Mitsouko

In Japanese, "mitsouko" means "secret" and symbolizes passion and female mystery. This is exactly what is hidden in Guerlain Mitsouko, an Eau de Parfum for women. In the mysterious and perfectly balanced velvet scent, you can feel juicy peach, warm and aromatic spices and earthy forest notes. a fruity chypre fragrance for women created by Jacques Guerlain in 1919 inspired by Japanese culture Fragrance compositionIn this perfectly balanced and fruity chypre fragrance, juicy fruity notes of sweet peach meet floral notes of jasmine and centifolia roses. In the fragrance's mysterious base notes, aromatic spices mix with the scent of vetiver and forest notes. History of the fragrance In 1919, Europe was literally fascinated by Japanese culture and the Far East. It inspired Jacques Guerlain to create the fragrance Mitsouko, named after the main character in the best-selling novel at the time, La Bataille. The novel takes place during the war between Japan and Russia in 1905. Beautiful Mitsouko is married to a Japanese admiral but is secretly in love with a British officer. Both men are called into the war and Mitsouko waits to see which of the two returns... The fragrance comes in a beautiful Art Nouveau flacon designed by Georges Chevalier.