I ordered a sample of this on luckyscent, and I just wanted to say I was a bit worried it would not be wearable, due to many people online saying their body chemistry did not mesh well with this perfume. I am speaking from my perspective, so what works for me might not work for you, but I LOVE this scent. I am a person who leans away from gourmands but this smells delicious; as others have said, the glutinous rice notes on this baby are very photorealistic. It has a subtle, nutty rice smell that has a warm and extremely tiny but almost floral (if my nose didn't know better) leaning, brown sugar scent. It nearly smells like the dove macadamia and rice milk body scrub if it leaned more toward a honeyed, brown sugar scent. I will say, I went into this perfume knowing the strawberry scent was not as emphasized. That being said, anyone who is enamoured by the aroma of rice milk or attracted to rice scents in general will revel in this. It is beautiful!
Pros:
- Gorgeous, brown sugary fresh/clean rice milk scent. Layer this with rice milk soaps and you're good.
- I *can* smell the strawberry but it is definitely on the dry down.
- Moderate projection! I've gotten many compliments and have given plenty of recommendations for this perfume! You will probably have to use quite a bit though, if you want others to smell it in passing.
- Not headache inducing, very important to me in gourmand scents personally.
Cons:
- People might be disappointed in the amount of strawberry they'll get…