L.12.12 Silver Grey

Lacoste L.12.12 Silver Gray is an aromatic, woody, and amber fragrance. Its opening is citrusy and aromatic, very easy to appreciate. Over time, it becomes more floral and aromatic with a fougère accord of lavender and geranium, maintaining the ease of use and pleasantness that Lacoste fragrances are known for. As it dries down, it becomes more ambery, but retains aromatic nuances. This Lacoste fragrance, like almost all of their fragrances, is easy to wear, pleasant, and aromatic. It will appeal to people of any age, in any season, and is suitable for casual situations, the office, university, etc. On me, it lasted almost 8 hours, staying close to the skin. Lacoste L.12.12 Silver Gray is an easy-to-like and very versatile fragrance. For those who want a fragrance for everyday use and without complications, it is a good option, but if you are looking for something new or unique in Lacoste, it will be difficult to find.

The key note here is lavender. Around its lavender core, it feels coniferous, forest-y, very aromatic with a touch of fruitiness. Not really the playful, youthful stuff one might expect from Lacoste, but instead a more serious, more mature and classy profile that smells clean, fresh, very masculine, with a modernized old school fougere vibe.This reminds me of something between Bottega Veneta Pour Homme and Eternity for Men with an added touch of mass appeal for the contemporary crowd. The main problem is that after its first half hour it loses all the glow and strength, becoming generic, thin and very forgettable. It's one of those fragrances that have a very interesting start and then fade into oblivion... Such a pity. 7/10

I don’t get how people are mad it it been simple and generic, that’s it’s point. This line has always been an easy dumb reach option, for short activities and spot sessions, a gym scent if you will. And if you view it as such, it’s actually got a fair bit of character which in todays sea of overly sweet mush is quite refreshing. It’s not as uplifting as Blanc, incense replacing the fruits and aromatics in a sexy way, you get some mild old school lavender vibe which is extremely pleasant, drying down to pure sweet high quality smooth ambroxan. For the price it’s decent, you get a good 3-4 hours of smelling fresh, in a way that is both modern and classic. Far from ground breaking but a welcome release non the less.

I absolutely love this stuff, yes it's as generic as you can get but the smell is undoubtedly very nice and mass appealing and super duper masculine in the best ways. Closest fragrances to compare it to is Coach for men and Michael Korrs pour homme... it's got some of that pear/kumquat smell to it in the opening but then the generic backbone/dna you'd find in coach for men and Michael Korrs pour homme. Maybe even the jimmy choo fragrances have some of this style dna to them as well, but I do prefer this over jimmy choo and michael korrs pour homme. Edit - actually now it smells more like Bvlgari pour homme to me which I actually love that fragrance too

I tried this again, I know fragrance is subjective but I don't really understand the hate too much. It's a pleasant scent to me. Although it doesn't really do anything radically different from many other modern fragrances at least it's not as overly sweet as many supposedly amber-focused fresh masculine scents of recent times. Lavender, ambroxan and vetiver seem to be most prominent. Cool bottle, decent if not mind-blowing or original scent but well, I doubt many expected it to be anything too out of the ordinary.