Nuit d'Issey Pulse of the Night Issey Miyake 2019
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The brand Issey Miyake often doesn't receive much attention. The house is neither truly mainstream nor truly niche. Nevertheless, every release is, in some way, creative perfume craftsmanship for me, depending on how you look at it.
Independent, innovative, even if they don't reinvent the wheel, they often bring a twist to their fragrances that hardly anyone has done before.
For this courage, for this risk, one doesn't always receive compliments. I couldn't buy or test this fragrance anywhere in Hamburg. The brand is obviously doing so poorly that the Alsterhaus has completely kicked Issey Miyake out. In other perfumeries, you can find, if at all, only older releases. Unthinkable compared to mainstream fragrances. The good thing about Issey, with all its strange complicated names, is that no one buys them, making them somewhat unique and often landing in the sale :)
So, blind buy! In America, there was a small hype in the fragrance scene. Some influencers declared it the best release of the year, best winter scent, which led to the fragrance being sold out there (it may not have been produced or stocked often...).
So I was curious, as an Issey Miyake fan anyway.
About the scent:
Pulse of the Night forgoes a mainstream top note, especially in a time when everything smells of bergamot, grapefruit, etc.
It starts balsamic sweet with the amber and subtly beautifully blended mist. First impression: shy, quiet but with a lot of depth. Definitely niche quality. You rather feel like you're smelling an opulent drydown, partly because it's so wonderfully blended, and partly because nothing fruity stands out in the top notes, great. Right away, a thick drydown feeling. Super! But it's not beast mode either. The vanilla comes out beautifully. Together with the amber, and now I’m just checking out this masterpiece. After 5 minutes, the smoke fades a bit and the woods begin to pulse. Associations with Spicebomb Extreme are given, also slightly powdery.
Think of typical Bois perfumes because of the vetiver, which also comes off soapy, but somehow you keep coming back to the patchouli and vanilla; there's a lot happening. Almost like a film or a song that changes. If you want to spray good entertainment on your arm, it's really interesting how it develops and transforms.
It is said to have notes of Dior Bois d'Argent, which I don't know due to the price; others compare it to Parfums de Marly Herod or Oajan, of which I have only smelled the latter in a store and can't recall it exactly.
Winter fragrance
Above-average performance
Anyone who likes Spicebomb Extreme will also find this one great.
Independent, innovative, even if they don't reinvent the wheel, they often bring a twist to their fragrances that hardly anyone has done before.
For this courage, for this risk, one doesn't always receive compliments. I couldn't buy or test this fragrance anywhere in Hamburg. The brand is obviously doing so poorly that the Alsterhaus has completely kicked Issey Miyake out. In other perfumeries, you can find, if at all, only older releases. Unthinkable compared to mainstream fragrances. The good thing about Issey, with all its strange complicated names, is that no one buys them, making them somewhat unique and often landing in the sale :)
So, blind buy! In America, there was a small hype in the fragrance scene. Some influencers declared it the best release of the year, best winter scent, which led to the fragrance being sold out there (it may not have been produced or stocked often...).
So I was curious, as an Issey Miyake fan anyway.
About the scent:
Pulse of the Night forgoes a mainstream top note, especially in a time when everything smells of bergamot, grapefruit, etc.
It starts balsamic sweet with the amber and subtly beautifully blended mist. First impression: shy, quiet but with a lot of depth. Definitely niche quality. You rather feel like you're smelling an opulent drydown, partly because it's so wonderfully blended, and partly because nothing fruity stands out in the top notes, great. Right away, a thick drydown feeling. Super! But it's not beast mode either. The vanilla comes out beautifully. Together with the amber, and now I’m just checking out this masterpiece. After 5 minutes, the smoke fades a bit and the woods begin to pulse. Associations with Spicebomb Extreme are given, also slightly powdery.
Think of typical Bois perfumes because of the vetiver, which also comes off soapy, but somehow you keep coming back to the patchouli and vanilla; there's a lot happening. Almost like a film or a song that changes. If you want to spray good entertainment on your arm, it's really interesting how it develops and transforms.
It is said to have notes of Dior Bois d'Argent, which I don't know due to the price; others compare it to Parfums de Marly Herod or Oajan, of which I have only smelled the latter in a store and can't recall it exactly.
Winter fragrance
Above-average performance
Anyone who likes Spicebomb Extreme will also find this one great.
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I don't know Spicebomb Extreme. However, your fragrance description made me curious, especially when Bois D'argent was mentioned, which I discovered thanks to Souk. I'll also be checking out Nuit d'Issey Pulse of The Night...