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L'Eau d'Issey Florale Issey Miyake 2011

6.6 / 10 109 Ratings

A perfume by Issey Miyake for women, released in 2011. The scent is floral-fresh. It is being marketed by Shiseido Group / Beauté Prestige International.
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Main accords

Floral

Fresh

Sweet

Aquatic

Woody

Fragrance Notes

Rose

White woods

Mandarin orange

Kahili ginger

Perfumer

Alberto Morillas

Ratings

Scent

6.6109 Ratings

Longevity

6.378 Ratings

Sillage

5.963 Ratings

Bottle

7.570 Ratings

Submitted by Blanche, last update on 10/15/2025.

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Reviews

12 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/25/2012

10Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

FloraMilena
47 Reviews

FloraMilena

Helpful Review 4

L'Eau D'Issey Florale

I absolutely adore this scent. I’ve already gone through one 50ml bottle and am halfway through the 100ml. I was entranced from the very first initial spritz. This lovely EDT opened on my skin as a joyous rush of dewy green rosebuds and freshly ripened mandarins. A very delicate and intriguing thread of spicy ginger lilies swirled up through a richer layer of fully blooming roses. The drydown of soft white woods and subdued musks is serene, even meditatively comforting. It’s like a dreamy stroll through a cool, misty zen garden having a mossy stone water basin with a bamboo spout steadily dripping in the early spring morning…. blooming flowers all around. It’s so smoothly blended that I detect no harsh edges despite the great freshness and clarity of this work. This scent develops beautifully and does not turn sour, soapy, powdery, or flat from initial spritz through a 6 hour drydown on me. The barest hint of rose-lily-orange derived sweetness never wilts into cloying musty staleness and provides the perfect, subtle, womanly flourish. The only thing that is pronounced here is sheer understated elegance and just a touch of cool, aristocratic, asian hauteur. This remarkable creation is enchantment in a bottle.

08/30/2012

1Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Coutureguru
223 Reviews

Coutureguru

4

Why? Tell me WHY?

I'm generally irritated by flankers and this one is no exception. As a rule, I find 90% of them absolutely unnecessary, being of the opinion that revisiting a theme over and over again is a waste of time, energy and money. House Miyake is plagued with with flankers ... what's the point?

The original L'Eau D'Issey was, imho, a momentous release, characterizing much of the feeling of the early 90's for me. I loved it until my nose became bored of smelling it on every second person, including myself.
Florale, containing simply a scaled down version of the original notes becomes what I call 'screechy' ( I usually attribute this effect to uncontrolled Muguet in a composition) ... it has a 'nails on chalkboard' quality akin to my 'favorite' fragrant disaster D&G Rose The One (which should have been destroyed on the blotter) ... but that's another story. The Rose here is completely drowned out by the Lily (I'm almost sure it's Lily of the Valley) and imbues this unfortunate mangle with the qualities of higher end toilet spray.
This smells exactly the way that it is ... the original with huge gaping holes in the progression where notes have been left out. In it's favor, it retains exceptional longevity and above average sillage ... scrubbing doesn't even get rid of it :).

If you are into Floral Aquatics, rather just stick to the original L'Eau D'Issey ... it doesn't really get better than that.

05/14/2012

5Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

2

Pink floral aquatic

The first thing you'll notice when you try L'eau d'Issey Florale is that it's very strong. Issey Miyake tends to make a lot of fresh scents, and although these types of fragrances don't appeal to me personally, I find them relatively well-constructed.

This fragrance is perhaps more flowery and feminine than most Issey Miyake releases. I often have issues with their watery synthetic-ness. You can tell it's a Issey Miyake creation, however I find it much softer and more wearable in many ways.

The rose, peony and mandarin orange are of course the main focus in this fragrance's composition, however the opening and heart notes are rather watery, or I guess you could say, aquatic. This is definitely a Summer scent due to its clean and refreshing nature.

At times I find the scent to be a little sharp and far too bold for such warm weather, however I must add that it does settle well on the skin. The composition leaves me slightly uninspired, but somehow the simplicity tends to work.

I'm not crazy over the concept nor am I too happy to be presented with yet another L'eau d'Issey flanker, it seems like they've released far too many in the last year or so. I think L'eau d'Issey Florale is wearable but personally, it leaves me cold. I much preferred the L'eau d'Issey Noir Absolu for a floral fix.

03/16/2018

QuercusAlbus
72 Reviews

QuercusAlbus

2

Some Distinction

Got tripped into buying this through being a bit greedy trying too hard to bag bargains. Thought it was less than half-price and bought it and only then discovered it was EDT! Beware! the packaging of the two 'eau de-'s are identical!

Still, I've through this effectively gotten a small bottle not only without the 'small amount premium' on unit cost, which as we all know is brutally steep on perfumes, but actually with a 10% reduction on it.

As you see, I am not at all chary about talking about the price! I have become quite notorious in perfume boutiques for absolutely refusing to play the silly vain game of appearing not to care about the price, and asking at once what it is, and not tolerating a tardy answer.

I'll just say all that once - here, now. It's particular relevance here is that my slight emarrassment has distorted my judgement of this brew, and I must search within so as not to lapse into deceiving myself that I like it more than I really do. I agree on the whole with what seems to be a concensus amongst reviewers heee & elsewhere, that it is a pleasantly floral (yes, I do think it is primarily peony), and airy and aquatic with a soft muskiness. Sometimes I think it is run-of-mill boring soft floral, but then I'll think "no, it does have some distinction". On balance I think it does have some distinction, but not a _very_ great deal. Also, I keep catching myself trying to convince myself that the muskiness is 'whoozy-swoony-er', but at dayend I can't - it's a _soft_ _quiet_ musk. One notable strong-point of it is that insofar as it _does_ last, the aroma is consistent, in that there is no degenerating into any metallic rancidity, or any other of the various alarming or mischievous things that perfumes are sometimes wont to do.

The upshot is that I do think it's fine, and that I _shall_ enjoy it.

{ ... about 10 days later ... }

I've recently given this an excurration - or run-out, if that be preferred - and my opinion of it is very greatly improved. I think my ¯overcompensating¯ the tendency to represent to ones-self that a purchase with which one is somewhat disappointed is better than it actally is was distorting my faculty of discernment.

Sometimes I think the 'fume-houses use sly little tricks to get uw to buy more. (Oh! how ¯conspiracy theoretickal¯!) In this case, it is making the EDT look fræ a distance indistinguishable fræ the EDP, so that uw rush into purchase thinking uw've bagged a bargain. Narciso Rodriguez puts the pale-pink bottle in the black box, & the black bottle in the pale-pink box. I personally don't mind so much, provided the merch' is properly good; and in this case it ^certainly^ is. This is a ^lovely^ airy-watery-woody-lightlymusky-lightlyflowery 'fume. And what I wrote about ~Ivoire~ by Balmain also strongly applies here: this 'fume has a robusticity way beyond what its innate delicacy might lead one to expect.

{ ... a few days later ... }

Think I got confused: this one's innately an EDT isn't. Must've been getting it mixed-up with the original ~Eau d'Issey~. Still it transpires that I could have gotten the 90ml fraæ Amazon™ for considerably lower unit cost. Still, I got it in °real-time° - actually in my hand - didn't I, and there is quite justifiably a premium on that. Right! the subject's closed! I got myself a ^very^ good deal there - probably nearly as good as I thought it was at the very first - or even better, considering how much it transpires I like the stuff! And if I fancy making a bigger commitment of it, which I might now, I know where to go.

04/16/2011

4Scent 5Longevity

Kalix

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Kalix

Top Review 14

Mrs. Teacher Today in Pink

When I referred to L'Eau d'Issey by Issey Miyake EDP in my previous comment as a teacher's scent due to its certain severity and clarity (or it is often referred to as such), I would attribute the same fundamental characteristics to this floral interpretation. However, today Mrs. Teacher is wearing a delicate pink blouse in a classic style - not white.

A transparent rose note runs linearly through the rather simple scent progression. However, the top note almost irritates my mucous membranes; I had to struggle with it for a moment. Upon the first spray, I would have preferred to stop the test. This soap rose note used here does not appeal to my taste at all. I cannot discern lily and mandarin under this pink cloud at all. Instead of "Florale," a designation with the root word "rose" would have suited better (it will surely come, perhaps the LE next year ;)), because that is the dominant note here and actually persists into the base. Once you survive the top note, memories of the mother fragrance awaken, a bit rosier, a bit lighter, but diluted, with weak longevity. So far, out of curiosity, I have sniffed every LE of L’Eau d’Issey even though I am not a fan of these limited editions. None of these LE's has provided me with a special fragrance experience so far. With "Florale," that hasn't changed either. I always returned to the EDP. I remain loyal to it!

What remains?

The attempt at a summer rose scent in the manner of an EDT, in the style of the Issey Miyake house. Bright, light, transparent, unsexy with poor longevity. The bottle has been tinted a delicate rose this time, very beautiful, very cool. The presentation, the advertising photos, are as always Asian-influenced, also very beautiful. If only the scent weren't there... By the way, I think Chloé lovers could warm up to "Florale," but I also dismissed Chloé from my house, as it is not wearable for me.

Thanks to Hasi for the original sample!

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8 short views on the fragrance

KenyettaC

9 months ago

7.5Scent 7Longevity 8Sillage

1

I don't typically do rose fragrances, but I really enjoy this one. So pretty to me. I'm a bit partial to I'ssey's fragrances, tho.

Czarcasm

1 year ago

6.5Scent 4Longevity 5Sillage

1

The rose is non-existent in this. I do pick up on a lily note. Very linear with poor longevity, lasts about 2,5 hours on me.

Aromantica

8 years ago

2

Flowers, expertly arranged. Pleasant, and so wonderfully not sweet - if the final chord is also right - IM is known for its longevity.

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Seerose

8 years ago

6Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

2

Starts floral, light, green, sweet + delicate-pleasant-subtle + compact + creamy. Longevity is sufficient. Sillage is moderate. A bit synthetic hours later.

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