'Green Irish Tweed' VS 'Cool Water’ | Perfumer Reviews

Creed's Green Irish Tweed, head to head with Davidoff's Cool Water.

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[jaymzdeen]

You should 100% do a version of it in your style. I’d buy that immediately!!

[riccardoguareschi]

as a fellow chemist, I really appreciate that you can dig into the actual molecules used in the formulation. all other faces in the community just stay on the generic descriptions

[Cryptnan]

It is interesting to note that both GIT and Cool Water were created by Pierre Bourdon(de facto secret in-house perfumer for Creed from 1980 - 2005) who in my view is the greatest niche perfumer of all time and along with Jacques Polge(Chanel in-house perfumer from 1978 - 2016) are the two greatest perfumers of all time. Obviously Jacques is the greatest designer perfumer but don't ask me who is better between the two in general. Pierre might have been more creative(perhaps because he wasn't constrained by a "Chanel" style of fragrance) but Jacques' creations were exquisitely crafted with quality second to none on a designer budget no less.

It seems that Pierre Bourdon put Creed on the map, without him there is no Creed. He may even have had a hand in the creation of Aventus after he left Creed given that one of his proteges is the perfumer of Aventus and that a year earlier Pierre put out a fragrance that smelled quite similar to Aventus. But it doesn't stop there, rumour has it that he in fact had a huge hand in creating Joop Homme. Almeraic is given credit for it but apparently Pierre was working on it but was removed the last minute with Almeraic coming in to finish the remaining 10% of the job. Fast forward to 2003 and Mont Blanc Individuel is released which smells remarkably similar to Joop, two years after that Original Santal by Creed is released which also oddly smells very much like Joop. Turns out Pierre Bourdon was the perfumer for both of those fragrances. Why would he produce two fragrances that smell similar to one another(not unlike what he did with Cool water and GIT once again two years apart), well more than likely because that scent DNA was his invention all the way back in 1989, he felt a certain ownership over it.


Pierre Bourdon's notable men's creations:

Confirmed:

- YSL Kouros
- Creed GIT
- Cool Water
-Creed EROLFA
- Creed MI
- Creed SMW
-Mont Blanc Individuel
- Creed OS

Most likely:

-Joop! Homme
-Creed Original Vetiver
-Possibly other Creeds between 1980 - 2005

Influenced/possible involvement:

-Creed Aventus

As for Jacques Polge, well he created everything that Chanel released from 1978 to 2016 except for some reformulations/re-releases he made for Chanel classics that were originally released before his time. That obviously speaks for itself!

[chrischio]

I used to steal sprays of my dad's Cool Water, Drakkar Noir, Farenheit, and Eternity when i was like 12 and wear them to school. Those fragrances will also have a soft spot in my heart. PRAYING Maxaroma gets a restock of your fragrances along with the new ones soon.. trying to hold back on purchasing any more fragrances so i can splurge on a dozen of yours 🦄

[Snake-filledChimp]

Cool Water EDT was one of my first colognes in my youth - I always have a 200ml laying around, just to wear casually around the house and run errands.

You should do a modern, kickass take on it, Aaron.

[Tinku]

They were both created by the same perfumer, Pierre Bourdon. He developed GIT for Creed. He left Creed and created Cool Water for Davidoff. I love Cool Water. It's been one of my favorite fragrances for years. It's close enough to GIT without breaking the bank. Thanks for another Great Review!

[vodkapops]

Wearing ‘KUNT’ it arrived today and loving it. GIT is in my Top 5 of all time so for ATH to bring out an updated version in his own “wall of fragrance” style is superb news, praying to the fragrance Gods he goes through with it 🎉

[sambomcl]

I've had both for years and only use GIT when I'm dressing up. Cool water is a decent enough copy but there's a world of difference between the two to my nose. OK for casual/office use etc though.

[trismatics]

Aaron the world needs your take on green Irish tweed!

[nickc]

your intro sound effect is very pleasing to the ear

[grudeman]

2 of my favourite fragrances, along with the incredible unique and discontinued CK crave. Git is just a complete timeless masterpiece, i just wish it lasted longer. And definitely Aaron if you did a git inspired creation i and many others would buy it 👍

[Barrymorgan]

Could you do a comparison of Original Santal and Mont Blanc Individuel?

[farmsalot]

Looking forward to your newer fragrances coming to the states!

[logeybear]

Cool Water makes me think of my late dad, and for that I will always have a bottle, but for my personal taste it's too synthetic.
Is Green Irish Tweed worth the money? No, I don't think it is. If all you care about is the end result of the fragrance, Cool Water will get you something very similar for 1/10th the price.
Do I regret buying Green Irish Tweed?
Not at all. It smells too good to regret.
Great video, Aaron. Keep em coming.

[nicholaslopez]

You’re working so hard brother, I hope you’re getting the rest you deserve.

[zinzolin]

Nice to hear your review. GIT overall is a nicer more robust scent but I don't think it's worth the price. I only get about 3 hours until it's barely noticeable. I wanted to love it but I don't think I'll be getting a bottle anytime soon 😔

[sccrash]

Green Irish Tweed, is and will always be one of my favorites.

[stephenocchipinti]

Green Irish Tweed is one of my personal favorites, I tried it on a vacation this past summer and it always reminds me of that. Great and inoffensive, timeless, lasts but not too too long to the point where you’ll smell it on your clothes for a week. I think worth the cost but only if you’d wear it as a signature scent everyday

[betterinsodapop]

I got a big bottle of Cool Water for $20 at Marshall's (a discount retailer in the U.S.) and it's been a good "dumb reach" fragrance for the summer. I was fortunate enough to sample Green Irish Tweed at Bloomingdales, and found the fragrances to have a very similar DNA. But, I don't think I like either fragrance enough to pay "Creed" price. But at $20? All day.

[stephennettles]

There's a reason they're so similar; they're both originally by Pierre Bourdon. Bourdon was wanting to make a dihydromyrcenol based fragrance after figuring out that it was at the heart of Drakkar Noir, and Olivier Creed conned Bourdon out of the formula halfway through development. Bourdon kept refining the formula until we wound up with Cool Water. 😁