Jo Malone English Pear and Freesia Candle Review

 Have ya'll been following the craze for the Starbucks Teddy Bear cup? 

I mean the cup is really cute and everything but is it worth over $30? Is it worth waking up at 2 and 3 in the AM to camp outside the store?  From the vids I've seen people are doing all that and still not getting a cup because the employees are buying them up. And Starbucks is only sending 1-4 cups to each store. But to each his own I guess. I've never been into Starbucks, I am team I have coffee/tea at home. I'm sure it's saved me tons of money over the years. Money I guess I then spend on candles 😬

But anywho my last post for today is going to be candle review. I treat myself to a luxury candle every now and again and burn it a few hours on the weekend to make it stretch. It's a nice treat. 

Jo Malone claims: 

Fill the room with orchards steeped in golden sunshine, warming the russet curves of luscious pears. The sensuous freshness of the just-ripe fruit wrapped in elegant white freesias. Crafted in the British countryside in a travel-sized glass design.

This scent is part of our joyful and inviting home edit. Perfect for welcoming friends and family for informal gatherings, providing playful, elegant or opulent notes to draw them in.

English Pear & Freesia by Jo Malone London is a Chypre Fruity fragrance for women. English Pear & Freesia was launched in 2010. The nose behind this fragrance is Christine Nagel. Top notes are Pear and Melon; middle notes are Freesia and Rose; base notes are Musk, Patchouli, Rhuburb and Amber.

I started with the Peony and Blushed Suede scent because I bought it at a steep discount because the price is really insane. I usually use a coupon or saved up Nordstrom bucks to make the price a little easier to swallow. 

I really liked this candle up  until I used the perfume. It does smell related to the Peony one. They are different but you can tell they are made by the same brand. It's a nice scent.   But there's just a note about it that throws it off for me. So when I first light it I'm thinking "Oooh what a beautiful fancy floral". Then as I keep sniffing there is just a note of something that I can't quite put my finger on that I just don't like. It's not horrendous, but given the price I want to love it. 

I wouldn't have immediately thought it was pear. And I can't say I really know the scent of Freesia (even though I just finished up a Freesia soap not so long ago!). Some scents just take your somewhere else or just across extra special because they capture a feeling. That's what I expect from luxury candles and this one doesn't really do that to me. I want to feel I'm on the orchard surrounded by gorgeous flowers. 

From what I have read this scent is one of their most popular scents. It came out in 2010 so I consider it a newer scent. That actually surprises me because I thought Jo Malone was an even newer brand. 

The packaging is nice. Very gift-able. It comes in a nice box. It's not a large candle for the price...but it does seem to burn a long time.

I've had some trouble with burning the candle. I think at some point I trimmed the wick too much..and it's been slow burning and I have had to dig out some of the wax to keep it going. I think the wick is slightly too small for these candles and how hard the wax is. So that doesn't feel very luxury.

As for type of wax- they don't say. I'm thinking a blend with majority paraffin which is not my favorite type of wax. 

It's also not my favorite scent. For me the candle overall was not worth it..I would still buy another scent from the brand later on. I'm particularly interested in the Wood Sage and Sea Salt but I probably won't be buying that one for quite awhile.