Ralph Lauren · 2020

Polo Red

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

From lightest to strongest

Zesty grapefruit and spicy red ginger over warm lavender, clary sage and elemi, resting on cedar, guaiac wood and benzoin.

Ralph Lauren says

You’ll smell red ginger, grapefruit, ginger oil, clary sage, warm lavender oil, elemi, cedar wood, guaiac wood, benzoin resinoid, opoponax resinoi and musk accord.

More from Ralph Lauren’s description

It also mentions Ginger and Rich Woods.

The house’s page

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The drawn Polo Red bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Polo Red’s scent picture, a draft: ginger, grapefruit, clary sage, lavender, elemi, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Polo Red, when you spray it: Ginger, Grapefruit

As it settlesheart notes

Polo Red, as it settles: Clary sage, Lavender, Elemi, Citronellol (rose)

What staysdry-down notes

Polo Red, what stays: Cedar, Guaiacwood, Benzoin, Opopanox resinois, Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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 & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 powder

4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Drunk LoversBORNTOSTANDOUT · shares ginger, grapefruit, clary sage, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 2 more$320 for 100 ml
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares grapefruit, lavender, elemi, guaiacwood and 1 more$19.05 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Polo Red’s $116
Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares lavender, elemi, guaiacwood, benzoin and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
See 2 more2 more share half its notes
Beloved WomanAmouage · shares clary sage, lavender, cedar (Atlas cedar), benzoin and 1 more
Elysium Pour HommeRoja Parfums · shares grapefruit, lavender, cedar (Atlas cedar), benzoin and 1 more$380 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.