Cool Water Wave

Hello all, I've recently joined and cycled thru what I'm wearing today to Cool Water Wave. I grew up as a young adult wearing Cool Water and even though my tastes have evolved I still wear it amongst my 70 odd perfumes. I bought Wave as an I'm duty free shopping so I must buy a cheap perfume thingy and this was the only perfume I liked. I enjoy it as one of my current go to fresh aquatics however it is if I am honest it is on the weak side. I've read some interesting reviews here but like most I find it lasts at best two hours before it becomes a skin scent (which I enjoy) so for me this again as per my review for Steel Water more of a personal scent rather than dressing to impress. The reviews saying it smells like soap is weird in itself. To me it could only It only smell like a mild lavender soap - what soap do they mean? I don't get the comparison - soaps have many different smells. I find the description with Juniper, grapefruit, szechuan pepper etc technically correct (on the first spray) however other than the juniper everything else is fairly faint (unless you push your nose into your skin - which I do lol) and classing it as a woody is a stretch. Really the mix and faintness leaves it realistically hard to say its anything in particular in the dry down. Infact I would describe the first 5-15 min as a fresh burst of citrus aquatic and faint lavender. on the dry down it comes across as slightly earthy and fresh. Again over analysing and putting your nose close it contains some citrus and it seems to vary between grapefruit, tangerine and bergamot - its so faint I couldn't tell at any given moment. There may technically be pepper but it comes across as faint patchouli and or faint lavender to me regardless of what oil was used for scent. SO, in summary, to me its a nice safe mix up from the usual but not something I'll miss when there are other good products out there especially for similar money and which are better constructed. Cheers

I have owned this fragrance for over a year now. At first spray I was not too impressed. I then sat on the couch and did work on a hot day with the fan in my living room turning. After about 30 minutes I started to get the most lovely wafts and didn't think it was my cologne but maybe a candle or something else in the room. After about an hour of enjoying the scent I moved my arm and picked up a strong waft. I feel in love with this stuff. It works its magic in the dry down and when you start to heat up. On my skin it works so good. I am not a fan of the original. I like the scent but there is a note that I do not like and eventually I need to wash it off. This release got rid of that note and I will never be without during the summer as long as its available. At one point I had close to 200 fragrances (designer and Niche). I had my wife go though them to find her favorites. This was in her top 5. Just not much to hate, its not the most complex fragrance but its non offensive and has a great DNA as you can smell some of the traits of the old cool water hidden in the background. Longevity on me is good and sillage is good enough.

I have over 100 fragrances including the original Cool Water, Cool Water Intense, Invictus Aqua and Bvlgari Aqva Atlantiqve and this is my favourite summer scent. There's just something about it that reminds me of the isolated Australian beaches of my childhood. It would be nice if it lasted longer but I have the 200ml size and two backups costing me a grand total of 60 euros. I just respray every few hours. When I'm home I will spray it on my furniture, and my sheets. I just love the feeling of getting whiffs of it as I'm moving around the house. It's uplifting and relaxing and cool. Buy a big bottle of this for summer. The only thing you will regret about buying this is if it runs out before the summer ends.

It amazes me how the same people that love PR Invictus Aqua, may hate this one. This is exactly the same scent, with less projection. Shows you that many people like scents, based more on what’s barns is it, and not the actual scent. I also don’t understand the longevity issue, this one lasts 8 hours minimum on my skin. Projects less than PR Invictus Aqua, no doubt, but lasts the same easily. If you like those kind of marine sweet scents, then this one is for you. I got a 200ml bottle for $27.....check the price on Invictus Aqua, and it’s a no brainer. Trust me, this is a good one, don’t believe the hate!!!!.

I see why some people would say this smells like invictus or invictus aqua but honestly this smells better than both,it only has the same vibe as invictus aqua but this is cleaner and blended much better than invictus aqua,it has a dylan blue type of vibe,this fragrance has became my signature scent cause it last 7 plus hours and the scent smells great from the time u spray til its gone,u can wear this casual,to work,to outings,to the club,to the beach,very versatile.the grapefruit note is priceless,forget invictus aqua 2016 and 2018 buy this u will be surprised at how good it smells and lasts