Yardley Lilac & Pear Eau de Toilette

Yardley London has been creating fragrance since 1770 — a period of continuous production so long that it encompasses the entire history of the modern fine fragrance industry and extends considerably beyond it into a time when perfume-making was a fundamentally different craft practiced in fundamentally different ways for fundamentally different purposes. More than two-and-a-half centuries of fragrance tradition have given the house a specific and entirely authoritative understanding of what it means for a fragrance to be genuinely, naturally, and completely itself — not following trends or chasing the next innovation but rooted in the specific quality of what the Yardley aesthetic has always most completely and most authentically represented: the effortless beauty of the English countryside, the specific freshness of an English spring garden, and the specific quality of gently charming, softly romantic, and entirely unhurried English feminine elegance. Lilac & Pear extends this tradition into a specifically fresh and specifically modern expression — a floral fruity composition of considerable immediate charm and considerable immediately lovely spring-garden character that is simultaneously timeless in its Yardley heritage and refreshingly contemporary in its pear-and-green-leaves opening. Pear and green leaves in the opening for the most immediately fresh and most specifically spring-alive botanical first impression. Lilac, rose, and jasmine in the heart for the most softly romantic and most specifically powdery-floral spring-blossom mid-wear character. And musk, sandalwood, and amber in the base for the warm, understated, and entirely appropriate lasting depth that carries the whole composition through every occasion it is worn. It is the best friend, as the brand's own description most accurately states, for a woman who enjoys life's little treasures — and it earns that description through genuine, grounded, and entirely honest compositional beauty.

The opening of Yardley Lilac & Pear is a two-note fruity-green accord of considerable immediate freshness and considerable immediately lovely, energizing spring-garden character. Pear provides the most immediately beautiful and the most broadly appealing quality of the opening — a juicy, slightly sweet, and specifically ripe fruitiness of considerable immediately lovely and specifically accessible character. Pear's quality of juicy, slightly sweet, and ripe natural fruitiness gives the opening its most immediately energizing and its most broadly lovely first dimension — the note most directly responsible for the immediate, cheerful, and specifically spring-garden-alive first impression that makes Lilac & Pear most immediately appealing and most naturally appropriate to the season and the character it was designed to celebrate. Green leaves accompany the pear with the most immediately distinctive and the most specifically botanical element of the opening — a clean, slightly watery, and specifically garden-fresh quality of cool, green, and specifically spring-alive botanical character. Green leaves' quality of simultaneously immediately fresh and specifically more interesting than simpler citrus notes gives the combined opening its most immediately distinctive and its most genuinely English-countryside-appropriate character. Together, pear and green leaves create a top note combination of genuine, immediate, and entirely charming spring-garden freshness.

The heart of Lilac & Pear reveals lilac, rose, and jasmine — a three-flower bouquet of considerable soft beauty and considerable immediately lovely powdery-floral spring-garden character. Lilac takes the most immediately distinctive and the most specifically original role — a gently sweet, slightly powdery, and specifically lovely spring-blossom floralcy that is simultaneously immediately beautiful and specifically associated with the English garden tradition of late April and May. Lilac's quality of simultaneously cool and warm, gently sweet and specifically powdery-floral spring-blossom character gives the heart its most immediately distinctive and its most specifically charming quality — the note that gives the composition its name and its most immediately recognizable powdery spring-floral character. Rose accompanies the lilac with the most immediately warm and the most broadly beloved floral quality — simultaneously immediately beautiful and specifically appropriate to the soft, romantic, and gently feminine character of the composition. Jasmine completes the heart with warm, honeyed, and gently exotic white floral depth — simultaneously enriching the lilac's softer powdery character and the rose's warmer floralcy with something more specifically beautiful and more specifically distinguished. Together, lilac, rose, and jasmine create a heart of genuine soft beauty, genuine immediately lovely powdery-floral character, and the specific quality of gently romantic, specifically English spring-garden feminine elegance.

The base of Yardley Lilac & Pear is warm, understated, and entirely appropriate — a three-note foundation of musk, sandalwood, and amber that gives the composition its most lasting and its most warmly lovely dry-down character. Musk provides the most skin-close and the most genuinely personal quality of the base. Sandalwood contributes clean, creamy, and specifically beautiful woody warmth. Amber adds warm, gently resinous depth. Together, musk, sandalwood, and amber create a base of genuine warm understated beauty — warm enough and deep enough to carry the whole composition through the full wearing arc, providing exactly the right degree of lasting depth for a fragrance designed to be light enough for everyday use yet charming enough to make a lasting mark.

Yardley Lilac & Pear belongs to the Floral Fruity fragrance family — and it represents that family with the specific quality of effortless, genuinely charming, and specifically English spring-garden feminine beauty that the Yardley London house and its more than two-and-a-half centuries of fragrance heritage most completely and most authentically deliver. The pear-and-green-leaves opening gives it its most immediately fresh and its most specifically spring-alive first impression; the lilac-rose-jasmine heart gives it its most softly romantic and most specifically lovely powdery-floral mid-wear character; and the musk-sandalwood-amber base gives it the warm, understated, and genuinely beautiful dry-down that makes the full wearing experience of Lilac & Pear as consistently charming and as effortlessly lovely as the English spring garden it was designed to celebrate.

Spring and early summer are Lilac & Pear's most natural seasons — the pear-and-green-leaves opening is most immediately fresh in mild, bright conditions, and the lilac-rose heart is most softly and most beautifully expressed in the mild temperatures most associated with the English spring garden character. For brunch dates, weekend strolls, casual afternoons, and any spring moment calling for effortlessly lovely feminine freshness, it wears as the best friend the brand designed it to be. Every bottle at GuiltyFragrance.com is 100% authentic, brand-new, and sealed in original Yardley manufacturer packaging — sourced from authorized distributors, never a tester or imitation — and backed by our free US shipping and 30-day return policy.

Fragrance Family

Floral, Fruity — Fresh Floral Fruity

Scent Notes

Why Choose Yardley Lilac & Pear

• 100% authentic Yardley London fragrance — brand-new, factory-sealed in original Lilac & Pear packaging, sourced from authorized distributors, never a tester or imitation.
• Lilac at the heart — the most immediately distinctive and the most specifically original floral element of the composition, and the note most directly responsible for Lilac & Pear's most immediately recognizable and most genuinely charming powdery spring-blossom mid-wear character. Lilac's gently sweet, slightly powdery, and specifically English-garden-appropriate spring blossom quality is simultaneously immediately distinctive and genuinely lovelier than most commonly used floral alternatives in accessible feminine fragrance.
• Green leaves in the opening alongside pear — the most immediately distinctive and the most specifically botanical quality of the opening, its slightly watery, cool, and specifically garden-fresh character giving the pear-and-green-leaves combination its most genuinely English-countryside-appropriate and most immediately distinctive spring-garden freshness.
• From Yardley London — one of the oldest and the most historically significant fragrance houses in the world, with roots to 1770 and more than two-and-a-half centuries of continuous fragrance expertise. Yardley's specific understanding of the English floral feminine tradition gives Lilac & Pear a quality of genuinely rooted, genuinely authoritative, and genuinely appropriate English spring-garden feminine character that no house without this heritage can quite replicate.
• Light enough for everyday use, charming enough to make a lasting mark — the most accurately and the most specifically appropriate description of the composition's most fundamental quality. Lilac & Pear has exactly the right balance of pear freshness and lilac-rose-jasmine floral charm for a fragrance that can be worn every day without becoming heavy or intrusive, while still being genuinely, specifically lovely and genuinely memorable in the way that the finest effortless spring feminine fragrances always are.
• Exceptional value for genuine English heritage floral quality — a eight-note composition of genuine spring-garden freshness, real lilac-rose-jasmine powdery floral charm, and the warm musk-sandalwood-amber depth at a price point that makes this quality of English feminine fragrance heritage available to every woman who appreciates it.
• Free US shipping and 30-day hassle-free returns on every order at GuiltyFragrance.com.

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