Guerlain · Jacques Guerlain

Mitsouko

VersionEau de Parfum

Guerlain says

You’ll smell peach note, jasmine, rose centifolia (May rose), spicy notes, notes of undergrowth and vetiver.

More from Guerlain’s description

It also mentions chypre, spicy peach, patchouli, peach accord, black pepper, cardamom, pink berries, rose, moss and bergamot.

The house’s page

The drawn Mitsouko bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Mitsouko’s scent picture, a draft: peach, jasmine, rose, vetiver, patchouli, black pepper drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Mitsouko, top notes: Black pepper, cardamom, Pink pepper, Bergamot

Heartthe first hours

Mitsouko, heart: peach, Jasmine, Rose

Dry-downhours later

Mitsouko, dry-down: Vetiver, Patchouli, Oakmoss, Treemoss

On the label

What’s inside it

12 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals2 spices1 powder1 earth & moss

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals5

HydroxycitronellalGeraniolCitronellolHexyl cinnamalBenzyl salicylate

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Earth & moss1

Treemoss absolute

Not in Ingredients yet1

Cinnamyl alcohol, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell9

AlcoholWaterDipropylene glycolPEG-40 hydrogenated castor oilBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholYellow 5Red 4Violet 2

Named by Guerlain, never on a label

Peach note, not in Ingredients yetJasmineRose centifolia (May rose)VetiverPatchouliBlack pepperCardamomPink berriesRoseMossBergamot

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 12 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.