L'eau Bleue D'issey Pour Homme

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L'eau Bleue D'issey Pour Homme

Issey Miyake · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2004

≈ $42 · approx. retail

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A fresh, spicy woody aromatic that departs from typical aquatics, opening with rosemary, lime and cypress before settling into a patchouli-sandalwood-oakmoss base.

The scent

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The opening · first 15 minutes

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The dry-down · what lingers

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Perfumer

Jacques Cavallier

French · 29 in collection

Jacques Cavallier Belletrud is a French master perfumer born into a Grasse perfumery dynasty who, since 2012, has served as the in-house nose for Louis Vuitton. Before that he revolutionized modern perfumery with aquatic and designer landmarks, most famously Issey Miyake's L'Eau d'Issey.

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