Smells like rain

L'Eau d'Issey pour Homme is the archetype of the aquatic 90s men's fragrance, and almost thirty years on still the cleanest expression of the idea.

Wood Sage & Sea Salt opens with a bright mineral shimmer—bergamot lifted by something faintly saline, like air off a rocky coast rather than a tropical beach.

Millesime Imperial opens with a brisk coastal clarity—sea salt lifted by bright bergamot, evoking summer mornings near the water rather than heavy marine synthetics.

The scent opens like a humid exhale—wet stone, green shoots, and a trickle of ginger that feels more botanical than spiced.

40 Knots opens with a marine clarity that recalls actual ocean air rather than synthetic aquatics—crisp, slightly mineral, with a faint saline edge.

Encre Noire opens with a dark, almost mineral vetiver that feels pulled from damp earth rather than distilled for polish.

Ganymede opens with a mineral coolness—mandarin sharpened by an almost metallic violet leaf accord that feels more lunar surface than citrus grove.

Cristalle Eau Verte opens with a bright sweep of bergamot that feels less like citrus and more like sunlight on wet leaves.

The opening is a brisk citrus splash—petitgrain's bitter-green edge tempered by sweet orange—that feels cool and immediate, like stepping onto a sun-warmed dock.

Le Jardin de Monsieur Li opens with a wet, green sharpness—kumquat peel and jasmine petals after rain.