Calvin Klein – Eternity for Men Aqua cologne reviews

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Reviews of Eternity for Men Aqua by Calvin Klein

There are 22 reviews of Eternity for Men Aqua by Calvin Klein.

AspicMyopic
Show all reviews by AspicMyopic

Yet another of the many flankers to the classic 1990s aromatic Eternity by Calvin Klein. Eternity Aqua is a great fragrance in it’s own right and the scent is more contemporary than the original Eternity. Eternity Aqua is a fresh blue scent with reasonable longevity and performance and a very wearable, pleasant scent that is suitable for most occasions in the warmer months. The opening really catches me with some nice sweet fruity and fresh notes, smells almost unisex and brings to mind a sunny spring day. As the fragrance settles on my skin I detect a little of the pepper and then later in the dry-down it settles to a nice fresh scent with prominent floral and woody notes. For a cheaper fragrance Eternity Aqua is excellent, not an outstanding composition, but a very nice fragrance that has a decent trajectory. I’ve really enjoyed wearing Eternity Aqua and although the original Eternity for Men is also great and has more nostalgic value for me, I think I now favour Eternity Aqua more. Eternity Aqua lasts a good 6 or 7 hours on my skin and projection is arm length, becoming a more intimate skin scent by the end of the day. A nice summer freshie and excellent value.

ScentSensei
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One in a million…no. One of a million….yes. This is a cheap aquatic/freshie that you should keep a printout of the CK note pyramid handy to make this fragrance sound more interesting and unique than it smells. For me this was the Eternity/Aqua 20 ml credit card size bundle at TJ Maxx for $10. I figured it wouldn’t hurt to have a little Eternity around, something in case I want to spray something on after work to run errands before I go home. Eternity Aqua was the bonus 20 mil. Its the epitome of generic, not bad but not memorable. Completely neutral.

Brian Buchanan
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Aqua begins with a sharp liquid burst of cucumber, piment and grapefruit and develops into something like washed-up Tommy.

Testing these two head to head, it’s clear that Aqua is quite shy, and much weaker than Tommy. It’s also a bit cheapo and synthetic – but that’s the nature of the beast with marine scents.

With nothing too good – or bad – to shift the dial, Aqua would have got three stars. But it loses half a star for being a front loaded aquatic on top of a weak fougère, and because it’s too much of a Tommy clone.

[20ml travel spray in the shape of a fat credit card, the most interesting thing about it.]

Varanis Ridari
Show all reviews by Varanis Ridari

Eternity for Men Aqua (2010) is the first non-seasonal flanker to Eternity for Men (1989). The first seasonal variations of Eternity for Men started in the previous decade, which were still about 20 years late to the party even then, but as the first official permanent flanker to a legendary line that was past the two decade mark by the time this hit shelves, Eternity for Men Aqua had big shoes to fill. Unfortunately, there was no way in Hell this was going to live up to the hype of the seminal “fresh fougère” that literally acted as a reset button on the way male perfumes were composed for many years to follow. What makes this more sad, is that Eternity for Men Aqua followed in a very tired semi-dry “second generation aquatic” theme still reliant upon merging fruit with the dihydromyrcenol, laundry musk, and linalool as the base of older aquatics, and was a style that outside of the Nautica label, had almost run its course by 2010. As if things couldn’t be worse, this also got completely steamrolled by Bleu de Chanel (2010), which launched in the same year and added faux ambergris plus a host of woody aromachemicals to the palette. With these new notes powering freshies to make them richer and longer-lasting, what chance did a crisp short-lived and apologetic hold-over from the previous decade have in the market? Well, evidently this had better success than I could have ever expected, and has remained in production, which is a testament to the staying power of the Eternity brand no matter what’s in the bottle. I really do hate ragging on Calvin Klein because I feel a lot of their efforts are misunderstood in the greater scheme of things, but there is nothing saving this vacuous cash-in from criticism, not even its badging.

Eternity Aqua isn’t the worst thing ever, but you could have the same effect for peanuts from Avon or Nautica, and the only thing making this a designer juice is the fact that a designer released it. Calvin Klein never really did have a proper aquatic until cK Free (2009) showed up right on the 20th anniversary of Eternity for Men, signalling the end of Calvin Klein’s obstinate focus on fresh scents for a new decade of diversity among their offerings. They mostly held to that promise but I guess having one successful masculine aquatic opened the floodgates for more, and this flanker came out of the gate the following year smelling of the same old grapefruit and watery indecipherable green notes, florals, and fruit as the rest of the lot. The only thing making Eternity Aqua stand out is a slight cucumber note, but you can get a stronger whiff of that from Kenneth Cole Reaction (2004), so why bother here? The heart has some lavender, which I guess is a slight call back to the original Eternity for Men, but it’s flanked with pepper, fruity galoxide musks, and a bit of plum. The base is the usual cedar and Iso E Super woods infusion with white musk, guiac wood, “white patchouli” (aka bleached of any aroma), and supposedly sandalwood which my nose doesn’t get. I guess if Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Giò Pour Homme (1996) or Ralph Lauren Polo Blue (2002) were your favorite fragrances, you could stand to have this, but by 2010 there was just so much more interesting and diverse fare even in the realm of freshies. This wears thinner on the patience than it does on skin for its obvious lack of anything interesting, so low sillage or longevity is a godsend. Use this in summer, casually, and for the office, but use anywhere else and you might as well be wearing nothing at all.

Eternity Aqua for Men is an utter failure of a flanker, that could have just been called “Calvin Klein Aquatic Man Smell Because the Shareholders Demanded One Pour Homme” and at least retained a modicum of respect for being honest about what it is. Now, there have been several other flankers since then like Eternity Now for Men (2015), Eternity for Men Intense (2016), and Eternity Air for Men (2017), that although not super essential to a connoisseur’s wardrobe, are at least more interesting and well-executed within their budgetary limits. Here with Eternity for Men Aqua, we not only have a super lazy-smelling fragrance for Macy’s and Dillard’s sales people to push onto unsuspecting guys for an easy commission, but also a fragrance so lazily composed that they didn’t bother to list the perfumer, who is probably hoping they’re never found out. If you want a period 2000’s aquatic, get Nautica Blue (2005), which at least has some performance and adds some diversity to the genre even if diversity in aquatic masculines is like diversity in the punk scene of the 80’s when the glut of copycat bands were at their highest. Move along, nothing to waste your money on here unless you need to have every Calvin Klein fragrance ever. Oh well, I guess if you got this as a gift, it wouldn’t make a bad throwaway fresher-upper for after a shower or a day at the poolside, because the aquatic theme is really hard to screw up, even if it is also really hard to hold anyone’s interest anymore, but do not seek this out. Eternity for Men Aqua is the Eternity for Men that really isn’t, and the aquatic flanker to a landmarket fresh fougère that it didn’t really need, because Eternity for Men was one of the original alternatives to aquatics when a guy still wanted something fresh, making the point for this to exist moot. Case closed.

RUDOLFO512
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Eternity Aqua is a very fresh fragrance. Fruity and citrus with a touch of aquatic. I just discovered it in 2018 and I love it. Perfect for the summer months. Lasts a long time on me. I’m glad I purchased it.

rinosaur
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It’s so generic it’s funny. That being said, it’s insanely versatile and can be found really cheap. Not bad by any means and it certainly doesn’t smell cheap. Not really for perfume aficionados.

seeroos.syed
Show all reviews by seeroos.syed

Starts off smelling extremely similar to Polo Blue, with very prominent cucumber along with a bit of citrus. This fragrance leans very masculine. About 30 minutes in, it enters the drydown and becomes a spicy cucumber (the spice here being schezuan pepper), however the opening lasts much longer if sprayed on clothes. The drydown then ends up smelling like plums and schezuan pepper along with mild notes of citrus. The cucumber has totally disappeared at this point. It’s a pleasant scent and very spicy. It smells like I have some good-smelling hot sauce on my body – as weird as that sounds, it smells pretty nice; this is due to the heavy shezuan pepper note which is perfectly blended with the plum note. Basenotes smell similar to the drydown. Sillage is moderate but leaning strong – I can still smell wafts of it hours after spraying – and longevity is also moderate at about 4-5 hours. Overall it’s an interesting and pleasant fragrance, though I wish the cucumber note lasted longer and I think the shizuan pepper note is a bit strange in a fresh fragrance, while plum note though rare isn’t the most appealing to me. Ultimately decided I didn’t like it because the pepper is so realistic it feels like I have hot sauce on my skin – though some will enjoy that (kind of like the opposite of the cooling sensation of mint). Although it has better sillage and longevity than Polo Blue, Polo Blue is still the far superior fragrance.

The_Cologneist
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This got a lot better since I last tried it. I think I bought a bad tester. This time I bought a pocket spray, and it’s much more fresh and crisp. Just overall a scent that shadows the great Acqua di Gio, it’s a bit late to do that though, even in 2010 when this one came out. I’m guessing a lot of the hate on this is because it has nothing to do with the original Eternity, and other than Summer flankers, this was the first real flanker to the original I think, so people were really looking forward to trying it, and left in utter disappointment.

Is a it a bad scent? Not one bit, that would be like saying Bleu de Chanel is a bad scent. is it boring? Abso-freakin-lutely. But, it’s still pleasant, and has pretty decent performance for being such a transparent cheap (price wise) scent.

bigbz
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Very nice, lower cost option to Polo Blue….terrific summer cheapie from the CK house.

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ThrowingShade
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So similar to dozens of aquatic scents. I do smell Original Eternity in there however. So I usually mix the two together and is smells very good on me.

Shahbaz_2009
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A nostalgic scent that makes feel young again for everybody used original ETERNITY 20 years ago. ETERNITY AQUA is one of those fragrances you can smell it everywhere and this is my complaint about it so i found it so ordinary.it is an interesting mix of fruity,green and woody notes.energetic,crisp,casual, refreshing, aquatic,vibrant,delightful and modern.

It begins with a fresh blend of cucumber and green notes as the heart quickly reveals an aquatic presence of lotus, plum and lavender. the base offers musk and woodsy notes.this fresh mixture makes it delightfully fresh and youthful.

Definitely it is a nice everyday type smell. easy to wear and perfect for summer weather.in my opinion this one is not suitable for present because the packaging is not beautiful.if you want something for once in a while wear,this is ok but don’t make it your signature cologne unless you want to be a clone of everyone else.

B

Borderpolar
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One of Calvin Klein’s better aquatics. When you first put it on you will get a very distinct cucumber, green smell, which will give away to a somewhat floral note. I find it very pleasant, light, airy, refreshing, a perfect sent for a hot day or in the office. Numerous women I work with have complemented me on the sent, one even grabbed me and made me sit next to her!

That being said, the longevity can be lacking at times, but it is relatively inexpensive to begin with. You can find a small bottle to carry with you (.33oz) that slides easily into your pocket. Out of several aquatics I own, this is one of my favorites.

If you are looking for a good, solid aquatic, you will not go wrong with Ck Eternity Aqua.

Muaythaifighter
Show all reviews by Muaythaifighter

This is one of those fragrances that smells great but is redundant because it just doesn’t last. I picked up the 100ml for a bargain at $32.99 but like I said, it doesnt last… Longevity is about an hour, 2 hrs at the absolute max. The only use I could see for this frag is to put it on before bed so you smell good as you go to sleep… Longevity is that bad.

D

Don Corleone
Show all reviews by Don Corleone

I agree with the Polo Blue comparisons, but hands down Eternity Aqua is better. To me it’s fresher and more smooth. This fragrance doesn’t get a lot of love, partly because they pinned the word “Aqua” at the end of a classic CK fragrance and put it out on the market to maximize sales. I went through an entire 50 ml. of this stuff last year and had nothing but positive attention from everyone who smelled it. Its versatile; I’ve worn it to work, and I’ve also gotten attention in the club from the ladies as well. Smells somewhat more mature than other aquatic-type fragrances. I picked up the 100 ml. gift set today for $40 usd, looking forward to wearing this again.

rbaker
Show all reviews by rbaker

The citrus aquatic note is a fairly bland top note mixture, and the fruity lavender drydown is not much better. The woody base does not change the overall boring-synthetic impression. Miles away from the original with which it has little in common but the name.

sjg3839
Show all reviews by sjg3839

Slightly synthetic aquatic that smells like something I’ve smelled many times before. Projection is longevity is decent but this one is a little too generic for me. I would wear this one though.

mlsweeney
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This review could probably go positive or neutral but I gave it a positive anyway. It’s opening is absolutely fantastic but the drydown is fairly dull. I definitely get more of an aquatic feel than most people get. I see how people think this is more woody than aquatic but I feel like the woodsy notes sit in the background of this fragrance. I get more of an ocean feel to this one. This could be a much better fragrance if the top stayed throughout the life of the fragrance. Solid longevity and projection though.

7.9/10

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crono38
Show all reviews by crono38

Yeah not a good scent overall. The descriptions are dead a watery- fruity type of scent. The predominant scent seems to be the a sweet plum surrounded by light watery notes. Nothing special.

Scent 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 7

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noirdrakkar
Show all reviews by noirdrakkar

This flanker is neither Eternity, nor Aqua.

It smells nothing like Eternity, but sharing the name is an effective market technique.

It may start out with aquatic notes, but during the drydown it is woodsy, making it less recommendable for the summer and moreso for the fall.

Ho hum.

Darvant
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Mediocre fruity-woody-musky water with a poor longevity and lack of originality. All i smell is a less floral and more fruity classic Eternity’s mould with a touch of ozonic and aqueous flowers. The parfumer replaced the dusty-floral melancholic Eternity’s pungency with a more radiant and captivating (not for me) fruity-ozonic vibe. Nothing special at all. I don’t catch in particular any fruity note (just a synthetic kind of berry taste) in the pepper-cedary-marine sharpness. I’m instead surely able to detect a touch of herbal-lavender (less prominent than in the original classic version), the final guaiac wood-sandalwood and a balancing patchouli. The thumbs down is mainly related to the faintly performed sillage and longevity. Let’s go on.

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Shpati
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Eternity Aqua is a regular fresh fragrance. Nothing special about it. It smells really great and relaxing at the beginning. Longevity is horrible, just like most Calvin Klein fragrances. You will like the top notes, but after that there is almost nothing.

Some say it is similar to Polo Blue. I have only tried Polo Blue a couple of times, so I am not sure. However, it is a thought to keep in mind.