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L'Homme Water Splash Prada 2019

8.3 / 10 223 Ratings

A popular perfume by Prada for men, released in 2019. The scent is fresh-powdery. It was last marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Fresh

Powdery

Citrus

Floral

Creamy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Mandarin orange leaf Neroli

Neroli

Heart Notes

Ginger

Base Notes

Sandalwood

Cedarwood

Ratings

Scent

8.3223 Ratings

Longevity

7.1207 Ratings

Sillage

6.6205 Ratings

Bottle

8.1218 Ratings

Value for money

8.5131 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 05/31/2025.

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Reviews

11 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/18/2023

8.5Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

DEDMAR
15 Reviews

DEDMAR

2

Feeling at home with Prada L'homme line

First of all let me say I'm in love with the whole Prada L'Homme line so do not expect this to be negative review. To put everything into context, I have to mention the whole line one by one.

My journey with this line started with the original L'Homme and it was a love at first sniff. It's all you hear about it and then some. Clean, unique, professional, unforgettable. Great for spring / summer day use. Very likable and inoffensive. Nobody will complain about the way you semll.

I couldn't resist and shortly after the purchase of L'Homme I went to a store to smell also L'Homme Intense and L'Homme L'Eau. From the two I immediatelly decided to purchase Intense version as a counterpart to the OG. It is more aggresive, sharper version suitable for cold weather and night occasions. Performance is almost unbeliveable: 12+ hours with 3-4 hours of great projection and sillage. Just wonderful!

On the other hand I did not enjoy L'Eau that much at first. Sure, it is a fresher version of the original, but that goes only for the opening. Once it hits the mid and later a drydown, it loses part of the magic the original has. At the time I felt it is not necessary as for the office use original L'Homme has it all and I always felt this line is targeted for professional environment / dressed up occasions where you more often spend time in air conditioned rooms. If you are looking for a summer freshie, you can do much better then L'Eau imho.

But wait: isn't that what everybody says about L'Homme Absolu? Excessive, unnecessary release? In my opinion? ABSOLUtely NOT!!!

Instead of thinking why not to like it I immediately discovered what hole it is supposed to fill in the line. Imagine you spend your work day wearing L'Homme during the spring / summer and then decide to hit the downtown with your colleagues for some evening dinner / drink. (I know, during this Covid situation it sounds like a sci-fi). Here the Intense version would be too much and that's when it's the right time for Absolu. You don't even need to worry about getting rid of the L'Homme version and you can just layer it with Absolu and be ready to go!

Later in the year when the weather starts to get colder, original L'homme might not be strong enough to cut through the cold air even during the day and Absolu becomes great substitute for your daily office driver. I find the performance to be on the level of Intense version, but it is a bit less loud and better suited for daily use in professional environment. Combine it with Intense and you are covered for nights out/ business dinners / drinks.

I noticed some people are complaining about the performance of Absolu...maybe I'm just lucky, but it performs the same as the Intense on my skin. Yesterday at 1pm I sprayed my forearm once and I could still smell it when I woke up today at 8am. Not projecting, but it still was easilly recognizable skin scent. And did I mention I took a shower before I went to bad? It's a monster!

After falling in love with L'Homme / Absolu / Intense I decided to give L'Eau another chance and you can probably guess how it all went :) Yes, I went with a full bottle of that one as well as Water Splash. Honestly if there is any redundancy in this line, it's between these two flankers. They are very similar and if you do not need to own the whole line, you can easily skip one of these two. My recommandation would be to buy L'Eeu.

In my opinion the whole Prada L'Homme line is a masterpiece and every professional should have in their arsenal.

03/24/2021

7Scent

Kazos07
2 Reviews

Kazos07

2

Prada L'homme L'eau v2

At the beginning I would like to say that I'm not a big fan of this powdery/lipstick iris vibe of L'homme line. But every single scent in this line is amazingly done and I enjoy smelling them from time to time.
Often flankers are a pleasant alternatives to their original brother. But sometimes there are flankers like A*men Ultimate, which completely lost the DNA of original A*men and sometimes there are flankers that are even too similar to their predecessor. And that's what Prada L'homme Water Splash is.
My question is: Why Prada made a scent that is exactly the same as L'homme L'eau released 2 years before? Or should I ask, what is the reason to buy L'homme L'eau when Water Splash does exactly the same but at a cheaper price? I know that maybe I'm overreacting, but in my honest opinion, L'homme line of Prada became a little bit boring by this time. I hope that in the future they would give us something more interesting and slightly different in this line.
Nevertheless it is a very solid spring/summer clean scent, don't get me wrong

04/23/2025

8Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

Polaroid
51 Reviews

Polaroid

1

Lovely rhapsody on the theme of Prada L'Homme.

I am a big fan of the Prada L'Homme line. I owned and loved the original, wearing about half of a 100ml bottle until it tragically tumbled from my shelf and broke, making my room smell luxuriously clean and powdery for a long while afterwards. I have tried L'Homme Intense on a number of occasions and plan on purchasing it at some point. But it was Water Splash which drew my eye when I was on the hunt for a new grabber for the warm weather. I won't deny that 90% of my reasoning for picking this one up was the bottle, which is super dope. The remaining 10% was because of my love for the original, and because I managed to grab a 5.1oz bottle for ~$50, give or take.

It is no surprise that I love this one, given my affection for the original and for iris fragrances in general, and I think that if you like iris or the original Prada L'Homme, this is a safe blind buy. I haven't smelt Prada L'Homme L'Eau, so I can't speak to its similarities with Water Splash, but suffice it to say that most of the fragrances in the line are variations on one another, except for Intense. Anyway, Water Splash has that smooth, warm, clean, soapy vibe of the original, but freshened up. I'd say the primary difference between this one and the original are: this one has a more lipsticky iris vibe à la Dior Homme in the opening which was absent in the original; there is ginger, coupled with citrus (not listed), that provides a bit of zing; and the Mandarin leaf/petitgrain gives this a greener, more bitter, and more herbal vibe. If the OG Prada L'Homme was orientated towards the office and indoor spaces, Water Splash feels airier and more outdoorsy. Mind you, this is not some frontier adventure sort of scent. This takes me to a terrace of an Italian villa where you relax languidly in a wicker chair beneath the shade of orange trees in your oatmeal linen Mao collar shirt, bermudas, and jute espadrilles. The indoors is not very far away, and with the stirring of the breeze you occasionally feel a waft of cool ACified air from the open French doors leading out onto the terrazza. You thought that you had turn the maid to turn it off when the doors were open, but oh well, you have money to spare. There is a laid back, relaxed vibe about Water Splash, whereas the original was a bit more buttoned up. Both are pretty versatile scents, though, and well suited to warmer weather. Water Splash is just even more suited to warmer weather. The drydown goes deliciously creamy and luscious, a warm, cozy, and inviting skin scent that lasts for a good while.

Performance is not amazing, but better than you might think. 5-6 sprays last me for about 6-7 hours, especially if you spray on clothes. The projection is always moderate, but detectable, and keeps up for around an hour before dying down to the skin. This isn't, and was never intended to be, a beast mode kind of a scent, so I'm fine with that performance. This is intended for relaxing around the house or running errands on a warm summer's day, and should be just enough to last you until night falls, and you spray something else on before quitting your luxurious villa and going out for a night on the achingly beautiful Tyrrhenian seaside town.

Overall I'm quite pleased with my purchase of Water Splash, and will be wearing it often in the upcoming summer. This is exactly the kind of vibe I like to give off: calm, cool, clean, elegant, relaxed, cozy, and inviting. I think it's easily unisex too. Wear this with white linen and an air of sprezzatura and you'll be golden. I might not be a relentlessly handsome Italian stallion that summers along the Mediterranean coast, but by god I can pretend to be.

8.5 beige linen suits/10

10/04/2019

8.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Aglianico
28 Reviews

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Aglianico

Top Review 26

A Bigger Splash

First, a brief but necessary digression.

Fragrance notes and scent pyramids are a minefield. We read: There is ginger in it. So we search for the ginger until we find it. Whether it is actually present or not (this could probably only be partially determined in a lab). Sometimes, however, it can be the other way around: We smell something that apparently isn’t included. A prominent example: Layton Exclusif. Until a correction suggestion based on the official manufacturer’s site, everyone probably thought that the fragrance contained the notes of civet and oud. (Allegedly) Not at all! The "animalic" note that even my amateur nose thought it detected is (allegedly) not present. A quick comparison of the scent pyramids of Parfums de Marly fragrances with those from the manufacturer revealed: Almost all of them would need to be revised, and thousands of perfumers and perfume enthusiasts have sniffed out "things" that are (allegedly) not included. Psychological science offers numerous explanatory models for this collectively misguided olfaction. But perhaps the problem also lies on the other (manufacturer) side.

Why this introduction? For two reasons.

On one hand, because this observation has generally made me cautious regarding fragrance notes, and I have come to the conclusion: The scent pyramids of manufacturers are likely heavily driven by marketing and may even be adjusted afterwards - one should primarily trust one’s own nose and those of other "end consumers." I also no longer believe anyone who claims they can "roughly imagine the real scent" based on a scent pyramid, no matter how many thousands of fragrances they have already tested. A fragrance is more than the sum of its notes - and one apparently cannot always rely on the stated ones.

On the other hand, looking at the fragrance notes - to finally talk about Water Splash - one might suspect that this L’Homme flanker is entirely different from the original, which has already ascended to classic status. Because: They only share neroli and cedarwood. But: Any nose that hasn’t been blocked can spontaneously sniff out at three in the morning, even when abruptly awakened, that these are two very, very closely related fragrances (see numerous statements below). Conclusion for the best explanation: A flanker can be sold better with significant differences in fragrance notes on paper.

Nevertheless, in my opinion, Water Splash is an interesting fragrance for at least the following target groups:
1) All those who do not yet own L’Homme or other flankers and would like to acquire a very similar fragrance for a fraction of the price from the same manufacturer and officially the same perfumer. Currently available for about €0.33/ml, really inexpensive.
2) All those who greatly appreciate L’Homme but find it a bit too "distant" (yes, this is a completely subjective impression). Water Splash adds a delicate, slightly bitter-citrusy fruitiness to the L’Homme DNA, which makes it for me a crucial nuance "warmer," "more vibrant," and "more summery." (Like an Aperol with mineral water vs. one with mineral water and a splash of orange).
3) All Prada fans who simply want to own every Prada fragrance (which could get quite expensive).
4) All those looking for a serious, not boring "business scent" that can also be worn in leisure time without hesitation, and who can warm up to a 150ml bottle.
5) All those who would like to take a seat in David Hockney's famous painting "A Bigger Splash" on a day with a brilliantly blue sky on the empty director's chair at the edge of the swimming pool in front of a luxurious Californian flat-roof bungalow, to witness the titular "splash" after jumping from the 1-meter board, and who value being appropriately scented for the context.

06/04/2021

8.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

3lbows
53 Reviews

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Youtube and the Soap That Isn't. Or: What Makes a Good Flanker?

I consciously refrain from saying "Jeremy," as I would rather not divert the interested reader to weinkenner.de, Horse&Hound, or other lowbrow reading material.

However: L'Homme is so incredibly present in the videos of the aforementioned fragrance influencer that I now want to contribute my two cents to the soap king, even though pretty much everyone should have an opinion on Prada's flagship, and I have already dedicated a comment to the OG.
The DNA can never be bad, as it is predominantly graciously accepted by the more discerning connoisseurs here, which is akin to a nobility for mainstream designers.

I can summarize my general thoughts on the L'Homme series as follows:

1. I have never, truly never, smelled a soap that smelled like #L'Homme. Not at home, not in a hotel, and certainly not in Abu Dhabi. But then again, I have never been there.

2. The DNA definitely creates a fresh-clean connotation for me, despite presumably high-quality ingredients being synthetic, floral, and slightly sweet, but primarily - clean.

L'Homme has a high recognizability and clearly differs from Prada's other iris candidates. In particular, Amber pour Homme Eau de Toilette comes across as much more organic, likable, and warmer, though also a bit more old-fashioned.
L'Homme Water Splash is the freshest and lightest flanker compared to the original and L'eau, but still very close to the original DNA. Mandarin and ginger give it a summery zest. Neroli is now a bit more prominent, and the sweetness that I still clearly perceive in the OG seems only peripheral here in the background. Iris is no longer included in the fragrance pyramid, but I believe I can still perceive it clearly. The longevity drops slightly in comparison, but that is by no means a flaw, as Watersplash is clearly intended as a cologne for the hotter days by its name. And it works excellently.
I also feel that I don't come across as so distanced-cool, dismissively professional, as with the original. Water Splash is more playful, innocent, more casual - and that is what ultimately makes it more attractive to me than "L'Homme | Prada."
And for those who like the original, Watersplash offers an excellent and also affordable alternative for summer. If someone wants something closer to the original, but still fresher, more universal, and with a bit more projection and longevity, they should go for L'Eau. In my opinion, all three complement each other perfectly and expand the DNA with real alternatives for different tastes.

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