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The best Issey Miyake fragrances for men and women alike

Celebrating a legend with legendary scent

By Briar Clark

BEAUTYcrew Beauty Editor / August 10 2022

Issey Miyake has left an indelible mark on the fashion and beauty industries.

The Japanese-born designer heralded a functionality in fashion with his iconic ‘Pleats Please’ collection, which defied creasing and traditional silhouettes.

In 1992, Miyake released his first women’s fragrance – L'Eau D'Issey. An emulation of the fluid form of water as a wearable material, this scent later inspired a men’s fragrance of the same name. Miyake leaves behind a legacy as a vanguard of fashion and over 100 fragrances – here are a handful of our favourites from the maverick…

Issey Miyake L'Eau D'Issey EDT

The scent that started it all. A fragrance intended to be “as clear as spring water”, it features floral aquatic notes of lotus, rose water, lily, water peony, woods, and amber.

$189 at MYER

Issey Miyake L'Eau D'Issey Pour Homme EDT

A slightly woodier take on its feminine counterpart, L'Eau D'Issey Pour Homme combines top notes of citrus and herbs with a spicy heart, and smoky wooden base.

$150 at MYER

Issey Miyake A Drop D'Issey EDP

Sweet and floral, this spring-inspired scent is a playful departure from Miyake’s fresher fragrances. Warming vanilla, musk and cedar are surrounded by a veritable bouquet of jasmine, rose, lilac and orange blossom blooms.

$184 at MYER

Issey Miyake Fusion D'Issey EDT

Intended to service the scentual needs of the modern man, Fusion D’Issey sparks imagination and questions masculinity. Sweet in parts, with notes of coconut milk, fig nectar and patchouli at the fore, this olfactory is underpinned by a grounding earthy, herbaceous aroma that’s as addictive as it is comforting.

$150 at MYER

Issey Miyake L'eau D'Issey Pure Nectar EDP

A celebration of the metamorphosis present in nature, Pure Nectar delivers a sweetly unctuous aroma with a top note of pear and honeyed rose, while terrestrial cashmeran, ambergris, sandalwood, white musk and violet ground the scent.

$79.99 at Chemist Warehouse

Issey Miyake Wood & Wood EDP Intense

A lumbering and intense journey into solid scents of cedar, sandalwood, and vetiver. This men’s fragrance is wrapped in the aromatic smoke of patchouli and cardamom and sweetened with apricot and grapefruit.

$158 at MYER

Issey Miyake Rose & Rose EDP Intense

Rose is the number one scent used in fragrance, and as the name might suggest, Rose & Rose is an ode to the popular ingredient. Bulgarian rose and rose extract sit alongside raspberry and pear, while cashmere, amber, wood and patchouli instill a mature element to the perfume.

$184 at MYER

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Main image credit: @isseymiyakeparfums / Getty

Briar Clark

Briar Clark got her start in the media industry in 2017, as an intern for Marie Claire and InStyle. Since then, her keen interest in fashion and beauty has landed her gigs as a Digital Content Producer and Beauty Editor with titles like Girlfriend, Refinery29, BEAUTYcrew and beautyheaven. She loves the way seemingly innocuous topics like skin care and style have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces or make them think about themselves a little differently. A big believer in self love and experimentation, Briar has made a point of becoming the Australian beauty industry’s unofficial guinea pig for unusual treatments and daring hair trends. When she’s not testing out the latest beauty launches, Briar is big on broadening her horizons, mostly in the form of food but she’s also partial to travelling to new destinations both near and far (and of course, allocating an extra bag to bring their best beauty offerings home with her).