L'Eau d'Issey pour Homme Shades of Kolam
Grapefruit and bergamot lead with cardamom threaded between them — a citrus opening with an immediate dry-spice lift, less juicy than aromatic.
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Cedar
- Cashmeran
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit and bergamot lead with cardamom threaded between them — a citrus opening with an immediate dry-spice lift, less juicy than aromatic. Cardamom does the heavy lifting up top, giving the standard summer citrus a more interesting, slightly Indian-inspired complication.
There's no real heart in the conventional sense; the spice-citrus structure flows almost directly into the woody base, which is part of the appeal — linear and uncluttered, designed to wear cleanly in heat.
Cedar and cashmeran form the base, the cedar adding a dry, pencil-shaving sharpness and the cashmeran a soft, plush, modern woody-musk texture. The dry-down stays close to the skin, warm but not sweet. Spring and summer wear, casual or office use, an everyday-wearable spiced-citrus woody.
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