L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme is Issey Miyake’s first masculine signature, launched in 1994 and composed by Jacques Cavallier two years after L’Eau d’Issey. Issey Miyake dreamed of it as clear and powerful as the water of a spring. Yuzu and mandarin open onto water lily, warmed with nutmeg, cinnamon and saffron, and the whole rests on sandalwood, vetiver, amber and tobacco.
Issey Miyake classifies L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme among the spicy woody citrus fragrances. The composition plays on a contrast between the tangy freshness of yuzu and the warmth of spices, around an aquatic facet the house entrusts to water lily.
Top
Yuzu, which the house likens to a Japanese citron with a deep, vibrant scent, opens with mandarin. Lemon, verbena, coriander and sage complete this opening, which the house wants fresh and surprising.
Heart
Water lily gives the perfume its aquatic facet, warmed by nutmeg, cinnamon and saffron, spices the house calls subtle. Geranium completes this level.
Base
Sandalwood, vetiver, cedar, amber, tobacco and musk form the base. The house sees in it a marked masculine presence, its character asserted by an amber and tobacco accord.
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