Issey-Miyake

Pleats Please

for women

Pleats Please smells deep and bold with floral and sweet accents, for men who want a clean signature, and feels easy to wear year-round from day to evening.

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Pleats Please

Fragrance notes

How this scent is often described (from community votes on accords—useful when a full pyramid isn’t in our data yet).

Floral 100%
Sweet 80%
Fresh 66%
Fruity 58%
White Floral 55%
Woody 52%
Musky 51%
Powdery 48%
Vanilla 46%
Patchouli 46%

Performance

Empty fields use this listing’s top accords (Floral, Sweet, and Fresh) plus the overview text—add your own numbers anytime after testing on skin.

Longevity

With Floral, Sweet, Fresh, and Fruity among the strongest accord tags here, deeper woods, resins, and ambers in this kind of mix often linger longer on skin—still varies by person, climate, and sprays.

Projection

With Floral, Sweet, Fresh, and Fruity among the strongest accord tags here, dense bases like this often feel louder in the first hour—start with one spray in tight rooms or at a desk.

Overview

Pleats Please by Issey Miyake is a Floral Fruity fragrance for women.Pleats Pleasewas launched in 2012. The nose behind this fragrance is Aurelien Guichard. Top note is Pear; middle notes are Sweet Pea, Peony and Indole; base notes are White Musk, Vanilla Absolute, Patchouli and Cedar.Issey Miyake brings out a new women's fragrance in September 2012. Pleats Please – “the perfume that moves you” – is named after the signature fashion collection of pleated materials and bright colors that follow movements of the body, first introduced in 1993. This fragrance returns to fashion inspiration, pop culture and Japanese tradition of the house.Pleats Please is a joyful, optimistic and exuberant fragrance of "vertically pleated" flowery, fruity and woody structure signed by perfumer Aurelien Guichard. Its opening splashes with Asian hybrid fruit Nashi, generated by crossing apples and pears (pear flavor is the one that dominates). The heart symbolizes femininity with floral accords of peony and sweet pea, while Indole molecule provides freshness and vigor to the composition. The base is generous with intensive accords of patchouli, cedar, vanilla absolute and white musk.The design of the bottle follows the design of the Bio Bag from the Pleats Please collection, decorated with the cap made as a stylized white flower. The fragrance is available as 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette with additional body lotion and deodorant spray.

Quick answers

Short takes based on this page’s notes and accords—your taste still wins.

Is Pleats Please office-safe?
With a stronger profile, one light spray is often enough in quiet offices; save extra sprays for after work or open spaces.
Best season
Mixed profile—often bright up top with a warmer base—works year-round depending on sprays and temperature.
Where to try it
Department-store counters, brand boutiques, and trusted sample or decant sellers online—always test on your own skin before a full bottle.

Buying advice in plain language

If you are deciding on Pleats Please, start with wear context instead of hype. Ask where you will use it most: office, casual daytime, or evening social settings. That single choice filters almost every buying decision because freshness, sweetness, and projection read very differently depending on environment.

Then use this page in three steps. First, scan the notes and accord profile to understand the scent direction. Second, check longevity and projection hints to estimate how it may behave on your skin. Third, open one or two comparisons to see trade-offs against similar perfumes. This avoids buying a fragrance that is good in isolation but wrong for your routine.

A practical shortlist is one signature scent plus one contrast option from the same brand family. That gives flexibility without over-collecting. If Pleats Please fits your use case, sample first and compare it with one related option below before committing to a full bottle.