Issey Miyake adds gold and incense to her perfume
L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme seems to have within it all the rich heritage of the house of Issey Miyake. Completely universal, it draws its origins from the meeting of East and West. It is also inspired by one of the most important ingredients for humans: water. Finally, he cultivates the same values of simplicity, naturalness and obviousness as all of Issey Miyake’s creations. Today, he returns on a more oriental journey. Focus on L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme Or Incense.
The noble encounter of water, gold and incense
For this perfume, Issey Miyake has chosen to highlight three very noble and important raw materials. The first is water. Indispensable to human survival, it is also water that occupies most of our planet. It can be ocean water, glacier water, a river or a lake. Thus, with her, Issey Miyake gives free rein to everyone’s imagination. What’s more, water is an ingredient synonymous with soothing. It brings here a certain serenity. For more refinement, it is associated with gold. After all, isn’t this the material that fascinates people the most? Gold is the embodiment of a fantasy. It immediately gives this perfume a very luxurious side. Nevertheless, the major ingredient of this new recipe is is other than incense. It is a resin from a tree grown in Yemen, Somalia or India. The incense therefore takes us with a simple breath in distant lands. What is more, it is also charged with a certain spirituality. Indeed, it has been linked to religion since Ancient Greece. This prestigious product was also considered more valuable than gold in the Middle Ages. As you can see, L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme Or Encens is a fragrance full of spirituality and refinement. It refocuses man on essential values. Indeed, it has been linked to religion since Ancient Greece. This prestigious product was also considered more valuable than gold in the Middle Ages. As you can see, L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme Or Encens is a fragrance full of spirituality and refinement. It refocuses man on essential values. Indeed, it has been linked to religion since Ancient Greece. This prestigious product was also considered more valuable than gold in the Middle Ages. As you can see, L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme Or Encens is a fragrance full of spirituality and refinement. It refocuses man on essential values.
The oriental fragrance of L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme Or Incense
In terms of fragrance, this translates into a very oriental scent. Issey Miyake describes her juice as a reflection of “the meeting between glowing water and molten rock which produces the most beautiful and mysterious golden smoke”. This composition was developed by perfumer Christophe Raynaud. L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme Or Encens has an undeniable element of nobility associated with a more nostalgic scent. Incense serves as a common thread for this perfume. It is nevertheless sublimated by other ingredients such as spices, rose essence or woody notes. L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme Or Encens ends with a trio of cedar, sandalwood and vetiver. The result is a fragrance with an “enveloping, luminous and warm scent”. On the aesthetic side, L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme Or Encens is delivered in the emblematic bottle of this collection. This thick block of glass with sharp edges is revealed in a black shade simply sublimated by the name of this new perfume in a golden writing.
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