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Matsuri
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Annayake 2006

7.4 / 10 128 Ratings

A perfume by Annayake for women, released in 2006. The scent is spicy-oriental. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Oriental

Floral

Fruity

Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Pear nectar

Ylang-ylang

Mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Clove

American plum Lilac

Lilac

Peony

Base Notes

Precious woods

Heliotrope

Jasminum auriculatum

Provençal peach

Perfumer

Henri Bergia

Ratings

Scent

7.4128 Ratings

Longevity

7.4106 Ratings

Sillage

7.198 Ratings

Bottle

7.4104 Ratings

Value for money

7.627 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 12/22/2024.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Kenzo Jungle

Raving

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Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/09/2012

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

Very helpful Review 3

A clove dominant fragrance

Annayake Matsuri is an unexpected treasure. I find it to be a beautifully balanced spicy oriental with all the notes I love. I'm kicking myself that I haven't given this fragrance a look-in until now.

If you love the scent of cloves, you'll love Matsuri. My love affair with clove began a few months ago with Chanel Coco, however it didn't always work with my chemistry. Some days it smelt the way I wanted it to smell, other days it was too powdery. With Matsuri it is very different. In a way, this fragrance shows Chanel Coco how it's done.

Matsuri is beautiful because of its subtlety. In other words, it is never overpowering, yet always mysterious. I found the opening quite zesty and fun with mandarin orange, clove and exotic spices. It really made me sit up and take notice from the very word go.

Once settled on the skin, Matsuri takes me on a journey to exotic and mountainous Japan, where temples are hidden amongst the rugged terrain. The spices are intermingled with sweet floral accords like ylang ylang, peony, jasmine and heliotrope. The scent that emanates from the skin is sensual and precious.

Towards the drydown, cedar and patchouli make an appearance, and in turn make the composition earthier and more grounded. I am quite captivated by Matsuri's warmth, however I must admit that this fragrance's only downfall is its lack of lasting strength. After four hours, I can barely smell Matsuri at all.

Annayake Matsuri is relatively well-priced, certainly a lot cheaper than Chanel Coco, however it is really difficult to find. Online discounters are the best places to look for Annayake perfumes.

12/22/2024

8.5Scent

DogiCoco
637 Reviews

DogiCoco

2

Autumnal blend of two 90s classics

This is a beautiful spicy perfume in the vein of Kenzo Jungle L'Elephant. Clove is the main note here and smells exactly the same as it does in Jungle.

Matsuri is fruitier though, with intense, ripe peach and plum. Together with the smooth patchouli base they recall another 90s classic: Gucci Rush. It's only a tiny hint, and maybe it's just me, but there's definitely something about this peach that makes me think of Rush. The florals are blended into the rest of the scent in a classic, abstract way, with ylang ylang being the only flower that I can clearly identify here.

This makes me think of spiced plum jam and German gingerbread, but for some reason it still feels more autumnal than fully Christmassy. The final drydown is less fruity and sweet, the patch really shines after a while.

If you enjoy Jungle and want something more suitable for everyday wear, Matsuri is a pretty safe bet, provided you can still find it.
It's still a warm, rich scent that is perfect for the colder seasons, but not as heavy and vanillic as Jungle. What I love about both of them is that they're spicy, but creamy and smooth, never dry and scratchy. Jungle is still my favorite, it just has more depth, but Matsuri is lovely, too.

11/12/2012

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Michelangela
89 Reviews

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Michelangela

Top Review 21

Of Elephants and Other Animals ...

I walk through the jungle, searching for Mowgli and his friends. I call out loudly, but instead of the underbrush swallowing the echo of my call, a bright echo returns. What has happened here? I look around and now it dawns on me: The jungle is bare! The plants are trimmed, no sounds of wild animals, only... the chirping of a few pseudo-exotic birds. Hush..... a few little monkeys scamper quickly over the stripped branches.
Dumbfounded, I look around once more, desperately searching for something familiar, something wild, but the scenery does not change; on the contrary - it slowly begins to blur....
Did I perhaps hear an elephant in the distance?
Everything goes black before my eyes.......

The young keeper keeps speaking to me: "Can you hear me? Hello, madam! Can you hear me?"
I open my eyes and look at him in astonishment. Now I also notice that I am lying on the ground.
"What happened?" I ask the uniformed man.
"Madam! You just collapsed!"
"Where have the elephants gone?" I stammer.
"Elephants?" the keeper repeats in surprise, "There have never been elephants here!"
"Never?"
"No"
"Where am I?"
"Madam," the keeper smiles, "you are here in Matsuri Park."
Disappointed, I lower my head.
"For a moment, it really felt like I was back in the jungle, just like before... I think my memories played a trick on me."
"Well, if you want to see elephants and prefer it a bit wilder, then you are in the wrong place! You need to travel to Kenzo Jungle! This here is just the petting zoo for beginners!
(So much for my last short trip - "Matsuri" means "holiday")
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Conclusion:
Matsuri is a delicious scent, I must admit... hardly sprayed, the fragrance makes its way through my nose, shoots straight up to my brain, and docks onto my memory synapses. "Knock, knock" - "Hello?" - "Don't we know each other?"
Spices, fruits, and woods swirl through my head, ringing here and there, releasing a bit of serotonin and causing further confusion.
The chaos only settles when I identify the supposed relative. It is KENZO JUNGLE!
Matsuri presents itself more subdued, delicate, and does not directly swing the spice club around. Nevertheless, the similarity is groundbreaking. I would almost claim that Matsuri begins where Kenzo's Jungle usually ends - in a delicate, creamy spice puree!
Actually great, Adam Riese could now say to Eva Zwerg, but as soon as the prominent top note fades away, Matsuri drifts into a somewhat boring and pleasing warm wood-fruit mishmash and trails behind a delicate wax-(plastic?-)thread, which personally puts me off a bit.
Nevertheless, I must emphasize that I have encountered this wax-plastic note several times in modern fragrance creations, and it is quite possible that it only comes to the forefront with certain skin types.
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Thus, Matsuri is a pleasant winter fragrance with a present spiciness that hints at the jungle of spices and fruits but is actually just a petting zoo for the less "wild" (extroverted). In my opinion, something is missing in this fragrance composition. Where are the wild animals, the roar of elephants and tigers? Did they perhaps once call out: "I'M A STAR, GET ME OUT OF HERE"? Were they replaced by canaries and tame monkeys?
So, if Kenzo's jungle has always been too intense (grrr and dangerous) for you, you should give Matsuri a try. Wonderfully safe and cuddly!
Lovers of powerful scents, flower fairies, neat freaks, and chypre enthusiasts will likely struggle with this fragrance, as will I!
The longevity is mediocre, sillage is okay, but as a fully grown predator and jungle fan, I am of course used to bigger performances....

12/25/2010

8Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Hermessenz
246 Reviews

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Hermessenz

Top Review

Spicy Oriental

Recently, when I took the shared taxi to the public restroom, I found an autograph card from Matt Damon.
That doesn’t say anything about the scent. Just that the bottle is red.
Matsuri starts off strong with a good amount of spice in the top note. I’m guessing it’s clove.
The other flowers are crushed under the weight of the entire fruit basket and are not recognizable to my nose.
If you try hard, maybe you can detect a hint of jasmine. This gives the scent a note that is somewhat reminiscent of Jasmin Noir by Bvlgari.
I can clearly identify a pear note, which lasts relatively long.
Matsuri is a fragrance that becomes a bit too lush for me over time, but it does radiate a certain festive quality in its own way.
The woods in the base hold back; throughout the entire scent development, it remains more of a lush little fruit with a slight spiciness.

12/27/2011

6Scent 7.5Longevity

Poufi
3 Reviews

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Poufi

Very helpful Review 3

that was, but...

I have a sample of this fragrance, and after an eternity of ignoring it, I finally took it out and tested it on my skin. First impression: too warm, too dense, too heavy, somehow not my style.
After a while, the scent becomes a bit more pleasant and develops in a softer direction. Maybe I just need to get used to this type of fragrance; then I could even imagine applying it again. The scent reminds me of some plastic toy from my childhood, which makes it fascinating for me. Despite all its heaviness and sweetness, it also has something delicate, elegant, fragile... If someone else were to wear it, I would actually love to smell it (now and then). However, wearing it all day is too much of a good thing for me.
The colors of the bottle represent the fragrance excellently in my opinion.
I probably won't buy it, as it is too clove-like for my nose.

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