent of the Climatron. The musks are very typically Montale, which means that this will project like a beast long after you, the delivery system, have gone anosmic. I think this wouuld be a beautiful fragrance on a man or woman alike. I definitely pick up on the fig, a clean and milky sweetness, but there's a lot more going on besides fig and musk. I also pick up on the green apple (possibly white peach, too, but it's a very crisp and bright fruit scent, not the syrupy Trésor peach) and possibly a bit of jasmine, but I can't say I smell the rose. I do, rather confusingly, smell cedar or another wood, but it's not listed, so I suppose it must be the ambergris and violet somehow. Or maybe the fig has a slightly cedarish scent that I never noticed before. When I first sprayed on Pearl, it smelled like walking into the Climatron, but now that I have been wearing it for a little while, it's drying down to a scent that reminds me of a health food store I used to patronize, specifically the body-care aisle. It would never occur to me that it might be pleasant to smell like that, but it does. Sometimes the fig smells a little green-banana to me, but again, not a problem! On another note, only tangentially related, I really love the way Montale and Mancera give you decent-size samples, a full 2 ml. None of this chintzy single-spray-in-a-puff-box nonsense! I salute the houses that are confident enough in their product that they give you enough for a few full wearings, so you can experience it under a variety of conditions. To me, the perfume consumer, this conveys a confidence in the quality of one's product.

A nice scent, but not quite what I expected. It doesn't evoke a shiny, smooth pearl at all and I also don't get as much fruitiness as I thought. The main note is the typical sharp, wine-tinged rose that you also find in Roses Vanille, Intense Café and other fragrances by Mancera and Montale. It's a little more subdued here and blended with a creamy white musk, ripe figs and a savory note that could either come from the fig or from the ambergris, or both. I don't get a pronounced peach or apple in this. Pearl is a bright scent and most suitable for spring in my opinion, but it could easily be worn year round. It's essentially a fruity floral, but one with a little more body than most of them, without relying on excessive sweetness. This fits in with many other scents by the same perfumer, so if you find these harsh and synthetic, this won't be the exception. To me Pearl is just a little too sharp, mainly because it's not balanced with a warmer, sweeter note but with that savory edge that makes it a little dissonant at times. Nevertheless I still enjoy it, it's just not quite a favorite.

I waited to try this a second time before writing a review, because I wanted to make sure I was experiencing this the way I thought I was, since it definitely wasn’t what I expected. On initial application, this is very vegetal. I immediately felt transported to the produce section of my local Times Supermarket, standing in front of the Asian vegetables section. This smells to me like flowering choi sum, of all things. The dry down is a slightly sweet floral, and I wasn’t picking up any fig at all. I was a bit disappointed since I had chosen to try this because of the fig note, but I enjoy it so much anyway I figured it didn’t matter. It took a second wear, and then confirming against other reviews here, for me to realize that the fig in Pearl is fig leaf, not fig fruit. If you’re looking for a nutty, creamy fig, this is not that. It’s green, vegetal, and flowery. I don’t know if anyone else would want to smell this on me because honestly, it’s kinda weird, but I love it.

Here me out Mancera’s Pearl is a toned-down and fruitier version of Roses Vanille on the skin! I sprayed this And went outside the weather in NYC is currently 97°F The sun beaming on my skin I guess changed the fragrance on my skin making it stronger in projecting and I only sprayed it on my wrists. Up top from an initial blast from spraying this is a fig bomb which gives this sugary accord and it mixes with the Roses and Musk. Either way, I love Roses's Vanille but this is way more superior. Roses Vanille can get cloying and Mancera’s pearl is a toned-down version of it. This fragrance has more fruits and the fig is pronounced more. I can see why discounters don’t have this gem in stock because it sells out immediately. 100% it is redundant if you got both fragrances or plan on getting both. If you don’t have Roses's Vanille or pearl I would get Mancera’s pearl. Bottom line Hands down this is Mancera’s Roses Vanille with a heavy dose of fig that smells sweet/earthy.

I wanted to love this but it just lacks finesse. Mancera tends to be strong and in-your-face, and with 6 sprays of Pearl this morning (which is tame for me) it was pretty hefty, but not to the point of choking myself purely because of the lighter scent profile. The figgy-fruity opening is actually lovely, not overly sweet or juvenile which is my main worry with fruity fragrances. It remains quite fruity into the mid notes as the muskiness becomes apparent. It actually doesn’t really present as Floral at this stage either. What has me most undecided is the particular musk Mancera seem to use in all of their fragrances. It’s mildly cheap and dirty in vibes, and strong. Not unpleasant, but not quite niche.

I agree this share resemblance to other mancera fragrances, musky garden, very toned down roses vanille + green fig leaves. But I don't mind at all. Green, fresh soapy rosey musk with green fig. At first I wasn't impressed, but after wearing it twice, I like it very much. I don't have many fresh clean fragrances for cold weather and this fits the bill perfectly. Pearl performs, projects and lasts. Very versatile from bed to office or just hanging out at home. Doesn't scream for attention, but it's there and smells expensive soapy. The green notes last a lot longer on clothes compared to skin, so if you like greenness, spray your clothes lightly as well.

I agree with $¢enta$ti¢. Pearl is like Roses Vanille, except you get a plate of tropical fruit salad on the initial blast. To my nose, it is quite sickly. On the dry down it settles with the oud becoming more predominant and the fruit platter becomes drier. I detect melon, pineapple and coconut with the fig but I don't think they are listed. I think it's more joyful and juicy than roses vanille and a lot of folks out there really love Pearl. However, I prefer Roses Vanille for the blending being so good and not as sweet as Pearl.

Subtle floral, fruity, jammy rose with a hint of grass or waxy green leaves. This is not an in-your-face perfume. All notes are light, subtle and delicate. You're only getting hints of them. I would have named this "Morning Dew" instead of "Pearl". I feel that's a more fitting name. There are not as many unique ingredients masterfully blended like Kilian perfumes, but it's still a pretty safe, easy-to-wear, likable perfume. Smell: 8 out of 10 Longevity: 6 out of 10 Feminine For reference, I'm female.

This is very musky! I L-O-V-E fig scents, and here the fig is definitely shining. The musk is not something I usually go for, but combined with the fig it's kind of intoxicating. I do wish the fig had stayed more prominent through the dry down. I get a bit of powderyness from the violet but no rose or fruity notes. Maybe a bit of sweetness comes in from those notes but nothing too prominent. This is mostly a sweetened musk as it dries down. It's the first musky perfume that I actually like.

Hmm interesting, I would say “smooth” compare to other Manceras. On my skin smells like fresh fig leaves and citrus probably the bergamot, and I am very familiar with that smell, my Grandma had this huge fig tree! I wish I could smell more of the fig fruit but it’s winter so I’ll have to wait for those Texas hot-humid days hoping I can smell some of the sweet yummy notes. Very pleasant, very fresh, clean, green. I liked it :)

Two words: Caress soap. This fragrance is Caress soap on steroids. Oh so cleeeaan and fresh. At the beginning it has a rose stem smell, kind of green, definitely like a fresh clean smelling garden of beautiful pink and white flowers. Then it dries down to an amplified Caress soap smell. Very beautiful scent and above all, very clean because it smells like you just took a good shower with a lot of the Caress soap.

I’ve seen reviews saying this smells like roses vanille... it smells absolutely nothing like it lol. This smells like a very soapy powdery floral fragrance. A STRONG & dense soapy smell. Very good clean smelling fragrance. A little goes a long way! Can be a bit headache inducing if oversprayed. It’s enjoyable pretty and casual.

Ok.. it took me a few days with it. I love it At first it starts off a little aromatic, smelling like parsley. But after wearing it, it smells better. Sweeter. I can't identify notes yet, as I'm too new to fragrances. But the Green Apple does stand out. Redemption. I love it.

Super strong. Thinking because it is a summer scent, I made the mistake of always spraying more than one spray on my arm and dig my nose to it, and absolutely hated it. Until one day I did one spray, walked around, and smelling whiff of something very pleasant and relaxing.

Vegetal, oily, and sharp. I got it on New Years but I'm only starting to wear it out now. To me this only smells good in the warm weather, when the heat transforms the fig into something sweet and decadent

i don’t know what is in the opening note but it smells terrible, maybe it’s the fig. but then it dries down to a beautiful fresh fruity floral musky scent.

Summer fragrance without a splitting character. Good but forgettable.