L'Eau d'Issey pour Homme Intense

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L'Eau d'Issey pour Homme Intense

Issey Miyake · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2007

≈ $27 · 2.5oz · approx. retail

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A warmer, spicier flanker to the 1994 original, opening on a bright citrus burst before moving into a spiced heart of nutmeg, cardamom and cinnamon. The base of incense, papyrus and amber gives it a deeper, more resinous woody character than the standard pour Homme.

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

FallWinterEvening

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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