Milk & Matcha

Alright, I've seen all the negative buzz around this one, so I was fully and completely ready to be underwhelmed... Maybe having zero expectations is helping somewhat but honestly I'm genuinely blown away! For ME, the name is pretty accurate. Much like some other "matcha" fragrances, it's more like the combination of notes is giving the illusion of matcha rather than being a fully-fledged matcha fragrance, but still. I'm getting a green bitterness underneath all the frothy milkiness and that's good enough for me! This is a distant cousin to Matcha Meditation. That one is creamy and sweet due to the white chocolate note whereas this is firmly milk-like. There, the orange blossom is WAY more distinct; the matcha too. On the flip side, the citric top notes come out to play here and I don't pick up on them at all in MM. This has a musky base with a floral tinge (very "perfume-y"), whereas MM's base is very soft and earthy due to the oakmoss. I wish I could explain better, but to me despite their similar vibes they're not actually that similar! It's certainly NOT redundant to own both... for that reason I'll be sitting with this sample for the next couple of weeks, I really like it and am strongly considering a purchase. If you like vanillas with a "different" vibe - another great example of that for me is Lush American Cream - I think you'll enjoy this too!

Normally I run from vanilla scents, but this one totally charmed me. I tried it yesterday while looking for a matcha scent, and it immediately made me think of sitting outside at a nice café, drinking a vanilla matcha latte and eating a fancy cake with whipped cream and clementine. It’s perfect for summer, but if you’re after a photorealistic green matcha scent, this isn’t it.

I haven't trie un ete, but the sample of this "new" version is SO gorgeous in the opening, the macha with milk is so comforting! If you like macha latter, you will enjoy this one. However, it quickly fades into floral (still cozy, but not at that opening level) and it's basically non-existent within 2 hours. Personally, I would buy it for the opening only and reapply :)

Bright citrusy opening on top of the milk and matcha note. Floral elements are there to make it more of an elevated perfume instead of realistic gourmand. So comforting to wear before bed/ in pajamas. The lactonic note is delicious. Citrusy matcha latte develops to a more milky floral and vanilla dry down.

I adore this fragrance. It’s exactly what it says: milk and matcha. The dry down is incredibly creamy and cozy! It becomes a skin scent after 3 - 4 hours, but I can still catch whiffs of it for the entire day.

Opening is very citrusy indeed. Next there is sourish matcha, a bit sharp and refreshing. Dries down to milkish scent and I loooove it. It is VERY powdery! Got a sample and will be using it!

Full disclosure, I hate matcha. It’s gross. But this fragrance is really beautiful and smells incredible especially on the dry down.

It smells like I'm having a vanilla/matcha soft serve ice cream cone in LA's Little Tokyo. It's absolutely divine!

Matcha powder and tooth rotting sweet, hot condensed milk on the first spray. Nauseatingly sweet in a good way. Smells like those synthetic baked treats soaked in corn syrup, then vanilla sponge cake slowly emerges, the matcha is in the background - like a cup of fresh hot matcha milk on your desk, holding up a vanilla tart with lemony sugar glaze up to your nose. exactly like that. For sure an experience ! I think lovely for a first coffee date that wants to make a lasting impression, if youre somebody sugary sweet inside.

I got a free sample of this. Starts off as a nice, photorealistic milk and matcha (as the name suggests) but on my skin it moves along to its base notes a bit too quickly for my liking. And the base notes on me is a pretty generic vanilla scent to me. Sad. I initially smelled this on paper and that was really nice because the matcha lasted a bit longer on there. Just not on me. Will happily use up the sample I have, but I don't think I'll be purchasing a proper bottle. I just wish the matcha lasted longer on me!

First whiff of this is like putting a tin of matcha powder under your nose and taking a big sniff. Abit overpowering for me at first. After a while, it settles into this fresh, citrusy, almost musky skin like scent. Think of taking off a well loved t-shirt that you slept in while lathered in a green tea lotion. The matcha kind of takes a backseat and welcomes this wave of airy freshness take over. I’d definitely give it time to settle into the skin before critiquing it so harshly (as I did).

Smells better on the blotter than it does on my skin. The citrus-y, gingery aspect is more pronounced on my skin, which reminds me of Hors-Piste by Bastille. On the strip, it smells like yummy cereal milk, with a hint of matcha and I wish that's what I smelled on me. I enjoy it, even though I, like many others, wish this was more matcha forward. I like how it does white florals, which also feels very present especially as it dries down. It feels almost like a gardenia.

I think that the dry down of this is a really nice, lactonic matcha. That being said, the opening is quite sharp and soapy on my skin. It is a solid overall fragrance, but I prefer something like matcha soft serve bc it doesn’t go as sharp on me. If you like matcha, you’ll probably enjoy. It’s not too sweet. Do test first, not blind buy safe.

I tested “Milk and matcha / Un été” at the same time with “Je ne sais quoi” of Téo Cabanel. The first is very light on tea with zesty citrus vanilla and the second one is milky (rice) green tea matcha. I prefer the confort the Teo Cabanel more interesting. Milk and matcha is nice cosy but a little too simple for me.

Very cute perfume. I mean you have to like matcha in the first place otherwise you won’t enjoy this. It opens with mandarin notes on top of matcha green profile. While mandarin quickly disappears, the perfume turns more milky on the dry down. It is very likeable, lasts around 2 hours.

This is so beautiful and perfect, a heavy matcha opening that melts into a luxurious latte with a drizzle of matcha. It's one glaring, hilarious issue? It's gone within 10 minutes. No trace. Even on prepped, lotioned skin, even on fabric, just gone.

White floral with a warm base, stop the presses! Weirdly enough this smells almost exactly like Gucci Flora Gorgeous Gardenia on me. Same hot brown sugar/tonka vanilla base and strong and heady white florals on top. I don't get any grassy matcha or astringent black tea (I like my mate dry and robust). At most the accord smells like a matcha latte that has been entirely too watered down with oatmilk, very faint and soggy. The sillage is almost entirely a white floral like jasmine and there's very little refreshment from the citrus or ginger. If you like warm base white florals, this is a decent fragrance, but it's not innovative or interesting. Also kind of heavy and cloying for hot weather. Would probably be more comforting in the winter.

She’s sitting in the sunniest spot of a trendy cafe, her chargers are pristine and everything she uses effortlessly looks brand new. You walk past her and smell a soapy clean scent and a whiff of her matcha latte. But within a few steps the scent fades away. On first spray this instantly smells like a photo realistic matcha latte over about 10 minutes that fades into almost like an Aesop hand soap. It’s clean, it’s beautiful, it unfolds in such a pleasant way however it is a poor performer if you want any form of a statement scent. Not for me but this sample was absolutely a lovely spring morning scent experience.

This is the most photorealistic matcha fragrance I have smelled so far. However, that's all it is. Matcha and milk. I get none of the orange blossom or vanilla or balsam.

As a big matcha lover, this does not hit me at all.... Milky but with citrus, tea (not matcha), sweet. It's ok but nothing wow... sad