Which perfume should I get: Paco Rabanne 1 million or Davidoff Cool Water?

The best way, to answer this question, is to advise you to visit a local department store, where these fragrances are sold, preferably a more high-end department store, such as Dillard's, Macy's, etc, because fragrance companies send these stores the fresh shipment, while those, found in mass retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Target, or your local grocery store most often, are older and they have been sitting on the department store's shelf for too long, so the quality of the fragrance may not be guaranteed to be as high as when it were fresh, from the company. This is why these mass market retailers offer such lower prices, when compared to the high end department stores, though lately, I have seen several cases, where those lower prices aren't significantly so much lower. Age is only something to be concerned about, normally, in the especially fruity-smelling fragrances, because where any kind of fruit is an ingredient of the essence oil, a good thing to remember is that fruit rots and can take on a less desirable smell, if it is too old. Floral scents may not be as adversely affected, but they will most likely fade, more quickly than normal, if they are too old. Always open the box and look at the actual bottle of perfume, before buying it, in case it was the display, at another store, and kept beneath the case light so long, that the color of the fragrance has changed. With any perfume or cologne, to decide between two, go to a reputable department store (do not be wearing any other fragrances, when you go in,) and talk to the sales associate. They will, most likely, have a Tester. Spray one spritz, from the tester, onto one of your wrists (do NOT rub your wrists together - this actually messes up, how the fragrance is supposed to set and develop, on your body. It doesn't warm it up/Make the fragrance develop faster.) Just spray one spritz on one wrist, and then go and ask about the other fragrance you are interested in and spray your other wrist, with it. Take a quick sniff, immediately, so you can get an idea of how the fragrance smells, right out of the bottle and before body chemistry can cause any changes. Walk around the department store, and shop for a little while, Maybe, go out into the mall and do this. After about 10 minutes, take another quick sniff of each wrist, because you will notice possibly a slight or major difference, from how each fragrance first smelled, right out of the bottle. Continue shopping, and give about 30 minutes, and try this, again. At this point, pretty much any and all changes will have happened and whatever you smell, on your wrist, will tell you how the fragrance is going to smell, on you, for the rest of the day, or until it fades. Everyone's body chemistry is different, so every fragrance/perfume will smell differently, on every person. Some will blend, beautifully, with your chemistry and end up smelling even better than what is in the bottles, some may actually stay about the same, some fragrances will entirely fade, on you, but that isn't necessarily an indicator that the perfume is old or bad, but that for some reason, it didn't develop or just disappeared, on you and lastly, of course, there is the chance that the fragrance will not blend well, with your body chemistry, at all and it will smell absolutely awful. This is why, never buy a perfume or fragrance, without trying a sample and allowing it, to develop on your skin. You could be wasting money on something that will just disappear, on you, in just a matter of seconds, or you could be wasting money on something that will defeat the typical reason, you are buying it and give off an opposite effect. Be wary, when buying fragrances for others, too and if you list one as a gift preference, for yourself, around holidays or birthdays/etc, make sure that the one you list, is one that you've tried, so that you will enjoy your product. Hope this helps. I was a sales associate, in both women's and men's fragrances for about 4 years, combined. This is the advice that I would give to my customers, most often.