Reviews of Cool Water (1988)
by Davidoff

I just can't rip this. In the early to mid 90s I wore this exclusively and no matter what people say this cologne alone is the champion of the most compliments I ever received as women wither hugged me or wouldn't let go of me. That is all I can say. It has been years since I broke away but there are times I wonder if I'm too old to go back because it worked. I tested GIT and it is very similar. GIT is a little richer on how it drys down but not much to me to make a $200 difference.

It's a fresh floral/fruity fragrance, I'd even say It's a pretty much wearable light fougere. A few can complain about its synthetic character, but its major problem is the ubiquity. You can't be "original" or "unique" with Cool Water, that's for sure...
But I don't think CW is so linear as people usually say. As it dries down, I can notice an earthy smell that makes the scent a bit heavier. It's curious that almost no one mentions it. Is it my body chemistry?!

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.

Always a nice smell to use once in a while when there is no special ocasion or anything...

I think the opening is an overdose of rosemary, and it seems linear to me..

This has been my signature fragrance for years. So long in fact, that I've grown almost bored with it. It is an amazing scent on my skin though, and apparently on many others as well seeing its popularity. I don't wear this one as frequently as I used to any more, it's pretty much my "I can't decide what to wear today" scent. I'll also wear it on days that I'm looking from a surefire compliment from the ladies, because this one never fails to receive attention on me. A safe bet for anyone looking for an Aquatic, it's so popular that I can't see it offending anyone when applied in moderation. It has great longevity and decent sillage, and will leave you smelling fresh and clean.

Forever a modern Classic.
IDC if it was a copy.

If anything, I'd like the OG Cool Water with a heavier dose of leafy mint.

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.

The assertion “when you don’t know what to wear – your choice is Cool Water” is absolutely correct and I’m the best example. It’s amazing how fast I almost expended my 75 ml bottle of Cool Water. Maybe it means that I am pretty indecisive.
Cool Water is a hyper-synthetic scent. One of my female associates is an artificial blonde. She has artificial eyelashes, silicon lips and breasts. Her behavior is a school example for the snobbishness. She said to me one day (I was wearing Cool Water): “Your scent is quite good”. I replied to her: “Oh yes, and it’s as natural as you are”. She didn’t understand, of course.
What’s the main note here? Maybe, this is the answer…
It’s usual in this part of the world that people put some lavender in their closets against the moths. When my mother smelt Cool Water on me she said: “If you ever stop using that scent, you should give it to me”. I asked her: “You like it? You want to wear it?”. She said: “Oh no, I’d put it in the closet, it’s very lavender-ish.” Naturally, Cool Water stayed her unfulfilled desire. However, since then, she sometimes ogles my bottle of Cool Water.

I wore Cool Water during my honeymoon in the Maldives in 1993 (yes I'm old)... I recently become reacquainted with it. I appreciate it more now. It's a fresh frag but it has sweet woody dry-down that is just fantastic for day wear. A classic!

The one that brought the concept of “fresh” to the top of the mass market. It is pretty much aquatic with its mint and marine notes, but it doesn’t go all the way as those that followed it did. Cool Water became extraordinarily successful, and it still is going strong. It’s one of those “pretty” fragrances—it has genuinely endearing accords, even if those accords have a strongly synthetic tang to them — especially the top notes. Cool Water stays linear and uncomplicated, and I think this linearity and lack of complexity have been major keys to its success. Its minty / green / herbal / wood accord is refreshing and amiable without being at all challenging. Its aquatic note is unique and highly recognizable and, its uniqueness and recognizability places it in the long line of those winners of the mass market battle — Old Spice, Brut, Polo, Drakkar Noir, Eternity, CK One, Joop!, Acqua di Gio, A*men, Fierce… all singular (when they were introduced), highly recognizable, endearingly nonchallenging, and competently marketed (Okay, I’ll admit that A*men is challenging). Actually, Cool Water is neither a bad scent nor an artistic achievement. It is and was a moneymaker and it is and was a memory maker for millions of youth heading out into the world. That makes it important — and, no, it doesn’t challenge me, and it is far too youthful for me to be interested in it, but I enjoy how it smells...

I brought this fragrance blindly because many said this is a nice perfume. Well not for me! I thought the strong sandalwood base really makes me like an old man.

Playing off of Hugh Parson's Blue cologne, I felt it would be proper to review Cool Water, since they're both aquatics and can be compared nicely... and, I guess you could make the pun of it being a "fresh" comparison, since it's back to back

Speaking of fresh, Cool Water was introduced in 1988 in an attempt to literally be fresh and crisp amid the leathery, spicy, manly colognes of its time. The effect it had on the fragrance world was colossal; left and right perfumers were cooking up scents to match Cool Water... but they failed. People simply loved Cool Water, and everywhere, everyone was wearing it -- and everyone loved it. Thusly, as it skyrocketed in popularity to one of the most famous colognes in the world, it was clearly one of the most attractive and easily worn. However, we all know time takes its toll on things of the past, and Cool Water is no different, so the prevalent question here is: How does Cool Water stack up to the aquatics today?

Fast-forward to today, close to twenty years after Cool Water was debuted, and take a look around. How many aquatics can you name just off the top of your head? How many can you discover after five minutes of googling? How about ten minutes? Twenty? An hour? You see, the problem with Cool Water does not lie in the formula -- it's a vintage formula, as beautiful now as it ever was; the problem lies in the perception people have of it. There always has to be a comparison to another (99% of the time it's a newer fragrance than Cool Water) cologne, and unfortunately enough, Davidoff's brilliance is often mocked.

People are often pessimistic, saying that it's too synthetic, or it smells too bland, but take a close look at the top, heart, and base notes of any aquatic scent post 2000. Heck, even go back to '98 if you want, or before that... and notice how most, if not all, aquatic fragrances in that era have bitter fruit/citrus top notes with herbal hearts and mossy/light woodsy bases (Those of you who read my Hugh Parson's review know a little more in-depth what I mean)... and now take a look at Cool Water. Lavender and Rosemary stare you right in the face as your top notes, with Oakmoss and Sandalwood as their heart notes, followed by Amber and Cedar as the base notes. Reading over these notes, in a fragrance introduced in 1988, leaves me speechless. For something that was a first of it's kind (Sorry GIT I'm completely ignoring you, this is Davidoff's moment!) the formula is near perfect. It's bewildering to think that people can say "bah well there's better scents out there". Yes, there are, just like a 2000 Porsche 911 is better than a 1988 Porsche 911, and a computer built in 2000 is going to spank some 1988 computer.

The point is, the world of aquatics has had a full twenty years to develop, so there are undoubtedly going to be fresher fragrances. If Cool Water is obsolete, then so is your Yatagan, Heritage, and Grey Flannel. But they're not; and Cool Water is an epic fragrance of immense beauty, representing the pinnacle of fragrant achievements in the 80s. Let's start by proving it.

First, let's dissuade disbelievers that Cool Water is "synthetic", by pointing out that since the top notes consist heavily of lavender and rosemary, they will blush out what little citrus/fruit influence there is -- which is just a touch of orange blossom. The peppermint and coriander, also subtle, fuse together to add a sparkle of herbal freshness to the lavender/rosemary combination, rather than levitating the orange blossom with a spicy sweetness. Had a bitter orange/strong peppermint combination been used, the scent would have been dominantly citrusy, and the lavender/rosemary combination would have to be softer. In turn, it would have been responsible for the blemishing of the severely bitter notes of the orange, and the suppressing of the extreme sharpness of the peppermint. Different quantities of ingredients, and setting priorities for notes, play a crucial role in how a fragrance is going to smell. Lavender and rosemary, of course, are not deep scents with character and zest; they are fresh, clean, and semi-transparent to the notes that lie underneath.

The result, then, is an incredibly smooth and neutral open, with herbal notation as opposed to a present-day standard of citrus/fruit, which is soft and mellow on the nose. The sequence proceeds to a soft-wood heart, which counters the fresh top-note herbal concoction slightly, and allows some depth to develop in the fragrance. Keep in mind there were no prior aquatic fragrances (I'm going to get slain for not mentioning GIT at this point, but oh well!) that Davidoff could base his aquatic scent off of, so the addition of sandalwood and oakmoss was clever. The herb-friendly oakmoss catches the fading top notes and accentuates them, while the soft sandalwood responsibly sets the base up for a proper woodsy transition; and this is where most people derive that Cool Water is synthetic. The fact that a transition is done so seamlessly gives the illusion that there is no change; while, in fact, the change is so subtle that it is not apparent until the base notes kick in. Cedar and amber, stronger woods with their own scent to carry, are prominent here in the base, as the oakmoss and sandalwood (transparently fused with top notes) fade away. However, to keep the smoothness, a friendly musk (remember, musk can be used to enhance the smell and life of other aromas) was used to provide the heart/top notes with a final breath, before fading away and leaving the scent dry, but not bitter, due to the relevant addition of yet another sandalwood note. From top to bottom, Cool Water transitions consistently, but does so in the shadows; where the effects will not be seen until the life of the notes dwindle to their vanishing points.

All in all, Cool Water is mathematically precise with ingredients, inspirationally diverse with composition, and logical as an entire fragrance. Assume the year was 1990, and the aquatic burst had not begun: would Cool Water not be a staple of the basenotes community? The amount of respect it would command would be IMMENSE. What's changed if the year is 2007? Why are there those who dislike the scent; claiming it to be synthetic, sub-par, obsolete, unoriginal, uncreative, uninspirational, cheap, and not worth the money? That kind of negativity demolishes a beautiful fragrance. Has the smell changed? Has the formula changed? Has anything of Cool Water changed? No, it hasn't. What's changed is the world around it, now brimming with other aquatics that are literally the children of Cool Water. Comparing the formula of any two colognes is ridiculous, because they both have their beauties, and they both have their flaws, but Cool Water is disregarded of any great characteristics, because somehow, the tendency in thinking is to assume that since there's newer aquatics out, it must be old and not worth the attention anymore. Following that logic, every scent is terrible, because five years down the road, something just a little bit better will come out and trump today's scent -- which will also be terrible, because in ANOTHER five years...

Cool Water, then, IS one of the best fragrances in the world, and it IS something that is unique, creative, and literally an artifact of change -- but, for that very reason, it has a major downfall. It's so popular and common, that people buying their first bottle of cologne buy Cool Water (Hell, it was my second bottle, and I blind bought it because it was famous) without taking the time to appreciate it as a fragrance. Because of the popularity it carries, the weight of the uneducated reviews pumped out by people who don't know which notes are which, and what notes add what effect, really tugs the perception of the scent down, and drags it through the mud. Cool Water deserves a 10/10, because it was impeccably made in a time where it was one of the first, and twenty years later, it still remains one of the most recognized and famous colognes. However, this is not a perfect world, and the grade must come from more than just a vintage factor. Still, I have no problem whatsoever giving this cologne a solid 8/10 -- only missing two points because it's lack of depth, even as one of the first aquatics. Let's face it, having a mainstream-defying scent in the 1980's doesn't give Davidoff an excuse to ignore crucial aspects of a cologne. In a time of spice and musk, the importance of having noticeable transitions was absolutely necessary, but done short-handedly in this scent.

I like the initial scent that you get but after an hour it does seem to morph into something else. I wouldn't buy it again but since I have it, I will have to finish it. I don't seem to get any compliments with this one except from a few men, which isn't for whom I bought this for.

Not bad, but very generically watery. I can't think of anything that distinguishes it from a good aftershave.

This is a terrifically refreshing and delightful cologne. Like so many currently popular scents, it doesn't smell like anything in particular. To describe it, one is reduced to using abstracts, such as the name itself (it does indeed smell like how one would imagine "cool water" to smell, which is actually meaningless since cold water has no smell) or adjectives like "blue" or "clean" that don't have a real smell either.
But in a sea of abstract and inoffensive male scents, this one stands out for perfect balance and charm. It is a clean, professional scent that also has enough depth to give it personality and character. Spices are balanced by citrus, herbs with woods, green with aquatic.

You can wear this scent anytime: on a date, to the office, on vacation, day or night. Its popularity is justified.

Cool Water has one major flaw: it fades almost immediately. It has no lasting power on the skin. For this reason, it is almost like a cologne for people who don't really like cologne: guaranteed to be liked by everyone up front, and it won't hang around to risk offending or spoiling the pleasant first impression.

This is the fragrance everyone always gives as a gift. Are they "re-gifting?" In any case, this is a blatant ripoff of Creed's Green Irish Tweed, but much more artificial and cheap-smelling, at least to me. I like Davidoff's Good Life, but not this stuff.. and I always seem to get it as a present every year from various people. I then re-gift it to others who I assume wear it. It's not the cheapest-smelling fragrance, but it's very unoriginal and smells like chemicals as the day goes on. I would not recommend this to people who like the scent.. I would recommend Creed's Green Irish Tweed.. you can get a GIT tester on the internet for the same price as Cool Water... and without the odd smells that are brought out during the day. To me, this fragrance smells fine at first, but then changes into a stench later in the day--which has much sillage.. It starts to smell like Drakkar Noir or some other highschool cologne as the day goes on. Very cheaply made, I would bet.

Love it. Always have. Prefer the drydown more than most EDT's. I'll put extra on earlier just for a nice drydown. Fresh and clean. I've heard it compared to GIT by Creed, and have some of that on the way. I can only wonder what all these variants smell like, though...I wouldn't want to buy them and be disappointed.

Cool, and fresh. Not necessarily clean, but cool and fresh indeed. It reaches a point about an hour after applying to fresh skin where it becomes ALMOST cerebral in nature. Just good quality sandalwood, I guess.

Very easy to wear.

A heck of a lot of people here are saying it is very generic; well, I 'd have to agree with them, but in a different sense.

In many ways, Cool Water is RESPONSIBLE for generic-ness in the perfumes market place because of its supreme inintial popularity. But it is NOT a PRODUCT of generic-ness, but unfortunately, a trend-setter for it! Everyone wanted a piece of the action, which is entirely understandable!

I am beginning to move back towards this original version, as other people move away from it, towards the 'Game' collection, which, might I add, is deplorably generic! Its just like they decided to add a huge dose of industrial-grade detergent and Bitter Orane extract to it!

Cool Water Summer Fizz is just as good as the original, as is Deep, although Deep smells somewhat different to the original.

Again, cool, fresh and easy to wear. And I appologise for digressing.

Fair effort on the part of Davidoff. But unfortunately carries a bad generic identity with it.

Cheers!

I think it goes with anything. Smells fresh. Lasts well. A classic.

Every kid and their mother owns this one. I don't like the top notes but the dry down is much better for me.

fresh but not for the matures..
used it when i was in college and liked it but don think to use it again at my age...

this was a good perfume once. but it is too famous. and too soulless. a lot of people buy cool water if they haven't an idea what else to buy.
on my skin it smells exactly the same like on a piece of paper. it is not like a personal perfume that gives a personal touch on the skin. it has no personality for me.
sorry to say that, but 'cool water' is really 'out'. :-(

Smell is classic. Sweet, Clean, and FRESH!
Cool water speaks for itself! It smells like sweet ice!
The sillage is great, can smell it a mile away, and lasts long on me!
THUMBS WAY UP!!!

The overall marine timbre in this fragrance is offputting to say the least. It's clean in a very synthetic sort of way, and decidedly something that smells more akin to a toilet cleaner than something I would wear.

The fascination with the ozone/aquatic/marine type of fragrances is lost on me, but this one is particularly unpleasant. Very one-dimensional, and a big thumbs down from me.

A wonderful fragrance a classic i wore it in high shcool and i still wear it today its one of my favorites

I ordered this scent on a whim online, after a year I finally gave into the hype. I have to say this fragrance is very, very easy to wear at first, it's pleasantly smooth and I feel I can wear it comfortably to virtually any occasion. After roughly 2 weeks with it, I must say it's different from my first impression. How much one applies definitely make a difference. Over doing it (3 sprays) is very noticeable, and the smell can be nauseating for both others and myself. Too little (half spray) and it doesn't last. Due to its apparent simplicity, it becomes complex to use - and in it becomes complex in a different form. Simplicity and complexity melding together into this scent. I must say I like it quite a bit, a cologne I can use whenever, as a backup or a main.

2007 05 04 Davidoff Cool Water (long)

Recently I´ve become increasingly relativistic in judging and reevaluating older fragrances. Like many members on the board I very strongly dislike where the mainstream fragrance industry is heading and has developed the last couple of years. Way too much effort is put into packaging, limited editions, summer versions, ridiculous pyramid copywriting and such. Genuine creativity and originality has dissappeared in favour of hype and politically correct and synthetic scents that aim to please as many consumers as possible.

Further there is a growing trend of "dual" markets for the big brands. Dior have their 3 upscale colognes (and to a certain extent Homme), Guerlain their L'Art et la Matiere series, Chanel their Rue Cambon, Hermès their Hermenessences - the list goes on. Practically this means we now have to pay about 3 times more for the same quality that was standard issue during the 80`s while the conglomerates squeeze every penny
out of each aquired franchise with their "special editions" and summer versions, products that seldomly even make it to next year. It´s simple mathematics - increased frequency to spark short term purchase and boosting the sale figures for the share holders. Unfortunately all kinds of new sub-par "niche" houses have popped up as well recently capitalizing on peoples quest for the genuine. Fancy packaging and claims (hardly controllable) of all natural ingredients hardly justifies the prices asked by for instance Profumum. IMHO you earn your respect, by decades of quality output. Sadly many lose it much faster in the race for quick bucks today.

So how does this rant relate to my reveevaluation and growing fondness for Cool Water? A few years ago I dissmissed this fragrance in this very same review section. But recently I started sampling it again and it grew on me with each try. I started to think of it with a strong sense of nostalgia and even appreciated it´s simple old school bottle. The Green Irish Tweed reference is unavoidable, especially since that Creed (in this rare case)is the original. And sure, GIT has more bite and complexity, but CW is close, much closer than the price tag would indicate.

Cool Water is a simple fresh fougere that works perfectly on a mild spring day. Less marine than the concept indicates, I´d say its a herbal, slightly peppery scent with a strong base of oakmoss, musk and pleasant cedar. The overall impression is, pardon the cliche, a modern masculine classic. I eventually bought a bottle and it has served me very well in the office the last couple of weeks.

Cool Water, together with Acqua di Gió and Eternity may very well be the initiators of todays downward spiral of forced freshness.
But compared to all the mediocre new stuff released, especially by Davidoff themselves, Cool Water will always remain a nice alternative. Good Stuff.

Really don't understand the popularity. All I can smell is celery. Yuck.

Generic, syntetic, blää.
benb

Yes its played out, and a copy. But it makes me feel good when im wearing it

Cool Water comes in a nice bottle, packed in a nice blue box. On first whiff the opens notes reminds me of "Fruit Loops," or fruit flavored hard candy. If it were only a fragarance that smelled like "Fruit Loops," I might actually find Cool Water an amusing olfactory joke, and give it to a young adolscent niece or nephew if I had one. He or she might like it or have a friend that likes it.

In my opinion, Cool Water is just fragrance like Eternity that has the distinctive and unmistakable ozone like note of "synthetic fresh." In this case it is "bound" to a fake fruit scent. As hard as it may be for some of us to fathom, like consumers at large, some Basenoters actually like the dry down smell of "synthetic fresh," even greatly like it, but others like myself find "synthetic fresh," "cheap smelling," distracting, annoying, and disgusting, even to the point of causing headache and nausea.

As I have learned, one needs to just develop and trust one's own nose not trust the marketing hype, the best seller lists, and the recommendations of others and whenever possible, thoroughly "try before you buy."

My recommendation is to try it.

[Note to perfumers: I for one will avoid "synthethic fresh" like the plague because I find it repulsive.]

Good frag, just don't over do it or it becomes nauseating. Overall, good frag though.

At first it seemed like a pretty decent fragrance, until I realised that it was the only perfume I had that I never wore out. Somehow, the "fresh" smell gives way to a detergent-like pungent smack in my face.

I used to wear this all the time whenever I was 16 years old because an old girlfriend of mine was in love with it. At first I really liked how it smelled on me, but after that relationship ended, so did my relationship with this cologne. However, I still have this cologne in my collection.

A bit like GIT but thats all in the first blast. After the scent settles down and starts to go to effect, everything that makes it like GIT goes away.

Hits and reeks hard of alcohol, doesn't last, and reeks artificial. A good cheap knockoff for maybe an hour but not worth the time if you're spending a night on the town. Spend the extra money on GIT and forget about this stuff.

Clearly a summeroriented fresh fragrance. Haven't smelled GIT actually but I used to think of this as an original scent compared to others. It is kind of one-dimensional but that's what I like about it.

I like it, try it for yourself.

This was my first fragrance and to be fair it's nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be on this site. It's simple and sharp and I'd recommend it to young guys if it weren't so overexposed. Overall, it's pleasant, refreshingly cool/sharp, very masculine, safe and very very boring.

Well, I have been testing this, trying to like it.
It is by no means offensive but reminds me
too much of cotton candy. Not a bad frag, I'm sure works well with some people.

I had many a night spent in olfactory agony in the early 90s at college parties at which the boys had gone a bit crazy with the application of Cool Water. I had a pronounced recoil to this one for years afterwards.

Then I bought a 5ml bottle on a whim at Wal-Mart and I am completely turned around on CW. This is a GREAT fragrance, one of the best in my collection. It smells absolutely wonderful, and that "chromatic blue" smell is terrific. I think this one well deserves the title of "Modern Classic".

Yes it's fresh and clean, but even now that it's dated too many wear it. It has an almost marine quality that I like - an ocean breeze sort of thing - but it's the kind of ocean breeze that a soap, candle, or air freshener company would sell. It most closely resembles Wings by Giorgio Beverly Hills (to me) but Wings pulled it off much better. Cool Water is an OK scent for the office maybe, and is probably OK to wear year-round day or night, but there is just nothing outstanding. Combine this with the fact that you will always remind her of SOMEONE in her past who used to wear this, just because it was so popular, and I'd have to say thumbs down.

davidoff originally produced cigars and then they moved into perfumes....can someone explain me this misbehavin´?Cool water is the worst perfume i ever smelled....Terrible!Yes it is fresh but what a freshness-disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!

This smells identical to GIT...for about an hour. Then it's gone, whereas GIT lasts and lasts. At least this is cheap.

When I bought this, I was expecting a little less of a musky smell, more sharp and fresh. However after wearing it all holiday, I’m hooked, it’s a great one to splash on and have on you all day. You can be mistaken for putting it on too much as your nose adjusts, spray once a day that’s all that’s needed. The missus got a whiff and said “hmm, that’s nice”. Tumbs up, a classic but not an oldie, it stands up proud today.

Well, I have never been around anything Creed, so I won't base my review off of GIT. I do think however Cool Water is a nice, fresh scent. Always a great sillage machine on me, and stays fresh.

It's old, most like by many's opinion "dated", but certainly not a bad fragrance in my opinion.

I have no idea why but this reminds me of toilet bowl cleaner (no offense to any Davidoff lover out there). An overall unpleasant experience.

Terrible!!! An exact imitation of the worst Creed's, GIT. Cool Water and GIT dont have any difference to me - both are monotonous and one dimentional. the only advantage of GIT to Cool Water is its oldness. similar to carpet cleaners & shampoo, its foamy for me!. really doesn't have any special thing, utterly not recommended. I regret of buying it.

Classic, aquatic and it is original, even though a lot of fragrances copied and still copy this one. I find it unsuitable for teens or for men in their twenties.It is one of the fresh fragrances that almost require a suite(I believe).

This was my first cologne. I really liked this in the store. Compared to all the fruity and flowery stuff I'd been smelling, this struck me as being piney and masculine. Once I got it home and started wearing it, I was a little dissapointed. I liked the smell as it went on, but it immediately morphed into a grapey smell and quickly faded into a flat papery smell. I did receive a couple compliments on this one, so at least other people enjoyed it. My dad was always commenting on it, so I wound up giving it to him. The 2005 Sun, sea, and surf version is better balanced and not quite as grapey.

I find Cool Water to be a wonderful fresh clean scent which is both pleasing but also restrained. It is not an assertive scent which boldly announces your presence but rather one which is very subtle and pleasing. I find it does a very good job of filling a valued niche in my fragrance wardrobe. There are a lot of comparisons between Green Irish Tweed and Cool Water, some even claiming that Cool Water is a clone of GIT. While I feel that they are in the same family of fragrances, I find them distinctly different. GIT is a more assertive fragrance with a bitter edge to it which I find off putting. I’ll take Cool Water over GIT any day.

This would make a great first colonge. Cheap in price, but is a time-tested great smell. Although it is popular, I do think that should at all sway your descision from this great smell. And then, who knows? Years later you may come back for more bottles, like I have.

The top note is too strong for me. I just cannot stand the lavender smell in it. Furthermore 9 out of 10 guys must have used it.

Its not an exact ripoff of Creeds Green Irish Tweed as many claim. The top notes are similar .. however, unlike GIT, the middle notes are not grassy, but more "fresh", hence the name "Cool Water"...GIT doesnt have the orange blossom and peppermint notes. Its definitely an inferior scent than Cool Water, but its also different...and for its price, its a good value.

This fragrance deserves all of its props.It is the grandaddy of many.There are better now.This is great, although I dont own it.

Very crisp, fresh, and overall pleasant smell. You can wear this for weeks on end and never get tired of this smell.

Fresh, inoffensive.. versatile. Cool Water is a staple in my wardrobe, and something that I wear when I am not in the mood for something challenging on the senses or heady. "I've got the Johnson's baby powder and Cool Water cologne!" Hey.. if the stuff is good enough for Snoop Dogg, who am I to bite my thumb? ;)

I think this is Davidoff's finest! It is cool, crisp, and still manages to get alot of attention from the ladies. It smells every bit as good and modern now as it did then. A must have in anyone's collection.

A popular, ubiquitous cologne that nevertheless still attracs a lot of compliments for its crowd pleasing aroma. Starts as a fresh, cool marine scent with a touch of pepper and lavander and gently wears out into warm honesuckle. Average longetivity. Light acidification (none on oily skin). My long-time favorite.

Much too mass-markt and unimaginative. Tough i usually enjoy marine scents, this one rather alludes to very watered-down herbal tea, to antiseptic medicine. Besides the lasting power is very substandard and the allround impression is that of a neutral scent with nothing special about it- 99% of cheap supermarket smells are similar to this, only much better and more valu for money. Typical teenager scent, trying to be hip and conformistic at the expense of good taste and high quality. Besides, it tends to become, alongside with a few others, a cologne that so many people wear, that it becomes far too commonplace. Snobbish failure with agressive, but tastless marketing and undeserved succes.

Nothing special about this one just like the name says its a kinda cool crisp smelling cologne and thats whats so good about it. It makes no promises other then that and it lives up to it. Smells great last fairly long and for some reason even after all the years women still go crazy over it!

This is one of the most common colognes out there. Now is it now one of the cheapest ones too. Never the less its still gives that refreshing aroma. Buy it if u want a tried and tested formula that probably one in 10 men have.

Definately one of the top scents in my collection. The scent in classic although a bit basic and old. Smells exactly like the name would lead you to think.

Clean and Fresh, simply that.

I used to wear this one alot as a teenager. I found it to be pleasantly mellow and it lasted well on my skin. I haven't wore it for some time