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Davidoff Cool Water
Davidoff

Cool Water

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
Jasmine
White Floral
Green
Aquatic
EDT · 1988 · mens

Davidoff's Cool Water arrived in 1988 as a landmark fragrance that helped define the aquatic category for generations of men. The fragrance became a cultural touchstone, establishing the fresh marine scent as a staple in masculine perfumery and remaining a consistent bestseller across decades.

Cool Water opens with a bright, ozonic blast of calone and sea water notes, rounded out by herbal top notes of coriander, rosemary, and mint that give the composition a crisp, slightly aromatic quality. The heart settles into a soft floral core of geranium, jasmine, and neroli over sandalwood, creating a gentle aromatic sweetness that keeps the fragrance from feeling overly synthetic. The base anchors everything with a classic woody-ambery foundation of cedar, oakmoss, and musk, with tobacco adding subtle warmth and depth to the marine theme.

This is an easy-wearing fragrance suited to anyone seeking a clean, uncomplicated scent for everyday wear or warm weather. It's particularly effective as a casual office fragrance or sports fragrance, where its fresh character and moderate projection work without demanding attention. If Cool Water resonates with you, explore The Tactician, The Homesteader, and The Cipher.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
31%
Fresh
90%
Floral
93%
Jasmine
31%
White Floral
31%
Green
56%
Aquatic
100%
Aromatic
97%
Woody
100%
Earthy
35%
Musky
69%
Amber
35%
Tobacco
35%
Smoky
35%
Creamy
31%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Calone
Calone
The molecule that launched the aquatic revolution, calone (first used prominently in 1991's New West) produces a clean, watermelon-marine freshness that was unlike anything in fragrance before it. It smells of open sea and fresh-cut melon simultaneously, entirely synthetic but entirely convincing. Responsible for the entire 'marine' fragrance genre of the 1990s.
Coriander
Coriander
Warm, spicy, and faintly citrusy, coriander seed smells quite different from the green herb, with a dry, woody warmth and a slight floral quality. It adds a spiced, slightly exotic character to masculine fragrances without the sharpness of pepper or the sweetness of vanilla. A supporting spice note that adds complexity.
Green Notes
Green Notes
Lavender
Lavender
One of perfumery's most essential and beloved notes, clean, herbal, and slightly sweet with a calming, familiar quality that works in almost any context. Lavender is simultaneously the most versatile and the most human of ingredients: it appears in barbershop colognes, romantic florals, and sophisticated orientals alike. A note that simply works.
Mint
Mint
Cool, sharp, and immediately recognizable, mint adds a clean, almost medicinal freshness that cuts through heavier notes. Spearmint is sweeter; peppermint is sharper. Either way, mint gives fragrances a lively, brisk quality that reads as alert and outdoorsy. Best used as an accent rather than a lead to avoid smelling like toothpaste.
Rosemary
Rosemary
Herbal, camphorous, and slightly pine-like, rosemary is a Mediterranean herb with a clean, almost medicinal crispness. It adds freshness and a culinary familiarity to fragrances, grounding more abstract notes in something real. A pillar of classic fougère (fern) fragrances and modern herbal compositions.
Sea Water
Sea Water
Briny, slightly mineral, and faintly ozonic, sea water adds a more literal and organic oceanic quality than abstract aquatic notes. It has a slightly salty heaviness that evokes swimming in the ocean rather than standing on a cliff above it. Used in realistic marine compositions that want genuine saltwater character.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Geranium
Geranium
Green, rosy, and slightly minty, geranium is one of perfumery's most useful ingredients, sitting at the intersection of floral, herbal, and green families. Rose geranium adds a natural, slightly ragged freshness to rose accords that synthetic rose can't match. It grounds floral compositions in something earthy and real.
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Neroli
Neroli
Distilled from bitter orange blossoms, neroli sits at the intersection of citrus and floral, bright and slightly waxy, with a honeyed depth that other citrus notes lack. It's one of the most complex natural ingredients in perfumery, simultaneously fresh and rich. A little neroli makes almost any fragrance feel expensive.
Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Creamy, smooth, and milky with a soft, skin-like warmth that clings beautifully. True Mysore sandalwood is one of perfumery's most precious ingredients, simultaneously wood and skin, never cold or sharp. It rounds off sharp edges in any composition and makes the wearer smell subtly, irresistibly warmer.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Ambergris
Ambergris
One of perfumery's most storied materials, a waxy substance produced by sperm whales with a uniquely salty, sweet, earthy quality. Real ambergris is nearly unobtainable; most perfumers use synthetic alternatives. It adds a marine warmth and incredible fixative quality, making fragrances smell more 'alive' and skin-like.
Cedar
Cedar
Musk
Musk
The base layer of almost every modern fragrance, a soft, warm, skin-like scent that extends longevity and bridges other notes together. Natural musk was once derived from deer (now banned); today's musks are synthetic and range from clean and soapy to dark and animalic. The right musk makes a fragrance smell like 'you.'
Oakmoss
Oakmoss
The defining ingredient of classic chypre perfumery, damp, forest-floor earthy with a faint bitterness and incredible complexity. Real oakmoss is now heavily restricted by IFRA regulations, which is why vintage chypres smell so different from modern ones. When present, it creates a raw, outdoorsy anchor that no synthetic fully replicates.
Tobacco
Tobacco
Rich, sweet, slightly smoky and earthy, tobacco in perfumery is the idealized version: dried, cured, and faintly honeyed rather than ashy and stale. It adds a deep, contemplative warmth to oriental and woody fragrances. Tobacco fragrances feel settled and confident, the scent of someone who's entirely comfortable in their own skin.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The TacticianBest match90% match
Precision over excess. Always.

Crisp, dry, clean, worn close. Citrus, aromatic herbs, light woods, soft musks.

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The Homesteader85% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.

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The Cipher84% match
Barely there. Never forgotten.

Airy, cool, abstract, almost invisible. Sheer musks, iso e super, ethereal woods.

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Crisp, dry, clean, worn close. Citrus, aromatic herbs, light woods, soft musks.
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Scent Profile
Citrus31%Fresh90%Floral93%Jasmine31%White Floral31%
Fragrance Family
Aquatic/Marine
EDT

Davidoff Cool Water— Prices, Coupons & Buying Guide

Best price today: Cool Water is $20.95. Without a coupon the lowest price is $20.95. Gush tracks 47+ retailers updated every 2 hours.

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Frequently asked questions

Cheapest price for Davidoff Cool Water? +
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Is $20.95 a good price for Cool Water? +
Yes. The current best price is $20.95 and MSRP is $27.99. At $20.95 you save 25% vs retail.
What does Davidoff Cool Water smell like? +
Davidoff's Cool Water arrived in 1988 as a landmark fragrance that helped define the aquatic category for generations of men. The fragrance became a cultural touchstone, establishing the fresh marine scent as a staple in masculine perfumery and remaining a consistent bestseller across decades. Cool Water opens with a bright, ozonic blast of calone and sea water notes, rounded out by herbal top notes of coriander, rosemary, and mint that give the composition a crisp, slightly aromatic quality. The heart settles into a soft floral core of geranium, jasmine, and neroli over sandalwood, creating a gentle aromatic sweetness that keeps the fragrance from feeling overly synthetic. The base anchors everything with a classic woody-ambery foundation of cedar, oakmoss, and musk, with tobacco adding subtle warmth and depth to the marine theme. This is an easy-wearing fragrance suited to anyone seeking a clean, uncomplicated scent for everyday wear or warm weather. It's particularly effective as a casual office fragrance or sports fragrance, where its fresh character and moderate projection work without demanding attention. If Cool Water resonates with you, explore The Tactician, The Homesteader, and The Cipher.
What are the notes in Davidoff Cool Water? +
Top: Calone, Coriander, Green Notes, Lavender, Mint, Rosemary, Sea Water. Heart: Geranium, Jasmine, Neroli, Sandalwood. Base: Ambergris, Cedar, Musk, Oakmoss, Tobacco.
What fragrance family is Cool Water? +
Davidoff Cool Water belongs to the Aquatic/Marine fragrance family. It is an EDT.
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