Fragrance house

Masaki Matsushima

Masaki Matsushima trained at Tokyo’s Bunka Fashion College and was mentored by designers including Issey Miyake. In 1992, he established Masaki Matsushima International to present collections in Tokyo and Paris; the brand created its Paris fashion operation in 1994. Its design background developed from Japanese traditions toward contemporary fashion. The fragrance business entered perfumery around 2000, with its first perfume collection presented in 2001. Mat; was identified as the very first Masaki fragrance and is included among the brand’s signature scents, while the Matsu collection began in 2014. Today, Masaki Paris fragrances are presented as a long-term creative collaboration between Matsushima and the French Panouge Group, which identifies itself as the brand’s parent company. Panouge’s press archive records further Matsu releases in June 2025 and a NiJi mat; release in October 2025.