Jeroboam Kun Amo (Vanina Murraciole) 2025 + Pear Cocktail Giveaway

Jeroboam Kun Amo

Jeroboam Kun Amo courtesy of Jeroboam

The latest extrait from the Paris-based Jeroboam brand, Kun Amo, proudly showcases the humble pear as its muse, proving deftly, and in its own emphatic way, that it isn’t just guava that is predicted to be the scent of the summer (N.B: I’ve smelled a whole bunch of mangoes recently too). Using the characteristic musk-forward approach of house perfumer Vanina Murraciole, Jeroboam’s Kun Amo delivers a pretty shot of nature-identical pear, before extending the sweeter, slightly oceanic tendrils of the initial accord long into the heart of the fragrance.

Kun Amo by Jeroboam

Photo used courtesy of Jovoy Mayfair

Transforming a pear accord – something that might traditionally be considered quite a flighty, flirty, yet passionate note that’s often teamed with clean floral bouquets – into something more statuesque and seductive, isn’t as simple as metaphorically taking the protagonist’s hair down and removing her glasses (a la She’s All That). There’s a palpable boosting of certain aspects involved: using maltol to extend the pear’s overall sugary sweetness, subtly dosing the cashmeran so it hypes up the salty oceanic molecules and adding mandarin and raspberry ketone to respectively introduce and bridge out the hero accord into the combination of assorted musks and ambery woody molecules listed in the base.

perfumer Varina Murraciole

Perfumer Vanina Murraciole and Jeroboam brand owner Francois Henin pictured in London last year

Of course, none of this technicality really matters – I include it only to remark on how the perfumer has managed to expand the scope of something young and frivolous to make it feel far more mature and considered, whilst still retaining its initial innocence. The inclusion of almond and the boozy, amaretto tone in the spine of the fragrance does this in an elegant way and even though the musk components seem to want to amplify the nuttier facets on my skin, the body of Jeroboam’s Kun Amo is all quite moreish and addictive.

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A friend of mine (bonjour Clemence!) said recently that it smells like “a pear brandy, but without the brandy” and, at first, I figured that she might have misspoke, but upon reflection – and another wearing – I totally understand what she meant. Kun Amo is, to further steal her parlance, a pear liqueur. It’s a sassified pear cocktail that’s been ripened and seasoned to create a musky perfume that should long live up to its translated name (from *Esperanto): With Love.

Notes: almond, bergamot, mandarin, pear, jasmine, ocean spray, raspberry, cashmere, sugar, ambery woods, musks, cedarwood

Disclaimer: a sample of Kun Amo was provided by Jovoy Mayfair.

Oli Marlow, Contributor

KUN AMO by Jeroboam

Jeroboam Kun Amo

Thanks to the generosity of Jeroboam we have a 30 ml bottle of Kun Amo for one registered reader mostly worldwide (with some exceptions), so please click here to see if you qualify. To be eligible please leave a comment about what strikes you about Jeroboam Kun Amo and where you live. Draw closes 7/10/25 and will be announced two weeks later.

Check out their new website JeroboamParis.com

Please read Oli’s review of Your Oudhness, Karl’s Ambra, Nicoleta’s review of Floro (* which includes an in-depth discussion of  the language and origins of Esperanto).

Your Oudhness was a top 10 Best of Scent for Oli 2024.

Francois Henin was Michelyn’s MVPP (most valuable perfume person of 2021)

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8 comments

  • Wonderful review of Kun Amo a grown up pear perfume. I think of pear as from The Body Shop and juvenile. Oli’ review changed my mind. Yeah, guava and mango are every where.
    Thanks for the link to Floro, since I never heard of it!
    USA

  • I’ve really enjoyed fruity & boozy fragrances that are wearable in hot weather. And I also love it when a fragrances fruit is natural and doesn’t smell like candy. One I’ve spent time with a lot is Memoir of a Perfume Collector Trouble in Paradise. If this can give me the same vibe of a natural fruit with boozy undertones, I think I’d love Kun Amo would be right up my alley. Thank you for the review. USA.

  • I find my struck by the idea of a “pear liqueur”, because for all my years experiencing fragrances, a boozy pear fragrance isn’t just one I’d never head of, it frankly isn’t one I thought would ever exist! So for that reason, I’d love to try it.

    London, UK

  • Ramses Perez says:

    Jeroboam is truly a house I feel like deserves much more recognition than it currently has. Insulo, in my opinion, is the most realistic, beautiful vanilla fragrance ever created. Now, Kun Amo is diving into new territory with something fruity and slightly boozy from the house. Yet, you’ll find no boozy notes but rather a blend of surrounding elements that give the sensation of a liqueur. Major props to the perfumer for achieving this and the timely release of this scent for the summer. I’m located in the USA.

  • The transformation of a typically light pear note into a sophisticated, musky, boozy “pear liqueur” fragrance is striking, blending innocence with seductive depth. The use of maltol, cashmeran, and amaretto-like almond notes creates an addictive, mature scent. I live in Poland, EU.

  • Kensolfactoryodyssey says:

    What strikes me most about Jeroboam Kun Amo is how it takes something as lighthearted and juicy as pear and transforms it into a rich, musky extrait that still retains its charm. The idea of a “pear brandy without the brandy” totally hooked me—I’m intrigued by how the amaretto and ocean spray come together with musks and almond to give it body. I live in California, USA, and would love the chance to experience this sassified pear in person!

  • Kensolfactoryodyssey says:

    What strikes me most about Jeroboam Kun Amo is how it takes something as lighthearted and juicy as pear and transforms it into a rich, musky extrait that still retains its charm. The idea of a “pear brandy without the brandy” totally hooked me—I’m intrigued by how the amaretto and ocean spray come together with musks and almond to give it body. I live in California, USA, and would love the chance to experience this sassified pear in person!

  • DAISY PEREZ says:

    I get super excited when I see a new perfume from a house that i am familiar with and that i have yet smelled. I love Jeroboam. Kun Amo sounds so delicious!! I am sure i will be blind buying this fragrance sounds like she is all that!!