L'Aventure Knight Al Haramain

Well, I've known Cool Water forever; it's a classic. The current batches are not comparable to those from the late 80s to early 90s. Now it's just an everyday cheapie, whereas 30 years ago it was the luxury of a little boy's pocket money, and back then it was the benchmark for me. I don't know what it is or was, but there was something in it back then that made it quite special.

What Cool Water has over the other two is that it is fully accessible at every stage and doesn't have any phases where it seems a little odd, unlike the other two. It is indeed quite present, but if you're looking for a fresh scent that is not just average for a fresh fragrance but lasts up to 6 hours instead of just 4, you won't be happy with Cool Water or will need to reapply.
But after having the other two under my nose, I almost think that the barely sufficient presence applies not only to CW but also to GIT. I am now of the opinion that only the Knight delivers the strongest performance throughout the day.

Now, about the other two candidates. I encountered the Knight before the GIT and actually thought, well, with the price difference, the GIT must be a whole different ballgame, but I was taught otherwise, and it turned out as it usually does with the Creeds for me. High price, big fuss, and in the end, the realization that Creed or the Creeds are not worthless, but not worth all that money. I even speculate that if I had been presented with both blind for the first time, I would have guessed them the wrong way around.

Now to another point that distinguishes them from CW but behaves contrarily when viewed alone. As mentioned, CW is continuously accessible without having phases in its progression that are too synthetic for my taste. Objectively definitely, but still not to my liking.
The Knight is a bit synthetic at first, but that fades over time, and it presents itself extraordinarily beautifully in the end for my taste.
The GIT, on the other hand, initially seems like pure luxury, only to prove too boring as it develops. I also sniffed with my neighbor today and discussed these last two points with her. To confirm my impression, she perceived it exactly the same way, and she is not someone who blindly confirms others' judgments without her own impression.

The biggest flaw of GIT became apparent to me during the evening. The Knight was still fully present, but where did the GIT go? I even go so far as to say that the Knight and GIT are not equally strong, and Cool Water is a bit behind; rather, the Knight clearly holds the top position, and GIT falls back to third place behind Cool Water. If one wants to consider the opinion of the masses as objective compared to the opinion of the individual, I might be wrong, but my personal impression is just that. To confirm my view, I also found in the statements about GIT the voice of a colleague who describes the GIT as too weak in presence. From the lovely CW feeling that the Knight also has, I felt nothing at all with GIT. All in all, I would place CW alongside Knight on a high pedestal, but mercilessly let GIT fall behind. And not just because I might think that GIT must have a performance for the price that surpasses the others by miles; no, even if all three were offered at the same price, I would only buy CW and Knight, while I would mercilessly leave GIT on the shelf.

Now I am curious about your opinions. Whether you will tear me apart or if you might see it a bit like I do.

Addendum:
About the scent itself: It is less cooling, more of a minimal fruity freshness that is rounded off by the tea and the bitter bergamot found in Earl Grey tea, preventing the fruitiness from becoming too cloying. I see the green notes coming from the violet leaf, where again the bitter bergamot and the tea prevent the violet from becoming too floral. This green fruitiness is most noticeable at the beginning but quickly makes way so that the typical Cool Water feeling can join in, but by no means as strong as in Cool Water itself. As mentioned above, it is not as cooling. Overall, for my taste, it remains fairly consistent until the end. I don't really see the woody-dry finish of Cool Water here.

The original always has the bonus of being the firstborn and the name; a dupe, on the other hand, always has to deliver, otherwise no one cares, no matter if the dupe is actually better and also cheaper, which is clearly the case here.