Aqua Quorum (1994)
by Antonio Puig

I tried to be open-minded with the original Quorum, but I couldn't get myself to like it. This one is much easier to work with--it's kind of like Curve, but in a bad way. Aqua Quorum has almost melony qualities to it--up there with the citrus and "cologne"ness. I find it sexy, though.

Actually, it smells just like Very Sexy for Him by Victoria's Secret, only fresher! However, this one came out in 1994....JUST before the aquatic buzz. pehaps Very Sexy smells like this?

I must admit I love the bottle. I think it`s ridicilously good looking in a playful way, and I almost would like to buy me a full bottle because of that.
The juice itself is like so many other Cool Water copycats are : A pleasant, aromatic marine blend of different kind of synthetic ingridients : Herbs, citruses and ambergris.
Comparing to many of its soul companions, AQ is a bit spicier and perhaps a bit darker, but it`s still utterly boring.

If only the scent would have matched the spirit of that bottle, then it would have been something fun and different.

I found the EDT for a very cheap price and I am really impressed with it. I really get the lavender, amber and grapefruit out of this. Plus the projection and it lasts very very long...3 sprays project like 5 sprays of Dolce and Gabbanna Pour Homme so if you know what that is like, you get my drift.

I am happy with this. Good price, nice scent. I don't think it smells anything like Cool Water. It is a unique scent, very different and wearable anywhere and any time. Like the Bourbon Vanilla in YSL's Opium for men, if this ever got as popular, it would be known for the Lavender.

If you find the EDT, grab it. You wont be dissapointed with the scent or longevity. For $20.00, why not - I get 12 hours from two sprays...12 hours of strong projection.

People have been asking and giving complements. Antonio Puig did well with this one. Nice hidden gem.

I can't ignore the Basenotes blurb and think that this is a cross between the aromatic sweetness of Cool Water and Eternity for Men's fresh green crispness. It's closer to an Eternity knock-off but a little spicier. Good for the money and actually surprisingly different than other fragrances that are named 'aqua', 'water' or 'blue'. Still, it comes off as a ho-hum fragrance in the long run.

This is one of my exciting blind buys but it turned out a bit disappointing since it bears a strong resemblance to that of Wings by Giorgio Beverly Hills. Anyway, it's a good cologne, fresh and invigorating, but of course, has been done before. No originality so here I give it a neutral rating.

The opening seems very cologn-y 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.