Vendor: Issey Miyake
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Issey Miyake · 2020
L'Eau d'Issey Shades of Kolam Eau de Toilette
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
floral
romantic
fresh grapefruit floral tea with spicy cardamom
Scent Notes
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Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey Shades of Kolam comes across as fresh grapefruit floral tea with spicy cardamom. It opens with cardamom, freesia and grapefruit, moves into Indian jasmine sambac and rosa centifolia and settles on basmati rice and cedar. It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
It is best in spring and summer and is a daytime scent. A good pick for casual days and date nights. Released in 2020.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something floral and romantic for casual days.
- Sample first if: floral is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike fruity fragrances.
Around $35.
Explore more: More from Issey Miyake · Floral perfumes · Cardamom perfumes · Freesia perfumes
Concentration
Eau de Toilette
Occasion
Casual · date
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans feminine
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Casual
- Date
Issey Miyake is a Japanese heritage designer house whose fragrance line is defined by a clean-aquatic, minimalist-modern signature (the L'Eau d'Issey line launched in 1992 helped establish the aquatic genre). The catalogue is heavily fresh (17 of 27) with floral (5) and gourmand (2) flankers. The range leans masculine (13) then feminine (11). Prices sit in the designer band, about $16 to $160, most pieces near $70. Top accords are fresh, synthetic, woody, spicy and floral. Standout live picks: Nuit d'Issey Bois Arctic (fresh citrus and basil with smoky tobacco, $132), Le Sel d'Issey (cool sea breeze with ginger bite and cedar, $135), L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Yuzu (bright yuzu citrus with cool cedar breeze, $160), L'Eau Bleue d'Issey Pour Homme (cool citrus sea breeze with rosemary and cedar, $41.87), Le Sel d'Issey Parfum (salty ocean air with dark woods, $93.09).
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like fresh grapefruit floral tea with spicy cardamom. It opens with cardamom, freesia and grapefruit, moves into Indian jasmine sambac and rosa centifolia and settles on basmati rice and cedar.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring and summer. It is a daytime scent. It suits casual days and date nights.
It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
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