Nuit d'Issey

Issey Miyake · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2014

≈ $75 · 100ml · approx. retail

A dark, woody-spicy masculine with a leather backbone, presented as a nocturnal, hypnotic counterpart to the original pour Homme. Citrus brightens the opening before a peppery leather heart settles into incense, tonka and patchouli.

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

Dominique Ropion

French · 36 in collection

Acclaimed IFF perfumer known for technically masterful, opulent scents.

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Loc Dong

Vietnamese-American · 7 in collection

Born in Vietnam in 1972 and trained in Holzminden, Loc Dong is widely cited as the first Asian fine-fragrance perfumer in the industry and a senior perfumer at IFF in New York. He is known for a fresh, modern command of synthetic materials.

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