La Femme Water Splash

Prada · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2019

≈ $61 · approx. retail

Released in 2019 as a lighter-weather flanker to La Femme Prada (2016), Water Splash keeps the original's frangipani-and-magnolia heart but strips out its heavier amber base for something more transparent: mandarin leaf and mandarin oil up top, a green, dewy lily of the valley threaded through the florals, and a soft sandalwood-and-green-notes finish instead of a warm dry-down. It reads as genuinely fresh rather than sweet — closer to a clean floral-green than the fruity-florals most "summer flanker" releases default to. Reception is generally positive, though some find the magnolia takes over a little too much after the first hour. A reasonable pick for anyone drawn to La Femme's DNA but who finds the original too heavy for daytime or hot weather.