An Icon of the Masculine Aquatic Genre

A fresh, minty ocean breeze - speckled with green herbs and softened by gentle florals. Over time, it's as if warm sunbeams begin to filter through this bright, turquoise freshness, illuminating a clean musky depth and subtly ambered sweetness.

It's a scent that's instantly recognisable - if not from a relative in your childhood, then from one of its many imitators, with Creed's Green Irish Tweed being the most obvious.

It must be said, however, that the modern formulation doesn't hold a candle to the Cool Water of old. Two decades ago, it had all-day presence; now, it requires serious over-spraying to achieve comparable performance. That said, the scent itself remains largely unchanged.