When it dries down I detect notes of ashy-smoke and leather, with the pine needles becoming part of the background. The top and middle have a somewhat dry chypre vibe. It’s a bit dirty at this point but that’s part of its appeal and what gives it character.
It was just a stud of a fragrance. A fragrance born the same year as me, ended up being my very first cologne that made me say hey, I need this in my life. I want to look like ralph lauren t shirt this, I want to smell like this, I want more plaid in my life, and I need a better haircut. Must have been 1989 or so I started stealing sprays from my older brother.
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It bursts my millennial safe space bubble for sure. The strongest note here for me is tobacco, and the performance is decent. I will always have Polo in my collection, even if I decided Polo Ralph Lauren t shirt to shrink it down to only 10 fragrances. This is my absolute favorite winter fragrance. The dry down, to me, smells like pine and freshly ground pepper, strong, masculine, professional.
This bottle and scent helped shape me as a man. It made me want more out of my life. 30 years later and I’m still chasing that feeling I get when I think of the old Ralph Lauren stores, the ads, Ralph’s homes, etc. I would take this bottle with me to my grave and bury me with it. 6 out of 5 scent when you remind yourself that this was when things were really good and perfume houses were in their ascendancy. Polo tried hard to add flankers, red, blue, that weird orange one.
The first fragrance I’ve loved rather than just liked, before I was pretty disillusioned with what was on offer wrt modern fragrances, I think I might favour the older ones. This fragrance screams ‘Grandfather’ to me. It has a very classic scent that smells like a well put together older gentleman. It is a bit dated, but in a classic sense of the word. My only caveat is that the tobacco note is somewhere between the raw dried leaf and smoked cigarette smell. It becomes more evident on clothes as the day goes by.
This is a staple fragrance, and I’m happy to own it once again. First thing that hit me was a blast of tobacco; not the fresh kind, but resinous, dried tobacco. Took me right back to my grandmother’s house, sitting next to her while she smoked. (Though Polo itself is not smoky.) Amazing what scents can do to your memories. Once it dried down, it turned into a mix of black pepper and a freshly mowed lawn.
Absolutely still Full Bottle worthy. There are more than enough reviews here covering the way it smells, so I won’t go into that, Polo Ralph Lauren t shirt except to say that this smells fantastic. Another old-school powerhouse I am very glad to have added to my growing collection.
Honestly it reminds me of a smoky single malt scotch with a medicinal aura about it. Use it sparingly and the colder outside the better. Any alternate option for polo green ? I really love this fragrance but performance for me is disappointing, I currently have 2018 batch . Very similar to Paco Rabanne pour homme but it lasts much longer and doesn’t have that gross soapy opening pour homme does. I wear this a few times a month but with the current formulation I can get 12 hours out of this.