What perfume to buy in Kyoto

Kyoto's perfume scene mixes old incense houses with modern boutiques and workshops where visitors blend their own scents. Shops and studios cluster in Higashiyama and central Kyoto.

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Guide last checked 5 Oct 2026. Every fact links to its source.

Ninenzaka Street, 3 Chome, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Houses worth bringing home

KOHSHI

Checked 10 Oct 2026

Japan · since 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.

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

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Where to buy them

Flagship boutiques and perfume shops in Kyoto.

Boutique · Sanjo, Nakagyo

pallumer Kyoto

KOHSHI's Kyoto shop, opened in 2025 in central Kyoto, with more than 80 Japanese-made perfumes to try. A calm stop near the Sanjo shopping streets.

Where: Mic Nakamura 1F, 200 Sanmonji-cho, Higashinotoin-dori Sanjo-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8135 (Sanjo, Nakagyo)
Hours: 11:00 to 19:00, closed Wednesdays

Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Hours and prices change, so check with the shop before you go.

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Or make your own

2 Kyoto workshops, compared

Blend your own scent with an expert and take the bottle home. Check the booking page for the current price. How prices compare in other cities.

An engraving from 1564: Flora, goddess of flowers, seated with baskets and vases of blossoms — Flora. Engraving, 1564

Kiyomizu, Higashiyama

MY ONLY FRAGRANCE Kiyomizu

Blend your own perfume with a staff adviser a short walk from Kiyomizu-dera. An easy add-on to a day in Higashiyama.

Length: About 30 minutes
Take home: A 50 ml or 100 ml bottle of your own blend
Where: 3-348 Kiyomizu, Sannenzaka, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0827
Hours: Daily 10:30 to 18:30

Price50 ml from ¥6,500, 100 ml from ¥8,000 (tax included)

Checked 10 Oct 2026

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An engraving from about 1690: a lavish vase of garden flowers on a stone ledge — Vase of flowers. Engraving, about 1690

Nene-no-michi, Higashiyama

SHOLAYERED Kyoto

Make your own perfume in a restored machiya townhouse near Kodai-ji, with a cafe on site. The brand is a large Japanese fragrance chain rather than an artisan house, but the setting is pleasant.

Where: 463-29 Shimogawara-cho, Shimogawara-dori Yasaka-torii-mae-sagaru, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0825
Hours: 9:30 to 19:30

PriceSee booking page

Checked 5 Oct 2026

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