Pear & Olive

This is truly a remarkable frag. The opening is a delicious, shimmering, oily and slightly green/sweet pear. The drydown doesn't change a whole lot, this is quite linear but by no means simple. It smells like nothing else I've ever encountered. In a way it reminds my slightly of Serge Lutens Jeux de Peau, certainly not in notes - but in the sense that both dance around being gourmand frag's but never quite fully take that leap. Leaving them in a delightful place for those of us who enjoy foody notes, but don't want to smell like a meal. There's a slipperiness undercutting the sweetness of the pear that prevents this becoming too sweet. I'd say this is the olive oil accord, though it is in no way obvious. Just a gentle, silky greasiness that adds a real depth and character to the entire composition. The milky-wood and chamomile add a slight herbal, savoury undertone. I don't sense a lot of cognac here, just enough to lend a quiet shimmering back-note. Truly an excellently crafted composition. This is not a fruit bomb, at least not in the mainstream common sense - this is silky, greasy-sweet and entirely unlike anything else out there. I can see how this would polarise people, I think you'll either love it or be completely confused by it. As someone else said here - it doesn't really smell like a 'perfume' in the traditional sense. It's beguiling and odd. In a single word, I would sum Pear & Olive as 'compelling'. Longevity, as with most Slumberhouse offerings is damned near eternal. Sillage for me is between moderate and heavy, and remains quite strong for a good long while.

P+O Cylinder w/Marbles (CwM) The CwM opened up similar to the flask w/marbles but where the flask/w marbles remains linear the CwM changes things up! After the first spray the pear started to boom and it got super boozy...my room smelled like someone poured booze on the floor. Crazy strong but natural and smooth as can be! I took a lap around the house to test the sillage and sure enough pear and booze. Very pleasant...but safe! I messaged one of my SH bros saying "I wanted the salad dressing version this one isn't that"...I spoke too soon. Because right around the corner was a switch up from sweet to savory!🥗 A cple of hrs in it changed from Pear and Booze with zero hints of olive, to now being olive with a lil pear and no booze. I turned around to see if my door was open as my wife could've been cooking and the smell drifted up here but nope...the door was closed! I thought to myself "It's the salad dressing!!! Yes!!!". 😂 The savory aspect I am experiencing has the same effect salty food does... it makes me want to balance it out with something sweet. In this case its not just salty though the pear is there but as an olfactory tease almost as bad as that sneeze that just won't come out lol. I can see how so many were capitvated by the first SH's and some long for the old days when Joshs' style was more in your face, edgy, and raw! On that note ISO: CwM bottle types Vikt, Jeke, Norne, and of course more P+O! #NextLevel

This is a highly interesting fragrance and is not quite like anything I have tried before. Like the other Slumberhouse scents I have tried (ore and norne) this feels thick, not sure how else to describe it, thick, full, lush. It is not like the other 2 in that this is a lot lighter in mood and feel. This opens with a sweet pear note with something almost figgy lurking behind, and the thick oiliness of good quality olive oil (the really fancy stuff you get in opaque packaging). Over the first few minutes the sweetness recedes considerably as the olive figgy thickness comes forward. This settles into something creamy and lush, it smells perfect in summer (have not tried in cold weather) It really is something a bit different, and a wonderful change on sunny days to the usual citrus cologne/coconut/fig scents. It is a well rounded strong and lasting scent yet it doesn't feel "perfumey" if that makes any sense! I really like this, and it is so different to anything else I have tried, definitely recommend getting a sample of this.

OOOHHH MANNNN! Josh has done it again!! I bought 4 slumber house in one hit - thanks to Josh direct! Finally got my hands on KISTE, NORNE, SIXES & SEVENS AND PEAR & OLIVE which was an unplanned buy. IT ROCKS! (let alone the others!) ABSOLUTELY THE MOST NATURAL AND BEST performing pear scent I've tried. Its simply because the oil quality and content is so high. Josh provides a gorgeous left field gourmand scent that sits on my top shelf amongst a few others. The Pear (sweet - like its freshly cut and juicy) remain past the opening and well into the dry down. After the initial spray some olive oil joins in and then Green olives appear and sit next the pear. Linear and so realistic. This may just be the first gourmand I might wear to work regularly. Completely inoffensive and yet attention grabbing with out looking like you are trying. huge silage - great longevity too. Just like a sweet aromatic pear sitting in a cup with green olives covered in oil next to it! Onya Slumberhouse!!!

Wow. Just wow. This is the first Slumberhouse fragrance I've tried, and I'm kicking myself for sleeping on this line. I'm unfairly dismissive of fruity-foody fragrances, and it was without high expectations that I liberally splashed this over my hands. The first impression was meh, it reminded me of pear hand lotion with a greenish metallic twang. But the DRY-DOWN took me by complete surprise! It's magical! For me, the main story of Pear & Olive is about the MASSOIA!! The massoia note in Pear & Olive could be its own perfume -- woody, grounding, creamy, salty, briney, sappy, sweetish, slightly peppery. It has the character of creamy mysore, with the sweet milkiness of a fresh-snapped fig leaf. I'm amazed at how perfectly the other notes bring out unexpected facets of massoia, from the pear (sappy sweetness), the olive (briney saltiness), the cognac (boozy depth). It's beautifully balanced. This is a totally unique, but also beautifully wearable, woody.