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Realistic mochi, sweet and hearty
Sampling d’Annam Strawberry Mochi, from the recently-released Chapter 2 collection entitled Memories of Japan. It’s fittingly doughy, fruity, a mix of sweet and hearty, with notes of rice and red paste, constituent components of the dough that makes up the outer layer of mochi. I think it balances out the sweet flavor of mochi with the hearty components. It realistically smells like mochi out of the box, be it a frozen / ice cream variety or something more room temperature, so I suspect that fans of the inspiration will enjoy the fragrance. Still, I could sum it up as light strawberry bread and find it good but not great or especially outstanding. Yet it’s up to the high standard set by the line, which I’ve almost sampled in its entirety, in terms of creativity and quality, so I quite like this and could wear it a lot.
Strawberry Mochi is EDP concentration and priced at $120 for 50ml, which is more so the pricing of Chapter 1 than Chapter 2, but still reasonable in the current market for niche perfumery. It performs well enough but is among the lighter of the catalogue that I’ve tried.
7 out of 10
Strawberry Mochi is EDP concentration and priced at $120 for 50ml, which is more so the pricing of Chapter 1 than Chapter 2, but still reasonable in the current market for niche perfumery. It performs well enough but is among the lighter of the catalogue that I’ve tried.
7 out of 10