Mitsouko x Hakuichi and Suitou Nakatsuka Celebrating 100 Years

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Mitsouko x Hakuichi and Suitou Nakatsuka Celebrating 100 Years

Mitsouko was created in 1919, the time of exoticism and particularly Japanism was very trendy. The name of the aroma is a Japanese name and was chosen in memory of the heroine of a well-known story from the time "The Battle" of Claude Farrere released in 1909.

The legendary bottle with its inverted heart shaped stopper was designed in 1912 by Raymond Guerlain at first in Baccarat crystal for the L'Heure Bleue.

Mitsouko The Legend Revived

In celebration of the 100 years of the fragrance, Guerlain makes a come back to the origins and Japonism with a passage into the world of calligraphy and gold leafing technique. The manufacturing of gold leaf has been exercised for generations in Kanazawa, Japan. It is in the Hakuichi workshop that they continue to hammer gold until you get perfect finesse. Only a few Masters of Art hold this know-how today.

Each limited edition bottle of Mitsouko is exclusively decorated using the chirashi technique. The artist Suitou Nakatsuka who is responsible for the decoration made with respect to the techniques of ancestral calligraphy. She illustrates a branch of plum to signify the nature of Mitsouko on which are set red and white blossoms.

Mitsouko x Hakuichi and Suitou Nakatsuka limited edition in 3099 copies
Price: 650 Euros
Available from July 2019





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