L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense — Issey Miyake
Issey Miyake

L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense

  • For men
  • Eau de Toilette
  • 2007

With L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense, Issey Miyake composes a noble and enveloping woody fragrance. It opens on yuzu, bergamot and mandarin, reveals nutmeg, cinnamon and vetiver at its heart and rests on a base of sandalwood, amber and white musk.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Yuzu · Bergamot · Mandarin

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Nutmeg · Cinnamon · Vetiver

  3. Base Several hours

    Sandalwood · Amber · White musk

What its composition says

  • 3 materials on top, 3 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Yuzu: a niche material, declared by only 14 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue.
  • White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
  • Citrus, woody, spicy, amber and musky: 5 registers of raw materials share its palette, with citrus supplying 3 of 9.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Moderate
5 to 7 h estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

At ease in mild weather, 15 to 22 °C (59 to 72 °F).

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