Chanel Bleu de Chanel vs Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme

Flacon Chanel

Chanel

Bleu de Chanel

EDP · 2014

Jacques Polge

Flacon Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake

L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme

EDT · 1994

Jacques Cavallier Belletrud

What they share

4 materials appear in both.

Only in Chanel Bleu de Chanel

Only in Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme

Main accords

Both accord profiles, side by side. What separates them most comes first; a missing bar means the perfume does not carry that accord.

Aquatic
Aromatic
Smoky
Woody
Fresh Spicy
Citrus
Amber

Gender

Bleu de Chanel

Man-leaning unisex

Woman

Man

L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme

Man-leaning unisex

Woman

Man

A guide to how it's perceived, not a rule — anyone can wear any perfume.

Bleu de Chanel

Longevity

7/10

Sillage

6/10

Season

AutumnWinterSpring

Occasion

OfficeEveningDate

L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme

Longevity

6/10

Sillage

5/10

Season

SummerSpring

Occasion

OfficeEveryday

Bleu de Chanel

A woody-citrus of sober elegance. The grapefruit-lemon opening gives way to a ginger heart and a base of incense and cedar, discreet but tenacious.

L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme

Yuzu and mandarin open onto a nutmeg-laced water lily, closed by sandalwood, vetiver and amber. The masculine half of the aquatic floral, pulled toward citrus and wood rather than flowers.

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