Ingredients
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)
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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.
Fragrance:
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.