L'Eau D'Issey Miniature

Ok so I was expecting a freshie, citrusy but lighter (since I have the pour homme) but was pleasantly surprised by a light floral & watery scent, it's super cute! Though when I sprayed one in the air, I got citrus which was very weird, is it my mind playing tricks on me? I immediately pictured flower petals on water surface, it's such a calming and zen scent for me. It's not old lady, dated or offensive to me at all, I see what people mean when they say it's a timeless scent. I definitely picked up on L'eau D'issey DNA which is very cool, but I can't describe it, I can just tell ya know? This is more wearable year round than the pour homme, which gives cleaning products vibes on me in winter. Also love the bottle, super elegant. Makes me want to try the EDP version.

I honestly find it difficult to review this scent. I don’t find it great, but it somehow works. I was not born when this scent launched, and in my part of the world, this has never been a big fragrance. So I missed its Zeitgeist, but I recently got a bottle as a gift. My first feeling was: “okay, this is so boring, it smells like nothing”. But after some time wearing it, I started understanding it more and more. In the end, it’s still not my to-go scent. It doesn’t fit my personality. But I can imagine it to reflect some other peoples preferences. Someone that enjoys a light, fresh, minimalist, “clean-girl” perfume. At the moment I’m using my bottle to go the office. I probably won’t buy a new one.

I’m biased because this is one of the only perfumes my mum ever wore so it has that nostalgic factor, but I understand why this made the cut for her. This smells like sitting on a river bank of a quaint little village, swans peacefully silently gliding past leaving sparkling ripples in the cold water. You’re laying on a bed of tall grass and white flowers, bright sun beaming down through the clouds. It’s a three day weekend and your schedule is clear, your hair is freshly washed, you’re wearing linen or cashmere, your lowball offer on that vintage piece on vinted was accepted. Life feels beautiful and hopeful and bright.

This is such a youthfull, delicate & crystalline perfume. Like honeysuckle and pollen. Not what I expected but it clearly did not dissapoint! I love 90s perfumes, they were so much more complex then the average perfume today that has only a few basic notes, it feels like back then perfumers used to try harder and put more passion in their work, not only look for a money grab that will appeal to the masses. I love the individuality of this perfume. I imagine wearing this in the spring, under the April sky, good conversations & Niagara Falls, ugh...can't wait!

I was pleasantly surprised by this fragrance because I expected it to be more aquatic floral on my skin with little else that stands out. Instead, my skin's chemistry brought out the cedar so at first it smelled like the soft florals and watery notes, almost like a luxurious garden pond, and then there was that pleasant spicy smell that you get from smelling spruce needles in the winter (like a spruce tree covered in snow) that came in as a welcomed intruder to this ensemble of notes. That made me like L'Eau d'Issey so much more.