Nuit d'Issey Pulse Of The Night
The opening announces itself with a sharp curl of frankincense smoke, resinous and slightly medicinal, like incense still burning in an empty chapel.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Tonka80
- Amber80
- Sandalwood75
- Incense75
- Labdanum75
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening announces itself with a sharp curl of frankincense smoke, resinous and slightly medicinal, like incense still burning in an empty chapel. It's austere at first, almost cold, but that severity doesn't last long. Within minutes, the composition softens dramatically as tonka bean and labdanum pull it into warmer, denser territory.
The heart and base blur together into a continuous amber-leather accord, thick with cashmeran's woody-musky haze and patchouli's earthy sweetness. Vanilla appears not as gourmand but as a balm, rounding the edges of what might otherwise be a very dry composition. The sandalwood and vetiver stay underneath, adding structure without dominating.
This is Issey Miyake in nocturnal mode: abstract, modern, designed for evening rather than daylight. It wears closer to the skin than the frankincense opening might suggest, settling into a soft, ambery hum with a synthetic smoothness that some will find comforting and others too polished. Best suited to cooler weather and those who prefer their woody orientals streamlined rather than baroque.