A Scent by Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2009

≈ $65 · 100ml · approx. retail

Launched in 2009, A Scent by Issey Miyake is a minimalist, transparent green-floral composed by Daphne Bugey and inspired by Japanese mountain air, contrasting French verbena and lemon against jasmine, hyacinth and cedar.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

SpringSummerDaily

Perfumer

Daphne Bugey

French · 28 in collection

A Grenoble-born perfumer who trained at ISIPCA and built her career as a fine-fragrance perfumer at Firmenich (now dsm-firmenich). She composes for both mainstream houses and niche labels, with a portfolio spanning Kenzo, Jean Paul Gaultier, Le Labo and Mugler.

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