Nuit d'Issey Bois Arctic Issey Miyake 2021

Nuit d'Issey Bois Arctic by Issey Miyake

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A perfume by Issey Miyake for men, released in 2021. The scent is green-sweet. It is being marketed by Shiseido Group / Beauté Prestige International.
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Main accords

Green

Sweet

Woody

Citrus

Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Grapefruit

Mandarin orange

Pink pepper

Heart Notes

Basil

Black pepper

Geranium

Base Notes

Tobacco

Tonka bean

Vanilla

Ratings

Scent

8.09 Ratings

Longevity

7.58 Ratings

Sillage

7.38 Ratings

Bottle

8.810 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 26.12.2023.

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2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/30/2022

8
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Scent

Golcher
127 Reviews

Golcher

Helpful Review 6

the Nuit d'Issey line is on a winning streak

After the first wearing my thoughts are: This is basically Nuit d'Issey with a 'blue fragrance' opening. I know it sounds bad but allow me to elaborate.

The opening for Bois Arctic is very nice, it's citrusy sweet kind of the kind of fruity sweet you'd expect from a blue fragrance with some green notes sprinkled here and there with a darker and more resinous feel on the background. As it starts to dry-down you get closer, just like being on a nice field covered with flowers with some dark woods ahead and every step gets you closer and closer to those dark woods. By then you realize the dry-down resembles Noir Argent which is a good thing right? however you still get traces of those fruity sweetness and citrusy notes from the top softening the experience and adding versatility to it.

I won't comment on the performance just yet but this is certainly a beautiful composition, I would've loved to get more of that tobacco, I didn't feel it and I'd hope to get something that drifted apart from Noir Argent a bit more, not because it's bad but because I already own Noir Argent.

10/13/2021

6
Pricing 9
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Kain576
1 Review

Kain576

3

Just another great fragrance from Issey Miyake

I'm a big fan of the Nuit d'Issey series so I was very excited for the Bois Arctic when it was promoted for the first time.

From the official note breakdown I've had a vision in my head of what this perfume could smell like: a sweet fragrance with hints of freshness. When I got it, it didn't surprised me: the opening is fresh and in time when it dries down, the base note starts to shine and becomes sweeter with some hints of greenness (from the geranium and basil). As it evolves it becomes sweeter and a little bit darker, a tiny bit smokey - there's no incense here from the official breakdown so maybe it's from the tobacco.

Does this fragrance resembles to the other Nuit d'Issey flankers? This is a unique one as all the others, but it has hints of the line. IMO if you like the Noir Argent and Polaris than you'll definitely like this one because it has some vibes from them. It's not for everyone so I suggest that you may go out to your local perfumery and test it before you buy. Don't blind buy this.

And the big question: how would I rate?

Longevity: good, as all the other flankers - I get 8+ hours. It projects well for at least 2 hours, than it settles back a little bit and at about the 6th-7th hour mark, it starts to become a skin scent.

Sillage: great, like all the other flankers from the line - it creates a nice scent bubble around you and people will definitely smell you with 4-5 sprays. Maybe you shouldn't overspray it crazy, because you could offend some people around you.

Scent: it's not challenging but not what everyone will like IMO. If you like sweet, woodsy fragrances with a hint of greenness and freshness than you'll enjoy it. Test it on your skin not on paper. If I had to rate I'd give it 8,5 out of 10.

I need more time with it to test deeply but right now, for me it's a little below Noir Argent and Polaris and above Pulse of the Night (I know the majority like PotN more - I love it as well but if I had to rank these four great frags, PotN would be the last).