Issey Miyake
L'eau d'Issey
for women · Launched 1992
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Scent profile
Share of people who describe it this way
How it wears
Share of votes by people who wear it: 198 votes, Parfica open fragrance database.
- Longevity
- moderate43% of votes
- Scent trail
- moderate53% of votes
- Season
- spring48% of votes
- Time of day
- day86% of votes
All votes
Longevity · 91 votes
- very weak3%
- weak12%
- moderate43%
- long lasting38%
- eternal3%
Sillage · 92 votes
- intimate16%
- moderate53%
- strong26%
- enormous4%
Season · 198 votes
- winter8%
- spring48%
- summer43%
Time of day · 117 votes
- day86%
- night14%
Sillage: how far the scent is noticed by people around you. Season and time of day allow several answers, so shares there are of all answers given.
Notes
Top notes are the first minutes, heart is the next hours, base is what stays.
Heart notes
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About Issey Miyake L'eau d'Issey
Perfumer: Jacques Cavallier Belletrud
L'eau d'Issey, composed by Jacques Cavallier Belletrud for Issey Miyake in 1992, is a watery, transparent floral for women that helped define the clean style of its decade. Everyone who describes it calls it floral, about half add fresh, and a good share mention woody, with musky and amber sides noted by a minority.
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L'eau d'Issey, composed by Jacques Cavallier Belletrud for Issey Miyake in 1992, is a watery, transparent floral for women that helped define the clean style of its decade. Everyone who describes it calls it floral, about half add fresh, and a good share mention woody, with musky and amber sides noted by a minority.
It opens with lotus, freesia and cyclamen, dewy and cool, alongside melon and calone, the sea-breeze material that gives the scent its unmistakable aquatic feel, softened by rose and rose water. The heart is a bouquet of lily of the valley, lily and water peony, green, clean and slightly soapy, with carnation adding a faint spice. The base is warmer than people expect, with tuberose and osmanthus giving a creamy, apricot-tinged floral depth over cedar, sandalwood, musk and a little amber.
Wearers are split between moderate and long lasting, and sillage is moderate for most. It is voted overwhelmingly for daytime and for spring and summer, which makes it a fresh, clean scent for warm days and office wear.
L'eau d'Issey — unisex fragrance by Issey Miyake (released 1992). Top notes: Lotus, Melon, Freesia, Rose Water, Rose, Calone, Cyclamen. Heart notes: Lily-of-the-Valley, Lily, Water Peony, Carnation. Base notes: Musk, Tuberose, Exotic Woods, Osmanthus, Cedar, Sandalwood, Amber. — Parfica open fragrance database
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7.1Quick answers
How much does Issey Miyake L'eau d'Issey cost in Germany?
No partner shop in Germany has it in stock right now; the page stays with the facts.
What does it smell like?
Mainly floral, fresh, woody and musky. It opens with calone, cyclamen, freesia, lotus, melon, rose; the heart is carnation, lily, lily of the valley, water peony; the base is amber, cedar, exotic woods, musk, osmanthus, sandalwood.
Who makes it?
Issey Miyake (Japan). Launched in 1992. The perfumer is Jacques Cavallier Belletrud. Marketed for women.
How long does it last?
People rate its longevity as moderate and its sillage as moderate. Based on 91 wearers’ votes.
When to wear it?
Most people wear it in spring and summer, mostly daytime.
Where does this data come from?
The rating and the votes on longevity, sillage, season and time of day come from Parfica open fragrance database. Notes, accords, perfumers and release data come from the ScentGlade catalogue (shared with the Olfactory app) and its editors.