Polo Red
Polo Red by Ralph Lauren is a masculine-leaning eau de toilette from 2013 in the designer price tier. It opens with grapefruit, red berries and lemon, moves into saffron and sage and dries down to coffee, cedarwood and amber. Expect around 7 hours of wear, and it projects strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Grapefruit Bitter, slightly sweaty citrus. More grown-up than lemon.
- Red Berries Generic jammy berry blend. Bright, sweet and crowd-pleasing.
- Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
Heart
- Saffron Leathery, medicinal and slightly metallic. The signature of modern niche.
- Sage Dry, herbal and slightly bitter. Adds a grown-up, aromatic edge.
Dry-down
- Coffee Roasted, bitter and dark. Adds edge to sweet fragrances.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
- Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.
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