I'm a pear too. My saddle is a Brook B17 S (women's) and feels fine.
Look at the picture of the two saddles. See how with the saddle on the left you would have two puffy balls of stuff pushing back against your two sit bones as you ride? Like riding on two squishy eggs. It hurts. The Brooks leather saddle on the right will slowly form to your sitbones, making dents that accomodate them and form to your pelvis bones like a good leather shoe forms to your own feet over time, ...instead of sitting on "rubber balls" like with the "padded" saddles. Hope this clarifies what we Brooks fans are talking about.
Every one is different though, and some women like gel or cut-out saddles.