Issey Miyake 2024 EDT

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Le Sel d’Issey

by Quentin Bisch

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Issey Miyake Le Sel d’Issey is an Eau de Toilette launched in 2024, created by Quentin Bisch. Le Sel d’Issey opens with Salt and Ginger, settles into a heart of Vetiver and Seaweed, and dries down to a base of Cedar and Oakmoss. Issey Miyake's Le Sel d’Issey carries a Favourite verdict, a woody-led wear.

A crystalline blast of oceanic salt, green seaweed, and fresh woods that feels both sharply modern and deeply elemental. A must for fans of aquatic masculines who want something more mineral and natural than sweet.
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  • Confident
  • Fresh
  • Clean
  • Modern
  • Energetic
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Le Sel d’Issey Eau de Toilette bottle

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend
Topas listed
Salt52%
Ginger48%
Heartas listed
Seaweed57%
Vetiver43%
Baseas listed
Cedar52%
Oakmoss48%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity
Moderate (4-6h)
Projection
Intimate
Intensity
Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Spring Summer
Also Works:
Fall

Its salty-marine freshness and crisp green facets make it ideal for spring and summer, when airy, breezy scents flourish. The light woody drydown also keeps it wearable into early fall but it may feel too fresh and sheer for deep winter.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Office Casual Sport
Also Works:
Date

The understated projection and clean, bracing character make it perfect for office and casual wear, easily fitting sporty or active situations. Its relaxed aquatic nature is less suited to formal events or romantic evenings.

Declarable allergens

We derive these from the materials behind this fragrance's notes, not from the bottle. Each one is likely, not confirmed. The list is partial - the box can name others.

In standard patch-test panels

  • Oakmoss Evernia prunastri extract from Oakmoss

The large name is the everyday one. The small name is the INCI form on the box, so you can compare the two. Reactions differ between people. A patch-test panel is not a ranking of risk. How we derive this

About

Le Sel d’Issey Eau de Toilette is a bracing journey along windswept shores, where sea salt and green seaweed fuse with ginger, vetiver, and mossy woods. The opening is intensely marine and mineral, conjuring sunlit spray and crashing waves. Ginger adds a brisk, peppery edge, while the heart's seaweed and vetiver evoke both the wet green depths and earthy driftwood. The drydown settles into a sheer, mossy woodiness, always translucent and clean. This is a modern aquatic that balances elemental freshness with a subtle, grounding complexity.

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