Mitsouko is a homage to the heroine of la bataille the novel by claude farrere it is the story of an impossible passion mitsouko a beautiful japanese woman and the wife of admiral togo is secretly loved by a british officer in 1905 when war breaks out between russia and japan mitsouko awaits with dignity the outcome of the battle nobly overcoming her feelings the bottle is identical to that of l heure bleue it is said that the two bottles open and close the period between the begi