Le Feu d'Issey Issey Miyake 1998

Bottle Design Gwenael Nicolas

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8.3 / 10 149 Ratings

A popular perfume by Issey Miyake for women, released in 1998. The scent is spicy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It was last marketed by Shiseido Group / Beauté Prestige International.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Oriental

Gourmand

Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aniseed

Coriander

Bergamot

Coconut

Mahogany

Heart Notes

Milk

Jasmine

Lily

Rose

Caramel

Base Notes

Cedar

Gaiac wood

Sandalwood

Amber

Musk

Vanilla

Perfumer

Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud

Ratings

Scent

8.3149 Ratings

Longevity

8.2109 Ratings

Sillage

7.5103 Ratings

Bottle

7.5119 Ratings

Value for money

7.426 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 07/28/2024.

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Reviews

10 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/31/2012

9
Scent

TURQUOISE
27 Reviews

TURQUOISE

Top Review 5

Aliens have landed

Hmm.. Le feu D'issey is weird and unique!
The first whiff was very sharp, quite annoying and nauseating.. Anise and coriander smelled so overwhelming and artificial almost like some kind of medicine!
While the clock counts it gets more creamy, milky.. Anise doesn't disappear it stays with you until the end, it only becomes smoother..
After 2-3 hours wearing it I get a slightly salty dirty feeling along with musk and a touch of vanilla..
Le feu was provocative, it was way ahead for that period of time..
Le feu is not one of these perfumes you met everyday, it's unusual, it's radical, it's a..
love-or- hate affair

We must mention that this red-orange spherical masterpiece designed by Nicolas Gwenael was awarded by IF in 2003.

02/02/2012

10
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 10
Scent

Lola82
362 Reviews

Lola82

Very helpful Review 6

Milk and Rye Bead

If the sun had a scent this will be it's scent the opening is of dry Mahogany
almost gives you an impression of a dry
desert with sun cracked ground of dark crevices and sand blowing in the hot air.
The spiciness of Coriander leaf and the anise seed makes a nice scent in a likeness of Rye Bread' and the powdery
finish of the top note of rose.

The wood notes drowns out the delicate
lily that makes it hard to detect Jasmine with it's Semi-masculine scent
makes a nice presence but what captures me the most is the drydown of pure creamy milk Coconut flakes and Caramel
makes it Delectable and ends with it's semi sweet vanilla warm amber fiery sandalwood exotic guaiac woods and sharp cedarwood.

This has to be the only versatile fragrance in my collection it can change
from dry and smoky to sweet and creamy like the changling i have an sample right now and i just love the glowing
orange sun motif it brings out alot of energy

03/06/2015

6
Pricing 10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 9
Scent

Gold
541 Reviews

Gold

Very helpful Review 5

Bring it back!

Gorgeous, original scent. I guess one should write to Issey Miyaké or the company behind the house and urge them to relaunch this.
It is absolutely special: strong, red, giddy, milky... a rich whirlpool of different aromas, hedonistic, gradually developing into a warm, extravagant elixir.
Collectors of perfume-vessels love the captivating glass bauble the fragrance was poured into. Probably the best perfume ever launched by the brand.

07/14/2012

7.5
Sillage 10
Longevity 8
Scent

Sherapop
1239 Reviews

Sherapop

Helpful Review 4

A Case of Mis-marketing?

I am happy finally to have had the opportunity to try Issey Miyake LE FEU D'ISSEY, thanks to a fragrant friend in Switzerland, and now I know why it was discontinued. The problem is that during the first few, crucial—at the counter and deciding whether to buy—moments, this composition smells not at all unlike mildewy, rotting wet wood. After several minutes it becomes clear that this is a deep and dark absinthe/wormwood creation, with a lot of appeal for those who appreciate woody oriental perfumes with a masculine bent. But the opening is such a turn-off during those “decision-making” minutes that I definitely understand why many potential buyers would have been dissuaded from giving this worthy creation its full due—or a second sniff.

Once the fragrance has fully developed, it is a big, beautiful, dark woody perfume with a somewhat overwhelming sillage, given how out of the ordinary the scent itself is. I would compare the overall effect to that of freshly cut mahogany chips soaked in absinthe and then set out under the hot sun to dry (so that the alcohol all evaporates away). The longevity is impressive. The sheer eccentricity of this composition probably explains its discontinuation as well, since it really smells nothing like the standard categories of feminine perfumes. I would not be at all surprised if some women who purchased FEU D'ISSEY scent unsniffed—or received it as a gift—ended up passing it on to their husband or other SO. That's how masculine this so-called feminine composition is.

10/08/2023

9
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

EllySmith
21 Reviews

EllySmith

5

Unique experimental fragrance

Warm sweet honey and a forest on fire in the beginning. Particular kinds of wood are hard to recognise separately in a blind test, but their composition is stunning, warm, fresh and sweet in the same time. I know it sounds impossible, but it's really true. One of the strangest and most beautiful wooden bases I ever tried.

With time it turns into a more sweet milky gourmet with caramel and honey getting more space. Also flowers appear like a final touch that seems to be off the subject, like "why are they here?", but it's the mood of the fragrance. Surprising, unique, all the things that don't go together in this fragrance DO actually go together.

Beautiful, courageous, successful perfumery experiment.

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