Ingredients (abridged): Alcohol, water, perfume, hydrogenated castor oil (an emulsifier to keep the perfume in solution) First off, Gillette Cool Wave opens with this fresh scent that conjures up images of cool, cold, steel. It's incredibly clean in the most masculine way.

Cool Wave is a woody chypre: citrus up top, labdanum and oakmoss below, and various woods for embellishment. The odd thing about this fragrance, though, is the inclusion of a massive dose of dihydromyrcenol: a fresh, citrusy (lime/bergamot), vaguely floral (lavender), vaguely metallic chemical that's extremely resilient and long-lasting and thus frequently used in both personal and household cleaning products. You might recognize it from fragrances like Drakkar Noir, Green Irish Tweed, Cool Water, Aspen, Bowling Greene, and a large percentage of "metallic" or "aquatic" perfumes on the market. It gives Cool Wave a unique super-clean / super-90s character that few other aftershaves possess.As it settles on the skin it becomes somewhat more of a dry scent, which categorizes it as a chypre. But that clean, steel-like scent remains and it reminds me more of fragrances from the barbershop fougere genre. Drakkar Noir shares a similar "vibe." They both have a a virile athleticism to them while having a simultaneous fresh/dark feeling to them. There's probably some very light citrus somewhere in CW. As Cool Wave dries down it begins to reveal its woody chypre side, with a heart of subtle patchouli and tobacco resting on top of a big smooth base of oakmoss, leather, pine, and musk. There's no amber or vanilla in here to sweeten it up and it's a pretty grown-up scent.

This is a wonderful eau de cologne-strength fragrance that has a very "classic" late 80s/very early 90s vibe to it. When buying partner items like this one, your contract of sale will be with our Range Plus Partner instead of us. Gillette Clear Gel Sport Triumph is an antiperspirant that gives you a powerful 48-hour sweat protection. It has a precision engineered formula which keep you fresh all day. Plus, Gillette Clear Gel goes on clear and stays on clear - giving you invisible sweat protection. After all, this is the best a man can get. Taxi by Cofinluxe's drydown, at the very end, smells similar to Cool Wave but instead of a chypre, it's creamier in a fougere way. Taxi does it softly, Cool Wave confidently.

Much like Clubman, Cool Wave has absolutely nothing in it to hydrate, moisturize, or smooth one's skin. Nothing. Not even trace amounts of humectants. Unsurprisingly, my face does feel bare and clean after application, but this product is not doing your skin any favors.