I find it interesting that Cool Water has such stigma attached to it, being that it's such a quality fragrance with an almost universal appeal amongst everyone except the perfumeratzi. I think this has less to do with the merits of the cologne, and more to do with status, snobbery and conspicuous consumption of those who wish to use cologne like Paul Wahl uses his Grillz. One certainly could buy a bottle of Green Irish Tweed which is virtually identical, but the question is, why would you?
You see, all this chatter about GIT being "natural" versus Cool Water "synthetic" comes to naught when you consider that no cologne is "natural" and anything mass produced (GIT included) is the artful creation of a set of busy chemists whose work is disguised by clever marketers trying to convince you that their signature ambre gris note isn't in fact "1-4-7 polethylglycol" . This stuff sits on shelves for months, maybe years, and fragrances tend not to take nicely to such treatment, hence the idea that anything "au naturale" is in that bottle of Chez Bond you've got kicking around in your shelf is naive beyond comprehension.
Owning several bottles of cologne, I think I'm up to about 40 now; everything from Millisime Imperiale to garden variety Farenheit by Dior, I settled on Cool Water because on the criteria that matter, it was simply without equal. For longevity, projection, price, and the most important "does this smell good;" the answer was unequivocally yes.
So while I could've spent upwards of $160 to buy a 4oz bottle of GIT, I instead opted to spend around $45 for a 6.7 oz of Cool Water. The scent is virtually identical on drydown, it has greater longevity than GIT and it's drawn more compliments than all the other colognes I have combined. It's true, I don't get to post videos on youtube about how "money" I am because I just blew $380 on a flacon of GIT; but that sort of thing lost its appeal shortly after puberty.
Cool Water is now my signature scent, the others get some wear if I want variety, but I have to say it's the cologne I feel most comfortable in. For those curious, don't be dissuaded by the silliness that goes on about Cool Water, at the end of the day, that fragrance smells like bottles more than quadruple its price (GIT, Chez Bond), which means you might want to try it before dismissing it off hand as "Eau de Hoi Poloi." It's fresh, versatile and incredibly well priced.
Simply because something is popular doesn't mean it's bad, in fact, it's probably popular for a reason.
You see, all this chatter about GIT being "natural" versus Cool Water "synthetic" comes to naught when you consider that no cologne is "natural" and anything mass produced (GIT included) is the artful creation of a set of busy chemists whose work is disguised by clever marketers trying to convince you that their signature ambre gris note isn't in fact "1-4-7 polethylglycol" . This stuff sits on shelves for months, maybe years, and fragrances tend not to take nicely to such treatment, hence the idea that anything "au naturale" is in that bottle of Chez Bond you've got kicking around in your shelf is naive beyond comprehension.
Owning several bottles of cologne, I think I'm up to about 40 now; everything from Millisime Imperiale to garden variety Farenheit by Dior, I settled on Cool Water because on the criteria that matter, it was simply without equal. For longevity, projection, price, and the most important "does this smell good;" the answer was unequivocally yes.
So while I could've spent upwards of $160 to buy a 4oz bottle of GIT, I instead opted to spend around $45 for a 6.7 oz of Cool Water. The scent is virtually identical on drydown, it has greater longevity than GIT and it's drawn more compliments than all the other colognes I have combined. It's true, I don't get to post videos on youtube about how "money" I am because I just blew $380 on a flacon of GIT; but that sort of thing lost its appeal shortly after puberty.
Cool Water is now my signature scent, the others get some wear if I want variety, but I have to say it's the cologne I feel most comfortable in. For those curious, don't be dissuaded by the silliness that goes on about Cool Water, at the end of the day, that fragrance smells like bottles more than quadruple its price (GIT, Chez Bond), which means you might want to try it before dismissing it off hand as "Eau de Hoi Poloi." It's fresh, versatile and incredibly well priced.
Simply because something is popular doesn't mean it's bad, in fact, it's probably popular for a reason.
