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cool water vintage vs cool water reformulation

post #1 of 8
12/17/12 at 5:20pm
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i tried both

vintage - cursive lettering
reformulation - printed lettering

i had the vintage years back.
i had the reformulation for a year now
and i have the vintage one again.

they are both very similar, but noticeably different.
but people will recognize it's cool water either way.

the vintage smells more like GIT's lemon opening than the reformulation
the reformulation smells more like Chez Bond and a little bit of GIT's dry down

I like vintage a little better but both are excellent IMO

how about you?
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post #2 of 8
12/17/12 at 6:02pm
They smell the same to me.
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post #3 of 8
12/17/12 at 6:20pm
The original formula is amazing, but it's damn near impossible to find. The older cursive style bottles I have tried and from what I remember there was very little difference from the current formula. I also enjoy some of the flankers like Frozen.
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post #4 of 8
12/17/12 at 8:54pm
I haven't smelled vintage cool water since it was...well...not vintage, haha So, can't really offer an accurate comparison. From what I remember of it, though, the current formulation really isn't that far off. I do, for some reason, remember the older version smelling a bit brighter/fresher and a bit more natural, but who knows. Maybe it was the slight difference in the openings you mentioned as well, noirdrakkar
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post #5 of 8
12/17/12 at 10:21pm
You mean that old stuff, that has sat in a bottle for about 10 years smells different to newly bottled stuff?

Same thing happens with my wine.
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post #6 of 8
12/18/12 at 1:45am
I still like the new stuff, but the original vintage formula that I bought when it was first released was something special and far superior.
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post #7 of 8
12/18/12 at 1:52am
Old stuff smells great. Richer, rounder, more satisfying than Green Irish Tweed.

New stuff smells good, but paler, thinner, with a note reminiscent of a meth lab.
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post #8 of 8
12/18/12 at 3:17am
Revisited it the other day, didn't really care for it anymore. It was the new formulation but I'm not pining for a vintage.
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