Sultry Pear Eau de Parfum

EDIT: This is my review of the first edition. I find the second edition (2024) much more syrupy, sweet and powdery. Finally a Zara fragrance for which name and scent profile fit, it is indeed a Sultry Pear! Delicious without being gourmand, fruity without being juvenile and with a sweetness that is filtry, seductive and elegant. I feel a little of freshness in the opening, there is something a bit green and dewy about this pear, as if it were an acquatic fruit! Even dare I say something ozonic? Some undertone of aromatics are present too. The jasmine dances around the fruit and adds another beautiful light and airy layer, its a very clean jasmine, lightly floral and a bit detergent like which I enjoy a lot! The effect is clean and ethereal since the pear at this point is not much sweet at all. However, when the almonds note warms up on the skin the character of the pear starts to change, becoming more round and full, and caramelized. This is a very nutty almond and has a strong, intense presence. The almonds mixed with the praline, the vanilla and what I suspect it's musk smells almost like heliotrope; this mix is warm and pulsating and creates a sultry sweetness which envelops the pear...it is at this point that the fruit ripens with juice and sweetness. Still, the light and airy feel of the scent is preserved through the musk since it is much airy and powdery, and clean. What I would define as "kitten fur" musk in terms of texture. I think there is some amber too in the perfume and at tract it smells as if it's a balsamic amber, there is a benzoin undertone...the perfume has that kind of sophisticated and warm powderiness that only that kind of material can create. A mildly lactonic aspect is present too but I don't smell a classic praline at this stage. The vanilla in the dry down interacts with the left over almonds giving a confetti result. It smells like a light tonka which I find really exquisite. To smell a proper chocolaty and sweet praline we must wait until the end of the dry down, but at that point the scent is almost a skin scent. What surprised me about the perfume is that the clean and almost aquatic aspect of the pear (and jasmine) returns from time to time and beautifully coexist with the intense and warm ambery/vanilla sweetness. The musk, vanilla and amber used in Sultry Pear remainds me a bit of the base of Zara Hibiscus, which in turn remainded me a bit (just a bit!) of the amber in Paradoxe by Prada; Sultry Pear remainds me even more of the dry down of Paradoxe, of its sweet benzoin and musk, but praline makes this one more lactonic and gourmand-ish. I can also recognize something similar to the dry down of Zara Femme (the og, white or pastel yellow cube), of its powderiness and of its "kitten fur" musk. It's clear that Sultry Pear is inspired by La Belle family of scent by Jean Paul Gaultier: to my nose Sultry Pear is a mix between the more acquiatic and earthy pear of La Belle edp and the sweet, ripe and tonka full one of La Belle Le Parfum, as if they were the parents and this is their little baby... which makes me like it even more! I much prefer this kind of mix to a proper "dupe", it at least tries to have an identity of its own. I like the mood of the scent, that play between light and airy and then sweet and pulsating makes it enchanting! It is sultry and filtry, I find it sensual and I would have never imagined to say this about a pear based perfume. I think it would suit best a style and personality like that of Maddie from the hbo show Euphoria, a it/posh girl that may seem mean and bi***y but deep down has a big heart and loves life and light. I wrote the same exact words in my review for Paradoxe by Prada since both perfumes inspire in me the same images, I think this two perfume share the same allure although very different on an olfactive level. Sultry Pear is the one that performs the best in the Zara Chapter 6 Collection (togheter with Cherry Smoothie), lasts from 4 to 5 hours on me, drydown lingers much more; it projects moderately for the first two hours. Overspray helps but it can overpower you for the first hour.

What an absolutely stunning fragrance by Zara! It’s a jammy, not overly sweet pear. Not as thick and dense as La belle but lighter and fruitier version. It’s so addictive. Can’t stop smelling my wrist. Alsoo, I’m surprised no one has mentioned this but on my skin, in the extreme dry down, the pear kinda fades and I get this honeyed sorta warm vanilla base which smells almost identical to Jimmy choo illicit but softer. The honey note along with jasmine is so so identical to illicit. It’s almost like a cross between La Belle and Illicit. Can’t wait to pair them together. I’m definitely buying a backup before this gets sold out! 10/10. Edit- It’s been over 9 months since I had this and I don’t reach out for this much. It’s okay. Maybe a 7/10 now. Kinda lacks depth. The more I wear this, the more boring I find it. Don’t get me wrong, still a good fragrance but doesn’t do much for me.

I actually like this.perfect for a hot day. Sweet juicy pear almonds prailine and soft Jasmine. This does not smell like la belle at all! I'm not a fan of those and I like this. This is sweet kinda clean but still sweet and fruity EXIT: Strangely the dry down smells similar to black opium? No one else has made that comment but I swear the dry down smells very similar to it. I even compared and now I'm kinda stuck. Do I keep this or sell it? It's nice it's pretty Linear and an easy wear. I like it but I don't know it's so reminiscent to black opium after it sits on my skin idk if I'll keep it. It's smells good obviously I just not sure if I'll reach for it..

Great dupe for the lovely (and overpriced, short lasting and staining La Belle). Perfect replica of JPG for a great price. Cannot comment on longevity so far, but the fragrance is spot on Update: brilliant job, Zara! Don't you dare ever put this out of production. It is basically La Belle (i have both and can't tell the difference), except that it doesn't stain (fabulous plus!!) and it lasts LONGER than the original. To fans of La Belle: Go for it without any doubts!

I agree with the review below saying this is a JPG La Belle dupe. I only have Le Parfum so I compared the two side by side and they are remarkably alike. The initial smell of this is pretty incredible - a lot going on. Harsher than JPG though - all vanilla, praline and jasmine. The vanilla hangs on for a couple of hours and then it’s gone. Longevity is pretty poor, but for the price point you don’t mind frequent re-sprays.

This is such a GREAT dupe for La Belle by JPG! What I love about this even more than JPG is that the pear note lasts much longer in the Zara version before the middle and bottom notes start to take over. Either way, both of these are gorgeous, sexy, and sultry scents, but Zara smells and performs practically identically to JPG for literally a FRACTION of the price!

Just wanted to add that the 80ml are now sold at the price of 22,90€, I just found them in store today, if you really like it maybe you can save up some money that way! Probably the bottle will be standard though...not so cute! Edit: they kept the cute bottle and they are now on the web site.

It really is so similar to La Belle! I only own the Parfum from JPG which is a lot sweeter, darker and more nighttime but didn't want to buy the og because it felt redundant to own both, so this is a great alternative for a daytime sister scent, happy with my purchase :)

Fuck all these fragrance snobs. This shit lasts forever and smells bomb. It’s sweet, sexy and garners so many compliments. Out of my entire collection this is the only fragrance my mom requested her to buy her. She has standards (she’s a ginger) SO TRY IT

Opens with a deliciously juicy, musky pear and dries down to an even more delicious boozy praline. Name fits! Not the best longevity (lasts maybe 3-4 hrs on me) but well worth it for the price tag. Highly recommend.

I'm miserable that this was discontinued. It's not La Belle at all (Zara dupes hardly ever make good dupes) but I love it on its own. I'm desperate to find bottles of this and hope they bring it back.

Such a beautiful scent, very sweet and smooth! I just bought the small bottle and I'm tempted to go back and buy the large bottle.

I like it — it smells fruity and sweet. It’s not a 1:1 dupe of La Belle, but it’s very close and just a bit stronger.

This a fresher, nutty version of La Belle, perfect for summer. This is delicious ❤️

I love this as I love fruity floral fragrances for summer.

I need them to make a bigger bottle of this.

This is such an interesting fragrance. The first notes are kind of sharp, fresh, fruity, maybe a bit medicinal. I don't like the beginning all that much, but after a few minutes it settles into this pleasant pear scent with some softness to it, maybe because of the almond notes. The dry down is absolutely beautiful with the vanilla and praline. It reminds me of Black Opium or Gardenia, which are basically my favourite scents. Sultry Pear is quite interesting in the way that it feels like two fragrances at once, a fresh, fruity and vibrant one at the start and comforting and refined gourmand perfume at the end. It lasts quite long, but the sillage is pretty intimate, I wish it was a bit stronger.

I was so disappointed on this - I perceive no sweetness at all, nor the supposedly sultry pear in it, it's just a very musky skin scent that isn't pleasant at all. Normally I enjoy Zara's perfumes but this is so difficult to wear! UPDATE: After a couple months, thanks to maceration it has improved and now it's way more wearable. It got sweeter and finally I can perceive the pear note. It's definitely a winterish kind of perfume though. FURTHER UPDATE: After some more months, it's getting better and better, the pear is now way more detectable and overall the perfume smells more rounded, if that makes sense. It even got me compliments!

Very sweet perfume, which does not go unnoticed, a "compliment catcher". If you are looking for an alternative to La Belle by JPG, I assure you that this is the best dupe you can find around, at a very low price. Last year I blindly bought La Belle Le Parfum, because I had read online that it was better than the classic version, however I regretted not having bought the other one, and luckily I was able to console myself with this one from Zara. Sultry Pear contains the DNA of La Belle and, to my nose, is closer to the original version, compared to Le Parfum which I find too oppressive and lady-like. Discreet sillage and persistence.

This one smells to me like a very department store type of smell, in the vein of La Vie est Belle and other stores that remind you of a department store. It's not a casual scent - it smells fancy, a little high-maintenance. It reminds me of a young lady wearing a light blue tweed suit, if that makes sense. I like it, but it's a little too high-maintenance for me. I think I'll save it for more formal occasions. Smells like sweet pear and praline mostly. The praline is probably why I'm geting LVEB vibes. I get some almond too. Very pretty, very fancy, but nothing different or groundbreaking.