Issey Miyake · 1992 · Jacques Cavallier

L'Eau d'Issey

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

VersionEau de Toilette

Fresh rose and watery lotus blossom opening onto lily and white flowers, drying down to soft, precious woods.

Issey Miyake says

You’ll smell rose, lotus blossom, lily, white flowers and precious wood.

More from Issey Miyake’s description

It also mentions Lotus, Melon, Freesia and Woody white musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

L'Eau d'Issey’s scent picture, a draft: rose, lotus, lily, white flowers, precious wood, melon drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

L'Eau d'Issey, top notes: Rose, Lotus

Heartas it settles

L'Eau d'Issey, heart: Lily, White flowers, Melon, Freesia, Musk

Dry-downwhat stays

L'Eau d'Issey, dry-down: Precious wood

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals1 spices

3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Shaghaf Oud AhmarSwiss Arabian · shares rose, melon and freesia$66 for 75 ml
For HerNarciso Rodriguez · shares rose and cashmere knit$165 for 100 ml · about the same as L'Eau d'Issey’s $138
Kashmir MuskArabian Oud · shares rose and cashmere knit$190 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.