Saluted as a masterpiece of balance and originality mitsouko from guerlain is a mysterious fragrance with subtle fruity tones this classic fragrance created in 1919 with an earthy heart of oakmoss and peach sets a standard for chypre perfumes that others have since tried to duplicate mitsouko which means mystery in japanese remains utterly unique cloaked in a sensuous air mitsouko took its inspiration from the heroine of a popular novel of the time by claude farrere la bataille meanin