Mochi

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Mochi is Japanese glutinous rice pounded into a soft elastic cake. As a fragrance note it is an accord, not an extract. It names steamed sweet rice, rice milk and the dusting of dry starch on the surface of the confection.

Scent Profile

Mochi smells milky and creamy first, with a starchy dusting of dry powder over the surface. A gentle sweetness sits behind the milk, closer to soft rice cream than to sugar. A toasted, nutty rice note runs through it, with a faint clean musk underneath.

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Family Sweet & Gourmand, Floral

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Origin

There is no mochi raw material. The accord is assembled and the sources name the parts: steamed rice, rice milk, orris butter and gentle musks, with toasted vanilla and almond over the top. No formula is fixed, so no two mochi accords need smell alike.

Usage in Perfumery

Four Fragrantica placements, none on Parfumo. It is a recent gourmand note. DedCool builds a whole product on it, Mochi Milk, described as 'peach nectar and pillowy marshmallow whipped with sweetened rice milk' with 'sandalwood, amber, and white musk' underneath.