L'Eau Super Majeure d'Issey by Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake

L'Eau Super Majeure d'Issey

woody aromatic · 2018

clary sagecitrusesrosemarysea notessea saltcashmeranwoody notespatchoulismokeamberwoodtonka beanleathervanilla

Longevity

Good

Sillage

Moderate

Occasion

professional

Seasonality

winter

3.87community rating

Clary sage and citrus open over a salty marine heart, with smoke and amberwood adding a dark, mineral edge. Cashmeran, patchouli, tonka, leather and vanilla build a dense woody base, cool up top and quietly smoky below.

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 Super Majeure d'Issey smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, L'Eau Super 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, open0.23

L'Eau Super Majeure d'Issey reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin. That is 7th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.61

L'Eau Super 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 79th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Riskmid-range0.39

L'Eau Super Majeure d'Issey sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 64th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Texturemid-range0.61

L'Eau Super 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.

Sweetnessdry0.20

L'Eau Super Majeure d'Issey keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 13th 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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