L.12.12. Red Lacoste for men

gifted myself with the Rouge after reading rave reviews on this one...

the smells are complex but lean more on the sweetish side, the spices kick in only when i sweat! (which is nice)

not many people noticed it, but i could smell it well through out the day.

a must have for the freshness it brings in, i have a smile on my face the whole day :)

This cologne serves it purpose. You can sport all year round IMO however, the reason would change. This opens with a fruity (Not Girly) note that sort of stays around for a while then the transition comes and it turns into a light clean scent. Far from soapy but it just smells good, non offensive and moderate. Really Really good scent to try out and keep in the stash. Oh and women will 99/100 give you a compliment on this too!!!

Sweet, woody and tropical.
Mango is the most prominent note to me, followed by tea, pepper and wood.
Quite sharp and fresh, but fruity. I think this one would be well loved by young men (teens to early twenties).

In spite of the negative reviews that i red a bout the L.12.12. Red by Lacoste , frankly i must say that i find it a really good scent & when i sprayed it on my cloths in my wardrobe it lasts 4 a long time , every time i opened my wardrobe i smell a really good scent with good longevity & projection / Sillage & i got compliments from my wife a lot .
Scent : 8/10
Projection / Sillage : 5 hour
Longevity : 10 - 12 hours
Bottle Design : Average.
P.S. i have the green , blue & white & i will start using the green 2day.
P.S. can not wait 2 have the ( intense ) edition which as i saw the TV ad is black.

Start off good sort of a aquatic. It evolves just as decribed tea/mandarine/mango. Then in the middle the cardamon and mango/mandarine blend together making a more intimate scent and stays the same through its life. Avarage strenght. Don't like cardamon. D for me.

Lacoste Red falls behind White and Green in that its spicy freshness is a bit overwrought, to the point where too many bright notes conspire to make the composition functional. The fizzy tea, cardamom, and fruit notes up top have a vaguely tropical appeal (let's not kid ourselves into thinking there's actually citrus and mango in here), and the wry ginger drydown is synthetic and one-dimensional. Where White smelled of laundry on steroids, and Green was succinctly grassy and sharp, Red is a bit too bland to compare. Would make an excellent room spray.

very surprised! i was at a Lacoste store today and saw this and figured "might as well try it" I usually stay away from Lacoste because they dont seem to get any love here( I also like essential)...I smelled this and fell in love straight away ...yes its synthetic and all but the bottom line is I can t stop smelling my wrist! For retail prices its a no go but for 37$ off amazon for 100ml its a buy!

This scent to me has three major steps:

1st phase (0-1 hour) : As soon as it contacts your skin, it gives off a vibrant warm spicy note. to myself it reminds me a burst of energy

2nd phase (2-3 hours): Cools down into a sporty like scent that has spice/kick to it. It is as if each scent represented a sport, this would indeed represent something very physical and gritty.

3rd phase (3+ hours): becomes a very intimate sensual spicy fragrance. Really someone has to smell this at almost point blank range. Very sensual, yet in weak in sillage at this point.

To me, this is a signature everyday fragrance that is really one of a kind when it comes down to spicy scents. I recommend this to be an everyday scent for all seasons. Do also recommend reapplying as well.

Do not smell this on paper, the paper blocks out the warm spice and makes it very harsh on the nose. Also, I recommend applying this cologne when your skin is dry and warm. Try a sample and see what you think.

Overall 8.5/10 due to its unique spicy scent.

Most of the Lacoste 12.12's smell the same to me from start to finish, synthetic, fresh and soapy with perhaps one ingredient that defines them to their color theme. With the Red there is a blend of spices, ginger, black pepper and cardamom. The only negative is the projection and longevity is rather lacking.

I bought the Red, the White and the Blue in a gift set for my 10 year old son.they are all similar, light, a bit powdery, not really my favourites, but my son likes them, and they aren't heavy or overly masculine. They smell a bit of fresh laundry, which is fine. I can't hardly tell the difference between the 3, although the White is more manly.
I later got him Big Pony 2 which is way nicer in my opinion.
So those Lacoste are nice simple scents,a bit sporty and outdoorsy, nothing extraordinary there.

Apropriado para o verão.

The spicy opening is nice without being overwhelming. It settles down very quickly and from there - dies. Very little projection and strength.

For the price, buy something else.

reminds me so many other aftershaves, all the Adidas, Umbro, Denim, Nivea...

i love this frag a lot! why? all event and situation are perfect but i use for work only

The top and middle notes are unbelievable. But from the get go, I gotta say it just smells like scented wood. The woodsy "base note" is pervasive throughout. I've not tried the other La Coste scents, just received a free sample of this. Overall, I quite like it but I wouldn't wear it. It's too masculine.

Needs some bass!!

A frag reminiscent of the 80's, which initially projects well, and soon turns into a clone of Guy Laroche Horizon EDT...

I applied 6 heavy sprays

0 - 1.5 hours. 1.5 foot projection, strong. This is a harsh, spicy, common place, dated scent which is very suprising as some of the other scents in this series - white and blue bottles, are very modern and different good. The penny dropped after 30 minutes, that this is 90% a doppleganager of Guy Laroche Horizon EDT.. that particular frag is a third of the price of this and lasts longer, though my personal taste likes neither

1.5 hours - 3 hours - 4 inch projection. Linear

3 hours - 5 hours - 2 inch projection, thereafter faint smell on the skin which is a little more easy on the nose and slightly softer

Not for me

This is a very sweet and Summery men's fragrance. When I sprayed it, my initial reaction was "TEA!". I can easily see that Roiboos tea is the featured note in the campaign for this EDT. There are light fruits and spices which make this a lot less warm that I expected... this is very much intended for Spring/Summer wear.

It really reminds of the long discountinued fragrance my mom used to wear:Escada Tropical Punch but mixed with the masculine spiciness of a men's cologne.

I ordered a free sample card off Lacoste.com which I recieved in the male today and it also had a sample of the white one! It has a real tropical/spicy/tea scent to me.

Sampled on A test card today. I will definitely put spray to skin on this one next time. Seems to be complex and very unique.

Purchased today,this is passionate,spicy & sporty.It exudes modernity,fun & contemporary style & elegance.

I LOVE IT!!!!! THE LADIES LOVE IT!!! ..

smells so fresh, so hott !! the only bad thing about it, that it only lasts about an hour or so on me ..

it smells perfect, tailored to my liking..

I feel like being bashing to the head with the initial blast that's piercing and sharp like an artificial sweet fruity energy drink. Nothing comes out like "mango" or "tea" here. It's quite energizing but not is a nice way for me. Then the drydown is good. It's pleasant and nicely sweet like the White L 12.12. flanker, which I still think it's the best one. I wouldn't get this for now, but I'll wait til whenever Lacoste releases a mini set or 1oz set of all colors like Ralph Lauren did with the Big Pony set. I think it's better as a set, not individual bottle.

On me this Lacoste opened with a heavily sweet blast of orange soda that was quickly overtaken by sharp spice. After 10 minutes or so it calmed down to a leathery spice middle with no discernible base at all. For the next several hours it plodded along with an anonymous spice/weak fruit/weak leather identity that was mostly nondescript. Hints of wood at the base were fleeting at first but came along with more pronunciation as the day progressed, though never achieving any measure of a convincing statement one way or another.

Overall this red Lacoste is pretty harmless and gets easily lost in the crowd of spicy department store offerings. I can't fault it for its simplicity but the lack of layers and, most importantly lack of a forceful base, make this one a bit too forgettable and uninspired for inclusion in my quiver.

When i first smelled it .. i just couldnt but help remember good times.. this is the best perfume ive smelled in a long long time .. so nostalgic, so energitic!! .. I LOVE IT!!! .. bought it on the spot!!! didnt even ask about the price!! ..

Another say-nothing fragrance from a sports fashion brand. If anything, this one's designed for people who don't feel comfortable wearing a scent because they're afraid their "friends" wouldn't like it. Put differently: dull stuff for dull people.

I smelled this today. Despite all great ingredients shown here, i didn't smelled something more than a dull scent. Maybe I'm wrong but I felt nothing more than another L12.12 (either blue,green,white) and just a bit spicy. I was excited about the combination of rooibos tea and mango. After I smelled it, big dissapointment. Not going to buy this Lacoste.. Sorry but NO!

like a lot of other lacoste scents it has a definite fresh blast and a nice drydown. As for the scent I detect a lot of nondescript citru/mango that sweetens up a bit with the aromatic spices and the woodsy notes pull it all together and this is one of the more non/sensual and reserved types of scents compared to many of the other woodsy musk types of fragrances out there

Really excited about this one, I think the notes sound vibrant and agree with other reviewers that along with the white version this could be a winner! Unfortunately Lacoste have been a little hit and miss over the last few years. The white L.12.12 was amazing, equally the vert and blue versions were terrible. The challenge and challenge remix fragrances were really weak, nice smelling but extremely poor longevity. Elegance was interesting and a great design, quite unique. Essential was a big success but personally was not a fan, until the sport version came out which I still like to open. Lets hope this rouge version is a classic with good spicy silage. Guessing the black version will be out for next Christmas, sorry, Noire!

Interesting notes, gonna try this as soon as poss.

Tea and Mango...unique chemistry...might work in hot and sultry climate..

The green and blue were just poor follow on's from 'Essential' and 'Cool play' respectively.
The favourite was white as they hadn't done anything like it before. I wonder if this is just going to be 'Style in Play' mark 2? Let's hope not!