KOHSHI
Founded 2010
Perfumer Hidenori Matsuno founded the company Kohshi in July 2010 after about ten years in fragrance sales and cosmetics. Everything from sourcing raw materials to blending and bottling is done at its own factory in Hadano, Kanagawa, near Tokyo. It sells more than 80 perfumes across its kilesa, L'Heritage and KOHSHI lines through its pallumer shops in Tokyo and Kyoto.
Hours and prices change, so check with the shop before you go.
Perfume made start to finish in Hadano
KOHSHI is the perfume brand of Kohshi Co., Ltd., which master perfumer Hidenori Matsuno founded in July 2010 after studying at a perfumery school and spending about ten years at fragrance and cosmetics companies. The company is based in Hadano, Kanagawa, in Japan.
Everything from sourcing raw materials to blending, design and manufacturing is done in-house in Hadano, and the company says it creates about 1,500 scents a year. It sells three lines: kilesa, the main line, which aims for 108 scents with about one new release a month; L'Héritage, three scents named after traditional instruments, the drum, the biwa and the sho; and kohshi, nine everyday scents.
It sells through its own pallumer shops. The first, in Daikanyama in Shibuya, Tokyo, is at 14-2 Daikanyama-cho, open daily 11:00 to 19:00 and designed like a small theatre, with a curtain and a chandelier. pallumer Kyoto opened on 22 March 2025 near Karasuma Oike Station and carries more than 80 perfumes; it closes on Wednesdays. In Tokyo it is also sold at @cosme TOKYO. A 50 ml kilesa costs ¥18,700, a 10 ml ¥8,800, and a 50 ml kohshi ¥4,180. Try absinthe fraise first, absinthe with sweet strawberry, a quick test of the house's bolder side.
- absinthe fraiseFrom the kilesa line: absinthe blended with rich, sweet strawberry.
- anthologyFrom the kilesa line: the heat and sweetness of a jasmine field.
- L'HéritageThree scents named after Japanese instruments, the drum, the biwa and the sho.
- SakuraA spring stroll under the cherry trees, from the everyday kohshi line.
- SiskinA citrus scent named after a small yellow-green songbird.
Where to buy
- pallumer Daikanyama (main shop), YM Daikanyama II 1F, 14-2 Daikanyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
- pallumer Kyoto, Mic Nakamura 1F, 200 Sanmonji-cho, Higashinotoin-dori Sanjo-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
- @cosme TOKYO, 1-14-27 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
In our city guides
- pallumer Kyoto (Boutique, Kyoto)
- pallumer Daikanyama (Boutique, Tokyo)