L’Eau d’Issey
Floral Fresh · 1994 · Jacques Cavallier
Notes checked against a published listing.
- Reported longevity
- Moderate
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Office/Daily
- Typical season
- Summer
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Modelled profile
A watery bouquet of lotus, freesia and rose lifted by melon and a clean marine transparency. It reads crisp and dewy, holding close to the skin with a quiet, unhurried freshness.
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The Quiet Detail
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How L’Eau d’Issey smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, L’Eau d’Issey reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
L’Eau d’Issey reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin. That is 8th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
L’Eau d’Issey sits mid-range on projection. That is 7th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
L’Eau d’Issey sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available.
L’Eau d’Issey carries some body without feeling heavy. That is 42nd percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
L’Eau d’Issey keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 42nd percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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