It's not very long lasting (max 3hrs) and tho it leaves a pleasant dry down your your clothes it's pretty undecipherable for those around you. The base is woodier, I can smell the pine/cypress elements, but the basil from the mid and the aquatic notes/ bergamot from the opening are still there. Also for the current moment I was not able to test them side by side as of yet, since the two later mentioned are not available at my current location. It is a perfect example of a great scent that will get overlooked and few will ever try precisely because of the confusing marketing. To describe the scent of this you take the original L'Eau D'Issey tone down the citrus by half and replace it with some conifers.

It's a beautiful and uplifting citrus with some green-herbal elements, the water notes and bergamot are obvious in the opening, the smell is juicy, mellow and slightly tart, very natural. It's a pretty good scent for a sunny spring day, but I can't see myself wearing this in summer except maybe in the evening, although there are much better choices for that. com/products/issey-miyake-leau-dissey-by-kevin-lucbert-limited-summer-edition-womens-perfume-spray-100ml? I normally strongly dislike any perfume with salt or marine notes in it, but this one is an exception.L'Eau D'issey Summer opens up with sweet litchi and sour grapefruit then moves onto a blend of sweet exotic fruits of passionfruit and guava, before finishing on a base of smooth sweet vanilla with precious woods. Personally I'd love some more jasmine in it, it would probably make it a bit more night-wearable as well.

Perfumes are often designed with top, middle and base notes, and designed to smell different based on the time after application.

The first spray might get you thinking that you're a bit too close to headache but the evolution and dry down just amazes you. The fragrance lasts well but do not expect something bold, this is more a subtle summer fragrance which may explain why some people felt it did not last - i felt is lasts all day but just subtle. It takes about 15 minutes for the citruses to start to kick in, but only slightly in the first half hour. Alcohol, Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Dipropylene Glycol, Limonene, Linalool, Hydroxycitronellal, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Eugenol, Citronellol, Geraniol, Citral, Coumarin, Farnesol, Cinnamal, Isoeugenol, BHT.