L'Eau Majeure d'Issey by Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake

L'Eau Majeure d'Issey

woody citrus · 2017

GrapefruitBergamotMintSea NotesHedioneTeaCashmeranWoody NotesAmberwoodCedarCoumarin

Longevity

Good

Sillage

Strong

Occasion

professional

Seasonality

fall

3.41community rating

Grapefruit and mint open fresh and salty over a marine heart, with tea and hedione adding a clean, transparent lift. Cashmeran, amberwood, cedar and coumarin ground the base, keeping it airy and cool with a soft woody floor.

Taste Profile

The Purist archetype

The Purist

The Slow Reveal

Experienced differently as time goes on.

The complexity is there for those who stay with it. Layered, deliberate, quietly evolving. Some kinds of presence take time to understand.

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How L'Eau Majeure d'Issey smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, L'Eau Majeure d'Issey keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin.

Warmthcool, open0.20

L'Eau Majeure d'Issey 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.

Projectionmid-range0.46

L'Eau Majeure d'Issey 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 37th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Riskfamiliar0.29

L'Eau Majeure d'Issey is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 33rd percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Texturemid-range0.61

L'Eau Majeure d'Issey sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 82nd percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessdry0.10

L'Eau Majeure d'Issey keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 4th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 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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