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Green Irish Tweed vs. Chez Bond vs. Cool Water vs. Freshman (Truefitt & Hill)

Poll Results: Which is best?

 
  • 64% (63)
    Creed Green Irish Tweed
  • 13% (13)
    Davidoff Cool Water
  • 5% (5)
    Truefitt & Hill Freshman
  • 17% (17)
    Bond no. 9 Chez Bond
98 Total Votes  
post #1 of 27
8/23/10 at 1:44pm
Thread Starter 
Which is the best?

Considering: Price, Longevity, Scent and Silliage...

Personally, I find Chez Bond to be the best of the four, I'm not a Bond no. 9 fan and will never buy it (whereas I own GIT). Chez Bond just seems to have a bit more about it!
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post #2 of 27
8/23/10 at 1:57pm
GIT for me.
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post #3 of 27
8/23/10 at 1:59pm
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Originally Posted by Scentologist View Post

GIT for me.

Me too. It's really no contest IMO.
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post #4 of 27
8/23/10 at 2:03pm
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Originally Posted by petruccijc View Post

Me too. It's really no contest IMO.

Agreed.
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post #5 of 27
8/23/10 at 2:31pm
GIT is in a class of its own.
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post #6 of 27
8/23/10 at 3:02pm
Haha how many times can we discuss this? Damn.
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post #7 of 27
8/23/10 at 5:12pm
Chez Bond works way better on me than GIT.....I do Love and respect GIT and feel that it is a fantastic fragrance.....I just like Chez Bond better.....Gary
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post #8 of 27
8/23/10 at 8:55pm
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Originally Posted by Big Punisher View Post

Haha how many times can we discuss this? Damn.

LOL One more, evidently!
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post #9 of 27
8/24/10 at 4:21am
The horse gets its beating again...
Cool Water it is for me.
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post #10 of 27
9/9/10 at 5:32pm
I prefer old Cool Water from back in the 90s to all of them, even though I respect GIT and consider it a work of art. But the new Cool Water reformulation is just terrible, so I'd go with GIT. Haven't tried Freshman as it is quite an unknown cologne in UK.
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post #11 of 27
9/9/10 at 11:43pm
Git
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post #12 of 27
9/9/10 at 11:46pm
GIT of course...
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post #13 of 27
9/10/10 at 3:44am
What about the Cool Water flankers? Like some of the summer editions? I have never been a fan of Cool Waters, but I tried one of the summer editions at the Marshalls nearby, and I found it rather pleasing. It had some of the notes from the original CW, but just a little more citrusy and pleasant. I had to wonder why none of the flankers seem to get a lot of chatter.
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post #14 of 27
9/10/10 at 3:47am
If I drive to Shoppers 10 minutes away. I can pick up a 125ml bottle of Cool Water for $20. You really can't get better than that.
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post #15 of 27
9/10/10 at 7:33am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Big Punisher View Post

Haha how many times can we discuss this? Damn.

Love you too
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post #16 of 27
9/10/10 at 7:59am
From this list, clearly GIT
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post #17 of 27
9/10/10 at 7:26pm
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Originally Posted by JON RODGERS View Post

GIT is in a class of its own.

exactly, there is no rival.
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post #18 of 27
9/13/10 at 2:12pm
Chez Bond amps up what's best in this style of fresh fougere and leaves out the unpleasant parts. If you haven't tried it, do yourself a favour. It's a winner.
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post #19 of 27
9/13/10 at 6:13pm
Git
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post #20 of 27
9/13/10 at 6:17pm
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Originally Posted by MysteryBuff40 View Post

Chez Bond amps up what's best in this style of fresh fougere and leaves out the unpleasant parts. If you haven't tried it, do yourself a favour. It's a winner.

I agree!
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post #21 of 27
9/13/10 at 6:38pm
Chez Bond's top and heart notes are so extremely well done as to seriously rival GIT....however.....it's drydown becomes this terribly powdered grape candy note, with almost no wood or heavy smooth ambergris, none of the masculinity of GIT's basenotes.

Hence, I rank them like so:

1. Creed Green Irish Tweed









2. Truefitt & Hill Freshman
3. Bond no.9 Chez Bond

Another shout out in this contest, worrthy of contention, is Caswell-Massey's Greenbriar
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post #22 of 27
9/14/10 at 12:02am
JF by Floris is another Cool Water clone.
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post #23 of 27
9/14/10 at 5:17am
If you wear fragrances for your own sake then pick GIT, if you do it for others pick Cool Water. Noone besides enthusiasts will EVER tell the difference.
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post #24 of 27
9/14/10 at 12:37pm
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Originally Posted by Abliss View Post

If you wear fragrances for your own sake then pick GIT, if you do it for others pick Cool Water. Noone besides enthusiasts will EVER tell the difference.

I disagree. I like Cool Water more than GIT. All the *elitists* here will probably bash me for that, saying Cool Water smells more synthetic (which I agree) using cheaper materials (which I also agree). But I like it more than GIT. In fact I have been wearing it for a good 15 years. Although I don't like the new formulation, I much prefer the original 1990s formulation.
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post #25 of 27
2/24/11 at 2:10am
Creed Green Irish Tweed
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post #26 of 27
2/24/11 at 1:33pm
Holy Moley, how many poll's can you start in a day. I am polled out
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post #27 of 27
2/24/11 at 3:15pm
My pick: Creed Green Irish Tweed
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