OEDO-KOH - Peony Tree

Love potion of the geisha quarter, enchantment of the floating world.

The sweet scent of peony has untold charms. The enchanting peony enjoyed enormous popularity in Edo. Its bewitching form is reminiscent of a beautiful geisha, and gazing upon a peony you can almost hear the music and see the dances of the geisha quarter. This was an exclusive world for the privileged few, and its is said that customers’ time spent in tea houses was measured by sticks of incense. The fragrance of the peony, “queen of the flowers” evokes this beautiful and evanescent world.