Issey Miyake Parfum

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Issey Miyake Parfum Review: L’eau d’Issey Pour Homme

L’eau d’Issey Pour Homme, released in 1994, is the masculine equivalent of the earlier Issey Miyake parfum for women. It takes the underlying themes of the female version and tweaks them with the type of warmth, fullness, and muskiness that distinguishes all great men’s perfumes. And while the L’eau d’Issey Pour Homme is subtle, understated, and highly versatile, it consistently ranks among perfume reviewers’ lists of the best perfumes in recent memory.

Issey Miyake parfum background 

The Japanese designer Issey Miyake was born in 1938 in Hiroshima, Japan. At age seven, he personally witnessed the explosion of the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima, which has colored his work’s philosophical balance between light and dark. Later, he studied graphic design in Tokyo, and he later worked in Paris and New York City before returning to Tokyo to found his own design studio.

Miyake rose to fashion prominence through the 80s with a series of new and innovative clothing designs, including a unique style of pleating that enhanced the clothing wearer’s flexibility. At the height of his popularity in the earlier 90s, he decided to venture into the perfume business with Issey Miyake Parfum, creating the L’eau d’Issey for women and, a couple of years later, the L’eau d’Issey Pour Homme (for men). The title is a pun: with French pronunciation, “eau d’Issey” sounds like the English word “Odyssey.”

Since their releases, both L’eau d’Issey perfumes have been consistently among the top-selling, highest-quality perfumes on the market.

Issey Miyake parfum description 

The Issey Miyake parfum L’eau d’Issey Pour Homme is both an update and an evolution of the original perfume for women. It embodies many of the same principles as the original—the balance between light and dark; polarities of sweetness and musk; warm, natural, and balanced fragrances; and subtle notes and accents that only grow in complexity as the scent unfolds.

The men’s perfume is specifically designed to have a highly herbaceous scent that is warm in the bottom notes, with woody undertones that give the impression of rugged but sophisticated masculinity.

The main notes in this Issey Miyake parfum include tangerine, cypress, verbena, coriander, clary sage, yuzu zest, saffron, nutmeg, lily, geranium bourbon, blue water, vetiver, amber tobacco, cinnamon bark from Ceylon, musk, and Sandalwood. While this may sound like an abundance of ingredients, many are present simply to provide accent and fullness to the main character of the scent.

Issey Miyake parfum quality 

All in all, there’s no better value for a men’s cologne. Unlike other high-fashion perfumes, Issey Miyake parfum is affordable for ordinary people, which makes this the perfect cologne to give as a gift. It starts off subtle and delicate, but it gradually unfolds into a full, musky, and masculine scent that lasts well into the day.

It’s also the perfect cologne for men who are not veteran wearers of scents. It’s subtle and gentle enough so as not to be overpowering, but it’s also versatile. It’s great for all occasions, and it’s the perfect bridge to more distinctly defined characters of cologne.