Mitsouko Perfume by Guerlain for women Personal Fragrances

by Guerlain

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Product Description

Size: 2.5 oz

Introduced in 1919. Fragrance notes: exotic fruits and spices, blended with soft mosses. Recommended use: evening.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 2 x 6 inches ; 0.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000C1UFM0
• UPC: 094000066616
• Item model number: 115871
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,959 in Beauty (See Top 100 in Beauty)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rare and exotic., October 5, 2009

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M. Lawson (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mitsouko by Guerlain 75ml 2.5oz EDP Spray (Health and Beauty)

This is a must-have for anyone who appreciates fine fragrance and is willing to step far out and away from the crowd and into the exotic. This fragrance has long been considered a masterpiece by those who study, create, and collect perfumes and colognes. It is not a fragrance for everyone. It is not for every day, or every occasion. The scent is complex and difficult to describe, but the overall sense is warmth without sweetness, powdery but not light or soft, with an undercurrent of dangerous sensuality. There is a peppery overtone, a distant peach note, and a dusky 'walk in the late season garden' aura to the fragrance. Use very, very sparingly; a misting only. It goes on strongly and stays for a very long time. This is not for work or social occasions, this is for intimacy. Going to spend a rainy afternoon in bed with a lover? This is what to wear. You'll be remembered for it.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A little known fact, THIS was Jean Harlowe's perfume, August 10, 2009

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Ivonne T. Suarez - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mitsouko by Guerlain 75ml 2.5oz EDP Spray (Health and Beauty)

One little known fact is Jean Harlow's favourite fragrance was the vintage scent Mitsouko by Guerlain. She is seen using this scent in her movie Dinner at Eight. Jean's second husband Paul Bern was said to have doused himself in the fragrance shortly before committing suicide.

Originally created for men and then later marketed for women and used by Jean Harlow!

Excerpt from Now Smell This Contributor: Kevin S.

'Guerlain Mitsouko (pour homme). Mitsouko was created by Jacques Guerlain in 1919 originally for men and contains bergamot, jasmine, rose, peach, oak moss, pepper, cinnamon, and vetiver. Mitsouko starts with beautiful bergamot and rose; the rose surrenders to peach fairly quickly and peach begins its long march to the finish (and is joined by pepper and vetiver which butch up the fruit). On my skin, Mitsouko's overall aroma is of ripe peaches (cushioned on oak moss in a nest of vetiver roots) sprinkled liberally with freshly ground black pepper.

One can easily find fruit accords in modern men's fragrances; I especially like green mango, grapefruit, fig, raspberry and plum. Peach is no more "feminine" than those fruit aromas, and I certainly prefer peach to the apple, pineapple, kiwi and melon accords I've encountered recently in men's colognes.

As I wore Mitsouko, I felt it was a close-to-the-body scent, but many people told me, hours after application, how good I smelled. Among Mitsouko's admirers was a macho straight man who wears ozone/marine colognes almost exclusively. He said: "Kevin, I might get a bottle of that, what is it?"

Mitsouko Eau de Parfum lasts on my skin for over twelve hours and even after half a day of wear, the fragrance remains fresh smelling.

Mitsouko Eau de Toilette is similar to the Eau de Parfum but it is brighter, more glaring; I prefer the Eau de Parfum concentration.

Mitsouko has recently been reformulated by Edouard Fléchier to remove (much-maligned) oak moss from the composition. I have not smelled the reformulated Mitsouko yet. If you want to experience the "old" Mitsouko, you'd better buy it sooner than later. When I finally told Mr. Ozone-Marine the perfume he liked on me was Mitsouko from Guerlain and it was marketed to women, he said: "No way! I won't wear it but I might get my wife a bottle." '

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Fragrance of My Self, January 5, 2007

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Clare Pawling (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews

The experience of a fragrance is so very subjective, that a listing of its "notes" can convey only a superficial impression. The unavoidably subjective review of a scent runs the risk of not being helpful to the majority of its readers, if to anyone at all.

A very small bottle of Mitsouko perfume was my very first fragrance, selected and purchased by me and for my own use. I was in my adulthood. This scent helped me to realize the deep, warm and complex, gently romantic core of my emotional self, my true mind and heart. Voluptously sensual rather than sexy. After many years, I now am working on a 2.5 ounce gift bottle of this eau de parfum (spray). Mitsouko remains my closest fragrance companion, even as other fragrances trip past my nose. (Guerlain's Samsara is in the close second place, with Patou's Joy in the more distant third.) One way that I use Mitsouko EDP is to spray one light squeeze between two of my several bed pillows; that helps carry me away into restful sleep.

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