Sushi

Bright, fresh, near lemon, heavy dash of green. Light but still works in winter unlike a lot of citrus. Very little staying power and practically requires overspraying. "Sushi" only if you typically eat heavier American fare and consider sushi still dinner but much lighter and more fleeting than an average meal. Not luxurious, fishy, or international. No regrets on getting the sampler but given how brief its life is and how many pumps were required to make it noticeable I'm not likely to rebuy.

Does it smell like sushi? Not really - too much citrus (I want to say grapefruit), too little ginger (where is it?), seaweed or rice. But this smells great - very fresh, totally happy, light, fun. It's not at all yummy, but the scent is very good. So, do I want to smell like "Sushi"? I guess I do! Longevity is very weak, sillage rather minimal, sadly.

This smells a little like a california roll - predominantly of the soft steam from vinagered sushi rice, a hint of pickled ginger and a touch of seaweed. It's very pretty and light.

Mmm...reminds me of california rolls. I think I might buy it soon.

When I travel, I like to bring along a new fragrance sample to use on the trip to help me create a “scent memory” - whenever I smell it after the trip, it’ll remind me of that time and bring back memories. Heading to Japan and Demeter’s Green Tea was on backorder, so Sushi was the obvious second choice. I was hoping for a salty, briny seaweed marine with vinegar-seasoned sushi rice and hints of ginger. On a tester, I get a blast of straight-up Lemon Pledge and not much else. It’s a sweet lemon, like lemon zest or a lemon candy. A review mentioned lemon Clorox wipes and I don’t disagree. My parter said “It smells like the inside of a mall.” When worn, I also get mostly “lemon cleaning product,” which fades a little to give way for something a bit more warm and musky. Maybe a hint of ginger, but mostly “generic cheap cologne scent with lemon.” If I’d sprayed this without knowing what it was, I never would have guessed it was related to sushi. Not eating it, not being in a sushi restaurant. I probably would have guessed it was called something like Lemon Drop, or maybe Hot Toddy. Such a strong lemon note seems like a bit of an odd choice for a “sushi” scent since lemon isn’t associated with eating sushi/sashimi at all. Overall, I think it was a bit of a stretch to market this as sushi-related scent and it’s a bit too lemony-sweet for me to want to wear every day on my trip.

I was disappointed with this. Sushi is my favorite meal and I think of it as edible art rather than simply food. I was intrigued by the idea of a perfume that could capture the olfactory experience of sitting down to (an albeit vegetarian) sushi feast, but this does not deliver anything of the sort. I could barely smell anything at all; this is such a very faint, light scent that I had to examine the sprayer nozzle to make sure anything was even coming out. Finally I caught a faint waft of watery lemon... and that's all. This smells more like the moist towelettes some seafood restaurants give you to wipe your hands after your meal rather than smelling like a sushi meal itself. If I could have picked up any seaweed or ginger, or sushi rice, this might have been really interesting, but it doesn't seem like my experience of this scent is unique. Have to pass on this one.

I really just had to know what this smelled like. It's kind of a musty lemony scent. There's no fish smell. No seaweed either. It's just lemon and pickled ginger. It's boring, hard to pick up even on paper, and doesn't smell good, or even like sushi, when you do smell it.

Im sorry but there is nothing smells Sushi about it

I've been living in Okinawa for about 10 months, so I've had real Japanese sushi. Of course, I read the reviews of this fragrance before I bought it, so I knew it wasn't all raw fish. However, after receiving this scent in the mail today and testing it, I am really disappointed. It smells super lemony in a really fake chemical sort of way. And what does lemon have to do with sushi? Absolutely nothing. Sushi rice is seasoned with vinegar, salt, and sugar. My expectations for a sushi scent would be pickled ginger + nori. This fragrance delivered neither.

It looks more like it is a veggie sushi, with rice and the fragrant ginger they offer on the side. As it says here fresh; no fish in sight. I really would not mind testing this as my spouse particularly likes the pink ginger that comes with sushi maybe he would like it on me? :)

Wow, nothing to humiliate a lady more than saying 'oh, you smell quite fishy today.' Haha!

You've got to love the humor in Demeter fragrances. :)

you have got to be kidding !!!! sushi? really?? why ?