L’Eau Super Majeure d’Issey
L'Eau Super Majeure d'Issey opens with a jolt of herbal intensity—rosemary and clary sage strike with medicinal clarity, almost austere in their brightness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Rosemary60
- Patchouli50
- Vanilla45
- Tonka40
- Incense35
By the editors · 2 min readL'Eau Super Majeure d'Issey opens with a jolt of herbal intensity—rosemary and clary sage strike with medicinal clarity, almost austere in their brightness. This isn't the polite lavender of classic fougères but something sharper, more angular, recalling sun-scorched Mediterranean hillsides and crushed stems between fingertips.
As it settles, the composition softens into something warmer and more ambiguous. Cashmeran lends a diffuse, almost blurred woodiness, while patchouli and an unexpected whisper of sea salt create tension between earth and air. The progression feels deliberately abstract, as if watching fog roll over volcanic rock.
The base reveals Miyake's signature minimalism stretched over a richer canvas. Tonka and vanilla provide sweetness without gourmand excess, grounded by leather and smoke that suggest incense more than animal hides. The result is a scent that reads masculine but wears close to the skin, suited to those who appreciate restraint even in warmer, more enveloping fragrances. It's contemplative rather than commanding.
