Issey Miyake was a Japanese fashion designer known for his forward-thinking, minimalist designs. He started his career in the fashion industry in the 1960s, working as a graphic designer for a textile company, then began designing his own clothes around a decade later. The rest is history, and the Issey Miyake fashion house is still thriving today in the worlds of both clothing and fragrance. There are certain scents that remind me of my childhood and the opening of this fragrance certainly takes me there. Although nostalgic, I would prefer not to wear it on my skin.

Of course the scent does develop beyond this intial bitterness into something quite fresh and lemony. However the drydown reminds me of a shiny, metallic kitchen sink, recently scrubbed until it shone using lemon-scented cleaning solutions.These days, one of the brand's most popular fragrances for men is the Issey Miyake L'Eau D'Issey Pour Homme Eau & Cèdre Eau de Toilette. This scent was released in 2015 and features notes of grapefruit, cedarwood, and vetiver. The fragrance is fresh and invigorating, and perfect for everyday wear. Fellow Australians will perhaps recall the scent of dry grass in the Summer and dandelions, those pretty yellow flowers that seem to pop up in places where you least expect. When I was little I would lie amongst these bitter smelling flowers, and this is exactly what A Scent by Issey Miyake smells like. Dry grass and bitter dandelions.