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Pear Tree

Q: Is Pear Tree natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: Not extracted for perfumery. Fantasy accord built from green-woody, leaf, and bark synthetic elements..

WOODS AND MOSSES / woody · fruity · warm

Pear Tree

Category	WOODS AND MOSSES
Subcategory	woody · fruity · warm
Origin
Volatility	Base Note
Botanical	Pyrus
Appearance	Pale yellow to dark amber liquid
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	Asia, Europe
Pyramid	Base

Green-woody, slightly bitter, with a faint fruity sweetness from the bark. The orchard tree itself -- gnarled wood, dappled shade, and a gentle fruit-blossom memory.

Scent
Terroir & Origins
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Green-woody, mild, and atmospheric. Like sitting in the shade of an old pear tree in late summer -- the bark smells faintly sweet, the leaves rustle with a green, fruity whisper, and the wood is warm and dry. Not the fruit. The tree itself.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Green, woody, faintly fruity. Fresh leaves and warm bark.

After a few hours

The green settles. Warm, dry wood with a trace of fruit.

After a few days

A quiet, woody residue with a whisper of green.

Terroir & Maturity

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The Full Story

Pear tree is a fantasy accord capturing the arboreal presence of Pyrus communis -- not the fruit or flower, but the tree: its bark, wood, leaves, and the atmospheric quality of standing beneath it.

Pear tree wood is hard, close-grained, and has a mild, slightly sweet woody scent. The bark carries faint tannins. The leaves contribute a green, mildly fruity character when bruised. Together, these elements suggest a living organism rather than a single aromatic material.

Perfumers reconstruct the pear tree using green-woody materials (cedryl acetate, Iso E Super), a leaf-green thread (cis-3-hexenol), a faint fruit echo (pear esters at trace levels), and a bark-like tannin quality (castoreum-adjacent materials, oak absolute).

In a composition, pear tree sits in the heart-to-base range. It provides an atmospheric, orchard-realistic quality -- the smell of a place rather than a thing.

This note in Première Peau. Nuit Elastique · Albâtre Sépia. Sample all seven extraits in the Discovery Set.

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Did You Know?

Did you know?

Pear wood is exceptionally hard and fine-grained, making it the preferred material for traditional European woodblock printing. Albrecht Durer used pearwood blocks for many of his most famous prints in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: Not extracted for perfumery. Fantasy accord built from green-woody, leaf, and bark synthetic elements.

↑ See Terroir & Origins for origin-specific methods.

Molecular Formula	Complex mixture (essential oil)
CAS Number	N/A — natural material, no single CAS
Botanical Name	Pyrus
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	Pyrus wood, Pearwood
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Lasting Power	> 200 hours
Appearance	Pale yellow to dark amber liquid

In Perfumery

Heart-to-base note in orchard, atmospheric, and green-woody compositions. Functions as a place-evoking element combining wood, bark, leaf, and fruit echoes. Built from green-woody molecules, leaf alcohols, pear ester traces, and bark-tannin accords.