Ralph Lauren · 2013 · Olivier Gillotin

Polo Red

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

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Sparkling red grapefruit, lemon and tart cranberry over lavender, saffron and sage, drying down to coffee, cedar and vanilla.

Ralph Lauren says

You’ll smell zesty grapefruit, cranberry accord, lemon oil, lavender accord, saffron, sage, coffee, cedarwoods and vanilla.

More from Ralph Lauren’s description

It also mentions Sparkling Red Grapefruit, Sensual Redwood, Red saffron, Red grapefruit, Redwood, Cranberry, Lemon, Red sage, Lavender lavandin, Amber, Coffee berry and Cedar cedrat.

The house’s page

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Polo Red’s scent picture, a draft: grapefruit, cranberry, lemon, lavender, saffron, sage drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Polo Red, when you spray it: Grapefruit, Cranberry, Lemon

As it settlesheart notes

Polo Red, as it settles: Lavender, Saffron, Sage, Citronellol (rose)

What staysdry-down notes

Polo Red, what stays: Coffee, Woody notes, Vanilla, Amber, Cedar, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Ralph Lauren names

Zesty grapefruitCranberry accordLemon oilLavender accordSaffronSageCoffeeCedarwoodsVanillaSensual RedwoodRedwoodLavender lavandinCedar cedrat

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

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

Citronellol (rose)Geraniol (rose)Hydroxycitronellal

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWatertert-Butyl alcoholBHT (keeps it fresh)Denatonium benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Elysium Pour HommeRoja Parfums · shares grapefruit, lemon, lavender, vanilla and 1 more$380 for 100 ml
Detour EcoAl Haramain · shares lavender, saffron, sage and cedar (Atlas cedar)$27.22 for 100 ml · about a third of Polo Red’s $116
212 VIP Black ElixirCarolina Herrera · shares grapefruit, lavender, saffron and vanilla$126 for 50 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.