L'Eau Majeure d'Issey

Issey Miyake · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2017

≈ $45 · 100ml · approx. retail

A woody-aquatic built around a salty sea-breeze accord and a bright citrus-mint opening. The watery, tea-tinged heart settles onto a clean amberwood and cedar base.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Best for

SpringSummerDaily

Perfumer

Aurelien Guichard

French · 11 in collection

Aurelien Guichard is a Grasse-born perfumer and son of perfumer Jean Guichard, who trained at the Givaudan school and has worked across Givaudan, Firmenich and Takasago. He is the co-founder of the niche house Matiere Premiere and is admired for his work with raw materials like rose, vetiver and tuberose.

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Fabrice Pellegrin

French · 6 in collection

A Grasse-born perfumer from a family of jasmine growers and naturals suppliers who works at Firmenich (now dsm-firmenich), where he also leads natural-ingredient development. A François Coty Prize laureate, he is especially associated with his long body of work for Diptyque.

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