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Mitsouko (for women)

Designer: Guerlain Olfactive Group: Chypre Fruity
Guerlain Mitsouko
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Mitsouko was created by Jacques Guerlain in 1919. The creation of Mitsouko was inspired by the heroine of Claude Farrčre's novel 'La bataille', a story of an impossible love between Mitsouko, the wife of Japanese Admiral Togo, and a British officer. The story takes place in 1905, during the war between Russia and Japan. Both men went to war, and Mitsouko, hiding her feelings with dignity, waits for the outcome of the battle to discover which of the two men will come back to her and be her companion.

Mitsouko means 'mystery' in Japanese, and the fragrance is mysterious, not allowing everyone to see its beauty. The opening is long, like a play of all beautiful notes, and, of course, this fragrance is not for ordinary day use. On the skin it sounds as if it starts from far away, without any allusion to its intensity and sensual side. Mitsouko is one of the well known aromas of chypre olfactory group with cool top notes and oak moss in the base. But it also has a note of a juicy peach, which gives a clear and quite gourmand nuance. It features bergamot, peach, jasmine, may rose, spices (cinnamon), oak moss, vetiver and wood. The fragrance is exuberant, unusual and elegant, not too sweet, nor heavy, it is well balanced. Eau de Toilette is much sharper, while Eau de Perfume is warmer and nicer. The full richness of the composition, however, is revealed only in the perfume concentration.

The bottle has the same shape as the one of Heure Bleue (1912). It is often said that these two bottles are symbols of beginning (Heure Bleue) and the end (Mitsouko) of the war. Mitsouko was launched in 1919.

Fragrance Pyramid

top
CitrusesJasmineBergamotRose
middle
LilacPeachJasmineYlang-YlangRose
base
SpicesAmberCinnamonOakmossVetiver

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With all due respect to Mr. Turin, I'm afraid he's talking off the top of his head. This is strictly a woman's perfume. If men want to wear this, by all means, please yourselves. But don't call it unisex (rolleyes).

Unfortunately, this has been reformulated. And it broke my heart. Why would a company want to reformulate a scent that has been consistently successful since 1918? It makes NO sense. I still have about an inch of the old formula and I treasure it like gold. On one of my trips back from Europe, I smelled the new formula at a duty free shop and I wanted to weep. Gone are all the elements (whatever they were) that made this perfume unique. What was left was a generic, run-of-the-mill, department-store concoction with a weak suggestion of what it used to be. I'm sorry if I sound too harsh, but I wore the original Mitsouko for many years. It used to be my signature fragrance. And the new one is NOTHING like the original. Guerlain should be sued. :(
07/01/08 17:50:36
 
Considered by the author Luca Turin as very unisex.
05/31/08 15:50:13
 
Only one other person smells "peanuts" in this perfume. I don't know whether it's just my skin chemistry, or not, but that's the overwhelming first note that I get when I spray this on myself -- PEANUTS. After that, it just smells musty and old, like bookshelves of Peanuts cartoon-books that no one publishes anymore. . . . I don't smell the peach at all.
03/15/08 02:48:22
 
I've had this twice and each time, I've actually tried to force myself to like it. Wearing a perfume should'nt be a chore! So, I swapped away my last bottle. It is a nice Chypre, but it never really blossoms on my skin. Not for my chemistry.
01/16/08 19:56:23
A superb chypre that can be so misunderstood by the young generation (in love with the sweet scents fashionable nowadays). A great classic scent that starts a little harsh (I have the EDT), however dries down in a mysterious and superb powdery smell.
12/18/07 13:32:03
 
Mitsouko's whisper of peach over oakmoss and woods: such a strange and beautiful harmony.
11/01/07 01:32:48
 
Powdery roses. Warm and pretty.
10/20/07 20:30:59

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