Asian Bakery

Smells very authentic, as if I just walked into a warm Asian bakery in the morning right after they set out their fresh pastries. Pure nostalgia. The opening was very alcohol-y and sharp but it dried down into its true colors very quickly. This scent leans very slightly sweet on me but there's a little bit of savory yeastiness/saltiness/butteriness that makes it very realistic. I can understand that one may not want to smell like bread but (in the very brief time it projected) I got compliments on it and people asked if I had any pastries on me lol. I just wish this lasted more than an hour on skin :(

(this review is for the original version, they now reformulated it to be sweeter) smells EXACTLY like a toasted, warm croissant. i'm not sure how mochiglow was able to take the exact smell of something being baked and put it into liquid form, but they did it! it's a great fragrance and i personally love it, but i feel like it would not be a safe blind buy for most. it's a perfume you need to layer, honestly. scent development 🧸 opening/top notes & initial impression: TOASTED CROISSANTS !!!! the exact smell of baked, yeasty pastries--lowkey including the oven 🧸 middle notes: the buttery layers in between dough while making croissants 🧸 dry down/base notes: less photorealistic baked goods, more mellow, but still yeasty and doughy characteristics 🧸 season(s): fall 🧸 occasion: fun to layer with a sweeter scent to create a, for example, strawberry pastry 🧸 time of day: day or night 🧸 versatility: not very versatile tbh 🧸 unique: SUPER UNIQUE 🧸 compliments (personally): haven't worn it out yet! practicality 🧸 bottle/packaging design: SUPER CUTE! love how simple their packaging is 🧸 ages i think this is best suited for: 20s-30s 🧸 mood/vibe: walking into the back of house of a family-ran bakery at 6 am when they've already been baking for 4 hours 🧸 repurchase/purchase if sample?: probably wouldn't repurchase, but love that i have it! overall recommend?: maybe...

It smells like a hot, buttered, salted pretzel to me. It made me smile and my eyes widen when I smelled it because it's very photorealistic. I thought of Auntie Anne's pretzels, but that's only because I have never had the pleasure of being in an Asian bakery. I can see how the salted, buttery, yeast notes encapsulate such a place. I would not want to smell like this though, but I will keep a sample to enjoy on a test strip every now and then. This fragrance is where art and science supercede practicality and wearability. Moderate sillage and weak to moderate longevity. I rated it as a like because it is exactly what it says it is and it delivers that very well. I can't judge it for smelling like a literal Asian bakery (or Auntie Anne's), because that's what it's supposed to be.

This is fine. I love Mochiglow's Bubble Tea (enough to buy a full-size) and my partner loves it, too. So I was amped to try Asian Bakery, hoping for a bit more flour and milk than sweetness. While it IS less sweet than Bubble Tea, it's...I don't know. Unremarkable? It certainly wouldn't offend anyone, but it doesn't wow me. The drydown smelled like Playdough to my nose, but that could be the flour (Playdough is made up of flour and mineral oil, right?) I'm still going to try out the rest of their scents from the Desserts & Tea sample pack, but this one didn't scratch where I itch, unlike Bubble Tea. If you like gourmands that aren't as juvenile as the cheap ones, check it out.

This fragrance evokes a deep sense of nostalgia in me. It smells like sweet yeasted dough, and the yeast note is unmistakable. Whenever I inhale it, I’m instantly reminded of my childhood, when my grandmother would knead dough in the kitchen to bake fresh bread. Soon, the comforting aroma of freshly baked bread would fill the entire apartment, while the windows fogged up from the heat of the oven. It’s a very warm, cozy, and truly homey fragrance.