Ralph Lauren

Polo Sport

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Ralph Lauren asks $85 for 125 ml
125 ml$85

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Crisp lemon, mint, lavender and tangerine over a marine heart with ginger and jasmine, drying to vetiver, oakmoss and musk.

Ralph Lauren says

You’ll smell tangerine oil, lavender oil, lemon oil, mint oil, aldehydes accord, bergamot accord, pineapple accord, marine accord, geranium accord, ginger oil, jasmine accord, nutmeg oil, Orange Blossom accord, sandalwood accord, vetiver oil, musk accord, Oakmoss Accord and amber accord.

More from Ralph Lauren’s description

It also mentions Lemon, Mint, Lavender, Oakmoss, Tangerine, Bergamot, Pineapple, Jasmine, Orange blossom, Ginger, Vetiver, Sandalwood, Musk and Amber.

The house’s page

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The drawn Polo Sport bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Polo Sport’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, lavender, lemon, mint, aldehydes, bergamot drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Polo Sport, when you spray it: Mandarin, Lavender, Lemon, Mint, Aldehydes, Bergamot, Pineapple

As it settlesheart notes

Polo Sport, as it settles: Marine notes, Geranium, Ginger, Jasmine, Nutmeg, Bitter orange

What staysdry-down notes

Polo Sport, what stays: Sandalwood, Vetiver, Musk, Oakmoss, Amber, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Ralph Lauren names

Tangerine oilLavender oilLemon oilMint oilAldehydes accordBergamot accordPineapple accordGeranium accordGinger oilJasmine accordNutmeg oilOrange Blossom accordSandalwood accordVetiver oilMusk accordOakmoss Accord

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 & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

Benzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalCitronellolGeraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Isoeugenol
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholRed 33Blue 1

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

North StarThe Woods Collection · shares lavender, lemon, mint, bergamot and 6 more
Ambassador IntenseGisada · shares mandarin, lavender, bergamot, geranium (rose geranium) and 6 more$135 for 100 ml · about twice Polo Sport’s $85
Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares lavender, bergamot, geranium (rose geranium), ginger and 5 moreabout $29 for 100 ml · about half of Polo Sport’s $85
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Odyssey MegaArmaf · shares lemon, mint, bergamot, pineapple and 4 more$45 for 100 ml
Le VainqueurRancé 1795 · shares mandarin, lavender, lemon, bergamot and 5 moreabout $202 for 100 ml
FidjiGuy Laroche · shares lemon, aldehydes, bergamot, jasmine and 4 more
Aspen CologneCoty · shares lavender, lemon, bergamot, geranium (rose geranium) and 4 more
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, geranium (rose geranium), ginger, jasmine and 4 more$395 for 100 ml
See 3 more3 more share half its notes
Ingenious GingerGoldfield & Banks · shares mandarin, lemon, bergamot, ginger and 4 moreabout $196 for 100 ml
Paloma PicassoPaloma Picasso · shares lemon, bergamot, jasmine, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and 4 more
ObsessionCalvin Klein · shares mandarin, bergamot, jasmine, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and 4 more$71 for 100 ml · about the same as Polo Sport’s $85
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.