Challenge Re/Fresh

I bought this perfume in 2011 and it was a soft and beautiful perfume, but the drawback of this perfume was that the performance was not strong.

This is nice for me! It's smells so fresh and gud in the super heat! It's my alligator pee pee 😁

A nice reinterpretation of the citrus heavy original that suffered once the heart and base took hold on some wearers with an astringent, imbalanced overload of citrus and aromatics. . Lacoste took the criticism to heart and armed with a totally different pyramid but with the same philosophy of sporty, fresh and subtle, they came up with this rather tepid yet charming creation. Re/Fresh really is perfectly suitable for sport and casual spring/summer daytime affairs. Projection and sillage are soft under three sprays and as the prince elector below states rather astutely, this is subtle on purpose, it is designed for the active sportsman looking to cover up the stench of sweat, not for clubbing at the local downtown basement on a Saturday night. Oddly tangy for a scent lacking citrus or fruit, the oregano, soft birch and rosemary create a zesty, high-pitched aroma that smells a bit like a Sicilian kitchen with household garden spices but the birch wood really cuts the impact of the spices to a minimum and makes this an oddity in the top before the oregano really takes control after the first fifteen minutes of wear. The dry down adds a bit of a balsamic feel to the spices and birch wood but by this point the scent stays very close to the skin and takes some effort to pick up. On my skin the cardamom and patchouli are very much in the background and never really show themselves. Nice young men's fragrance for the athlete in spring/summer, subtle enough that it won't distract or get in the way and can be had for under $30 and no one should pay more than that; as longevity is average at 4-6 hours and sillage soft and subtle quickly after application. Great balance of oregano and rosemary with some soft birch wood, enjoyable wear, on the cheap a nice fragrance to add to the wardrobe for some variety in spring/summer.

I fell in love with this frag. at the first sniff. It reminded me of my old good Puma 2002 really strong. I was almost ready to buy it but suddenly (while testing it for the last time on skin) i've got enough. It became boring and i decided that buying it would be too hasty. Hovewer fragrance was really strong and nice. Sillage also strong.

I have been wearing this for the past three days and what a disappointment. I can't even tell I am wearing a fragrance. I have to admit I fell for the idea of a time release fragrance. I also like essential so I thought If Lacoste was doing something spicy instead of their typical sporty scent this could be interesting. Refresh is basically one big mess. It is almost like it doesn't know what it wants to be. It opens like fabric softener. After 30 minutes it tones down and reminds me of a generic Essential. The dry down gets warmer and let's the spice come out, but a very muted spice. Refresh does seem to alternate between the generic sporty scent and spicy note in the drydown, but it also could be that both scents are present and the spice is revealed as the fabric softener smell fades. Either way it doesn't matter because refresh is so muted that I can't tell I am wearing it unless I sniff my wrist. I try not to wear a lot of cologne. Usually one or two sprays. I love it when a scent slowly fades and subtly reminds you of it's prescents throughout the day. I hate having to use half a bottle in order to smell my fragrance. It makes me feel like a big cloud hovering over everyone around me.