L'Eau Bleue d'Issey pour Homme Issey Miyake 2004

L'Eau Bleue d'Issey pour Homme by Issey Miyake

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L'Eau Bleue d'Issey pour Homme (Issey Miyake)

7.8 / 10 266 Ratings

L'Eau Bleue d'Issey pour Homme is a popular perfume by Issey Miyake for men and was released in 2004. The scent is spicy-woody. It was last marketed by Shiseido Group / Beauté Prestige International. Pronunciation

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Perfumer

Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud

Fragrance Notes

Top Notes	Lime, Mandarin orange, Orange, Rosemary
Heart Notes	Ginger, Lavender, Pink pepper, Juniper berry, Cypress
Base Notes	Amber, Oakmoss, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Cedar

Ratings

Scent

7.8 | 266 Ratings

Longevity

7.8 | 227 Ratings

Sillage

7.0 | 224 Ratings

Bottle

7.1 | 222 Ratings

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11/01/2020

9
Scent 8
Longevity 5
Sillage 8
Bottle

DieOrange78

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DieOrange78

The little blue one for the gentleman from the house Issey Miyake

I confess, with this scent I was hanging in the clouds for a while. My memory of how I came upon it is now also a vague reaction of my synapses What remains, however, is a perfume, which I definitely like to wear. It's different from the other blues. Somehow all the fragrances from Issey Miyake are different
The flacon as it unpacks. The lid. The color. Already then I had the idea, this fragrance wants to electrify me. This blue Then the first sprayer. Still a little tentative. "Hmm. Interesting." That's all I can get out of my central neural grid for now If I were to go alone to the fragrance pyramid here, I wouldn't even know if I could like the 'l'eau Bleu. At first sight it looks quite regular. But then I also have other fragrances that look very similar in structure, but appear completely different as soon as you let them out of the bottle.

So this scent here is a little surprise.
He reminds me of a fresh breeze. It's a morning on a Saturday. Could be late October. I'm wearing long sleeves. Only a few clouds pass by. The bright blue of a wonderful and at the same time calm day spreads a good mood. Only a few cars on the road. Here and there a few pedestrians scattered. Even more seldom someone is on the way by bicycle. And then this very light wind blows. It carries fine nuances of scent with it. Gentle and refreshing at the same time. An invigorating moment
Most blues have a similar effect on me. But L'eau Bleu takes it a little further. It creates a feeling of well-being that I can't wait to get out of. The world does stop for a bit. Time's not running out anymore. Just breathe This blue one is different from others. It does not smell soapy. Does not have any shower gel vibrations. And also not the somewhat harshly scratchy one, as it is unfortunately the case with Cool Water. L'eau Bleu doesn't have that forced 90's Axe-in-the-disco look. It lacks the typical Sauvage hype. There's no wrangling like with Dylan Blue either.
I wonder, if I put these fragrances next to each other, L'eau Bleu, Dylan Blue and Sauvage, which of them would people buy empty first and which would be left over Hard to tell from the rating scale. Because this one is also basically rated between 7 and 8 and is therefore at about the same level as the better known blues.
But this one awakens other images in me.

So it is this beautiful Saturday morning. October. I'm walking along a cornfield. Not far away I see my dirt road, over which I will enter the narrowest part of the forest to continue my pleasant journey. But also arrived in the forest, I cannot forget the cornfield. This golden shimmer. Above it the almost cloudless blue sky. And the light breeze
Even if L'eau Bleu could be a conventional blue - I think so - it's different, because the house behind it creates its fragrances with different ideas in mind. But I only realized this myself after I bought some other perfumes from Issey Miyake.
So L'eau Bleu is not a fragrance I would wear for more hectic matters. I need a little more OVERHEAD(!).
This scent here is very suitable if I am in a calm mood, want to put on a scent that can keep me there, in situations where it could get out of hand, but by no means must. I will continue to test this one further. I even start the cold weather test with it. When it is cloudy outside and cold is coming through the window cracks
Blue skies and the lovely dry, slightly flowery scent of the cornfield. In addition, a slightly cool shower, as the gentle wind gently passes me by.

MfG
TheOrange78

08/26/2020

8
Scent 8
Longevity 8
Sillage 8
Bottle

KevinGrey

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KevinGrey

tomfoolery

Well, for me the opening was cute at first. Like dissolved fruit candy, which scared me off completely at first
After about an hour, however, this changed completely into the spicy-citric. There was also a slightly peppery note, which is not really apparent from the DNA.

All in all a pleasantly fresh scent, but not a must-have for me.

One day later, however, a citric-woody and a little bit fruity note remained on the test strip, which still gives off a pleasantly interesting smell ...

05/25/2020

8
Scent 8
Longevity 7
Sillage 6
Bottle

NuiWhakakore

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NuiWhakakore

Very helpful Review 5

Fragrance artists with overtaxing potential

It was one of three blinds in the Corona lockdown and it still keeps me busy. My perception of the Bleue d'Issey is a little different from the many helpful comments that made me buy it (thanks for that!).

In the top note a little lemon with something strongly herbaceous. Rosemary is certainly present, but rather herbs from Provence. But that's just for the sake of completeness, I try to ignore top notes, they rarely last long. Here, however, Bleue is a laudable exception, the herbaceous continues almost to the end.

In the further course of time some ingredients combine to something diffusely floral. It reminds me of visits with my mother to our nursery to buy a bouquet for an aunt's birthday. The door opens and immediately the warm, humid air with an intense scent of flowers, leaves and earth hits you. A beautiful memory and almost the moment when I would have written off Bleue. The scents are not mine at all, too flowery.

Fortunately, the bouquet remains fresh and light, not sweet or sultry. The herbaceous notes and the added spices ensure that Bleue is by no means too unisex. A little later, woody notes of cypress and cedar are added. It feels like a walk through a light, Mediterranean forest on a warm spring day.

A fragrance for the bright, warm days. But it should not be too hot. Certainly not the last fragrance of Issey Miyake to be tasted.

Is it my nose now or does Bleue d'Issey evoke similar associations in you as well?

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11/11/2019

8.5
Scent 5
Longevity 5
Sillage 6
Bottle

MrHonest
75 Reviews

MrHonest

Helpful Review 6

Evergreen Terrace

In the wake of all the blue fragrances being released nowadays, L’eau Bleue d’Issey is a semi-vintage breath of sharp green air. Don’t let the colour of the bottle fool you. It’s as far from an aquatic as you can possibly get, given its mid-2000s release date.

The fragrance opens up with a monstrous blast of dark, herbal rosemary and juniper. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a rosemary bomb, but it’s probably as close as you can get in the designer realm. If you’ve ever smelled Ralph Lauren’s Polo Black, there are subtle aspects that the two have in common (minus the tropical fruit of course), although both scents go in very different directions.

Within 5 minutes, cypress and ginger become incredibly obvious, to be joined by a dash of dirty patchouli, giving the fragrance an uncanny resemblance to the smell of a fresh evergreen branch. And when I say resemblance, I mean it smells EXACTLY like an evergreen branch, spicy nuances ‘n’ all. It nearly blew my mind the first time I wore it. I would imagine that you would be hard pressed to find a more realistic portrayal, even in the niche market.

However, give it another 15 minutes, and a sour orange begins to peek through with a touch of pepper, maxing out the blend at about the 30 minute mark. The scent then essentially becomes a strong rosemary and cypress, spiced with ginger and pepper with a dash of patchouli and cedar in the background. There is a hint of lavender that provides some smoothness at about the hour mark, but by then, the projection has significantly receded.

In fact, the biggest letdown of the current formulation is the performance (I have a January 2019 bottle). Despite the projection being rather strong for the first 30 minutes, it dies to about a foot for about another hour and then becomes almost imperceptible for an additional 3. Total longevity is barely 5-6 hours on my skin, with only the first 2 being of any real significance.

Interestingly enough, as the composition falls apart at 2 hours, the notes separate, and a fine gossamer of sweet amber and creamy sandalwood become detectable. Fortunately, the fragrance never comes close to any degree of sweetness, but methinks that a tad more amber could have made a difference in the performance category.

Overall though, I absolutely adore the stuff. Not only does it remind me of a rosemary garden within a grove of vibrant evergreen trees, but it also evokes the smell of the holiday season – festive decorations, spicy desserts and shopping madness. For me, it’s like stepping into the not-too-distant past, when things were simpler, fragrance companies took chances on unique blends and sweet coumarin or ambrox fragrances hadn’t yet taken over the majority of the designer market. If you want to smell different by today’s standards, this is the juice. A superbly herbal pine scent in a dark blue bottle. Take THAT blue fragrances.

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08/15/2019

7.5
Scent 8
Longevity 7
Sillage 7
Bottle

Golcher
101 Reviews

Golcher

Helpful Review 2

Not for youngsters

First of all I'm very confused, everyone is raving about how long this lasts and how good projection is but on my first wear I also sprayed my wrist and I couldn't smell anything after 3 hours.

update: seems this frag causes anosmia cause I spayed it today and to my nose it disappeared after a couple of hours but when my gf got home she mentioned it was still going strong after 8 hours so longevity is actuallt quite good

That put aside, the scent is gorgeous. It's woody and herbal, so different from tonka/vanilla trend that is so popular now adays, also different to all those1 Million and Invictus out there.

A fragrance for a more mature man

12/18/2018

8
Scent 7
Longevity 7
Sillage 8
Bottle

Nofretete

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Top Review 22

Sinfonia molto verde

The first movement is an adagio in yellow-green. A trio of rough spicy rosemary, conciliatory balsamic chamomile and bittersweet mugwort opens up a wide space for breathing and listening. Tarragon and galbanum set pulsating green accents. In the second movement, a Largo maestoso in forest green, cypresses with their calming waves invite you to linger. Ginger brightens the tree uniformity, elemi resin gives it something mysterious. The final part is a Lento tranquillo in dark green. Fine notes of cedar leaf and bark rise above a soft ground of earthy patchouli and moss.

The orchestra never plays too loud, there are no solo passages. Through the nuances the voices harmonize without becoming pleasingly boring. The piece sounds modern and yet somehow archaic, not clearly in major or minor: a floating, yet expressive melody, equally captivating and restrained.

In December 2018, the perfume will no longer be available on the manufacturer's website and production may have ceased. Maybe it hasn't been advertised there for some time, because the extraordinary fragrance has had enough loyal buyers since its release in 2004.

Matching music: Psalom by Arvo Pärt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICMrVzfOFaE

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09/27/2018

7.5
Scent 7
Longevity 7
Sillage 9
Bottle

Farneon

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Farneon

Top Review 10

The Mediterranean Japanese: (almost) none is finer

Just 25 Euro costs 75 ml of this great designer fragrance. In general I recognize the independent creations of the Japanese Kenzo and Issey Miyake, but most of the time they are a bit too flowery and too "feminine" for me personally. Not so LBI (abbreviated for simplicity). The fragrance is described as woody and spicy, but like almost all "blue-marked" fragrances it also has a distinct freshness component. No wonder with ingredients like lime, mandarin and ginger. While the light pepper note brings some spiciness into play, rosemary, juniper and cypress blend into a herbaceous green scent cocktail, which fortunately is not reminiscent of a herb mixture on the spice rack, but rather of a Mediterranean forest walk - the air is dry, the warmth perceptible, a light sea breeze in the approach.

One of my favourite perfumers, Monsieur Cavallier-Belletrud, has once again done an excellent job. The woody base provides a natural base, like pine needles scattered all over the soft ground. LBI is a clearly perceptible, but never loud fragrance: warm without being sweet, fresh without appearing deodorant, masculine without smoky bonds. On my skin I just compare it with Bleu de Chanel (probably only because of the similarity of its name). Both fragrances represent the Mediterranean Sea for me, BDT rather the strolling along a beach promenade, LBI the rocky wilderness above the coast
A fragrance that has been made great all around, which perhaps looks better in spring and autumn than in midsummer. Close to nature, but maybe because of that also for city dwellers like me like a small olfactory holiday! :-)

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09/22/2018

9
Scent 8
Longevity 7
Sillage 9
Bottle

Elysium
401 Reviews

Elysium

Helpful Review 7

Like A Tattoo On The Soul

It's that time of the year again. The sun starts to rise later and begins to set as soon as we step foot out of the office. The mornings are misty and bleak, and before we know it, we are dusting off the turn out rugs. Autumn is on its way. And I require L'Eau Bleue D'Issey, as blue as the Rosemary Blossoms, Juniper Berries, and Cypress Needles that stand out from this underrated gem. There is a complexity about this fragrance that is hard to put into words. It's just a captivating fragrance with an exciting blend of notes that I love. It smells oddly like a spice rack on a shed in the middle of a forest full of cypress trees during the rain. Issey Miyake, as a fragrance house, makes unique Japanese fragrances, and this is no exception. If you are anything like me, L'Eau D'Issey was a coup de foudre (love at first sight!).

A surprising blend of notes that might work well in a wet and cold season like fall, L'Eau Bleue is anything but your standard aquatic fragrance, despite its cobalt blue bottle. This fragrance is blue in an emotional sense. It's a rainy day, feeling solemn for no discernable reason, lost in a wet pine forest with no sunshine. Herbaceous, camphoraceous, sharp, and indeed all about aromatic herbs and berries, this gem is only not going to be for everyone. If there's one scent I know, it's L'Eau Bleue. I initially tried this scent when it was first launched in 2004, and I remember it was middle fall evening, and I tested it both on a paper strip and my skin. At that time I even got a vial sample that is very rare nowadays, then I entered a pub waiting for some friends of mine. It was when we hugged each other that I got a lot of compliments. "Damn, you smell so good, what are you wearing?". Without any hesitation, I decided to buy it a few times later, when I found a 125ml bottle at an affordable price. I wore this every day for a year, and it was my signature at that time. I always thought it was a brisk, sharp distinctive fragrance. Since it's been well over a decade when I owned a bottle when I came across a 75ml bottle online for about 20 bucks, and I thought. "Why not?" I just had to revisit it.

The 2018 release opens with woody aromatic accents of warm rosemary and nose-crinkling pink pepper, with juniper berries and cypress needles from the heart already noticeable. It's like when you stand too close to an essential oil surround diffuser. There's a camphoraceous green accord, loaded with a very naturalistic rosemary note that smells a bit pine-like. It includes crushed juniper berries, and an anisic element, possibly fennel or anything of that family seeds. Vick's VapoRub comes to mind. The combined forces of juniper, rosemary, ginger, cypress, and pepper are medicinal enough to create such a concoction. I love the green herbal notes, which come across in an uplifting and energizing manner. It's energizing, potent, and assertive, with a powerful green opening. The analogies of a fresh rainfall in a forest are just spot-on. It does smell that good! Such a natural, clean, confident scent. I must admit that the initial spray is strong rosemary and thyme, a little woody, which could be off-putting in itself for someone.

The magic of this one comes after about 30 minutes when those herbs mute a little. I can see why this wasn't a big seller as most novices choose a scent based on the top notes. A shot of lime juice and sweet mandarin jumpstarts a crisp and clean heart of juniper, cypress, and fresh lavender. This coniferous heart is rendered even greener with the addition of ginger. One feels a sense of mountainous green hills with broad, sweeping vistas over the blue Aegean. Forget the oranges and any fruity content. L'Eau Bleue is green, camphorated, and woody, weakening refreshingly. The blue bottle deceives, because the fragrance comes down to the notes of rosemary, cypress, patchouli, and oakmoss, at least on my skin. Incidentally, the patchouli is very obvious and earthy.

As it drys down it becomes a lot sweeter and earthy, I get a great mix of the herbs as mentioned earlier with the bright Atlas cedar and oakmoss, slightly citrusy. SIlky amber and polished sandalwood lingering in the background with all these other vivacious notes. Strangely enough, it has a green/blue sort of feel to it overall, unlike any different fragrance I've smelled. The citrus and wood in the mix provide an excellent backbone holding the composition together sublimely. I enjoy it for some time. If I had to compare this scent with another I know and own, I would dare to say there is a close resemblance with Grigioperla Essence, and comparing the notes listed here shows many of the same ingredients.
Don't focus on, or get overly distracted by the reasonably strong rosemary scent in the open. The rosemary eventually settles-in very nicely with the rest of the composition. You end up with a brilliant arrangement of cypress, rosemary, and juniper berries being front and center, while citruses, spices, woods, and amber play a subtle supporting role; all perfectly orchestrated in the dry down, resulting in this creatively smooth "masterpiece." Fresh and forest-green, cold and warm, uplifting and relaxing, creative, and versatile.

Honestly, it has been reformulated. While the surface has that juniper and rosemary bite I love so much, it fades quickly and becomes muted and muddled. While the old version lasts forever, this one becomes whisper-soft after 30 minutes. Notwithstanding, in general terms, Bleue is still a subtle brisk masculine scent; it just used to be a lot more sharp, daring, and distinctive, it attracted a lot of attention and comments. This one is the clean smelling office supported the imposter version. Pleasant smelling, but that's about it.

It is a perfect rainy day scent, which makes walking in the rain and even more refreshing experience. This one is a modern powerhouse with a unique twist, which in this case, is a robust medicinal opening similar to the smell of cough syrup. It's neither good or bad, and it's just different. That is why it should be tried before buying, as it may be off-putting. But if you get past the strange opening, the dry down is rich and deep, and the scent stays with you for many hours. The quality of Bleue is remarkable, could easily be a niche scent four times more expensive.
The performance was pretty killer on the original one, about nine or so hours with moderate to heavy sillage. Very masculine, I do not see this being doable for a woman. With that said, I don't see a man under 30 wearing this one either, although subjective. It would fit at the office or during casual moments. Bleue doesn't smell synthetic and is one of the most intense scents one can buy under 30 euro. Unfortunately, it doesn't get the attention or the respect it deserves. If you want unique, this is a good bet. I recommend this when you need to feel zen. Sometimes the fall and early winter rainy days are beautiful. Don't use this during the warm and hot seasons, and the aromatic and balsamic accords are too heavy with hot temperatures. Yet, there is a lighter flanker designed and more appropriated for summertime, that's l'Eau Bleue d'Issey Eau Fraîche.
Keep in mind that Bleue is true "a grower," meaning that for many, they may need to allow themselves time to grow into an appreciation of it, or otherwise miss out entirely on this one-of-a-kind gem. It is ultimately worth it!! So be patient when first trying Bleue.

-Elysium

08/23/2018

Chevalier

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Chevalier

Top Review 17

He who denies freedom to others does not deserve it for himself. Abraham Lincoln

Many fragrances were created in the mainstream, live in it for a while and pass away relatively quickly in the mainstream nirvana. Not so the many products of the Sisheido Group from Japan.
This manufacturer has been on the market for more than a hundred years, and has long since attracted attention with its fragrance from Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, who launched the first L'Eau d'Issey in 1992 through the Sisheido Group.
Not only issey Miyake has Sisheido Group as a brand in its portfolio. Also Dolce&Gabbana, Zadig Voltaire, Elie Saab, Narciso Rodriguez or Serge Lutens.
Some have been taken over by Procter&Gamble, others have been part of it for quite some time.

It is remarkable how the Sisheido Group offers many high quality fragrances and these are usually never devalued with mainstream, cheap or even worse with cheap.
This may not be everyone in one of the most difficult markets, the beauty and fragrances industry.

One could now interpret the individual positions and price ranges that the Japanese group has considered and write a treatise on them.
We let that be and can read about it in the marketing community about successful brand management.

The fact that Miyake is on the verge of being commercial is very successful.
No manufacturer knows how to compose these individual fragrances so well. The new L`eau majeure d `Issey and the just released L`eau super majeure d `Issey prove the risk which the responsible persons take here. The border to the Verriss and Flop is fluid. The L`eau majeure d `Issey is finally a very good, if not a top fragrance, but for many test persons it is just bad, because their noses are trimmed for mainstream and simplicity.
So one does not recognize the real value of a fragrance of course any more.
That is like with the design of Audi or Bmw, too many drive these marks and give thus to a actually beautiful product the stamp to arbitrarily and make by the Mainstream the product destroy.

Therefore this l `eau bleau is a great if not very good fragrance, which not all have worn and will never wear.
He's too natural and independent for that, he hasn't been raped with a synthetic note.
Nor is he an aquaticist as many might suspect. He goes more in the direction of classics, I can't decide between Fougere or Chypre, because he owns shares of both. The mossy, earthy Fougere, the orange and lime Chypre.
He has a harmonious picture, which even after fourteen years after the appearance of the blue water, still appears completely contemporary and pleasant.
I don't recognize the impression with the herbal shower in any way, it is rather the lime with the mandarin which leaves a somewhat stinging impression.
So we prefer to go to the Alps with the right shoes and recognize the Ricola tastes. It is nevertheless an indication of how differently individual scent components are perceived.

The pink pepper comes after the prelude quickly and dominant, this with a dominance as it only Bang by Marc Jacobs can offer.
There are many things that remind us of this Bang or even earlier of the Miracle of Lancome.
It's like the Vetiver scents, either the enthusiasm or the rejection comes.

At the end the woody one from the cedar becomes well and strongly recognizable as a marathon man.
The endurance is good and compared to commercial fragrances very tidy.

Either one loves this unconventional fragrance, which generates a lot of demand, or one uses simpler, less angular products, which have a lower recognition value.

Ergo, enjoy the fragrance and live with the anticipation of the L'eau super majeure, which certainly has what it takes to be unique.

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03/02/2013

7
Scent 7.5
Longevity 5
Sillage 7.5
Bottle

Miaw2
339 Reviews

Miaw2

Top Review 8

Herbal king

This is a true herbal fragrance.

Green and heavy at the same time, smells very unique and wonderful.

A great aromatic fragrance for sure.

Sillage, lasting power and projection are high.

Worth it because of it's uniqueness and obviously the great smell.
If you like Platinum Egoiste, Rive Gauche, this one you must try.

Updated January 2014