The perfume of mystery
Jacques Guerlain named his creation “Mitsouko” after the name of the heroine in the bestselling novel of that time called La Bataille. Mitsouko, a beautiful married Japanese woman, secretly loves a British officer. In 1905, the Russo-Japanese war breaks out. Mitsouko awaits with dignity the outcome of the battle, nobly dominating her feelings.
Jacques Guerlain had the incredible and daring idea of combining a chypre with a very fruity peach note, giving this fragrance all of its modernity. Designed by Georges Chevalier, its bottle is underscored with graceful scrolls typical of Art Nouveau. Its avant-garde stopper, in the form of a hollowed heart, represented a real technical feat at the time..
Fruity Chypre.
Mysterious, balanced, velvety.
A masterpiece of balance and originality, Mitsouko marries a fruity note of peach with jasmine flowers and May rose. The mysterious dry-down of the fragrance blends spicy notes with those of underbrush and vetiver.
ALCOHOL • PARFUM (FRAGRANCE) • AQUA (WATER) • LIMONENE • LINALOOL • EUGENOL • HYDROXYCITRONELLAL • CITRAL • EVERNIA FURFURACEA (TREEMOSS) EXTRACT • BENZYL BENZOATE • ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONE • CITRONELLOL • GERANIOL • BHT • HEXYL CINNAMAL • ISOEUGENOL • CINNAMYL ALCOHOL • BENZYL ALCOHOL • TOCOPHEROL • CI 14700 (RED 4) • CI 19140 (YELLOW 5) • CI 60730 (EXT. VIOLET 2)