I will say this smell is outdated, but I would personally wear it anyways, I honestly enjoyed it, also if you are looking for uniqueness I guess this would be it now because there's not many frags been worn like this from what I experience when I'm out and about. CONS: it's weak to moderate longevity. Personally, I love the scent but not the performance in terms of longevity. You can get a lot of compliments from people who NEVER smelled someone with cool water. Yes, it is generic but it is a classic that you should have in your arsenal to change t hing sup a bit for hot days. And yes, it is a bit weaker in air conditioned places or colder climates and its longevity on suits and clothes is really short. So place them on your pulse spots and ur shoulders. Well we got home, opened it, and he immediately fell in love. He prefers airy, light scents for me but he needed it to be his, because once we decide whose fragrance it is, the other isn’t allowed to use it as to not ruin the scent for the other one. So once he decided it was his, it was his, and I honestly prefer it that way because I would’ve used this up in a month. This feels very summery, and smells like a fragrant and expensive high end sunscreen or suntan lotion, and the pool/beach. There's a bit of a salty note in there that really pulls it together in my opinion, but it may just be my chemistry. Pineapple and lotus are very prominent on my skin, and the entire composition just works so well. Classically aquatic; clean and refreshing without being sterile. In the heart, sandalwood, neroli, geranium, and jasmine weave a tapestry of elegance, while the base sings of musk, oakmoss, tobacco, cedar, and ambergris, a symphony of the elements. Cool Water transforms the air, a testament to its lineage—a game changer that introduced aquatic scents for men. It stands among the best, a fragrance that speaks of nostalgia and seduction, reminiscent of Green Irish Tweed by Creed with a hint of Armani's Acqua di Gio.

Mark my words- you will never see me changing my signature fragrance on my profile- this will be my uplifting morning start the day casual/ dumb grab "oh here comes Nathan" scent until the day I die. One of the most disappointing and tragic moments in a man's life is when his someone special says, "Aaah, Cool Water. Mmmmmm...", as you hold her close, when what you're actually wearing is Green Irish Tweed😩After middle school I denied Cool Water as Peter did Jesus. I thought it cheap and outdated, unwilling to be associated with such a fragrance I denounced it roundly. 20 odd years later, while in law school, I finally came home. After collecting 100 common, unique, vintage, and rare collectible drops. This guy is my #1 best friend and signature cologne.

Years and a lot of perfume later I can now see the point of calone (and similar accords). In moderation they balance dense sweet floral and fruity accords. Vera Wang Princess, for instance, is rescued from chocolate-y disaster by a neat little slice of calone through it. This happened to me many years ago, and I still get flashes of that moment today. Oh the trauma! That someone special has been history for almost as many years, but that moment got me thinking long and deep about spending my money on expensive fragrances that have proficient doppelgangers. Well of course I never learnt my lesson, but I have been more careful and considered before handing over hard-earned dosh. This is a really hard scent to rate. I love having it because I can overspray before working out or just heading out to the store and not worry about running out. It's a nice scent but it's obviously nothing all that unique and the performance is pretty bad.

The adrenaline of the ocean

This 1996 Floral Aquatic scent by Pierre Bourdon has a mood & tone consistent with Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), or The Blue Lagoon (1980). Although both films were made before this came out, I could imagine the sets smelling of this, and Brooke Shields, Milla Jovovich or their male co-stars wearing this on set. Around 1998, my mom had a shower gel that was meant to be used after laying in the tanning bed that smelled a lot like this, and I would sneak and use it to enjoy the lovely scent. Yes, it is true that our noses and olfactory senses change as we grow and become accustomed to newer scents in life. However, the extreme manner in which Cool Water has been destroyed is not simply due to maturing olfactory senses. What Davidoff has done to Cool Water is a tragedy and it is very real.

The opening is quite sharp and astringent, reminding me of a swimming pool but in a kind of nostalgic way. Melon is instantly noticeable after initial application and stays there throughout development, I get a lot of waterlily and something that feels "grassy" along with a cold dewy sort of feeling from the calone. I can't say I notice any of the other fruits or florals and the pencil shaving woody notes of my previous bottle are non existent. Cool Water dries down to a light melon shower gel skin scent by about the 3hr mark and stays like that until I take a shower. This is quite a ubiquitous scent and instantly springs to mind whenever someone mentions a scent is "aquatic". I've had Cool Water previously but it was my mother's part used bottle and was the "deodorant spray" rather than the actual EdT, it also had turned and smelt like overripe melon and pencil shavings so I binned it.I have only got this recently. My first use was, blah, generic scent of ozone or something, you know how generic scents are like a smell of windex or something. But, this scent has an interesting light sort of sweetness of peppermint and lavender in combination. alost like a light scent of bubblegum. There is a somewhat watery scent, perhaps the calone. Anyways, I wore it a few times and found it ok, but then I wore it today and I think I kinda am beginning to like it. It is not a monster, so can be worn without shame or being self conscious. It has a mild scent, but is fairly interesting. I was smelling something very nice after a few hours, like a sandalwood type of light spicy musk or something, and I am not sure if it was me and the fragrance, but I think it might have been. I was a bit enticing. anyways, I have to wear it some more to be sure it was the scent. Its an older scent from the 80's so I kinda also like it just for that reason as well. I do like the peppermint lavender combo, and like I said I think there is a light touch of wood spice and perhaps musk in there as well. It does have a bit of a salty dried ocean water skin scent later on as it has dried down. I will have to keep experimenting with it. Though not a fav scent or one to rave about for me, but I think it;s a good easy reach type scent, and maybe there is more to it. For reasons of hygiene and safety, personal grooming products, cosmetics or items of intimate clothing cannot be returned. It opens with a lot of citrus, and this phase is okay. It soon turns sweet melon-calone, and the drydown is a strange acrid mix of berries and lotus. Very noughties. I might have liked it when I was young, but at this point in life it seems to be a scent that gives off the impression of a girl I used to be in my 20s (during the noughties, really..) and the message I get here is: ` I don`t really know what I want, and that is exactly what I project with this scent here..` It is kind of a young scent, for that matter, and I`m in my late 30s..Therefore I`d probably recommend this to someone in their early twenties of today - but it is not for myself. This fragrance has reigned supreme for damn near 35 years. The fact that it still smells so incredible makes this a masterpiece. This was my fragrance in 1998 when I was 21 and lived a carefree life. I loved it, went through a bottle, then moved on with my life.