Ok so skip below to bypass the story and see what I think the best cologne is.
I used to wear Dolce and Gabbana (I have worn cool water as well and received many complements. I replaced because I received more complements on D&G). The other day I was Christmas shopping to pick up a good cologne for my friend. I first narrowed down my selection to 2 colognes with the 2 girls who worked behind the counter (D&G, Armani Black Code). We ran through a bunch like, Polo Black, also RL Blue, CK Truth, Vera something for men, whatever. The point is these two seemed to be good. So,I turned this into a game and literally went around to at least 20 different women with these two scents on slips of paper. It took about 40 minutes but almost every woman had a difficult time deciding between the two, however the majority clearly said that "there was just something about the one on the left [the black code]" (I didn't tell them what each cologne was beforehand.
*Long story short: Armani Black Code