L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Summer Eau de Toilette

I don’t know how many of these bottles are still floating around out there, so: If you love the Issey Miyake yuzu/citrus DNA, do yourself a big favor and hunt for this one. It has that l’Eau d’Issey citrus without the florals/multiplicity of spices and woods. Its a simpler and more straightforward composition that suits the “fresh” genre more successfully than the original. The addition of cardamom and sage give the drydown a mild yet divinely exotic depth that is such a pleasure to experience. Just a great summer fragrance.

One of my favorite summer fragrances, without question. The opening is PERFECT. Bright, zesty, citrus, clean, refreshing and airy, the dry down is cold, dry/spicy, bitter citrus, mildy floral. The only downside is either the performance is weak or I get scent blind to it after an hour or two. Other than that I am on my third bottle and will chase down time itself to continue buying this. It’s the perfect citrus/airy spice fragrance on earth, bow to it.

A lovely combination of yuzu and water lily with an ambery sage bloom. This is my personal favorite cologne. Gives you a blast of fresh citrus at first but then fades, it still hangs around unlike some summer fragrances, very nice. Projection and lifespan are exceptional. This is ideal for the summer.

This one is my favorite cologne. A lot of the summers smell the same to me, some of the older ones, 2002,etc, also have a weird sulfur powder smell, perhaps from age. This year (2010) the smell is awesome, one of my fav colognes, always complimented by women.

Beautiful yuzu + water lily mixed with an ambery sage flower. Little drier than the original and less aquatic but worth a try as is a gorgeus reinterpretation with the same long lasting and projection as the initial one Thumbs up!.