Pivoine Suzhou Eau de Parfum vs No.487 English Pear and Freesia Eau de Parfum
Pivoine Suzhou EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| F | Gender | U |
| 2014 | Year | - |
| ££££ | Price Tier | £ |
No.487 English Pear and Freesia EDP
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Which Should You Buy?
Pivoine Suzhou is a beautifully blended, effortlessly elegant floral-fruity that most find delightful and hard to dislike. However, its eye-watering price tag for such a fleeting scent leaves many feeling short-changed. Love the smell, loathe the longevity.
Eden's No.487 mirrors Jo Malone's English Pear & Freesia formula closely - a juicy pear opening into a clean floral-musk finish - though the fruit reads slightly more synthetic and the whole scent fades faster than the cologne original.
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Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
A warm-weather pick - at its best in spring and summer.
Occasions
Its clean, inoffensive, and soft projection makes it ideal for office and casual wear. While pretty enough for a date, its weak longevity limits its formal appeal; reviewers repeatedly praise it as a 'daytime' scent, suitable for warmer weather and intimate settings rather than grand events.
Seasons
The bright, juicy pear and freesia combination suits Spring and Summer wear when a fresh fruity scent feels most natural.
Occasions
A clean, universally likeable fruity-floral suits casual and office wear far more than formal or evening settings.
Similarity Breakdown
How alike these two fragrances smell, scored from their full scent profiles.
Both lean floral, fruity, fresh
Adds bergamot and freesia, drops mandarin and peony
Where to buy
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