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Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey Eau de Toilette - Issey Miyake

L'Eau d'Issey Eau de Toilette

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PERFORMANCE
Longevity
Moderate
Sillage
Moderate
DETAILS
Launched
1992
Type
Eau de Toilette
Size

Fragrance Notes

Lotus Lotus Rose Rose

L'Eau d'Issey

Eau de Toilette

Few fragrances have been imitated as persistently as L'Eau d'Issey Eau de Toilette, from Issey Miyake, and the odd thing is that the original holds only two materials. Lotus is the first of them and the reason the scent exists. It is the water flower, cool and translucent, with a green stem quality underneath and the faintest sweetness at the edges, and it smells less like a bloom than like clean water with something living in it. In 1992, when this arrived, almost nothing on the market smelled that way, and a whole category of aquatic fragrance followed in its wake.

Rose is the second material and it does the quiet work. It is pale and restrained, closer to petals than to perfume, and it keeps the lotus from reading as merely cold by lending it a soft, rounded warmth. There is nothing else in the row. No fruit, no spice, no heavy base.

That makes it a short composition in the plainest sense: what you smell in the first ten minutes is what you get until it finally fades. The scent does not evolve so much as settle. There is no journey to follow, and anyone who wants a clean, cool, instantly recognisable fragrance will understand immediately why it has lasted.

The eau de toilette strength is moderate in both reach and longevity, which suits the composition well. It is at its best in hot weather, in offices and on long days, and it reads as unisex regardless of how it is marketed.

Issey Miyake founded his design studio in Tokyo in 1970 and the business was formally incorporated in 1971. It is known for experimental construction and pleating in clothing, and it entered perfumery in March 1992 with this scent.

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Issey Miyake Parfums is a collection that was co-developed with Beauté Prestige International in France. The first fragrance, L'Eau d'Issey was born in 1992. The idea for this scent, whose name means ‘water’, was conceived of by Miyake, who saw water as both the greatest material, as well as the greatest source for inspiration. It has had a remarkable influence upon the world of perfume.

The Miyake Design Studio supervises the creative direction for the fragrance at every stage, from the initial concept to bottle design, naming, graphics, package design, marketing tools, and publicity.

Issey Miyake’s philosophy has never deviated. His goals are to create fragrances that convey a message, to inspire people with hope for a bright future, to present simple yet functional bottle designs that are at once accessible and universal, while never losing a sense of wonder. As with our clothing design, we continue to create new fragrances that are not only pertinent to our lifestyles, but are also founded in pure essentials.

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