Cool Water (1988)
by Davidoff

Does anybody really need another review of Cool Water? Beats me, but here are my two (s)cents:

Yes, it smells a lot like Green Irish Tweed, especially for the first half hour or so. And yes, it smells a little bit more obviously chemical. It's a relatively linear scent on me, and the drydown does not arrive at the familiar Creed Millesime base.

It's pleasant enough, if somewhat cheap smelling, but what works against it most is that it's over-used and too often imitated. In all fairness I should forgive Cool Water for spawning so many inane progeny, but I'm not sure that I'm a big enough person.

I enjoy the smell. I don't enjoy the hype. I don't enjoy all the negative talk about it on the boards. I never wore this but I distinctly remembering people who did but I never knew what they were wearing.

This is fresh and fruity and smooth like one of those frozen smoothies but with extra milk. At first it wasn't nice at all but later I liked it. If you've read about all the hype i.e. the many fragrances that are copies of Cool Water, you might not like the original.

It's good but uninspiring.

I like what this fragrance does. Fair enough, it's very synthetic, to the point of reminding me of shampoo when I first started wearing it, but synthetic or not this is a nice scent. It 'performs' well too - by that I mean that it lasts long, and travells far, but is not at all forceful. I guess you could call it a great all rounder, works anywhere, but apparently some of the later cool water fragrences (especially deep) are better, so I think I'll try them next time.

how can anyone not like this cologne seriously? This cologne is so clean smelling like new clothes, a cold shower, and a fresh haircut. Girls still love this cologne so don't put it out just yet. I always keep a bottle of this in my wardrobe.

Please put this thing out of its misery. Yes, it was unique, yes, it's a milestone in modern perfumery, but it's past its time (particularly when about 1500 other fragrances that smell like it have now been produced. Who knows, if Cool Water hadn't been around, none of these crappy copies would ever have been made). Plus, it gives me an headache like nothing else does.

Maybe this product was a "hall of famer" to the industry. Much like Blondie occupies a prominent position in the history of rap.

But I'm not going out an picking up any Blondie discs in the near, nor distant, future, nor would I buy this product unless I was curating for a perfume museum.

The product does not have an unpleasant smell. But neither does Brut or
British Sterling. I would rate the odor somewhere below Aqua Velva, which I consider to be a sort of Mendoza line in the world of fancy smells.

Unlike "Unforgivable", this product won't offend anyone if it is not overapplied.

If you want to end a meeting or a bad date very quickly, a few shots of Unforgivable will do the trick. You can't do that with Cool Water, so Unforgivable may actually have more utility due to its extreme antisocial properties.

(I apologize for the Unforgivable digression, but I tested it two days ago and I'm just now getting completely rid of the one vile blast to the wrist. That one blast survived two showers and a Macbethian + surgeon's scrubbing. Stock up on the tomato juice before pushing that button!)

Cool Water was a great concept for 1988, and if you're stuck in a late 80s time warp, then this stuff will be perfect for you. Enjoy.