Miyako

This smells exactly like a Japanese temple to me. More specifically, smelling a Japanese temple nearby in the summertime, when there are cicadas chirping in the middle of a bright hot dry afternoon, on a weekend picnic eating fresh rice wrapped in dried seaweed, sitting on a cool tatami mat in one of those outdoor wooden pavilions surrounded by fragrant summer flower trees, during my childhood. CdG's Koto is also a temple incense, but Miyako is softer, warmer, with more depth, and much more well-blended and subtle, on me. Despite its subtlety, it has a delicate dry radiance and nice projection, which I really appreciate, since most incenses with a good projection can seem stifling or too sharp. Really really beautiful.

Amber, incense and myhrre; holy smoke, this is sweet. I regard Miyako Annayake as my second hippie perfume, next to Goutal Ambre Fétiche. Miyako Annayake is much much softer though, and very feminin indeed as Veruska already pointed out. In my Lutens' drenched brain Ambre Sultan also immediately knocks at the door, being a more vigorous and spicy amber scent. I absolutely like Miyako Annayake, but I feel that (m a y b e) I miss something here. A little edge, or scar, a counterbalance note (gin?) could make it more of an enigma, or even better: a Sin.. Less like a one way loop in an Arabian desert. A beautiful desert though. EDIT Oct 28: Today I combined Miyako with Serge Noir: Gorgeous !!

Let the winds of heaven Blow through the paths among the clouds And close their gates. Then for a while I could detain These messengers in maiden form. Beautiful samurai-girl, who knows where she is going and why, everything is decided long time ago and her path to the Temple of God will be hers and only. Hymn of incense and hinoki wood, myrrh and benzoin. Amber Sultan by Lutens passed me by unnoticed. but Miyako...Ohh Miyako..She is unforgettable. Its a sacred olfactory territory. Like Michinoku prints Of the tangled leaves of ferns, It is because of you That I have become confused; But my love for you remains.

profumo di ambra superfemminile morbida e conturbante. distante dalle ambre più erbacee (Ambre sultan tra tutti) o resinose (Ambre dorè) qui il balsamico è addolcito da spezie e fiori (cardamomo, ylang ylang e rosa tra tutti) che conferiscono all'insieme una certa tenerezza, sicchè il pur presente incenso non è maschile e secco. il fondo rimane tenue e orientale, su ambra e benzoino. molto buono.

"Miyako is a Japanese female name, and the fragrance Myako is very Japanese." - I completely agree with this first sentence in the perfume description above. It has a lot of incense and wood, slightly bitter, but oh, so beautiful. Similar to Mitzah, yes, but quite delicate and soft by comparison.