Polo Ralph Lauren for men

I've been holding off on reviewing this.
It's a Bold Masculine Classic. Unabashedly Masculine, but in a more Gentlemanly way than the dirty Animal my YSL Kouros can be. This is for the very Mature "daddy" type who don't take no mouth from anyone.
This HAS been reformulated. I remember it being FAR stronger and more bitter with the Caraway and Tobacco note, almost like cigar smoke & Armpit funk. This new version is sweeter, fresher Cloves, the Tobacco is more woody and sweet, like Cedar wood chips.
Still smells distinctively Spicy, like Worn brown Saddle leather, rubbed in Pine oil, Horse rider who just lit up a Fresh Cigar, puff puffing in the breeze.
The Pine & Tobacco Leather note is unmistakable, recognizable from FAR away, and has Tremendous Sillage that fills the room. this is considered a very RUDE fragrance. Not gonna lie.... it really gives the impression of a big hairy, Sweaty Armpit of a smoker, but pleasant and sweet. So i love it. If you're a smoker, British, or a 50 something Silver fox with a chest mane, confident and don't give a damn what anyone thinks, this is the one.

Doesn't last quite as long as the Vintage. that used to last for.. literally days. This newer blend dries down progressively sweeter.... and has a Similar Tobacco Accord as Cuba Paris "Red".

Love it or hate it.

Classic.

Longevity is monstrous on me. I'm going on about 12 hours now, I still get a passing scent of it every now and then. Projection at this point is not amazing, but it's still there, quite impressive. Nobody today at work complained that I smelled like Deep Woods OFF, but if they smelled me in the first 5 minutes of applying this stuff they might have wondered why I was wearing mosquito repellant in December.

There is a surprising darkness to this scent. Deep, green, like the forest in the night. Musk, Patchouli, very romantic. My roommate caught a smell of it, she looked straight at me and said "You smell like sex." I'll take that as a compliment.

People describe this as a hairy-chested, wood chopping, plaid flannel shirt kind of scent, but I find it to be rather exquisite: powerful, yet refined. There is an air of exclusivity, like sipping brandy in a country club.

Do any guys my age wear this stuff? I smell like an old man. Better than smelling like The Situation or Pauly D.

So old it's new again.

There was a guy I knew way back when- friend of the family- with whom I strongly-associate this fragrance: dark hair, blue eyes, hairy chest- I still melt when I smell Polo.

I remember this one. Law school in 1987 when it was hip to be a preppie. We were all wearing the same Polo shirts (pink was high in those days), Levis Jeans, argyle socks and loafers. Of course, Polo was a MUST. You wouldn't risk being caught without it. I suddenly feel like watching "the Breakfest Club" again...

Its so "Sears & Roebuck", til its not even funny. Always smelled like jet fuel and cat urine, to me...sorry.

Wow! Looks like you either love or hate it. I don't normally wear it, as it is a bit strong, even for my wife. When I do wear it, I try to use only a minimal amount (like about 1/2 spray), as too much seems to attract attention of an unwanted sort (the "Yeeach" factor). This appears to work well - I like long-lasting, masculine scents, and this seems to fill the bill, giving me my money's worth in staying power.

Heed the other warnings here - this scent is STRONG - go easy and you will be rewarded.

Polo is truly a masterpiece,I wore this in highschool as a young man.Of course i did not fully appericiate this scent then,but as a mature man of 50.It is a smell of a man that has arrived to an age of acceptance.This is a scent of authority,a rigth as it were! If you understand this,no other words are needed!Enjoy your place.

my uncle has a huge bottle of this cologne(this not should be call it cologne) wow is too strong. smells like a old man.

An ugly, strong , and disgusting perfume. It is the mixture of all the spices that exit on this planet earth and the worst part it is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too strong for a lady to take. I hated it as a child when my dad used to wear it and I hate it as a grown up girl. Such a strong and tacky fragrance. It can repel any woman easily due to it's horrible notes and over powering smell. I can never appreciate this perfume.

Note: Please proceed with caution if you are planning to wear it for a date or going to any social gathering, as this can cause serious shortness of breath and trauma to the people around you :[ .

[14/11/2011]

this perfume is a absolute chypre, in olfactory structure as in olfactory predominace by striking presence of the leather, patchouly, earthy moss and cumin, with soft tones warm aromatic and a green note, that brings a mixture on olfactory nuance who remind creeping scrub, tipical of farms, ultra interesting and perceived to inhale the fragrance.

The modern Reserve is a much more toned down refined version of this, and is an amazing scent, but sadly they still share the 80's moss/pine/lavender party soup and will always feel dated.

In the top notes, pines, mosses, harsh loud lavenders just are not 'game' any more. And both scents contain them.

1/5 for original, 3/5 for the Modern Reserve.

THIS IS A MAN'S FRAGRANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats it.

End of the review.

I adore this, it reminds me of the early 90's. Never dated anyone that wore this, the scent just does it all for me. Have worn it myself, but if I ever met a nice bloke wearing this..the knees would be trembling!

Pine.
Tobacco.
Leather.
Oakmoss.

While the French ideal of masculinity focuses more on style and grace, as exemplified in fragrances such as Chanel Pour Monsieur and Habit Rouge, the American idea embraces the "macho" aspects - no frills, a meat-and-potatoes guy that can fix anything and doesn't have time to be well-groomed or pretty. And, what a better fragrance than Polo to get that message across? Strong, conservative masculinity - a man who sticks by his views and ideals his entire life, in a world where flamboyancy, attention, homosexuality, and self-discovery just don't exist.

Polo smells nice, but it's seen more of the world than I have. I'm 18 years old, and millions of men before me have adopted this as their fragrance for life. I appreciate it, but it's not me.

The reviews here for Polo are informative and absolutely hysterical... (to krmarich and soleric, respectively.) Like many people, I recall smelling this everywhere when it was at its peak (and I was still too young to be wearing it,) but even then it had such a tendency to be over-used so my single clearest memory of the scent was that it was LOUD.

I have to agree with krmarich that Polo was attempting to sell a lifestyle which was a bigger part of the Lauren empire... Polo was the seducer or temptress. It did promise this idea of exclusivity, wealth, and privilege in a way that's really shameless and embarrassing by today's standards. I don't mean to knock a fragrance by it's marketing or image, but let's face it; it's nearly impossible to divorce the smell from the sell.

There is ONE element about Polo that I like, and that would be the tobacco. I think Polo is one of a very, very few fragrances that unabashedly uses tobacco to its strengths - I'd love to find more fragrances that can use tobacco to accentuate it's deep mystery as a note.

Thanks for all the smiles I got from reading your Polo reviews - I wonder if Ralph Lipchitz can appreciate the humor...?

This is my 21 year old boyfriend in a bottle. He wears it super light most of the time and I can only really smell it when I'm right up close to him. I think it's a perfect cologne for an ambitious, tough looking, extroverted, left-brained guy.

It smells very very manly. I love the earthy patchouli in it though, it's my favorite part. I just love the earthyness in this scent. I can also smell pine needles, juniper berries, and masculine spices. This is one of my favorite colognes for certain.

In short this one is a masculine masterpiece. Just wear half a spray, for the love of god ;). It can be strong if you wear it wrong.

2011 and a mere whiff of this makes me absolutely weak in the knees. I don't encounter it very often, but when I do, I'm in love.

Strangely enough, I neither love nor hate the classic Polo. Black and Double Black are really great, and Blue is headache-inducing. The original is a scent that I describe to customers (I work a fragrance counter at a department store) as full-bodied, smoky, and woody. It brings to mind a vivid picture of perfectly put-together gentlemen smoking cigars in a wood-paneled room, a century ago. Long dressing gowns in rich fabrics, leather upholstery, a roaring fire and tobacco smoke. This scent more than any other paints a firm picture of what it's supposed to represent.

Unfortunately, what it represents has gone the way of the dodo bird, and the customers are headed in that direction too. You'd have to be either brave or stupid to try it now, when there are so many other more subtle scents that won't choke your date/business partner/friends. And this does choke, especially during the Christmas season when it's sprayed into the air around the fragrance counter 30 times in one day... I pray no one ever breaks a bottle!

I have memories of my brother dousing himself with this before dates when he was in HS. This stuff might be okay with a quick spritz or two but any more and it can stink up a room in a hurry!!

Reflecting back to the 80s, I cannot forget Polo. It was marketed as the upscale-snob-preppy signature. Ralph Lauren built an empire on this little green bottle of Pine Sol. Yes, remembering it today only feels wrong. Every other man at college wore it. Or maybe just one-it was so strong, it overpowered everyone else.

I love deep green chypres, yet this one cheapened the class. I always felt it was trying too hard. Its has been reformulated to worthless chemicals! There are flakers that have moved away from the original mess. Sorry folks-it fails for me on all accounts.

Projects like Godzilla in a bad mood, up from the depths, thirty stories high....but smells like stale cigarette ash...

I applied 2 heavy sprays

0-5 mins - Something massive, spicy, dirty

5 mins - 4 hours - It reminded me of something??.... and then the penny dropped, it was the 3 week old, large glass ash tray with a mountain of heaped cigarette buts and stale ash, which is like a trophy of how many had been smoked. Projects over everything that moves.

4 hours - 8 hours- Thankfully the stale cigarette ash starts to go and the mature green jacket scent kicks in, which I was expecting from the start. Still projecting like crazy

8 hours - 12 hours - Still there, the longer it goes the better it gets

Immense projection

I cannot imagine what must have been going on inside the room where this noxious brew was concocted, but somebody was obviously enjoying strong base notes of weed and/or acid. Polo Green is what happens when you cut an otherwise acceptable fragrance with napalm. It's like you dropped a formaldehyde bomb on twenty acres of dead and decomposing forest. Bleh. I am hard pressed to name one fragrance that is more offensive to the nose. At some later point, the folks at Ralph Lauren sobered up, took what little was right about Polo and fixed it. The result? Polo Double Black. lol The only people who buy this crap are the same old men who think Aramis and Old Spice are fine fragrances. Bleh.

ah polo... reminds me of all the boys who doused themselves in it in high school. much, much too strong. but a definite masculine scent. guys, this is a man's man's MAN'S scent. too much for a girl like me to take...

Very dated and for over 50's men.Strong pine scent and burns my nose when my husband tries to wear it. HORRIBLE and too Strong !! Bug spray deep woods off and moldy old man's wool coat and musty old moldy leather . Why do you dumb guys insist on wearing this awful smelling stuff? Most women I know would rather smell something else entirely Who are you trying to get the attention of anyhow? oh yeah, other stinky men wearing the same cologne.

it is a fabulous fragrance,is very suitable for males over 35 who work how a executive,director,manager of a big group.I am waiting to my time,altough it be a cheap cologne.

Ive always loved polo and have always gotten compliments from women when I wore it.Polo by R.L. is one of my all time favorites.Ive stopped wearing it for awhile because my wife says it smells like deep woods off and she doesnt like it.I think she doesnt like me getting the compliments from other women,I still love Polo and still wear it on occaision.I like to compare this frgrance to Opium for women in that it announces itself in a room and says Im here and I know who I am and what I want.This is a strong cologne and it takes a strong man to pull it off,if you arent man enough for this scent,youre always free to smell like your girlfriend and wear some unisex fragrance.

Although i like the smell, its too mature for me. It can be easily overpowered. I recommend this to ages 25+

I must be crazy but, the notes that I pick up on are: moth balls, ointments, wheelchairs & walkers, ear hair, stories of the great depression and OLD MEN!!! VERY OLD MEN!!!! My Dad still has the very same ridiculously large 8 oz vat of this "Old Man in a Bottle." I remeber hating it then... and like a fine wine, my hatred for this foul stench has only matured. ^_^ I know this review is a bit harsh, but I beg of you, please keep this "cologne" away from me at all costs! Thanks.

The smell of mafia-style gangsters everywhere! Even with my deep affection for many 'alpha-male' fragrances such as Kouros, Cartier Dos Santos and Antaeus, this is the fragrance equivalent of 'shock and awe'. If I'm honest this scent represents the edge of the fragrance forrest, beyond which I am afraid to venture - even this far into the journey. Although I secretly desire to wear such a fragrance and imagine myself as an uber-male character such as Gordon Gecko or Rambo. The veritable antithesis of subtlety and gentleness! Bravo to those brave enough to wear this...

Strong Woody and Spicy opening, very different from brands quoting similarities, but this one definitely stands apart.

Its unique fragrance will have people sniff their way through a crowded place and find you.

This one's a Rockstar, long lasting.

This is what seperates the men from the boys
یک عطر کاملا مردانه. با ماندگاری و پخش بوی عالی. بنظر من هر مرد میان سالی باید یک شیشه از این عطر را در آرشیو عطرهایش داشته باشد

Polo Ralph Lauren perfume is an old school, someone sniffed hearing his name, but I think this fragrance has a strength rarely seen compared to modern perfumes, whether urban, water or trendy, here we encounter the real perfume men.Aromatic, spicy and woody.Remember when my father sent me to get cigarettes from the tobacconist, the right of the desk on a shelf there were many perfumes including Courreges, Tobacco D'Harar and Polo Ralph Lauren, without feeling the scent of the box it transpired the innate class in a kind of subliminal message saying, take me ...
The best

First of all, I have this perfume for over 2 years and I wasn´t able to decide yet if I throw the bottle away or buy another one. It´s complex scent, point. Some say when you walk on streets a bunch of 80-year-old ladies would go after you ....some say it´s meant for special occasions.
The first feeling as smelling is a harsh, sharp top notes, old-fashioned and perhaps outdatet perfume, troublesome,and finally little intoxicating.....

The middle notes and basenotes after drydown are way better than the first impressions.....Indeed, it´s a manly-man I´ve no doubt!!! It´s not subtle, it´s not fresh, and sometimes green...

According to Mighty Masrshal (a user of this very site): "It smells like the leather jacket of a man who chain smokes cigars, rides his horse through the woods to his house where he cooks middle eastern cuisine over an open fire. It's abrasive and strong." (LOL) I´d add : that kind of man who spits on the ground, scratch his own nuts, and do not take a daily shower....(LOL)

Who should wear this: 40s men. Mainly on opened spaces, like parties and shows. Do not spray too much of it onto your skin, unless there´s a medical team nearby!!!

The perfume despite of all emanating discussion...is complex and evolves.....

Sillage: 10
Projection: 10
Longevity: 24h
Target market: 40s manly-men
Scent itself: 6,5
X-factor: 7
Overall score: 7

son defaut a luit c'est que on finie toujour par l'abondoner!!!!!

Phew... to so say this stuff is strong would be an understatement. I foolishly sprayed it on my wrist and now my temples are throbbing and my head feels like it going to explode like a scene from a David Cronenberg horror movie.

I don't think I've ever tried a scent that evoked such revulsion before; my family DEMANDED I washed it off the moment we got back. People in the car park seemed to KNOW I was wearing this stuff and looked like they wanted to kill me. It seems every smiling face turns into an accusing look when you wear Polo.

I won't bother describing it... other than to say it smells like a pair of big, hairy moth balls mashed up with concentrated soap powder and pine needles.

I feel like I've been beaten up.

I want to like this - it's clean and fresh and spicy and really masculine - but unfortunately it reminds me of several unpleasant ex-BFs who used to wear it! I now avoid any man who wears it!!

I love this fragrance. But here - in Brazil - it's very expensive. Somebody know another smell who looks like polo (Cheaper)? Thanks!

I think i have no words to praise this evergreen and classic fragrance by Ralph Lauren, a real gem though today in the market u'll find similar fragrances but this is the pioneer and the trend-setter even today it really stands out. Highly Complimented strong spicy old skool like masculine fragrance. Simply a powerhouse from late 70's.
8.5 out of 10.

A classic fragrance with a very familiar smell, one that I would think of being 5 years old and being taken to my dads work at the office, he introduces me to his middle aged boss, who greets me in his mid priced suit and 'yucky, grown-up after shave' (which nowadays I admire for their quality and timeless essence).
The one citric note, bergamot, is the perfectly subtle dose for this opening, the body is of mossy, woody, peppery and cedar accords.
The name AND the smell associates a closed circle of rule and tradition.

I really love thissssssssssss...its so sexy!!!!!

This is what seperates the men from the boys

this is so extremly unsexy, sweet heavy and stinky, so oldfashion that it will reach the retro-status in about 150years from now;) a real erotic-killer!
there are so many great classic frag`s for men (acqua di parma for example) on earth...
this just smells powdery and cheep oldfashion like an old man of 70 with a liver disease, when i close my eyes while sniffle it... :(

Don't think of something cheap because of its simple flacon, the scent is just ground braking!
It presents a herbal and juniper odor in the initiating which smells like olive oil;heavy waxy aromatic.
A well-matured overpowering youth mood and evokes sexual charisma which rules entire the process; classy and young, but girls may be afraid of that much masculinity!
What stays in the middle is a floral and spicy leathery aroma, so chic and deep. Proper for a tennis or golf player; casual but in a high level manner.
But warning: one or two spray is enough if you don't wanna temples blow up! Can give headache in over apply and can bore in everyday use.
Apply it on polo shirts.

longevity 10/10
sillage 10/10
scent 10/10

Famous but wrong and annoying

It was the first "adult" fragrance I started to use after high school.
At first I just bought the polo deo sift, and there was no turning back.

It is strong, and not for anyone.
I'm a a pale guy, blond, and i don't have much smell of my own (sometimes its a good thing, but ladys like a manly smell), and somehow fragrances fade from my skin very fast.
I love Givenchy gentleman and like davidoff adventure, but they just don't lust.
I spray it on, and by the time I get to the office, the harshness is gone, and fresh green rule all day. Very forest like, maybe fall, smells like my grandfathers hunting tweed coat... and that's a good thing in my book.
My wife loves it.

I wouldn't recommend it for a Mediterranean guy. My Iranian friend uses this too, and I can well understand why some people find it too much.

Throwback! This scent reminds me of something my dad would wear. Even though I'm in my early twenties I still enjoy this scent. I only use it for formal events though for sure. This juice projects on my skin like crazy and stays with me for at least 12 hours. In terms of how much to use with this one less is definitely more. I would never recommend wearing this to a bar or club. It is leathery and smokey. Only a real man can pull this one off.

This is the best man's scent ever if worn correctly. A little WILL do you! When I first met my hubby, I noticed he wore Polo just right. Just a sliver of it down his abs was all it took to make him smell good enough to eat!

nasty fragance !!!!!!!!!

I work in a Polo store and EVERY employee who works in the store, no matter the age or sex, from 16 to 60, hates this smell, and dreads when someone tries it on. And so do the customers who have to shop in the store after it's sprayed. It just SMELLS dated. It smells like the leather jacket of a man who chain smokes cigars, rides his horse through the woods to his house where he cooks middle eastern cuisine over an open fire. It's abrasive and strong. And it lasts ALL DAY LONG. If it were toned down a little, and mixed with a little more of the floral, I'd probably really enjoy it.

I love this cologne, and so do all the old ladies when I wear it. I teach high school, though, and on more than one occasion, I had a student tell me that I smelled like an old man. That's NOT the scent I was hoping to share. But...my bottle ran out and some day in the future I will replace! It lasts forever on my skin and projects loudly!

9/10

Quality ****
Versatility *
Durability ****
Sillage *****
Top *
Heart ***
Base *
Final score **

Fragranticans will hide the review, Basenoters will hate me, the fact is dated stuff is dated.
Scary scent in that bottle.

The good
It's an icon, yes. The heart smells like a discontinued EDC from Atkinsons, After Sport, and I do have good memories from it, otherwise it'd get a plain and simple 1 star as final score.
I'm unable to detect much of a synthetic vibe but then again I can't really find much in specific within that potent concoction.
Longevity is good, sillage is nuclear when sprayed, it does mellow over time.

The bad
Dated scent, period. The very mature ladies will chase you around for sure: they say it smells like "real men". Fine...
Too loud and sharp therefore not versatile.

The ugly
The best young girl repelent I've found so far, as soon as I sprayed it they all went "eeeeew". The only reason I didn't wash it off was to review it properly.

I've smelled it before, and wasn't sure it was classic Polo. Thanks heavens I gave up on a blind on Modern Reserve, it can't be much far from that, even with the tame top notes.

کلاسیک ، بسیار خوشبو و تاثیر گذار
مردانه
کلاسیک
وزین
مناسب برای مدیران و ملاقاتهای کاری
بطور دائم مصرف نشود بهتر است
و روی هم رفته عطری سنگین و مناسب برای ملاقاتهای رسمی به نظر میرسد

one of my favorite...always in the toiletries bag wherever I go...especially on family meetings and dinner gathering...very manly smells, extreme masculine, it can uplifts your mood and somehow gave the extra strength you didn't know it was there...good projection and sillage....extremely personal smells....good job!

não adianta teimar . amando ou odiando , todos concordam num ponto : ninguém chega aos 32 anos de mercado com tanta força à toa . tem que ter muita complexidade e originalidade para reinar no saturado e plageador mundo da perfumaria . superpopular e copiado aos milhões em qualquer rincão deste planeta , polo ainda conserva um poder de atração , mesmo sobre jovens , difícil de encontrar em outros perfumes . folhoso , floral(eu sinto sutilmente) , terroso e masculino . longa vida ao senhor polo . um clássico para chamar de meu....

This fragrance is a classic.Yes the initial scents hit you hard at first,but as the day goes by, this will simmer into a smooth green leathery scent.Be sure not to over apply.If you put too much on,then it will not be good for the nose.

You smell it coming at you a mile away and it is just...wrong

Bought in once in the early '80's. Wore its welcome out before I finished the bottle.

I supposse it works for a certain guy (swarmy and too tanned) but can not imagine a lady putting up with it for long!

Well, it certainly made a baleful of green for the house of Ralph (so did the Whooper for Mickey D's). Does not make it worthy of greatness? I think not! Tired and time to retire it!

Funny, nobody mentions the burning smell of this fragrance, and it is not the nice burnt smell of oud, incense or myhrr, but the strong, acrid smell of campfire that hits your nose like a sledgehammer, after that a nice floral (who said no flower notes here?) heart composed mainly of rose and jasmine counterbalanced by pine, and to finish, a nice base of vetiver, patchouli and tobacco flower (flower again?)

My ex used to wear (a lot of) this to spite me as he knew this frag would give me a monster migraine in under 10 seconds flat.

Sorry, hate it.

Something is wrong, like Polo does not contain floral notes? And the notes middle notes: Carnation, Rose, Jasmine, Geranium ... Sometimes I think this perfume smells like Vick or toothpaste.

Polo by Ralph Lauren has a wonderful aura reflects elegance and class for their aroma, is very powerful opening notes, it feels like an explosion of pine and tobacco leather, impressive and slightly disturbing.

The middle notes are harmonics of the chaos left by the first notes, are quite manly smelling green pine woods, the snuff and skin continue but with less intensity, allowing the first emerge. This fragrance stays too long in its middle notes, or to put it is not noticed when transiting the base notes, which are very similar.

They are very manly aromas, warm and elegant ones in this fragrance. Preferable to use in social clubs, academic circles or similar activities, as the aroma denotes commands respect and class, but it is too powerful for a formal dinner or office, where they can be very intrusive.

Nor is recommended for romantic dates, as the EDT entirely without notes for intimate moments, is too strong, the minimum recommended applications.

That said, it is understood that Polo "separates children of men", meaning a child as anyone under 40 years old man. A full adult masterpiece.

Even Ralph Lauren house hasn't been able to create such a great fragrance like this one. On of the best ever made...

This on is is my type. I like strong scents, and I think this could really be classified as a WOODY GREEN. Smells like fresh of the shower or that smell you get when just going out of the barbershop.(LOL) And the staying power is perfect for men like me (that sweat too much) it lasts all day.

I have wanted Polo for quite some time and was thrilled to finally get a bottle at a very reasonable price. I have in my mind, since I first sampled it, grouped it with Yatagan and Quorum as being similar. I gave one spray of each on my forearms to compare. It was clear right from the start, there was only a slight similarity between Yatagan and Polo. The differences became increasingly clear when comparing the two as they dried down.

Yatagan is dirty compared with Polo. There is a definite animalistic accord in Yatagan, which is missing in Polo, which almost seems like dried sweat. The Polo seems almost minty-clean by comparison. I think it is the herbaceous woody aspect which makes me connect these fragrances.

If Polo is to be worn by a lumberjack, axe in hand coming back from a hard day in the coniferous forest; Yatagan should be worn by his ferret-breeding recluse brother who lives in a tumbledown rotting wooden cabin somewhere in the same forest. Quorum is in many ways more similar to Polo than Yatagan is, though much, much sharper at the start and is also stronger (and without the subtlety afforded by such a wide range of notes).

Polo is definitely a green fragrance and tobacco is quite prominent as also is the pine. It seems every time I smell Polo, I detect different notes, which speaks of its complexity and balance.

The elements are beautifully blended to give a long-lasting crisp-green fragrance which is without any doubt one of the pinnacles of male perfumery.

Love Ralph's fragrances on the whole but this older fragrance is still as putrid today as back in 1984, when I first smelled it on a roommate and literally gagged. Too heavy in middle and base notes. Here's an idea Lauren perfumers, could you lighten this formula up a little bit? Help! I'm lost in a pine forest, baby.

Nice and earthy. For an older gent and great for a formal night out. Not an everyday use and use lightly. Worth picking up but not a staple.

Apart from being categorised as a Woody Chypre,this scent can be classified as an Aromatic Green frag.I have a tester of this masterpiece and enjoy every molecule of the timeless masterpiece called Polo Classic.

Cheers

Great fragrance - a classic - fresh, clean sweet pine, leather, lasts all day and leaves a lovely "trail" behind you. If I run out of this its an instant replacement - can't do without this one! - It's retro but it has lots of character and it's long lasting

just bought this geen polo.. gosh!!! love the smell and considered the best fragrance ever compared to others

Reminds me back to my old clubbing days in early 90ies when everyone was wearing it due to the strength of clothing lines (the scent was launched originally in '78)!
Basically smells of horsedung! LOL
Ironically that is a nice thing for me as horseback riding was my youth, lol

Fond memories to this one but I no longer wear it for there are far more modern scents around now.

Very masculine!

This, "Le Male" by JPG and "Kouros" by YSL are the butchest scents I can think of.

Well, Polo :)

I wish I could love you a fraction of other lovers in Fragrantica.

This is just too green and too strong for me.

Cheers,

Where else you could find a Great Masculine as POLO?

Equation of success = Non-floral + Pine + tobacco + leather + clove.

I like it!

Many, many times over the years my conscious self has been shocked to find that my subconscious self has forced an eager expression on my suddenly flushed face and made me turn about sniffing the air in the manner of a hungry fox sensing something tasty on the wind... and each time this has happened there's been a man nearby wearing Polo.

Artemisia must be the catalyst that transforms forest notes, leather, tobacco and animalic secretions into this alluring fragrance. Apply lightly and at your own risk.

There is no age for a great fragrance, and Polo is one of those ageless perfumes that will become a classic.
Although the opening is quite hard to handle for me, the heart notes and the base notes are a delight. The description says "no floral notes but chamomille", well, I beg to disagree big time, the heart is all rose and jasmine nicely counterbalanced by pepper and pine while the base tobacco flower is one of the dominant notes in a beautiful harmony with patchouli and vetiver.
All and all, a lovely scent that will be around for decades, those that want a "modern" perfume, go to the corner CVS and get a cheap AXE.

Polo is Yatagan without the bite. The smell of damp, freshly-cut grass in late September, complete with the earthy tinge of wood and soil. There's some old pine needles resting in there, too. I like Polo, but I'm not so sure I would wear it. Other similar fragrances like Quorum and Yatagan can be had for less, and offer just as much, if not more.

Una de las fragancias mejor logradas de la historia.

once a timeless classic that launched a chain of scents, the green herbal dry woodsy chypre nature of this scent limit it's applicability

its a very dated scent and is not overly popular among todays crowd and has a bitter dry woodsy mossy drydown that is more suited for older people

Wonderful scent. Elegant, distinct, classic... and the most important: smells great!
And forget this silly thought of "the age" of Polo or its "80's scent". Good fragrances don't become bad or old with time. On the contrary, they become classics. What´s a modern smell after all?

Well, after not wearing Polo for a few years, I've gone back to this good old reliable, and I'm loving it all over again. The patchouli-prominent drydown is amazing!

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...