Aqua Quorum (1994)
by Antonio Puig

To my nose this is a hybrid of Eternity and Polo Sport.
Top notes are like Polo Sport.
Dry down is like Eternity.

It seems to get compared to Cool Water and although I can see why I think Cool water (even in its current formulation) is better than E, PS and AQ.

Nothing wrong with AQ at all. But it isn't as good as CW (a permanent favourite of mine) so I give it a neutral.

28th October, 2011.

This is what i'd call a fruity aquatic. A great scent for the summer with good longevity. An inexpensive scent that is a worthy addition to anyones collection.

27th July, 2011.

I fully agree with the Foetidus's description, the first part of the development is decidedly alcoholic, sharp and watery because of the astringent accord between citrusy lavender, freesia, geranium and grapefruit. The spices are moderately dosed, some herbs uphold a certain level of sharpness and the role of the ambergris is to set a silky alley to play as a couscion towards the softer mossy base. The fragrance is a fresh and traditional green fougere with a touch of ozone and air. The connection between freesia, lavender, some aldehydes and ozonic elements is the link with the "marine" universe. Notorious and respectable this stout scent was a precursor for many following  mass-market airy fashionable fragrances, the scent of the fresh-marine-easy life of the past roaring years.

8th July, 2011.

This smells almost exactly like Polo Sport, one of the few sport fragrances I actually like. This is a fresh aromatic fougere - a sport fragrance - and not really an aquatic scent. Though Aqua Quorum doesn't smell like Cool Water to me, it's clearly in the same family of fresh fougeres that Cool Water spawned. This is a total Nineties scent all the way.

There's nothing even remotely unique or daring about Aqua Quorum, but it does smell pretty good nonetheless. Big sharp lavender blast with citrus in the opening, drying down to a smell that is mossy, spicy and aromatic, while still retaining the opening's freshness. I like how the lavender, which is usually a fleeting note, sustains its smell for many hours. Also, thankfully, Aqua Quorum's freshness doesn't smell synthetic, and I believe the natural herbal and wood notes are what give this fragrance its zing.

This smells nothing like Quorum. Aqua Quorum is a good purchase if you don't own any sport fragrances and are looking to add a good one to your collection without breaking the bank. It's good value for your money because it's strong, reliable, well made, lasts a long time (longer than Polo Sport), and smells good, even if its scent is generic. I like this fragrance.

MY RATING: 7/10

23rd June, 2011. (Last Edited: 24th June, 2011.)

Nice. This takes one step on the very long journey from Cool Water to Green Irish Tweed. It improves greatly on Cool Water, though - AQ is a soft, rather well-blended fragrance in the early 1990s aquatic mode, which is much less horrible than the current run of aquatics.

The lavender/freesia/grapefruit notes (which I get from the pyramid, not from any evidence in the frag itself) come together to suggest a violet leaf accord, a distant cousin of Creed's GIT. Aqua Quorum's violet leaf/marine note is milky and soapy rather than cutting and bracing. A imaginative person might detect a faint echo of the original Quorum here, though the scents are not much alike.

The fragrance is not unduly strong, and its duration is likewise moderate. Drydown is very nice, but not surprising. I'd be comfortable paying $30 or $40 a bottle for this, but it's easy to find for under $20, which is a bargain. Don't expect to stand out, but do expect to smell quite nice.

If you have room for only one Quroum in your life, pick the original, but if you're looking for a fun, cheap aquatic that knows what it's doing then you can't go wrong here. The bottle, which is bright yellow and blue, is amazing, like something imported from the Art Deco retro future.

11th April, 2011.

The opening seems very cologny on my skin—I don’t think its thin sharpness is caused by the spices, I believe it’s from the alcohol and the way the lavender of the opening is employed. The lavender is neither creamy nor aromatic—it’s just rather emaciated and its combination with freesia doesn’t help expand the breadth of the accord. The result is that sharp, thin cologny twang that reminds me of drugstore scents. It’s not bad, just quite common. The sharpness continues into the heart notes with the grapefruit and geranium almost unaffected by the sweetness and thickness of the amber. The base softens and is turns out to be quite attractive with its lavender from the top and geranium from the middle combined with the mossy base. Aqua Quorum is an okay fragrance. It is a decent inexpensive fragrance that acts like a decent inexpensive fragrance; it is probably sweeter than I like, but it does have good longevity.

Originally submitted 06 April 2007

5th December, 2010.