L'Eau Majeure d'Issey
L'Eau Majeure d'Issey opens with a sharp citrus blast—grapefruit and bergamot cut through with a cooling mint that feels almost medicinal in its clarity.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 4 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.
- Marine70
- Amber45
- Ozonic40
- Salty
The note pyramid
- Mint
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Ambergris
- Amberwood
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readL'Eau Majeure d'Issey opens with a sharp citrus blast—grapefruit and bergamot cut through with a cooling mint that feels almost medicinal in its clarity. This is not a soft or sweet introduction. The freshness has an architectural quality, angular rather than rounded, establishing a bracing tone from the first spray.
As it settles, the mint recedes and the woody base begins to emerge. Cedar provides a dry, pencil-shaving texture, while cashmeran adds a subtle musky softness that prevents the composition from becoming too stark. The amberwood brings warmth without heaviness, creating a transparent foundation rather than a dense one.
The overall effect is clean and decidedly masculine, with a restrained modern sensibility. It occupies the space between aromatic fougère and woody marine, suited to someone who wants presence without complexity. The structure remains linear throughout wear—what you smell in the first hour is largely what you'll smell four hours later, just quieter.
Scent twins
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