Issey Miyake launched L’Eau d’Issey in 1992, his first fragrance, an eau de toilette by Jacques Cavallier meant to smell of water on a woman. The house calls it an aquatic floral: a lotus and rose accord on top, lilies and peonies in the heart, and a base of precious woods, amber and musk, in a glass cone topped with a sphere, the memory of a moon above the Eiffel Tower.
For Jessica of Now Smell This, in 2016, L’Eau d’Issey remains a classic of the nineties: a fresh waterfall with the melon of Calone, a heart of translucent white flowers, and a base of clean wood and musk, surprisingly tenacious.
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Now Smell This, a classic worth revisiting
On June 17, 2016, Jessica revisited L’Eau d’Issey, which she links to the grunge years. Its waterfall strikes her as unisex and fresh out of the shower, with the melon facet of Calone giving it real personality.
Just as that watermelon breeze threatens to wear on her, the heart opens onto translucent white flowers, a very clean freesia and a faintly salty lily, shot through with a green, stemmy note, over a base of clean, almost cedar-like wood and musk.
Despite its light notes, the fragrance strikes her as surprisingly tenacious, and in the end it comes back to its opening of melon and dew. She recommends it to those who like today’s crisp scents but want more sophistication.
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