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Does anyone feel a difference between new Davidoff Cool Water and the old ones?

post #1 of 9
7/29/10 at 2:34pm
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Hi,

I have always been a big fan of Davidoff Cool Water since I smelled it when I was a teenager. In fact, Cool Water has been the ONLY fragrance I've been wearing for a good 13 years. However, I feel that the smell of this perfume has changed since a couple of years ago. I still have some bottles of the fragrance from 2001 and it smells much different to one I bought this year (used to smell much more 'classic' imo).

Maybe I'm delusional, but this has been my favourite fragrance and I'm so used to its smell that I can't even stand any other eau de toilette on my skin for a minute.

Has anyone noticed the same?

Cheers,
Dan
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post #2 of 9
7/29/10 at 4:56pm
I'm glad it's not just me. I remember it used to be much sharper, crisper, brighter. I don't think its nearly as good as it used to be either.
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post #3 of 9
7/29/10 at 5:33pm
I could be wrong but I think I clearly smell lavender in the opening of the new CW, and the violet note is not as pronounced anymore, but I am comparing based on my memory which have may faded somewhat over the years But yeah, the new stuff smells different, in fact when I grabbed a sample of the new CW from Sephora and later tried it at home I was almost sure they have given me a wrong frag...
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post #4 of 9
7/29/10 at 5:45pm
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Unfortunately I find it hard to get used to the new smell. True that it still has a lot of similarities to the original Cool Water from a decade ago, but to me, is not the same. I wonder what Davidoff's explanation is regarding modifying this cologne. I've rarely seen companies changing their classic fragrances.
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I don't think its nearly as good as it used to be either.

Exactly what I feel. It smells too bland and uninspired. I wish I stocked up some bottles a 3 years ago.
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post #5 of 9
7/29/10 at 6:11pm
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Originally Posted by danyjr View Post

I wish I stocked up some bottles a 3 years ago.

I've often thought the same thing.
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post #6 of 9
7/29/10 at 6:26pm
Cool water....more like pool water.....the kind a kid peed in.....
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post #7 of 9
7/29/10 at 6:35pm
Yeah, it feels different than it used to. Harsher than of old, for sure, but still pretty good. Shame, though.
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post #8 of 9
7/29/10 at 6:54pm
The plasticky peppermint dominates the new formulation and all the other notes have been attenuated. Its just a decent frag with extremely mediocre ingredients now..
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8/4/10 at 4:42pm
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