I Broke My Own Heart

when I first got this as a sample, i just liked it. pretty much exclusively wore it with my pajamas, for days lounging around the house- that i really wanted to be days lounging on the beach. samples are great for helping you judge skin chemistry, but i find they rarely give you the full picture. the sheer amount of perfume from a spray bottle is more than what you get dabbing your wrist from the sample vial. longevity, and some nuance in the notes, i think is lost in that little dab; compressed. TL;DR, I got a bottle and now i love it. what was a sweet and salty coconut has become more layered and dynamic as i move to deeper waters. more petitgrain, and savoriness. the kind of seaweed that wraps around ur ankles and gives you the hibbie jibbies. there's sand drying on your skin on the drive home. the jasmine starts distinct, before melting into everything else as it dries down. still is rather sweet on my skin, one of the only sweet scents in my rotation. as others have noted: not sugary. reminds me of this day when my friend and i both drove 3 hours to meet at montaña de oro to swim:) 'broke my own heart' as in every time i wear this, it's bc i'm wishing i was somewhere else. you might notice there's no saltwater note; add sweat (or tears) ! lasts a couple hours, but there's just remnants of skin scent at the end of work. longevity is maybe 5 hours on me? but i only do about 3 sprays on work days. does last better in hair. sillage is good (more than arm's length) for less than hour, then it starts to sit close. notes from pearfat's website: Top - Hot cocoa, petitgrain, teen angst Middle - Toasted coconut, jasmine, favorite sweatshirt Base - Seaweed, sandalwood edit: the more i wear this, the more i appreciate others' comments about this being a gourmand ...such an interesting and beautiful perfume! ty alie kiral for sharing your nose🙏

This scent is YUMMY. I hated it at first because all I smelled was coconut which I tend to stray away from but, it really grew on me after giving it more chances. Another scent that I classify as a gourmand because of the heavy Toasted Coconut and lactonic vibes I get from this. But it's so complex which is what draws me in and why I can see what others mean about it not being a gourmand because of how tropical and marine/aquatic it is. The Seaweed element in it is delicious. I feel like it can be worn any time of year and day. It smells like when you're sad on a gloomy autumn day and your partner hugs you to comfort you and you break down and leave your salty tears all over their sweater. It also smells like a warm beach day with a coconut ice cream in hand, salty sea mist getting all over you, salty gritty sand getting in your mouth, and your feet getting tangled in seaweed when you take a dip in the shallow water. I can't wait to buy a mini pear of this.

this fragrance is fantastic. immediately upon spraying this, i picked up on the coconut note, followed by an old house kind of smell. the dry down is warmer and cozier, very wearable in my opinion. wearing this, i’m reminded of the bygone summer i spent doused in coconut-scented sunscreen, crushing on a guy that i never ended up being with. it smells nostalgic and wistful. like coming home from the pool after a long day in the sun, the scent of chlorine and coconut sunscreen still lingering on your skin, and wondering if u should text that guy. and then once u do, feeling incredibly disappointed that he hasn’t texted u back. this perfume transports me back to that summer, and while it makes me kind of sad, it also comforts me. i really love this.

Upon opening you get a big dose of a creamy coconut note that’s somewhat sunscreen adjacent and a hint of some beachy seaweed. It smells like the beach, but more so like a small little secluded coast. It smells like you’re vacationing in a quaint little beach house with one room and a broken down porch that’s nestled right in front a small little private shore. The jasmine creeps in as an airy and sweet floral and mixes with the coconut to make a a subtly sweet aroma. The seaweed doesn’t stick around for too long, and you get a lot of that sandalwood in the dry down. It’s a softly sweet and creamy airy beach type of scent that feels comforting and subtle.

I would argue gourmand because I want to drink it... Sweet, milky coconut further propelled by creamy sandalwood. Bits of smokiness (coconut husk?) and a powdery facet I would relate to the hot coco note listed on PF's website. Salty like sweat and skin as opposed to a very marine seaweed/ocean. Less sunscreen, more tanning oil. My mom in the early 2000s putting on Australian Gold to go to our apartment complex pool. Extremely warm, almost a little plastic at first. This scent was left in the beach bag and slightly melted from the hot sun. Stands out from other Pearfats with its richness, while others seem to lean more light and airy.