Ordered initially and received a defective bottle that didn't spray correctly; no product was coming out of the atomizer. Emailed d'Annam customer service and they helped me get a replacement bottle so easily and quickly, without making a big fuss about paying for a return, return labels, etc. 10/10!

This perfume is truly a photorealistic scent of strawberry mochi. The warmth of the glutinous rice flour is really the stand out here, and the sweet strawberries catch up afterwards. When I first purchased the discovery set, I wasn't a huge fan of how it smelled on the paper blotter. Definitely try it on your skin if you weren't sure, as this changed everything for me. I'm addicted! If you were a lover of White Rice from Chapter 1, this is your next must have.

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…

I’m not really sure how to start off with this perfume, just that I’m pretty disappointed. My first impression was that the packaging was super cute and the bottle was simple. I tried the perfume on my skin and was not impressed by how it smelled. The strawberry & glutinous rice was not there, it smelled like the perfume “Japanese Cherry Blossom” by Bath and Bodywork but if it was gourmand. After a while I could pick up on the vanilla, brown sugar, and red bean paste and it smelled nice, but definitely not like strawberry mochi. The longevity of the perfume is pretty good though! It stayed on for at least 6-8 hours, just becoming very faint. I’ll keep wearing the perfume and I hope it grows on me because I really wanted to like this one.