Fragrance Notes
Lotus
RoseL'Eau d'Issey Gift Set
If you are buying for someone whose taste in fragrance you do not know, the L'Eau d'Issey Gift Set, from Issey Miyake, is about as safe a decision as the category allows, and that is meant as praise rather than faint praise.
The set pairs the 100ml Eau de Toilette with a 25ml spray. The scent inside is built on two materials we hold, lotus and rose, and the first of them is the reason this has stayed on shelves for decades. Lotus is green, cool and watery, a material that reads as clarity rather than as a flower, and it gives the fragrance an airy quality that very few compositions manage without becoming thin. People who dislike perfume in the usual sense often make an exception for it. Rose keeps it human. Soft rather than opulent, it lends warmth and a slight tartness beneath the water, which is what stops the whole thing evaporating into something anonymous. Two materials is a short composition and it behaves like one, consistent from the first minutes to the last, with no sudden turn to catch anyone out. As a present it has the advantages a set always has. It comes presented, it does not need wrapping, and it looks like more thought than a single bottle even when you have been short of time. It suits women, it is best in warm weather and daytime, and it is a reasonable choice for a milestone birthday or a leaving gift where you want something recognisable.
Design came first here. The business began as Miyake Design Studio in 1970, ISSEY MIYAKE INC. was incorporated in 1971, and Shibuya in Tokyo remains the head office. The first store opened in Tokyo in 1974, experimental construction and pleating made the clothing famous, and fragrance followed in March 1992.
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