Collection: Rice Perfumes

Rice in perfume smells soft, creamy and faintly powdery, like steamed grain or a bowl of rice pudding with a little sugar. Scendira lists 93 perfumes that list rice as a note, priced from about $10 to $490.

How Rice Notes Are Used

Rice shows up in perfume in several guises: steamed rice, rice milk and the fine powder used in cosmetics. All three give a gentle, comforting creaminess with a clean, slightly starchy softness. It can sit at the top or in the base.

Among the perfumes people discuss in the communities Scendira tracks, D'Annam White Rice, One Day Taipei and Kenzo Amour Le Parfum each list rice. All three list rice at the top.

Suits: People who like soft, creamy, faintly powdery scents. Skip if: soft, starchy creaminess reads bland or chalky on you.

If you like this, try coconut milk perfumes or powdery perfumes, or step back to gourmand perfumes.