Clear Honey

Clear Honey opens juicy and sweet, a dewy pear drizzled with honey over a soft bergamot lift. The heart is the star, just like the original: a creamy, almost jammy honeyed rose rounded with peony and a watery freshness that keeps it from turning syrupy. The drydown is soft and skin-like - white musk, sandalwood, cashmeran and a powdery violet. It chases Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey Pure Nectar de Parfum, a sophisticated, dewy honeyed-rose that wears as a grown-up sweetness rather than a sugary one. This budget version captures the honey-pear-rose DNA but renders flatter and a touch more candied: the honey and pear read up front, while the elegant, dewy refinement of the original's rose is dialled back. Performance is decent for the style - moderate longevity with gentle projection that settles close to the skin. As an elegant, romantic honeyed-floral for spring and summer days, the office and dates it delivers the dewy-rose appeal; just without quite the same polish.