Ralph Lauren · 2005 · Ellen Molner and Pierre Negrin

Polo Black

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Ralph Lauren asks $116 for 125 ml
125 ml$116

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Icy mango, mandarin, lemon and cardamom over a fresh sage heart, drying to moss, tonka, patchouli and cedar.

Ralph Lauren says

You’ll smell Iced Mango accord, mandarin oil, lemon oil, cardamom accord, ozone accord, jasmine accord, artemisia (silver armoise oil), moss accord, Tonka Bean absolute, Patchouli Noir oil and cedarwood accord.

More from Ralph Lauren’s description

It also mentions Artemisia (silver armoise), Patchouli Noir, Iced mango, Spanish sage, Green effervescent accord, Lush liquid accord, Hedione, Sandalwood, Timberol and Tonka bean.

The house’s page

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The drawn Polo Black bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Polo Black’s scent picture, a draft: mango, mandarin, lemon, cardamom, marine notes, jasmine (hedione) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Polo Black, when you spray it: Mango, Mandarin, Lemon, Cardamom, Sage

As it settlesheart notes

Polo Black, as it settles: Marine notes, Jasmine (Hedione), Artemisia

What staysdry-down notes

Polo Black, what stays: Oakmoss, Tonka (coumarin), Patchouli, Cedar, Sandalwood

What’s inside it

What Ralph Lauren names

Iced Mango accordMandarin oilLemon oilCardamom accordJasmine accordArtemisia (silver armoise oil)Moss accordTonka Bean absolutePatchouli Noir oilCedarwood accordSpanish sageHedione (jasmine)SandalwoodTimberol

What the label names

9 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals5

Hexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)CitronellolHydroxycitronellalAmyl cinnamal (aldehydes)Geraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)
4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Vulcan FeuFrench Avenue · shares mango, lemon, jasmine, oakmoss and 2 moreabout $45 for 100 ml · about half of Polo Black’s $116
ElsewhereAmouage · shares mango, mandarin, cardamom, tonka and 2 more$475 for 100 ml
ErosVersace · shares mandarin, lemon, oakmoss, tonka and 3 more$129 for 100 ml
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Eros FlameVersace · shares mandarin, lemon, oakmoss, tonka and 3 more$149 for 100 ml
Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares oakmoss, tonka, patchouli, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 2 moreabout $29 for 100 ml · about a third of Polo Black’s $116
Classic BlackJaguar · shares mandarin, cardamom, oakmoss, tonka and 2 more
Ambassador IntenseGisada · shares mandarin, cardamom, jasmine, oakmoss and 2 more$135 for 100 ml
Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares lemon, jasmine, oakmoss, tonka and 2 more$250 for 100 ml
See 4 more4 more share half its notes
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares cardamom, jasmine, oakmoss, tonka and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
1872 FeminineClive Christian · shares lemon, jasmine, oakmoss, patchouli and 2 more$610 for 100 ml
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares mandarin, jasmine, oakmoss, tonka and 2 more$115 for 75 ml
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares cardamom, jasmine, tonka, patchouli and 2 more$550 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.