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Japanese pop idol A-chan reveals she’s always wanted to marry a fan, and she’s done it

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 12, 2025
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“Congratulations, teenage me!” says Perfume member.

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• Japan
• (A-chan • Ayaka Nishiwaki • COK • idol singers • Idols • J-Pop • marriage • music • perfume • romance)

Japanese researchers recreate the newborn baby scent in a bottle of perfume

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 10, 2025

For when you want that delightful smell, minus all of the stress it tends to bring.

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• Japan
• (aroma • COK • cologne • fragrance • newborn • Parenting • parents • perfume • Poupon pure • Scentfest • science • weird)

Frappuccino perfume from Starbucks is now available in Japan… but you can’t buy it

• Oona McGee
  Jul 29, 2025

Select customers will be able to wear the peachy scent of this heavenly limited-edition beverage.

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • muscat • Peach • peaches • perfume • review • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer)

Cowboy Bebop fragrance line created to celebrate anime’s 25th anniversary

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 31, 2023

Smell like Spike, Faye, or Julia thanks to Tokyo’s anime perfume specialists.

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• Japan
• (anime • aroma • COK • cologne • Cowboy Bebop • Fairy Tail • fragrance • perfume)

Death Spray from Japan causes buzz online for powerful ability to cut ties with bad energy

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2023

Spray it at work and the company is doomed, spray it on the desk of a colleague and they’ll be transferred…this is a spray that’s not to be messed with.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • culture • cute • enkiri • fragrance • Mariko Ohanabatake • Oisesan • perfume • purification • room spray • salt • shopping • SNJO • souvenirs)

Studio Ghibli perfumes capture the magic of three anime films

• Oona McGee
  Aug 3, 2023

Add a splash of Ghibli to your every day.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fragrance • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • perfume • Studio Ghibli • whisper of the heart)

Tokyo has an anime character-themed perfume shop, and we stopped by to talk with the creator

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2023

Fairy Tail takes inspiration from anime’s biggest series and stars and turns them into unique fragrances for fans.

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• Japan
• (anime • fragrance • manga • perfume • SNJO • tokusatsu)

Japan’s newest perfume will make you smell like a movie bootlegger

• Casey Baseel
  May 22, 2023

Japan’s favorite anti-piracy mascots get their own fragrances.

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• Japan
• (anti-piracy • COK • crazy • fragrance • funny • movie piracy • movies • No More Eigo Dorobo • No More Movie Theft • No More Movie Thieves • perfume • piracy • weird)

Gacha capsule machines now dispense perfumes in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2022

Spin the wheel of fortune on your fragrance — you never know which one you’ll get.

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• Japan
• (capsule machines • capsule toys • capsule vending machines • COK • cool • fashion • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • gachapon • Nose Shop • perfume • Shibuya • shopping • SNJO • vending machines)

Smell like a Demon Slayer (or a Demon) with new line of Kimetsu no Yaiba fragrances

• Katie Pask
  Apr 21, 2022

Ever wondered what a Demon Slayer smells like? Now’s your chance to find out!

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• Japan
• (anime • cologne • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • fragrance • fragrances • kanao • perfume)

Does this “Mother Milk” eau de toilette really smell like a newborn baby? We ask a baby

• Dale Roll
  Jun 14, 2021

A sniff test reveals surprising results. 

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• Japan
• (babies • baby • beauty • beauty products • eau de toilette • perfume • scent)

Anime’s best classic love triangle inspires two new character perfumes for its leading ladies

• Casey Baseel
  May 20, 2021

Madoka or Hikaru has been a dilemma for anime fans for almost 40 years, and now it’s decision time all over again.

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• Japan
• (Akemi Takada • anime • Fairytail Parfum • Kimagure Orange Road • KOR • manga • perfume)

Perfume fans insult Perfume by being angry at celebrity who didn’t really insult Perfume

• Master Blaster
  Feb 29, 2020

Either that or this was sarcasm on an unheard-of scale.

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• Japan
• (celebrities • coronavirus • Dave Spector • lip syncing • music • perfume • tarento • twitter)

Centuries-old Japanese store revolutionises the fragrance world with new incense cord

• Oona McGee
  Feb 4, 2020

Tie a bow around gifts and envelopes with a wonderfully fragrant incense ribbon.

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• Japan
• (culture • fragrance • gifts • giftwrapping • incense • Kyoto • perfume • shopping)

The sweet smell of virtual YouTuber success – Kizuna Ai’s new fragrance on sale now

• Katie Pask
  Dec 19, 2019

Ever wondered what a virtual idol smells like? Now you can find out!

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• Japan
• (COK • cute • fragrances • Kizuna Ai • perfume • virtual idols • virtual YouTubers • YouTubers)

Keep your 2-D crush with you always with their special, AI-generated fragrance

• Dale Roll
  Sep 12, 2019

A die-hard otaku’s best friend!

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • fragrances • otaku • perfume • Scenery Scent)

A way to savor your anime sweetheart’s scent! Shop clerk helps out a swooning Japanese fangirl

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 13, 2019

A perfume saleswoman gave this fangirl some great advice to keep her fantasies fueled through fragrances.
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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • fangirls • fragrances • funny • love • otaku • perfume • Scents • twitter • weird)

Studio Ghibli enters the perfume game with launch of Kiki’s Delivery Service body mist line

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2018

Anime witch Kiki and cat pal Jiji grace the bottles of fragrances saluting the Hayao Miyazaki classic.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Donguri Kyowakoku • fragrances • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • perfume • Studio Ghibli)

Japanese scientists determine the source of the coveted “young woman” smell

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 29, 2018

The scent, evocative of two fruits, was found to make women 74 percent more attractive.

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• Japan
• (COK • fragrances • perfume • science • weird)

Vocaloid music broadcasts during school lunch in Japanese schools spark heated debate

• Koh Ruide
  Jul 9, 2017

Turns out some people dislike being forced to listen to artificial voices.

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• Japan
• (Hatsune Miku • music • perfume • school • twitter • Vocaloid)

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