Davidoff will launch Hot Water, a masculine follow-up to their immensely popular Cool Water fragrance from 1988. Hot Water is described as a sensual oriental, and the press materials promise a “burning, latent heat”.
The fragrance notes feature absinthe, red basil, pimento, patchouli, styrax and benzoin.
Davidoff Hot Water will launch in September in 60 and 110 ml Eau de Toilette. (via parfuemerie-thiemann.de, researchstudiosparis, with many thanks to Nick for the tip!)
Other recent launches from Davidoff: Adventure Amazonia, Cool Water Cool Summer.
Update: Davidoff Hot Water was developed by perfumers Domitille Bertier and Olivier Polge, and is “…all about heat and passion, intense sensation and primal masculinity”. (via cosmeticsinternational) You can see the “making of” video for Davidoff Hot Water here.
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Why no tea note? What good is hot water without tea?
Or coffee for us coffeeheads!
I was wearing Cool Water yesterday, and it turned out to be a rather cold day. (Spring in Maine…) So I joked that I really should have worn Hot Water instead. And now this. Amzanig.
Of course, the question is whether it is any good. Davidoff seems not to have done much of interest since Cool Water…
Kismet!
Davidoff is one of those brands that are oddly elusive in the US — I never see testers. So, can hardly comment on their recent output since I haven’t tried it…and they mostly seem to be doing flankers anyway.
Around here, Davidoff is in all the pharmacies, but none of the serious stores. I found my Cool Water in Marden’s, a low-low-rent seller of overstock items from other stores. At their price, I could get a whole bottle for the price of a sample…
There are fewer & fewer pharmacy-type stores in the US that actually put out testers, unfortunately. They’re either in locked cabinets, or not there at all.
I get a kick out of the name, perhaps because of the connotations of “NOW you’re in hot water!” Will Tepid Water be next?
Exactly! I get a HUGE kick out the name. I’m really surprised it took them this long to use it!
I don’t know if Davidoff has a sense of humor, but they could do some funny ads with this one.
Yes!
maybe “Dirty Water” and it’d have patch & cumin in the base…..
You could go a long way with this. Lukewarm water! Brackish water! Standing water! Muddy water! Heavy water! Pool water! Running water! etc.
Salt Water!
Clear Water!
Ditch Water!
I think I’m getting a bit sea sick….
I like Brackish Water — and its flankers, Bilge Water and Bong Water.
LOL those are good ones! I’m a little concerned about Heavy Water though….think it’ll get “glowing” reviews? or make wearers have a ‘meltdown’? …..fuse with your body chemistry…..
the possibilities seem to be endless LOL
maybe carbonated water?
Must be a joke, I hope.
Nope!
I think this is cute. Might be good. After all, Cool Water is supposed to be great, right? Still, I agree it would have been nice with some tea note.
Might be, who knows? Cool Water was ground-breaking. It’s been so widely copied since that I don’t know if it’s possible to approach it in the same way that you could in 1988.
Oh, look. ABSINTHE AGAIN. Imagine that!
But other than that, every single thing in here makes me want to try it. There’s no point in getting my hopes up, but this could be really, really good. I can’t even remember the last worthwhile mass-market men’s oriental. Opium Pour Homme EDT (not the EDP) comes to mind, but that was in 1995. There must have been something since then, but what?
LOL…didn’t take long, did it? Hope Kevin will wander by & chime in on worthy men’s orientals, my mind is blank.
I like the promise of a “burning, latent heat.”
“What’s that smell? Is something on fire?”
“No, darling, that’s just me and my burning, latent heat.”
Ha!
you might want to see a doctor about that….
I think it sounds good….
Sounds good to me!
If this actually smells hot, I’d have to try it. It’s so hard to get a fragrance that exudes warmth without going the way of an oriental.
It is an oriental though…
i did not mind Zino so much back in the day….it had a decent dry down. I wonder if they are reworking it to create ‘Hot Water’?
No idea…
Sounds interesting to me. I’m not sure, though, how I feel about the “hot water bottle.”
Even though Cool Water was on every Macy’s counter I’ve ever walked past, I maybe smelled it only once, and have no memory of it. Did it usher in the era of Acqua di Gio?
Yes. Do you have Perfumes The Guide? If so, worth reading the entry on Cool Water.
I shall look it up! I’m overdue for spending some time flipping around in The Guide anyway…
How about “Hard water.” ??
That works!
OMG, this is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day. Thanks for the laugh!
De nada!
Ok, slightly off color but I found myself wondering if this frag has a “warming quality” on skin – like the KY they have on the market
Ack. Perhaps best not!