Issey Miyake
L'Eau d'Issey Shades Of Kolam
citrus woody · 2020
Longevity
Moderate
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
professional
Seasonality
spring
Grapefruit and freesia open bright and clean, with cardamom lending a dry spice and jasmine and rose softening the heart. Basmati rice, ambergris and cedar give an unusual soft-warm base, keeping it fresh with a gentle skin-like finish.
Taste Profile
The Purist
The Crisp Presence
Crisp, clear and impossible to miss.
The choice was always going to be precise. High presence, clean lines, nothing left to chance. You knew exactly what you were doing.
See your own Taste Map →How L'Eau d'Issey Shades Of Kolam smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, L'Eau d'Issey Shades Of Kolam reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin, and carries sweetness without letting it define the scent.
L'Eau d'Issey Shades Of Kolam reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin. That is among the lowest in the catalogue for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
L'Eau d'Issey Shades Of Kolam sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 11th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
L'Eau d'Issey Shades Of Kolam sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available.
L'Eau d'Issey Shades Of Kolam sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle.
L'Eau d'Issey Shades Of Kolam carries sweetness without letting it define the scent.
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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