Pear + Olive
Slumberhouse (2012)

Now, that is an interesting one! Right off the bat I got strong chamomile flower-ish punch, that hit my nostrils. After few mins, maybe 90 seconds it it joined with very sweet pear. The fragrance itself is kinda' oily indeed.
Another weirdo, but that one is so nice and cozy, that I imagine absolutely everyone liking it. I find it as definitely the most feminine leaning fragrance I've ever smelled from Slumberhouse.
Associations? Well, it's unique as hell, but I feel like Fjerne does resemble it somehow. Don't know how yet.
Spring and summer staple, maybe even the only Slumberhouse I'd dare to wear in a super hot and humid day.
I also detect some face and body cream/balsam accents/nuances here and there. Inexperienced noses might confuse this with some sort of products you're using when you got right out of the shower and you want to moisturize your body.

When it reaches its drydown interesting coconut has shown up. A bit like sun lotion mixed with coconut milk smell. Alluring and calming scent. Still the scent doesn’t loose its oiliness. Very interesting.

Longevity is up to 10 hours, sillage is medium.

Tropical and boozy. Taking in the sunshine and salty ocean air as the warm waves lap over your feet...

"The ocean between out toes
The sun in our lungs"
- Josh

Pear Schnapps. Warm, thick booze. Buttery. The chamomile is divine here. It turns almost savory, almost candy-like at the same time underneath. I'm having a hard time figuring out any other notes. I think I'm smelling a nutty, olive oil layer. There is a reminder of kumquat, of all things. Regardless of what notes are here, it settles into a boozy, buttery delight with a skosh of wood. Well made!

What a delightful and interesting creation! I bought a split with a little trepidation based on some reports that it's extremely sweet, smells like a cheap pear shampoo, etc.

Yes, the opening is quite sweet and it's fairly rich throughout, but I'm relieved to get quite a strong creamy/salty presence to offset it, and I don't find it cloying, though I'd hesitate to wear this in humid, hot weather. The savory aspect is most fascinating to me. The association for me is air-popped popcorn with a drizzle of olive oil and salt on it. So it's "buttery" but not in the nastily overbearing movie theater popcorn way. Textually (and yes, maybe this is the name guiding my nose), I can totally get on board with a reference to that plush, soft, velvet-buttery texture that you get with high end, mildly brined green olives, which are one of my favorite foods.

I'll note that I like P+O a LOT more when I get a waft of sillage, and that's when I get more of the savory/creamy/salty aspect. The sweetness really dominates when I sniff right off the wrist, so just be forewarned of that.

Really fun scent! Anyone who wants something creamy and/or savory and isn't opposed to a good helping of background sweetness should definitely check it out. It's a very "culinary" scent, and reminds me of the creativity on display when a talented chef inventively pairs ingredients to make an unexpectedly cohesive dish...takes guts and skill to pull that off.

My very least favorite from Slumberhouse. And that's saying something since I am not a fan of their thick, dense, heavy-footed, pedal to the metal house style. Here, however, it is the sweetness, rather than the density that does me in. I actually feel physically ill when smelling this combination of pear and fig(?) and coconut and cognac. It reminds me of a very cheap fruity shampoo I once bought by mistake. Where, oh, where is the olive?

Urrrrgh.

Wow...I finally tried Pear and Olive from Slumberhouse, and then find that it's been discontinued. I wouldn't care if I didn't LOVE IT!!!!! I want a bottle now and won't find one without being robbed in broad daylight. This is the buttery goodness I was looking for when I was sampling Mona di Orio's Vanille. While the MDO Vanille is nice, it has a sour sharpness during the wear that Pear and Olive doesn't have. This Slumberhouse fragrance is brilliant, and I wish I had gotten a bottle when I had the chance. Sadness...

Thumbs way, way up for Pear and Olive...