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Miyako
ミヤコ
Annayake 2005

7.9 / 10 47 Ratings

A popular perfume by Annayake for women, released in 2005. The scent is spicy-oriental. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Oriental

Resinous

Woody

Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Frankincense

Cardamom

Cinnamon

Heart Notes

Hinoki wood

Patchouli

Rose

Sandalwood

Ylang-ylang Cedar

Cedar

Jasmine

Base Notes

Amber

Myrrh

Benzoin

Musk

Ratings

Scent

7.947 Ratings

Longevity

7.733 Ratings

Sillage

7.131 Ratings

Bottle

7.141 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 05/19/2023.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/18/2014

8Scent

Mujo
54 Reviews

Mujo

Helpful Review 4

Embracing spicy incense

I recently discovered Miyako and because of the ridiculous low price I blind bought it. From the first whiff I fell in love with this fragrance. It's a fairly easy incense scent with lots of spices in it. To my nose it's a very soft, warm and embracing fragrance, which seems a bit fleeting sometimes and stays very close to the skin.

Miyako opens very spicy and slightly sweet, while the powdery incense accompanied by wood slowly emerges from the spices, after that it remains the same, but as more of a skin scent. From time to time I smell a lovely spicy whiff of it.

I have read some reviews which compare Miyako to Serge Lutens' Ambre Sultan and I actually cannot remember, but what I do remember is that I disliked Ambre Sultan and very much like Miyako.

I'm so glad to have found a botlle which I will obviously cherish to the last drop. I have been using it during summertime and although it would probably be best during fall and winter I'm enjoying it very much. Longevity is a decent 5 hours.

04/12/2016

8Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Fanny
67 Reviews

Fanny

2

Eternal caravan

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.
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.

09/10/2022

Mlleghoul
461 Reviews

Mlleghoul

1

strange connections

I smell this and I'm suddenly time traveling back to the olden days of 2014 when I did a thing on the internet which some of you may remember though you may not have known it was me. I shared daily missives of love and self-acceptance from Eternia's most nefarious skull-faced villain, as he progressed on his journey of healing. I am speaking of course, about Skeletor is Love. The facebook and tumblr pages still exist, if you have no idea what I am talking about. Anyway, someone on Makeup Alley realized that was me, and tickled that the creator of that weird thing was a also fragrance enthusiast, we became friends. Miyako from Annayake was a rare scent she insisted I find, she pointed to an eBay listing for it, and it was soon in my possession. Inspired by Japanese incense rituals, it was a perfume I'd never heard of, but was intrigued by, and it's unexpectedly lovely. It's warm, richly-scented amber, copious dry, dreamy spices and woods, and a shifting but utterly ambrosial note of smoky green floral cardamom. It is lush and hypnotic and when I wear it calls to mind the strange connections we make in life and how if you're not open to them, you might miss out on something spectacular.

01/23/2012

8Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Esther19
151 Reviews

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Esther19

Top Review

Miyako from Aleppo

Has the navigator gotten a bit confused here? Is this supposed to be a Japanese scent? - No!
First of all: I really like this fragrance, even though it has tricked me with a misleading name. Even though the ingredient list mentions Hinoki wood - which I obviously don't know - this is a genuine Oriental scent that, in my opinion, has nothing Eastern about it, but rather belongs to the Near East.
The bottle, which also points in the wrong direction, has the typical Annayake shape, but is smaller (and thus more stable than the large obelisk-shaped bottles) and was lovingly packaged in a small shrine with a sliding door made of black wood.
The false Japanese scent opens with some of my favorite spices - cardamom and cinnamon - as well as incense, which is a delight: warm, spirited, and plush. Later, a wood note comes in that I can't quite identify, but it is of the finest quality: a soft, gentle matte smoothness emerges, with a bit of patchouli and a hint of ylang-ylang for polish. The floral notes seem to have hidden themselves due to the concentrated load. By the way, the incense doesn't just stay in the top notes, but extends its presence - lovely!
The base is wonderful: similar to "Myrrhe Ardente," myrrh and amber play here, but they don't remain quite so shy in the background.
All in all, a wonderful, classic spicy oriental that I could imagine more in a Near Eastern palace than in Japan. Strong, yet not overloaded, majestic and warm at the same time. More of a sultry-eyed sultan's bride than a subtly ritualistic, coquettish geisha!
"Miyako" is, by the way, a close relative of "Ambre Sultan" by Serge Lutens. The latter is more shocking, even more overwhelming, sweeter, and amber-heavy, while Miyako is more of the incense-wood tincture, possibly the summer version for sultans - or the gateway drug for the sultan.

11/01/2014

9.5Scent 8Longevity 7.5Sillage

Catwoman
7 Reviews

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Catwoman

Helpful Review 16

My Halloween - Perfume

I have been living in a cozy little town in Upper Franconia (Bavaria) for a year now.
The area is also called God's garden, and you can take that literally.
The landscape captivated me immediately and fascinated me from the moment of the first apartment viewing. The view from my balcony is magnificent and is always admired by my visitors.

Vierzehnheiligen, a very famous pilgrimage site with one of the most beautiful Baroque churches, the Staffelberg, where Celts lived in the most picturesque landscape 4000 years before our era, lies like a platter before me. I have experienced all four seasons here. Right now, autumn is presenting its colorful spectacle, and every day I marvel at and enjoy this beautiful place.

There is something special; the cemetery is in my immediate neighborhood. It is no more than 20 meters from the house I live in, and I can look directly into it from my apartment on the second floor. The cemetery is only truly peaceful at night; during the day, there are often many busy visitors tending to their graves. To me, it feels more sterile than in a hospital.

Tonight is Halloween, the night of the undead. Commercial, spiritual, and silly, it doesn't matter; we have adopted it from the U.S.A.
On TV, there is a movie with Nicolas Cage, "The Last Templar," a wonderfully creepy story, and I thought, today I want to really get into the Halloween spirit. Which scent from my collection would be best suited for a Halloween fragrance? What shall it be, hmm???

I opened the living room door and stepped onto my balcony to catch some fresh air.
It felt like I was in a theater, with the stage before me, where the crescent moon hung, slightly veiled by mist. I felt the damp, fresh, not really cold, almost November air. Across from me was the deserted cemetery with its many red lights, the melting silhouettes in the distance, and my two cats, one relaxed on the garden chair, the other sitting in the hanging flower box, framed by still blooming pink carnations, perhaps admiring the moon.

Then I spontaneously thought of "MIYAKO" by ANNAYAKE. It hadn't been used for a long time because I wasn't emotionally ready for it. I couldn't establish a connection with it, even though I found it exciting and unique.
Searched, searched, almost found it right away, and not sparingly sprayed, it was just the right one.

A powerful wave of incense enveloped me instantly and catapulted me into another dimension.

I find myself in a large, old, very old, very cold, Gothic church, the darkness illuminated only by a few candles. My footsteps echo loudly on the ancient square stone floor, and I am alone.
In front hangs a large, unadorned cross from the ceiling, shadows flit through the vast space, and the candles flicker in the draft.
The air smells very old and sacred; it is not just the incense; it is the past and the transitory.

Over the centuries, the church has had thousands of visitors who came for various reasons: to unburden themselves, to find hope, to pray and ask, to seek answers, to avoid despair, to marry, and much more.
There were joyful occasions and sad ones. The beautiful, atmospheric Christmas masses, with devout, cheerful people in their best attire. At home, the fire burned in the fireplace, and the scent of wood fire, gingerbread, and the new rose perfume found its way into the church.

I need to spray again; "MIYAKO" is now very gentle and quiet, as if the fireplace is slowly going out, but it still glows and is subtly perceptible. My nose keeps wandering to my wrist; I have never smelled it like this before.

I couldn't stand it every day; it demands me, I have to adjust to it, and I don't always want to do that. It's similar with the church; I rarely feel the need to visit such places, but I still find them fascinating.