Issey Miyake
L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense
for men · Launched 2007
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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: 286 votes, Parfica open fragrance database.
- Longevity
- moderate50% of votes
- Scent trail
- moderate69% of votes
- Season
- spring38% of votes
- Time of day
- day52% of votes
All votes
Longevity · 127 votes
- very weak2%
- weak8%
- moderate50%
- long lasting39%
- eternal2%
Sillage · 128 votes
- intimate11%
- moderate69%
- strong19%
- enormous2%
Season · 286 votes
- winter31%
- spring38%
- summer31%
Time of day · 200 votes
- day52%
- night48%
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.
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About Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense
Perfumer: Jacques Cavallier Belletrud
L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense, Issey Miyake's 2007 flanker composed by Jacques Cavallier Belletrud, keeps the citrus opening of the original but trades the fresh drydown for spice and amber. Wearers describe it as spicy and citrus in equal measure, most add amber, and a quarter mention woody, floral or resinous sides.
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L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense, Issey Miyake's 2007 flanker composed by Jacques Cavallier Belletrud, keeps the citrus opening of the original but trades the fresh drydown for spice and amber. Wearers describe it as spicy and citrus in equal measure, most add amber, and a quarter mention woody, floral or resinous sides.
It opens with sweet orange, mandarin, bergamot and yuzu, a rounder, sweeter citrus than the sharp original. The heart turns quickly to warm spice: cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom give a baked, aromatic heat, saffron a slightly leathery, metallic warmth, and lotus a cool, watery floral touch that nods to the first version. The base is resinous and dry, with benzoin and amber giving a balsamic sweetness, incense a faint smoke, papyrus a dry, papery woodiness and ambergris a salty, skin-like glow.
Half of wearers find the longevity moderate, with a good share calling it long lasting, and sillage is moderate for most. It is voted equally for autumn and spring and evenly between day and night, suggesting a versatile, warm scent for the shoulder seasons.
L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense — for men fragrance by Issey Miyake (released 2007). Top notes: Yuzu, Bergamot, Sweet Orange, Mandarin Orange. Heart notes: Nutmeg, Lotus, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Saffron. Base notes: Incense, Papyrus, Ambergris, Benzoin, Amber. — Parfica open fragrance database
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Quick answers
How much does Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense cost in France?
From €4.41 for Decant 2 ml at Scento. Price from one partner shop in France, checked daily, unchanged since 27 Oct 2026.
Which sizes are sold?
Decant 2 ml, Decant 5 ml, Decant 8 ml.
What does it smell like?
Mainly spicy, citrus, amber and woody. It opens with bergamot, mandarin orange, sweet orange, yuzu; the heart is cardamom, cinnamon, lotus, nutmeg, saffron; the base is amber, ambergris, benzoin, incense, papyrus.
Who makes it?
Issey Miyake (Japan). Launched in 2007. The perfumer is Jacques Cavallier Belletrud. Marketed for men.
How long does it last?
People rate its longevity as moderate and its sillage as moderate. Based on 127 wearers’ votes.
When to wear it?
Most people wear it in autumn and spring, 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. Prices and stock come from the partner shops’ own product feeds and show the last update date.