Polo (for men)
Designer: Ralph Lauren Olfactive Group: Woody Chypre
!Polo is here for fans of beautiful, eternal things. Its name awakens association with a closed circle of the chosen and this circle has its rules and traditions.
As a truly masculine perfume, Polo does not contain floral notes, apart from camomile, which has more grassy than floral scent. The opening of the composition is green and fresh, made of grassy notes of artemisia, basil and thyme, with spicy notes of cumin, coriander and cloves. The heart is strong and masculine as conifer woods, decorated with notes of patchouli, oakmoss and vetiver. The base contains leather, tobacco and thyme, which create a wonderful, intensive trail. Polo is one of the two first perfumes by Ralph Lauren and it was created by Carlos Benaim in 1978.
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This is what a man should smell like! Green and spicy at first.Then you get that leather and tobacco blended in. Wow!When I first started dating the man who is now my husband this is what he wore. I loved it! I would steal his shirts so I could take them home with me, they smelled that good. He has tried other colognes, but this is by far my most favorite.
06/17/09 21:47:20
Yes, perhaps a dated scent, but still lovely in very small doses. Every guy in my High School wore this and you would choke walking down the halls, so it isn't necessarily a pleasant memory (and that tells you how old I am, too!) but it is a clean, clear scent and very fresh when used in careful moderation and really is very nice. If I have to be in a guy's personal space to smell this, it's great! If I can smell him coming down the street, it'll choke you.
06/13/09 07:01:29
This has a reputation like Opium does for ladies. It was released in the late 1970s, making it a prime target for the 80s. Indeed, i used to know so many men who wore this in that decade. I had a bottle then. I love green scents. They are pefect in the summertime. This one had a distinct cloying quality to it. Like Opium, it has a big sillage. People would sometimes run when you came into a room. Now its a little forgettable. It would remind me of my college days, I am sure.
06/01/09 15:06:45
Perhaps one of my most favorite scents in the world; leather, herbs and pine so strong, it's almost minty. I have memories of the famous green bottle as the only cologne on my fathers dresser. The spicy pine scent was permanently infused into all his work shirts.
This scent is meant to be dabbed lightly onto pulse points and left to sit and "mature" on the skin before going out. A super sexy, mature scent for a man with the maturity to wear it properly.
(Guys in your twenties and early thirties: Please DO continue to wear this. It's completely classic.)
This scent is meant to be dabbed lightly onto pulse points and left to sit and "mature" on the skin before going out. A super sexy, mature scent for a man with the maturity to wear it properly.
(Guys in your twenties and early thirties: Please DO continue to wear this. It's completely classic.)
05/31/09 18:49:13
I don't wear Polo anymore because I'm tired of it and got about as much mileage I can from it. However, it's truly a classic that can be worn by any type of man on any occasion during any time of year. Its excellent balance of spiciness, fresness and warmth will ensure that Polo will never smell outdated. Polo deserves more credit than it's gotten recently (e.g., that it's outdated and too '80s). Saying that it can be recommdended to any man is not to say that it's dull or ubiquitous, but rather a testament to how good it is. I've reached the end of the line with Polo, but it truly defines what a classic scent is.
05/09/09 08:28:25
I think the one I've tried had gone bad. It opened with a smell of pine or something. A few minutes later it was ashtray all over the place; it was so overwhelming that everyone that got near the sample started laughing, it was really unbearable. Only after a few hours I could smell some green (maybe the cedar) on the ashtray. Maybe my friend's bottle was too old...
02/24/09 22:35:22
One of the greatest classics of perfumery. The chamomile and Basil are very strong, as well as the leather, pine and musk. Other notes are almost undetectable because of the strength of these components. This should be worn exclusively by older, mature and elegant men. Oh and you know... Professional polo players.
02/12/09 16:03:34
Complex fragrance? Yes! It is.. A composition that contains almost everything, Citrus, Grass, Floral, Leather, Spices, Woods, Musk, Tobacco but it has emerged a fragrance that is an absolute CLASSIC rose in 1978. It is for a mature wear whether a young mature or an old mature. Very strong at first but dry down is quite pleasant with tobacco, musk and woods. It can be classified as a formal winter fragrance not for a romantic wear in my conclusion and experience as well.
12/31/08 23:16:04
This is high quality stuff. Lasts long, is very strong, and is very complex. That being said, it's too much for me. It has everything in it but the kitchen sink. It opens fresh-green, then later becomes dry-green, then after many hours the drydown becomes so sweet that I can barely tolerate it.
12/24/08 08:30:44
The ultimate green, the first power fragrance for men I was conscious of. Sweet and just a wee bit cloying if overapplied, but evocative of so many memories for me....college, my sexual coming of age, freedom from parental control. At the time, very common even on my bohemian college campus - worn both by preppy Midwestern lacrosse player and flamboyant piano major. Not unpleasant in and of itself, but best in smaller doses, as it is not a shy frag....to be honest, it's been a while since I've whiffed it. Definitely not in vogue today, but a classic I could see myself revisiting sometime.
11/25/08 10:07:31
A classic masculine fragance, strong, clean and complex. Very green. For those who aren´t afraid of power and substance in a fragance. Do not overaply! Great sillage and longevity.
10/31/08 20:15:15
If a date ever smells like this again, i go home (but unfortunately i had this date in Mexico and i am from middle-Europe, so i could not "go home" from one day to the other:D )
This is so ugly...
This is so ugly...
10/23/08 15:32:05
I had a date one time, and he was wearing THIS, A BIG NO-GO was this, it smells like classic 80 Year old men, smells like a Men in the 20`s i guess, this guy was 29 years old, it smells NOT MODERN at all, NOT dynamic, NOT energetic AT ALL, so please guy`s UNDER 80 years - please do not wear this if you wanna come close to a young woman!!! This was soo unsexy, it reminds me to grandfather, and how can a young dynamic woman ever wanna come (very) close to a grandfather?????
10/23/08 15:28:37
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