- Masaki Matsushima perfumes and colognes:
Country:Japan
Main activity:Fashion
Brand website:link
Parent company:Panouge
Masaki Matsushima was born in Nagoya in 1963. After completing his education, he studied at Bunka Fashion College—one of Japan’s most prestigious institutions—where he counted Issey Miyake among his mentors. In 1992, Matsushima launched his eponymous label and unveiled his debut fashion collection, which centers on reimagining Japanese traditions as contemporary wardrobe staples.
He expanded into fragrances in 2000, debuting his first perfume line in 2001. This initial range featured scents all incorporating the word "mat" in their names. For women,mat;pinkis a floral-fruity blend, while the men’smat;blueoffers a citrus-aromatic profile with notes of tea, juniper, bamboo, mint, bergamot, rose, lotus, and musk. Many more fragrances have followed over the years:
Aqua Mat Homme(2008) is an oriental-woody composition with notes of lime, grapefruit, bamboo juice, fig leaf, magnolia, cane sugar, bamboo, sandalwood, and musk. The women’sCherryis a floral scent blending blackcurrant, blueberry, cassia, cherry blossom, raspberry, musk, sweet pea, watermelon, and lotus.Fluocaptures a sunny, floral-fruity essence with grapefruit, kumquat, passionfruit, lotus, peony, nectarine, and musk.
2005 marked the launch ofM by Masaki Matsushima, a unisex fragrance highlighting lychee, musk, iris, mandarin orange, and apricot. The aromatic men’s scentM; Menarrived in 2006, featuring musk, nutmeg, lemon, grapefruit, tea, bamboo, rosemary, and vetiver.M;0°Cevokes the crispness of a cold Scandinavian morning, defined by notes of frozen apple sorbet, Chimayo cocktail (a mix of apple juice, tequila, and ice), citrus, bellflower, musky undertones, and woody accords.
Masaki Aqua Platinum(2010) is a woody-spicy fragrance with grapefruit, yuzu, mint, iris, cashmere wood, Virginia cedar, musk, cardamom, and pepper.Masaki Art Masaki(2009) is a women’s scent with floral notes and musk, whileMasaki Shiro(2010) offers a sheer white floral aroma grounded in musky and woody base notes.
The feminine, romanticMasaki/Masaki(2007) combines cedar, watermelon, red apple, rose, musk, raspberry, patchouli, magnolia, passionfruit, and lychee.Mat Chocolat(2005) is an oriental women’s fragrance dominated by blackcurrant, grapefruit, watermelon, rose, dark chocolate, cacao, sandalwood, coconut, and musk. The modernmat;features honeydew melon, bamboo, tea, blackcurrant, mint, mango, and magnolia.
The oriental-floral women’s fragrancemat; le rougelaunched in 2003. For men,mat; maledraws on suede, cedar, teak wood, lotus blossom, rose, melon, mint, bamboo, blackcurrant, grapefruit, tea, and cardamom. The 2003 unisexmat; metalincludes floral notes of rose and violet.
The special editionmat; orangeincorporates apricot, passionfruit, blood orange, mandarin orange, musk, mango, watermelon, lotus, and bitter orange.mat; very male(2004) blends liquorice, aquatic notes, anise, woody accords, bamboo, cedar, patchouli, lotus, and bergamot.mat; yellow(2003) is an aromatic fragrance emphasizing peach and passionfruit.Minteabrims with refreshing notes: tea, mint, citrus, juniper berries, bamboo, watermelon, and cucumber.Suu(2008), a women’s scent, combines grapefruit, tropical fruit, pear, star anise, lotus, musk, and cedar.
Designer Masaki Matsushima has 45 perfumes in our fragrance database, with the earliest released in 2001 and the latest in 2024. His fragrances were created in collaboration with perfumers Jean Jacques, Leonardo Lucheze, and Jérôme di Marino.
