Riceflower & Shea

I joined this site specifically so I could discuss this scent. I miss it SO MUCH! I used to stalk the semi annual sale for this until it stopped showing up; aka ran out of supply. In the shower this is heavenly! You have to start with the body wash with this scent to really appreciate it. As far as dupes are concerned, the closest I have found is definitely Snowflakes & Cashmere. The first time I sniffed it, I was immediately transported back to this fragrance, especially just from memory. Smelling them side by side you can definitely pick out the differences but the vibe is ver much the same. Soft, cozy, comforting, quiet. Coconut cove is a nice perfume but no way a dupe. Different vibe completely. Which brings me to my next point. Before I looked up the accords/notes on this website I had no actual idea there was coconut in this. No wonder I love it so much! Im obsessed with anything Coconut so that was an interesting ah hah moment for me. I hope someone out there someday helps me find the perfect replica of this! I don't realllllyyyyyyyyy want to spends hundreds of dollars buying secondhand backups but I'm getting close to desperate enough for that. haha!

You guys!!! For all of you out there looking for a dope of this like me I think I just found one that I love!!!! Bath and body Works just came out with a line of 3 scents with pretty plain packaging. Musk, Apple, and lavender. While I absolutely am in love with the lavender scent, I smelled the musk with high hopes ... but it wasn’t until I sprayed the body spray and noticed that there’s a note of rice milk on the back that I realized it gives serious rice flour and Shea vibes- not the lotion- not the shower gel - but the SPRAY! very very similar! I am picking up that rice note big time that reminds me of rice flour and Shea. I am such a happy girl right now!!!!

Bath & Body Works has a plain vanilla bean scent that I really liked in the 90s, just plain vanilla bean with no other notes. This scent is as if you took that, and added a little bit of rice flower. Perhaps a tiny hint of coconut milk & sandalwood, but very subtle. I The scent is light an unobtrusive, sweet without being cloying. I don’t smell the ginger or anise. Also no floral notes, thankfully. Unfortunately Bath & Body works adds florals to most of their scents now, and they go all air freshener on me, but some of the older ones like this one weren’t like that, and were still good. Lovely rice flour and vanilla bean scent.

Too bad B&BW stopped making this creamy, beautiful scent. I'm not one for smelling like food, especially Vanilla, but this scent was absolutely perfect. It was one of those rare scents that smelled delicious on pretty much everyone...not sure about guys though, unless they damped it down with a bit of China musk. Anyway, I love it so much that I'm going to start making my own Rice Flower and Shea products with goat milk as an main added ingredient - Yum! I will definitely be luscious enough to eat...lol!

oh, man, i'm so sad that this was discontinued. this was, by far, the most cozy, soft, creamy scent that i have ever smelled. it was absolutely perfect. it smelled like soft, sweet rice mixed with creamy vanilla and something else that i can't put my finger on. just so comforting. i'm genuinely devastated that this was taken away. it performed way above its price point and i'll miss it forever. nothing else that b&bw has carried since has come close to this.