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Les Nuits d'Izu Keiko Mecheri 2010

7.2 / 10 111 Ratings

A perfume by Keiko Mecheri for women and men, released in 2010. The scent is floral-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Fresh

Citrus

Woody

Green

Fragrance Notes

Yuzu

Crystal musk

Japanese rose

Hinoki cypress Jasmine

Jasmine

Moss

Ratings

Scent

7.2111 Ratings

Longevity

6.484 Ratings

Sillage

5.476 Ratings

Bottle

7.879 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro · last update on 07/01/2025.

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Reviews

11 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/29/2012

5Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Sherapop
1240 Reviews

Sherapop

2

Moss, Greens, Flowers, Citrus: yes!

LES NUITS D'IZU is by far the most orthodox of the citrus cologne limited edition Keiko Mecheri launches. This really smells like a citrus cologne and in fact reminds me quite a lot of Bond no 9 EAU DE NEW YORK and Banana Republic W in turns.

It must be the moss mingling with the greens and the flowers, along with the citrus which are binding LES NUITS D'IZU to EAU DE NEW YORK in my mind's nose. The main difference is that this Keiko Mecheri creation has an ever-so-slightly soapy quality in the drydown. In fact, the drydown reminds me a bit of NEW YORK FLING...

This is a nice composition, no doubt about it, but it's not really new, and I already own both EAU DE NEW YORK and W, which do an excellent job of covering this now contested territory! (-;

09/06/2022

Mlleghoul
465 Reviews

Mlleghoul

1

a bittersweet tanka

While I don’t often reach for fragrances that are considered light or fresh, Keiko Mecheri’s Les Nuit d’Izu is a scent that does these things exactly the way I like them. Les Nuit d’Izu is a poem, not a haiku, but perhaps a bittersweet tanka consisting of transparent green woods and sharp soapy florals, tempered by soft mosses and the musky powder of blooming citrus. It awoke in me a deep sense of nostalgia and it was driving me nuts because I couldn’t put my finger on what it reminded me of. I think Les Nuits d’Izu is a more posh version of Cotton Blossom, my favorite Bath and Body Works scent that’s gone through so many iterations that I’m not even sure what it’s called anymore. Cotton Blossom was a dreamy treat of white musk, soapy florals, and a hint of linens drying in the breeze high on a seaside cliff. It marked a time in my life filled with brief moments of tremulous hope tucked inside dark pockets of blinding despair. Les Nuits d’Izu shares many of these aspects, note-wise anyway, but with an intimate sense of midlife perspective from someone looking backward rather than forward. I feel like this perfume I am wearing today is the evolution and maturity of the body spray that I wore back then. I love it, but I don’t know if I can justify a full bottle when I’ve already got something that smells so similar. With maturity comes restraint and an obligation to fiscal responsibility after all. HAHA, that was a joke. You know I am going to buy a bottle.

07/01/2025

Pennantis
125 Reviews

Pennantis

1

The dance of the opposites

Obviously—children of my umpteenth blind buy, and I was SUPER lucky. I have never smelled a fragrance like that, talkign about the small circle of my citrus tests. It is powerful, woody and very vegetal. It is rounded, not sharp. I barely smell the rose and I'm ok with that. It is sweet, yet green, wet soil effect. BEAUTIFUL. I wore it both in the evening and this morning as well :-)

06/19/2020

7.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Yatagan
416 Reviews

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Yatagan

Top Review 61

Into the Night with Yuzu

Yuzu is a more recent discovery for me. The fruit is increasingly appearing in fragrances and has its own, bitter-sour, very fresh character that sets it apart from other citrus fruits. Yuzu is an early hybrid of the Ichang lemon and mandarin and has been cultivated for thousands of years in the Yangtze River basin in China. The first fragrance where I perceived Yuzu to be at the forefront was "Yuzu Rouge" by 06130 - Zéro Six Cent-Trente (2003). I liked the scent immediately and it sparked my interest in this sour and bitter plant. Until that point, I had no knowledge of the fruit. By the way, in my supermarket, there is still no Yuzu next to the kiwi in the exotic fruit section. In fact, it is often cultivated for the perfume industry.

Then, at larger intervals, fragrances like "09 Yuzu Ab Irato" by Pierre Guillaume (2006), or "Yuzu Fou" by Parfum d'Empire (2008) appeared, along with scents from smaller and very small brands. Only after 2010 did the number of such fragrances steadily increase, and the use of Yuzu became common. Interesting fragrances from this field (with Yuzu at the center) include "Eau de Yuzu," just newly released by Nicolai, "L'Eau d'Issey pour Homme Yuzu," "Note de Yuzu" by Heeley, "Yuzu" by Acqua di Parma, "Yuzu Man" by Caron, and "Remix Cologne Edition 2020" by 4711.

The 'Izu' in the name of this fragrance is probably not a different Latin transcription of the Chinese or Japanese word for Yuzu, as I initially suspected, but rather refers to a province/region or city in Japan. Nonetheless, Yuzu is clearly at the center of this fragrance by Keiko Mecheri, similar to the aforementioned scents. This piqued my curiosity.

Les Nuits d'Izu opens with a gentle Yuzu aura, which is joined in the top note by a cloud of musk that is familiar from various Keiko Mecheri fragrances. As it develops, the powdery musk becomes more dominant, but is then softened in the heart note by rose. I wouldn't have recognized moss, but it seems plausible to me. The scent remains fresher and more sour on fabric or paper, while it feels softer and powderier on the skin. After all, the nights of Izu thus offer two variations: one for peaceful slumber (Hesperidines) and one for eroticism (rose and musk). That has a certain appeal.

07/31/2014

9Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Margamotte
8 Reviews

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Margamotte

Top Review 10

Rosy Prospects

I actually became aware of Keiko Mecheri through Parfumo. Many comments piqued my curiosity, and so I ventured into the first tests. The dedicated staff member at KaDeWe immediately offered me two fragrances that she loved and thought would suit me. And she was right: both gradually found their way into my collection.

Of course, I wanted to get to know the entire range. And as we know, that can only be done to a limited extent. So I went back shortly after. In the end, I had my wrists dabbed differently, as well as my elbows, and I think I also had something on my neck and shoulder. Among them was "Les Nuits d’Izu," which another saleswoman said was too weak for me in her opinion. I had chosen heavyweights like "Oliban" and "Mogador."

Off to the car and home. Some fragrances developed terribly on my skin, but there was one that I particularly liked. And I kept bringing my nose back to it; at home, it continued like that. Yes, indeed, it was the supposedly weak scent that I liked the most. Could that be??? Hadn't I recently thought of myself as someone who prefers warmer, woody perfumes? Tested it again, and it was another hit.

It’s this elegant freshness that I like so much. When I move and the scent wafts into my nose, I feel really happy. I feel super well-groomed and think that with this little cloud, I’m not bothering anyone. And it fits perfectly into the season; it works even at more than 30 degrees in the shade. Moreover, "Les Nuits d’Izu" taught me that I actually do enjoy roses in perfume, which I would have denied just a few weeks ago. The Russian perfume oils we had as children must have left a terrible impression on me.

Of course, I wanted to have it immediately. After all, it’s summer now, and I want to wear it. That didn’t stop me from driving into the city in the sweltering heat after an outing north of Berlin and barging into the perfumery five minutes before closing time. And then they didn’t have this one in stock. That was quite a letdown. It doesn’t make it easy for me to get together with him - like a little stubborn prince.

But dear Angua (THANK YOU!) recognized my dilemma and first provided me with a small decant, so I can get through the next few days while I wait a little longer for my prince from Izu - but just a little longer.

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