Soft

This is heavenly. The best thing I've ever smelled, so comforting and cozy. As an Asian person, I have fond memories of smelling rice cooking in the kitchen while hanging out with my mom, and this bring me immediately back to those memories. It's fragrant, fluffy, slightly sweet, slightly nutty, and I just can't get enough. The only problem is that it's gone within 5 minutes of spraying. I imagine that the notes that make up this fragrance just don't have any longevity. I have desperately tried to find other rice scents that provide some more longevity (e.g., d'Annam White Rice, Diptyque L'Eau Papier, Kenzo Amour, Arielle Shoshana Sunday, Strangers Chokedee, The Strange South And From The Strong Comes The Sweet, NAVA Rice Milk Musk, Alkemia Silken Tent, the list goes on and on), and I haven't found another fragrance that can recreate that rice note as realistically as Poesie.

All I have to say is that the description on the website really does do this perfume justice: it is made for a day off, sleeping in, with no responsibilities. This is such a unique, sweet but slightly warm and crisp smell. My mom said she smelled cinnamon, but I smelled sweet creamy rice, but not too powdery on the creamy smell it was more from an oil or butter base to the cream. I got this in the oil tester size and this was actually my last pick from the batch, but it was the first to be tried on and I fell in love with it! It is definitely a 'your skin but better' type of projection, but mine stuck on for the day and whenever my arms passed by my face I got a strong whiff. Comforting, and reminds me of smelling my bird as we are cuddling to sleep. Soft, warm, sweet, and just comforting. Excited to try the other scents from poesie! My rating: 9.5/10 Moms rating: 8/10

An absolutely STUNNING realistic rice scent. Rice as a note has been my recent obsession for the unique starchy, slightly sweet creaminess that it can add to fragrances. This is everything I look for in a rice perfume; by far the most realistic I have found, and the rice shines as the star of the show rather than being overpowered by louder notes. I have a tiny sample of the perfume oil which sits very close to the skin. I plan to try the EDP to see if the projection is better. However, I tend to wear rice perfumes when I am in the mood for a cozy, intimate, soothing scent for myself rather than a powerhouse to project to others. For this reason, I don't mind the low projection. Rice lovers, I highly urge you to try this one.

This is a winner for a reason. I get orris first on, powdery soft and woody, like actual orris root, and a soft sweetness that is so very pleasant. I don’t actually get rice or coconut at all, just a soft sweet scent. As it dries there are moments if feels like actual Iris flower, the purple one, but softly. I suppose I can imagine it as rice, but as I was expecting to immediately be thinking of steamed rice, this didn’t do that. But I really really like it a ton. Layering a lot more on, I do get that rice note. This is really pretty. I am going to seek out the edp. I tried the water perfume which is very light. This is a thumbs up comfort scent but also a gentle skin scent that just feels like a hug. Winner.

In my quest for the perfect rice fragrance, Soft really stood out as a strong contender. It's one of the most realistic rice frags I've tried so far- it smells like starchy, jasmine rice fresh from the bag- more of an uncooked, powdery rice, or maybe the residual water as the rice is being washed. I do like the initial spray more than the drydown, once the realistic rice scent dissipates a bit, there's a bit of a woody, musty scent- kind of like an old, dusty wooden armoire. However, days later, the drydown on clothes of this perfume is super nice and musky, almost sandalwood-like, so I think the musty wood scent doesn't linger too long. Decent longevity for an indie frag! I got the 8 ml EDP.