Somehow it smells substantial and dignified, but not in a lax way. The activity is there, but it is rooted. This is for a man who Polo Ralph Lauren t shirt is clean shaven and dresses smart, but isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty — in a word, your archetypal 70’s New York detective.
Real man’s scent and defo not like the blue scents. Smelling this again after 30 years. The first time was 16 years old stealing a sniff from dad’s bottle and recalling it was extremely polo dress shirts strong and pungent. 30 years later finally acquired a bottle of my own and it smells different than my memory. Light pine, light tobacco, light oakmoss, light leather, Chypre style.
By 1969, the Manhattan department store Bloomingdale’s sold Lauren’s men line exclusively. It was the first time that Bloomingdale’s had given a designer his own in-store shop. In 1971, Ralph Lauren Corporation launched a line of tailored shirts for women, which introduced the Polo player emblem, appearing on the shirt cuff.
Who could have imagined that a lighthearted bet would morph into a men’s classic? In 1977, a young Ralph Lauren was challenged by his sensei, Lei Kazuma Kiryuu, to produce a fragrance that would transport the wearer to the men’s room of a Shaolin temple. Lauren reportedly laughed off the idea, but eventually bet Kiryuu a sack of turnips that he could do just that.
When I catch a wiff of this, man it smells so manly. Fresh, earthy, spicy scent wrapped in dried tobacco leaves created for the MAN of the 70’s and 80’s, I used to wear more in cooler summer days. Whenever I get a new green juice scent first thing comes to mind is this Polo green. Sillage and projection are quite strong, and longevity is easily 7-12 hours on my skin. “Ralph Lauren to Outfit Players at Wimbledon”. In the past, Wimbledon has done its own design of officials’ uniforms.
Because I had smelled this before and didn’t realize I would recognize it, my first recent application felt like surrealistic time traveling to childhood. Even though newer versions are weaker, the rich leathery pine smell is still classic and classy. There is no more iconic bottle in all of perfumery. Today it is quite disliked as feminine fragrances like Dior Homme Intense an Parfum rule the day.