Roasted Green Tea
ほうじ茶 / Hōji-cha
2017 Eau de Parfum

Roasted Green Tea / ほうじ茶 / Hōji-cha (Eau de Parfum) by J-Scent
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7.3 / 10 57 Ratings
A perfume by J-Scent for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is green-creamy. It is being marketed by LUZ / 有限会社ルズ.
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Main accords

Green
Creamy
Gourmand
Sweet
Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
PeanutPeanut CoconutCoconut Dried kelpDried kelp
Heart Notes Heart Notes
JasmineJasmine MintMint Winter greenWinter green
Base Notes Base Notes
CedarwoodCedarwood CloverClover IrisIris VanillaVanilla
Ratings
Scent
7.357 Ratings
Longevity
6.839 Ratings
Sillage
6.138 Ratings
Bottle
6.739 Ratings
Value for money
8.027 Ratings
Submitted by AmyAmy, last update on 09/13/2025.

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parfumpixie

338 Reviews
parfumpixie
parfumpixie
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Hojicha
This is a creamy roasted green tea with refreshing mint, hints of warm and nutty peanuts, and a dry down of woody vanilla. This opens with that fun peanut note paired with a hint of a seaweed smell that isn’t off putting by any means, and a softly fresh coconut. The heart of this is like a jasmine green tea but with a creaminess from a smooth iris. The dry down is beautifully sweet and woody with remnants of that creamy green tea.
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Try89

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Try89
Try89
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Lovely matcha latte scent
I was searching for a matcha fragrance that opens like matcha meditation by Maison Martin Margiela but does not turn sickly sweet after a few minutes. I tried un été by Obvious and to me they those smell fairly similar but J scent is half the price. The green tea note in Roasted Green tea is much more long lasting than matcha meditation. It still has a milky/creamy, slightly sweet undertone but definitely not as "dense" as matcha meditation.

Sillage is not strong but it definitely lingers on me, I can almost get a whiff of it every now and then through out the whole day.

It is a great matcha fragrance but if you are looking for something purely with green tea note without any sweetness, unfortunately this may not be for you.
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Akira1005

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Akira1005
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Very interesting. not Hojicha but smoky tea
One word: E-cigarette flavor of black tea with milk

If you want milk tea, Jill Stuart has a higher reproducibility.
The scent scatters for a moment, but it comes together in one place in a few minutes. This happened with Eau de Milk Tea Blend too. It's not tea. This is a bit similar to KENZO's Nuit Tatami . The "roasting" part of Roasted Green Tea Eau de Parfum makes it smell like the smell of living in a house. Haven't you ever felt like you were in someone else's house? That's it. Jill wins in terms of reproducibility here. However, that's a comparison as a milk tea, yes. It's difficult to say that it's very close to actual Hojicha.
Many people don't know this, but Hojicha, green tea, black tea, and oolong tea are actually all made from the same tea leaves. (That's surprising, isn't it? I thought so too.) So it's extremely difficult to differentiate them.
If it had a more fragrant roasted feel, it would have been closer to Hojicha. It's not quite coffee, but it's roasted, so it has a similar flavor. Real hojicha has a tatami-like scent. Maybe that's why it looks like KENZO? But you can't put vanilla in either tatami or tea. Lol, ruined. So I don't recommend it. It's an attractive concept, an attractive note, but Japanese bloggers were raving about it, but I think they were people who praised everything. They don't say what they think clearly. Maybe that attitude is because they have an ulterior motive to get some "leftovers". Of course, I appreciate that kindness and goodwill, but I think it helps more people if reviews are written honestly. So I'm being honest and say I don't recommend it.

Background
Hojicha is roasted green tea, and hojicha latte is a standard product sold at Starbucks, Tully's, convenience stores, etc. in Japan. Hojicha and hojicha latte are different. Hojicha,In Japan, you can buy Hojicha tea bags at any supermarket. If you smoke it in your room, it smells great.
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Aquaphobitch

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Aquaphobitch
Aquaphobitch
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Peanut milk tea
I work in a teahouse, and am very familiar with the nutty, roasted, caramelic scent and taste of hojicha, this is not hojicha in its raw form, more so a hojicha concentrate or syrup in a boba tea shop.

It opens with a milky mint, like a buttermint chew, and a fresh cracked coconut. It then starts to settle into a more tea like fragrance, but still not the dry hojicha I’m used to, more of a peanut milk tea to be honest. The mint does add a nice herbal quality, and this works really well with the seaweed which does invoke an undertone of Japanese green tea, vaguely.

This is less the tea leaf itself, and more so a peanut hojicha boba made with coconut milk. Nice, but not what it says on the tin really.
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Pinkchiffon

4 Reviews
Pinkchiffon
Pinkchiffon
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Wear it for yourself
I did not know it was possible for a fragrance to have both decent longevity and minimal sillage before I tried this... I can catch a whiff of it on myself for a good half of the day, but I surveyed my friends and they did not ever smell it unless they were around at the moment I sprayed it. Anyway, it's a soft, creamy but not heavy gourmand that captures the elusive "not too sweet" of Japanese desserts and the bitterness and even slight umami of strong green tea.
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kitteakittea 3 months ago
Like opening a packet of roasted seaweed snacks. Tasty.
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KathrynA66KathrynA66 2 years ago
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After an short & odd opening (the peanut?), this settles into a lovely green tea, even though there is no tea note. Great blending!
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Aspasia0Aspasia0 3 months ago
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It's less green tea and more instant matcha latte, matcha Pocky sticks, and pretty much all Asian sweets with matcha flavor.
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WolfHunterWolfHunter 3 months ago
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An interesting take on a matcha fragrance. Opens as roasted matcha but dries down sweet and lactonic like a matcha ice cream.
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AstralmonadAstralmonad 4 months ago
Opening impression: a photorealistic Ito-En green tea. Drydown smells identical to the drydown of D’annam’s Matcha Soft Serve.
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zippinzephyrzippinzephyr 5 months ago
Definitely smells like a milky hojicha, which is a nutty and creamy tea for me. Lasts a decent time on me.
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NinamariahNinamariah 1 year ago
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Utterly realistic strong tea note which softens quickly into a greenish, pleasant, aromatic, soft, smooth aroma with woody base. Well blende
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KacieNRKacieNR 1 year ago
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The most realistic tea fragrance I’ve tried. Smells slightly astringent and exactly like Ito En’s bottled hojicha.
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DressUpWitchDressUpWitch 1 year ago
A very realistic bitter matcha that unfortunately vanished in minutes.
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StnicholasStnicholas 5 days ago
A hojicha KitKat in a bottle. Stunning.
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