Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Yellow (Jaune)

Best Lacoste scent imo. Performance on me is super weak on my skin, but it does decently on clothes. 2-3 hours on skin, but I’ve had it staying on my clothes for 6-7h. Doesn’t really project after 20 mins tho. It just stays there. The perfect scent for you to “refresh” yourself in a hot summer day, and perfect for just hanging around on the beach with the wind blowing through your hair. Reminds me instantly of vacations and happy times. This is what I put on when i want to be in the best mood. Compliments left and right from my gf, but only cuz she’s one of the only people who can pick up the scent lol. And even at that, she still said it’s really light. Any age range can wear this, but more for the younger crowd. Any occasion for summer except for dressed up. Ok presentation, it’s young and fun, but nothing spectacular. Overall ratings: Scent - 10/10 Longevity - 3/10 on skin, 6/10 on clothes Projection - 2.5/10 Sillage -3/10 Compliments - 10/10 in “close and intimate” quarters, but other than that not really anyone can pick it up. It’s more of a scent for yourself Versatility -6/10 Presentation - 6.5/10 Overall rating - 8/10 for me personally, and it’s really unfair. I’m in love with this scent, and so is my gf and my family. But other than me loving it, no one can even pick it up to rate it. I’m pretty sure for those of you who don’t love the scent as much as I do would give it somewhere around a 4-5 bc of the poor performance, but imho it’s one of the few scents I consider a perfect smell.

This fragrance has one of the best openings I've smelled on a citrus scent and very good for any kind of scent. However, on my skin it doesn't last long or project very well. You will want to carry a travel atomizer if you wear this fragrance. I find myself reapplying it every two hours, because the longevity just isn't there. If this fragrance were much stronger, it would certainly be in my top 5. Lacoste L.12.12 Jaune is definitely not worth full MSRP. I also have L.12.12 Blanc. I would like Jaune better than Blanc, if it lasted longer. I've seen some Fragrantica members compare Lacoste L.12.12 Jaune to Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche. There is a slight difference, but overall to the average nose, they will smell very similar. I would consider buying this fragrance again, but I would not pay more than $25-30 for a 100mL bottle. UPDATE: I haven't worn this fragrance much in the last 6-9 months. Since writing this review, I bought Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche and Olfactive Studio Still Life, which both have a similar vibe to this fragrance, but are higher quality. I would recommend buying this if you are new to fragrances or do not have much money. I would still recommend saving your money to buy Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche instead. It smells like a higher quality version of Lacoste Jaune and it has the longevity that Jaune does not.

This fragrance captures the essence of a fleeting crisp forest breeze with a sharply fresh scent that stimulates the senses. Unlike many woody men's fragrances, which can be heavy, overbearing, or stuffy, this fragrance celebrates nature's simplicity - like a breath of cool fresh air on a sunny day that cleanses the mind. Its subtle profile makes it an ideal companion fragrance that can be worn year-round while paired with other favorites. In spring, I pair this fragrance with florals, creating a romantic blend of natural scents. During summer, the combination of fresh sea notes and this fragrance produces an idyllic and refreshing midsummer bouquet. In fall, the fragrance pairs well with notes of apple and cinnamon, creating a cozy and comforting scent. Finally, in winter, the fragrance fuses perfectly with tobacco musk, creating an alluring, warm, and sophisticated aroma. Overall, the fragrance's versatility and ability to complement other scents make it an excellent addition to any fragrance collection.

This works nicely in a hot, swampy climate, and do I ever live in one of those. It's a positive fragrance that can be applied heavily and forgotten about or resprayed without offending everyone you come across on a hot day. Sweat it up and you won't regret it up. It's unlikely to send people diving down your pants, but may hook into particular people. Most subjectively, it's an alcoholic's son's fragrance, which stirs a memory of my father on a riding lawnmower, icy gin and tonic melting on the hood as he mows down a north Florida lawn in the summer.

This fragrance is similar to chanel allure edition blanc. But lacoste managed to creat a more pleasing scent than chanel allure blanc wich doesnt turn like someone how had a cold scent. I like this fragrance but lacoste keeps on doing the same thing with there fragrances and that is poor longivity and silage.

Good fragrance for attending a cavalcade or the farmers market during the height of summer. Grass, fresh cut, lemon zest, dry gin. Doesn't cloy but is effervescent. Two sprays on my body and one on my shirt gives me a pleasant six hours of lift. One of my absolute favorites for dog days.

Great dumb reach scent, had to let this one grow on me overtime because at first I was not impressed and I actually wanted to sell it. Overall I really enjoy this one really fresh and NOT OFFENSIVE at ALL 8.5/10 Good pick up! EDIT: This is my girlfriends favorite cologne that I wear

Very nice fresh scent for the summer. I got this fragrance last month and it just gets the job done. This gem is not popular which is good for me lol. Opens up very citrusy because of the grapefruit and the tonic. Very solid fragrance from Lacoste! 8/10

To me, it's Tommy Hilfiger mixed with a hint of Boss Bottled Tonic. Sweeter, though, but as fresh and pleasant. If it were a car, it would be Honda Jazz or Toyota Yaris or Suzuki Swift. It gets you there.

Lemon zest with some sort carbonation like sparkling water I really loved this scent used it in high school and it was good performing and longevity for a student.

Bought this after watching Youtube Gent Scents describing the frag. And it works well with my skin chemistry, revealing the apple note all through out the day.

Fresh, clean, green scent. Almost has a cilantro note in it; probably the cypress in it. Very refreshing. Middle of the road as far as performance goes.

Lacoste Eau De Lacoste L.12.12 Jaune Men EDT opens with a moderate projection of sweet, sparkly, and citrus notes. The opening is faint, soda-like, fresh, delectable, and pleasant. The combination of tonic water, grapefruit, and apple create a carbonated, sweet sparkly citrus with a touch of fruity accord and it is the most prominent opening note. The pink pepper is not far back, just a light spicy touch. The cypress and vetiver are a faint woody and green note, the amber adds a very light projecting touch. The fragrance has a subtle but noticeable opening to dry-down change, the citrus notes are projecting and sharp during the opening, however towards the dry-down, they lose some intensity. Also, the amber develops creating a light, dry, and projecting note, also the initial moderate projection dives and drops to low. Once Lacoste Eau De Lacoste L.12.12 Jaune Men EDT has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a very soft projection, sparkly citrus, and spicy fragrance with soft woody and green accords. The fragrance feels casual, delicate, diluted, disappointing, diurnal, faint, fresh, fruity, low-quality, masculine, modern, short-lived, sparkly, spicy, sweet, woody, and pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 6/10. A sparkly, soda-like, fresh fragrance, good, but not impressive. DISLIKE RATING: 1/10. The tonic water in this fragrance has a carbonated, soda-like touch. UNIQUENESS: 6/10. The tonic water gives the fragrance a unique touch. MASS APPEAL: 9/10. This is a fragrance that most people will enjoy. PROJECTION: 1/10. Very low, almost none. SILLAGE: 1/10. Very low, almost none. APPLICATION: 10 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 3/10. Very low, under 3 hours. SEASONS: Spring, summer. OCCASIONS: Outdoor gatherings, gym, office, casual, holidays, vacations. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 5/10. A nice sparkly citrusy fragrance ideal for warm weather. GENDER: Advertised as for men, the notes and resulting scent are unisex. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Lacoste Eau De Lacoste L.12.12 Jaune Men EDT can be purchased for about $30. It is a nice citrus fragrance with a soda-like and juvenile touch, pleasant, but its performance is very disappointing. It is a nice-to-have but not a must-have. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are fragrances in the same fruity genre. Alfred Dunhill Desire is affordable citrus, vanilla, fruity, fresh, and green, however, its performance is very low; Carolina Herrera 212 VIP Men EDT features passionfruit, and lime, additionally, it contains ginger and boozy tones; Grand Parfums Thierry Mugler A*Men is a good clone, sweet, fruity/orange soda-like, and blond coffee fragrance; Cuba Prestige Gold Men EDT is a very sweet, soda-like, amber, woody, and spicy fragrance; Hugo Boss Just Different Men EDT brings green, fruity, and woody accords; Paco Rabanne 1 Million Lucky Men EDP is a good fragrance with plum, very sweet honey, and woody notes; Thierry Mugler A*Men EDT is a good, sweet, fruity soda-like, and blond coffee fragrance; Lacoste Eau De Lacoste L.12.12 Jaune Men EDT is a short-lived, sparkly, soda-like citrus and spicy fragrance. SUMMARY: A very soft projection, sparkly citrus, and spicy fragrance with soft woody and green accords. The fragrance feels casual, delicate, diluted, disappointing, diurnal, faint, fresh, fruity, low-quality, masculine, modern, short-lived, sparkly, spicy, sweet, woody, and pleasant.

Lacoste Eau de Lacoste L.12.12. Yellow is my first experience with Lacoste as a house or clothing brand. I find L.12.12. Yellow is a bit of an interesting scent but one I smelt before. The notes are mostly the same as Tommy Hilfiger TH Bold, except for a Sean John 3AM like tonic water. TH Bold is a little more metallic, and 3AM is more leathery, but I feel these comparisons are pretty fair. I do like L.12.12. Yellow as it is more on the TH Bold than 3 AM side. Yes, it is light but packs a punch early on. Like 3AM, the tonic water note is the star. That said, the grapefruit is pretty strong and even the pink pepper is there too. The open is the strongest notes but I think the vetiver in the base is the next strongest scent similar to my thoughts on TH Bold. I notice apple and coriander in the mid and a slight cypress in the base. L.12.12. Yellow and 3AM share slight differences in use. I do find 3AM more night date ready, but Yellow is bright and active like TH Bold is. It is a spring/summer casual and work scent similar to TH Bold. I do think performance can be better like in both 3AM and TH Bold. I can get about two hours of medium projection and about 5/6 hours as a skin scent. I do think Lacoste Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Yellow is a nice scent but I can only rate it a 6.8 out of 10. I don't mind the 3AM similarities as there are differences, but it is less useful. In my TH Bold review, I stated I wouldn't get another bottle of it, but I'm unsure on this one.

Maybe there's something wrong with my sample vial (though I highly doubt it) but this has to be one of the weakest scents in existence. It's a real shame, because otherwise I would say this scent is 'happiness in a bottle.' Literally, it is a happy, uplifting scent, which resides in a beautiful yellow bottle. I really like the way it smells, but sadly, it lasts like five minutes on me, with no sillage whatsoever. If it lasted even for an hour, I might consider getting a bottle. Whilst longevity is abysmal, the scent is anything but your typical citrus fragrance. (I don't agree that this is aromatic; it's citrus through and through.) I doubt I've smelt another citrus fragrance that resembles this, so the perfumer did a good job in terms of uniqueness. Maybe it is somewhat close to D&G Light Blue, but to be honest, Lacoste Jaune smells MUCH better (and much weaker, too, sadly.) If you don't mind the unforgivably poor longevity and are willing to treat this as an eau fraîche (like 4711 eau de cologne), this is a very strong candidate. Perhaps even my favourite from the creations of Madame Constant. It just smells so nice! I don't see any other season to use it other than summer, in the scorching heat of day. However, no one is going to notice it unless they sniff your skin right after you apply this fragrance. Unisex, totally.

I always give Lacoste fragrances a go but I don't really know why? I mean lets face it, most of them are either horrendous, just cheap or don't perform well...and the majority have all three of these characteristics. I think it's due to my unwavering love of Eau de Lacoste Blanc which I absolutely adore and think is a masterpiece among boring 'fresh' designer scents. So I've been awaiting this Yellow one (and the purple one which hasn't dropped yet)and it really didn't disappoint. I'm not sure whether I'm loosing my mind but this is actually really nice. It's got that average designer citrus opening but then no saltiness, no horrid calone note, no cloying sweetness or annoying bandwagon notes like tonka bean... Pretty much no 'fakery' (rather than synthetic...ness) at all! It's remarkable it just seems like a pleasant smelling summery fresh fragrance to me. Maybe a little base of woods and hint of pink pepper and ginger but nothing overt. I could've sworn I got a hint of floral maybe ylang or tuberose from my beloved blanc, it definitely shares a pinch of the soothing ice lolly quality. I only tried it once on the back of my hand so I will have to return to it but all in all I'd say not a bad job by Lacoste. Minor criticism still wasn't good in the longevity department.

Jaune is the only L-12-12 fragrance that I have tried so far. This comes on very bright and very fresh. Very simple too. I think of sunlight and warm weather when I hold this bottle in my hand and the scent fits that description as well especially with the grapefruit note. Later on what makes this a little more interesting is the vetiver and cypress notes. It's almost a direction you wouldn't expect this taking while smelling the opening. It almost goes in a green direction later on which is really cool. Some people say they don't get great performance with this because it's a freshie but I get 6 hours on my skin and a little longer on my t-shirt. I wore this to work out in and I would say this is perfect for sports. Juane is a bright and uplifting fragrance and an easy blind buy and dumb reach fragrance even for starters and young people. Rating- 87/100

This one is really in your face. My husband got it as a gift and occasionally wears it, and I am a sucker for any scent that sticks to him, but it’s not out of this world great. It’s really bold, but it doesn’t have much to shove in your face so you’re hit with a strong lingering scent of alcohol and citrus. It’s a very bright scent, very clean cut and if you could bottle happiness it probably smells similar to this. So it’s very fitting for sunny days, a good smell to bring to the beach or a summer party at night. It’s not bad at all, but it’s brash and too energetic for me. 6.5/10

One of my work colleagues wore this today in place of his usual Hugo Boss The Scent and I had to give him a huge compliment because it was radiating so much more boldly and fresher than HBTS (although I do like it, too, when I can actually smell it on him). He was sitting at a conference table quite a few feet from me and the smell was easily enveloping me (I'm sure everyone else in the room could sense it, too). I'm going to ask him to wear that scent much more often and just might get some for myself (I'm a woman who is getting more into scents that are marketed towards men), LOL!

Like a cool citrus drink on a very hot humid day: nice and pleasantly uplifting while it lasts but gone far too soon. I use this fragrance in summer heat as a post-shower refresher on nights where I decide to shower an hour or so before bed. You'd have to reapply hourly if you were to try to use this fragrance as an all-day scent. Happily, it would be virtually impossible to over-app!y this fragrance or to offend others with it. Better still, the discounters charge next to nothing for L.12.12 Jaune -- which seems appropriate since there is almost no substance to this product.