Cool Water Reborn (Eau de Toilette) by Davidoff

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Cool Water Reborn Davidoff 2022 Eau de Toilette

6.4 / 10 179 Ratings

A perfume by Davidoff for men, released in 2022. The scent is synthetic-fresh. It is being marketed by Coty.
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Main accords

Synthetic

Fresh

Aquatic

Spicy

Green

Fragrance Notes

Tunisian rosemary

Galbanum

Haitian vetiver

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Ratings

Scent

6.4179 Ratings

Longevity

6.7166 Ratings

Sillage

6.5164 Ratings

Bottle

7.1162 Ratings

Value for money

7.2149 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 05/17/2025.

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Reviews

10 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/03/2025

7.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Smirky
483 Reviews

Smirky

2

Where's Johnny Depp?

Cool Water Reborn is a definite reworking of the original Cool Water because the two have absolutely nothing in common. Put simply, Cool Water Reborn is much closer to Sauvage EdP and could, in fact, be considered a flanker of Sauvage. Think of a fresher, lighter version of Sauvage and you'd have Cool Water Reborn.

Reborn is no slouch when it comes to performance. It's been about 10 hours since I applied it and I still get noticeable whiffs. Projection was good for the first 2 hours. Close in projection (about 3') continued even to the 5 or 6 hour mark.

Quite an interesting addition to the 40+ Cool Water flankers released over the decades.

10/16/2022

1Scent 5Longevity 3Sillage

EmergeR
17 Reviews

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EmergeR

Very helpful Review 24

A Candidate for the "Walk of Shame"

I want to preface this: This review is highly subjective, I am aware of that and would like to briefly explain why:

My great passion for fragrances began in the late 1980s with one scent: the then "Cool Water (Eau de Toilette) | Davidoff," which I purchased as a blind buy on a flight during a vacation. This fragrance was, so to speak, my "spark" into the world of scents.

Many years later, when I smelled the fragrance again in one of the usual chain perfumeries, I thought only: "What has happened?" because the scent that was offered at that time in a nearly identical bottle had hardly anything to do with "my" Cool Water Eau de Toilette from back then. It felt more like a watered-down imitation of a great icon - as if an inexperienced young actor were to take on a major role that we usually only know from established, experienced Hollywood stars.

And now, against the backdrop of this melancholy over the forgotten "cool water" of my youth, I see an advertisement for "Cool Water Reborn | Davidoff" and order a sample, as the name suggests to me that this is the rebirth, the longed-for resurrection of the fragrance icon of my youth.

But what can I say - in the times of the Lannisters, this relaunch from the house of Davidoff aka Coty would have been a top candidate for the famous "Walk of Shame" for me. The audacity with which they offer customers an interchangeable, aquatic concoction with zero character, zero recognizability, but with "sustainability" and 94% ingredients from "natural sources" (whatever that means in the cosmetics segment, where even Ambroxan comes from natural sources (clary sage)) in the name of an established brand and with the iconic bottle is a disgrace and almost unparalleled in its cheekiness.

I perceive little to nothing of the supposedly contained galbanum (one doesn't want to scare off potential customers with too much "green") and any possibly present real vetiver is overpowered by an overdose of Calone (not of natural origin).

What a shame. A comparable fragrance (if you like this scent direction) can be found for a fraction of the price in any drugstore.

The rebirth could have been so beautiful...

04/30/2022

8.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

MajorTom
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MajorTom

Top Review 16

Yes, it still can...

Davidoff. A brand that sweetened the 80s for me with many fragrances. Starting from Davidoff to Zino and all the way to the seemingly endless classic Cool Water, which is still available on the shelves of all perfumeries today. Of course, Cool Water was also in my room, and regular repurchases were the result of insane wear, as I too wanted to smell at least like the guys in the ads, if not look like them ;-)

And then I see Cool Water Reborn, a bottle that makes me hesitate. Hesitate, because any flankers are often failed attempts to connect in some way to the success of the past. But, trying is better than studying, so I brushed aside all considerations and scented a test strip. I took a quick sniff, found it good, and then set it aside for a more detailed analysis an hour later. Hmmm, for a product that claims to be a rebirth of the original, I would have expected clearly more similarity.

Where Cool Water blends woods, amber, and musk into its so typical scent, these components are completely missing in the reborn. What I perceive is vetiver. A lot of vetiver. A whole lot of vetiver. And yet it brings a lightness that is far from characteristic of all vetiver fragrances. After two hours, the scent slightly turns sweet, no idea why, and I don’t find that particularly special. But then another surprise, because in the drydown, the earthy element of the vetiver comes fully into play. A masculine scent that doesn’t really change much in the hours that follow. I can describe the longevity and sillage as quite decent, even if it lasts a relaxed seven hours on a paper strip.

The bottle is a homage to the original, just a bit newer and more modern in terms of color. But why change something successful that has worked for decades?

What remains as a summary?
The - presumably deliberately - completely different version of a great classic. A vetiver scent that need not shy away from comparison with other representatives of this genre, especially not in terms of performance.

Many remakes are just a shadow of their originals, to say the least, a cheap knockoff. Reborn has positively surprised me, hence a test recommendation.

10/02/2022

3Scent 5Longevity 6Sillage

FabianO
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FabianO

15

Synthi Forge, sour and unrefined, shower gel level

I actually wanted to avoid taking new offshoots from the mainstream in hand, as the entire last decade has not brought me even a millimeter closer to beautiful experiences.

Davidoff is now rolling out the red carpet for the umpteenth time for a variant of Cool Water, but even the name is confusing.

This guy from the Synthi Forge has nothing in common with the original, not even thematically.

Hundreds of times smelled shower gel "aesthetics," artificial rosemary in cyber optics. Along with a cutting acidity, unpleasant, angularly robust, I recognize no aromatic notes from the real world at all.

I had never known vetiver like this either. Nothing green, nothing earthy, nothing woody. Obtrusive artificiality. Bad stuff!

10/25/2022

4.5Scent 4Longevity 4Sillage

Animilovic
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Helpful Review 7

Bad Karma

"They say you only live once. But they never say how many times you can be reborn." - I’m not quite sure if Davidoff misunderstood something about the Buddhist concept of reincarnation, but if we consider "Cool Water Reborn | Davidoff" as a rebirth, it would mean that Cool Water Eau de Toilette has accumulated a lot of negative karma during its over 30 years on the market. This flanker simply does not do justice to the original and has very little in common with its predecessor. Even the less convincing Cool Water Wave for Men is better.

I really had to strain my nose, but all I can smell is an extremely synthetic shower gel with just a tiny hint of rosemary. This is absolutely astonishing, as Davidoff claims that 94% of the ingredients are sourced from natural origins. But it could also be that the marketing team got it wrong and only 6% of the ingredients are natural. Given the scent, that would make sense.

The performance also gives more the impression of a dead perfume rather than a rebirth. Four sprays on the neck are perceptible for 90 minutes.

While 125ml for 45 euros is very cheap, the scent is just very poor. If I buy shower gel at the discount store, I come out much cheaper.

The best thing about the fragrance is probably the bottle, even though it’s not particularly revolutionary.

It’s almost an outrage that this fragrance is labeled "Cool Water." As if the manufacturer knows they are launching a bad scent and is at least trying to attract some buyers with the name. Davidoff Dead Water would have fit much better.

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Statements

68 short views on the fragrance

BertolucciK

3 years ago

6Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

3

A fresh, green and aquatic opening, similar to the original Cool Water, but soon the scent turns to a synthetic and uncomfortable Ambroxan.

Elysium

3 years ago

8Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

3

Aromatic, dark, dense. The lavender of the OG has given the sceptre to rosemary. Faraway from its progenitor, close to Dior Sauvage ambroxan

Dan93

3 years ago

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3

Little time travel back to original version, but nothing overwhelmingly suprising, nor worth to have. Green, aquatic, freshy…

Topfpflanze3

3 years ago

6Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

2

A green, almost algae like opening with the DNA from the OG. As its drying down a woody sweetness comes trough. Average at most

HugoMontez

3 years ago

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2

First impressions. Green and bitter opening. But dries down quickly to a Sauvage DNA... sad but appealing.

Hvsams

7 months ago

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At first I thought ";why take away coolness and water from Cool Water?" but I guess it's a cool bubble bath. Definitely Sauvage EDP.

SirLancelot

3 years ago

6.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

15

11

Vetiver, rosemary & synth. musk without the old CW spirit. Basically like a cult band where all the founding members are gone.

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Micha1984

4 years ago

8.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

8

2

Finally, a Davidoff I like again. Fresh-spicy-green scent that leans a bit towards the original. H+S is quite okay.

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Viseron

3 years ago

4Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

7

Do you know that feeling when the term shower gel scent is used unfairly?
Unfortunately, this is exactly the case here. Synthetic, unpleasant, overwhelming.

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