Issey Miyake

L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Intense

Woody Spicy · 2007 · Jacques Cavallier

YuzuBergamotSweet OrangeMandarin OrangeNutmegLotusCardamomCinnamonSaffronIncensePapyrusAmbergrisBenzoinAmber

Notes checked against a published listing.

Reported longevity
Long
Reported sillage
Strong
Typical occasion
Romantic/Evening
Typical season
Winter

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

Citrus opens sharp before cinnamon and nutmeg warm into amber. Spiced and glowing with strong projection, it turns the fresh original deep and bold. A cold-weather intense.

Taste Profile

The Natural archetype

The Natural

The Soft Presence

Warm enough to feel right. Easy enough to forget.

Some choices just work. This one keeps working. The best kind of invisible.

How L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Intense smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Intense keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure.

Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.

Warmthtemperate0.57

L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Intense sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 67th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projectionroom-filling0.72

L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Intense carries across a room and announces itself. That is 91st percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Riskfamiliar0.26

L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Intense is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 28th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Texturebalanced0.45

L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Intense carries some body without feeling heavy. That is 42nd percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessdry0.24

L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Intense keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 26th 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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