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Complete Japanese

Name: Complete Japanese Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

Perfume Parlour Complete Japanese is an Eau de Parfum. Complete Japanese opens with Cyclamen, Freesia, Lotus, and Melon, settles into a heart of Lily of the Valley, Peony, Lily, and Carnation, and dries down to a base of Musk, Amber, Cedar, and Sandalwood. Perfume Parlour's Complete Japanese carries a Favourite verdict, a floral-led wear.

A budget take on Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey, that benchmark airy aquatic floral. Complete Japanese captures the watery lotus-and-melon freshness and the clean floral heart, but the ethereal, spring-water transparency reads flatter, and it stays even closer to the skin than the already-mild original.

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Fresh
Elegant
Uplifting
Refined
Comforting

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Inspired by

L'Eau d'Issey by Issey Miyake

92%

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Scent Profile

Composition

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Topas listed

Calone23%

Lotus22%

Melon22%

Freesia18%

Cyclamen15%

Heartas listed

Peony29%

Lily27%

Carnation22%

Lily of the Valley22%

Baseas listed

Musk24%

Cedar22%

Sandalwood22%

Amber18%

Osmanthus15%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Notes

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Heart

Base

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity

Short (2-4h)

Projection

Intimate

Intensity

Light

Mood

Mood Energising

Calming

Character Playful

Serious

Sentiment Uplifting

Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:

Spring Summer

The watery, airy aquatic florals are made for warm spring and summer days.

Best Occasions

Best For:

Office Casual

Also Works:

Date Sport

Clean and fresh, it is an ideal office, casual daytime and active scent more than formal evenings.

Ingredients and allergens

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About

Complete Japanese opens like clear water, a transparent wash of lotus, freesia and juicy melon lifted by a dewy calone and soft cyclamen, that just-like-spring-water freshness L'Eau d'Issey pioneered in 1992. The heart unfolds a gentle bouquet of peony, lily, carnation and lily of the valley, clean and airy rather than heady. The drydown settles into a soft woody-musk of cedar, sandalwood and amber with a whisper of osmanthus, grounding the aquatic florals. Against Issey Miyake's L'Eau d'Issey, this clone keeps the watery-floral idea intact but renders the transparency a touch heavier and the woods less refined, losing some of the original's ethereal, evaporative quality. L'Eau d'Issey is already a mild, personal-space scent; the dupe sits softer still, with gentle projection and a few hours of clean freshness before settling skin-close. As an affordable, easy aquatic floral for warm days, the office and active wear, it delivers the fresh mood well.