L'Eau Bleue d'Issey pour Homme
L'Eau Bleue d'Issey opens with a bright jolt of lime and rosemary, immediately clarifying and herbal rather than sweet.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Herbal75
- Woody65
- Lavender65
- Mossy
The note pyramid
- Rosemary
- Lime
- Orange
- Ginger
- Lavender
- Star Anise
- Pink Pepper
By the editors · 2 min readL'Eau Bleue d'Issey opens with a bright jolt of lime and rosemary, immediately clarifying and herbal rather than sweet. It feels like cold water splashed on sun-warmed skin, bracing and clean. The citrus fades quickly, making way for a spiced lavender core sharpened by ginger and pink pepper, with star anise adding an unexpected licorice edge that keeps things from feeling too soapy or predictable.
As it settles, the base reveals a mossy, woody structure—oakmoss and cedar grounding the composition with a grey-green coolness, while patchouli and amber add just enough warmth to prevent austerity. The rose is barely perceptible, more texture than florality.
This is Issey Miyake's aquatic impulse filtered through aromatic fougère traditions. It suits men who want freshness without the typical marine sweetness, something clean but not corporate. A summer fragrance with enough complexity to hold interest beyond the first hour.
Scent twins
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