Lacoste Elegance

Upon reading about this having a chocolate note in it, I thought I'de sample it first. It smells very nice. I love it.! It's smells sweet with chocolate/mint and some spice. When I first tried it, it was hard to pick out those notes until trying it out more a few times. "Seduction in Black" by Antonio Banderas smells like chocolate/mint at first,but it doesn't have any chocolate or mint notes in it. Thats' what I call a "olfactory illusion". The dry down on "Elegance" smells just a little like spice. This frag. has excellent longevity. I tried it on before going to bed and it was still on my skin the next morning. I hesitated to buy a bottle right away, but after thinking about it and it was getting into the Winter months, I went ahead and ordered a bottle. I highly recommend this fragrance to try out first. If you like "Seduction in Black" then you'll probably like this one even better. I know I do.

A gift from a relative. Loved the opening and dry down. Fresh, leathery, sweet, and warm. Very nice composition. Moderate longevity with heavy projection.

I have great memories with this fragrance, really liked that chocolate scent.

I've whittled down my collection quite a bit but I hung on to this one. This is the only Lacoste fragrance I've ever liked and what I do like about it is you can wear it anytime. It's not overpowering, just nice, lasts a while. If you're looking for something you can wear any day at anytime, this is it. It's unique too, or at least I haven't come across anything like it.

Nice compo and makes an ok winter fragrance however this feels a bit outdated and I think there are way better options in that price range. Personally wore it during high school and never really got any compliments despite wearing it almost everyday for a year straight. Definitely a unique scent but I wouldn't recommend it.

opening with touch of leather, spicy, 10 minute later change to oriental woody, with some sweet. chocolate and caraway are easy to smell in dry-down . longevity and sillage are ok nice fragrance worth the try, but for me not very special . attractive bottle.

This perfume is my first perfume in mylife...It's very Elegance scent. The top is very refreshing, a bit icy and almost cold..Suitable to ladies not for men..And in Thailand I've never seen anymore.

It wasn't bad, it was just a little one dimensional. I like frags with more ingredients. This one sits in the junk drawer and might come out once or twice a year.

This is a nice fragrance. As the name suggests, it does conjure images of a certain kind of elegance however, it needs to be stronger, it's way too weak.

I enjoy the scent of this one, I just don't like wearing it.

A common scent. I could've sweared I've smelled it before but it is just not clicking what it was. No chocolate, no spices. This is a fruity/woody scent. Smells like green apple with a hint of mint & a woody note in the background. A generic scent, if I'm to be blunt, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it is decent. It kind of reminds me of Boss Orange or Boss in Motion White or something in that vein. Maybe DKNY Be Delicious man. I don't really recall. The important thing is it is: nice, fruity/woody, generic, & the notes mentioned above do not reflect the scent at all! Update: I wore my decant to work today. It stings the nostrils & causes toothache. Could be just me but be aware. Update 2: This stuff is causing me nausea! I can't tolerate it anymore. O had to take my shirt off! My god! What's in this stuff?! Update 3: I threw away my half full decant. First time I've ever done that.

I had so much hope for this fragrance... it was referred too as "raspberry mint toothpaste" and that really interested me! However, nothing about it was fruity or minty... Elegance turned out worse than a "meh" blind buy. It smells like those orange flavored chocolates (that come in that big white box with other gourmet combos). It smells like that and piercing metal... metal like when you eat ice cream and leave the spoon in your mouth for too long. Then, to make things worse, this "spice" accord makes everything all chaotic and "hot" and just turns this fragrance really nasty. No me gusta. Even if I wasn't turned off by the smell itself, it's not unique at all. If I had to describe this with a more positive slant, I'd say it's fruity sweet and creamy chocolate with some spice. But that's not really unique to me. Orange, chocolate, and metal don't make a unique fragrance. They make a bad one.

If ever there was a fragrance that did not live up to its name, Lacoste Elegance is it. The minty/herbal accord on top is nice, but it disappears in about 30 seconds and leaves behind an absolutely bizarre and unappealing fruity-fougere thing. There is an effect that smells like a wet paper bag -- wet and starchy and almost rotting. Maybe this is the green apple accord that some other reviewers have mentioned? The fragrance tickles my nose in an unpleasant way, it reminds me of static electricity, or maybe the industrial smell of oven cleaner spray. This fragrance is really bad, but at least there is something interesting in its badness, instead of just being boring. Unfortunately that's about the highest praise I can give Lacoste Elegance. It's an absolute stinker.

Fresh fruity opening, with a touch of suede/leather that evolved on my skin pretty fast (10-15 minutes) into a sweet soft spicy gourmand middle-base, with nutmeg, caraway, chocolate and amber as most evident notes. Low sillage and longevity (I've got no more than 3-4 hours with 5 good sprays). A safe oriental-fougere, nothing remarkable or different enough for me to deserve a purchase. It reminded me at some stages, of a less peppery version of Hugo Boss Baldessarini. My rank 7/10. ☣☣

I agree with rebella as the refreshing and almost cold start, it is nice. The scent captivated me at first but then a particular and lasting smell with a flowery tone (to my nose) ruined the experience :-(. I don't get a chocolate note, and even less a "dark" one. The scent itself is a bit fruity and flowery, for sure doesn't smell bad, is a little different from many others I've tried but then, not a choice for my own use.

Very very sweet! Not for me Very bad projection and sillage, and not a good longevity too! But scent is not bad. Overall: 4/10

This is sickeningly sweet. Definitely not for me..

Lacoste (1984) & Essential r MUCH MUCH better !

This is what I'm seeking in a recent "designer" fragrance. I know I'm not going to get the complexity, richness, and natural smell of the ones from the 1980s, for example, but who cares (I have enough of those!)? I don't know if I think of Elegance as elegant, but rather almost "experimental." The reason is that it combines the new raspberry/wood molecule with mint, juniper, thyme, chocolate, and a kind of woody grassiness. Who would have thought such a combination would work? And the thing is that all the notes stay for hours, rather than there being much in the way of development. In this way, a new kind of complexity is created. For me, one full spray to the chest lasts all day, with just the right projection/"sillage," so perhaps the complaints are due to skin chemistry with this one. Note that the much more expensive Tuscan Leather uses the same raspberry/wood molecule, apparently, but I prefer this fragrance (and I enjoy The Knize Ten). Another odd but compelling recent designer fragrance is Magnetism for Men by Escada, so if you like Elegance on principle you should try that one too. I think I understand why some might say this is not really a "personal fragrance," but it does settle in nicely for me, and there is note separation and dynamism. The "synthetic" quality is interesting, unlike some fragrances that have a syrupy "chemical soup" quality to me (like a couple of Adidas ones I've tried). I tend not to wear this one if I am going to do a lot of sitting during the day. It's better if you walk around when wearing this one, so that the "synthetic" quality never becomes bothersome. It's an "oddball" that's worth a try if you enjoy variety, but it's not a typical fragrance for any specific social occasion. Also, if you don't care about note separation or have not developed your ability to detect several notes in a fragrance, this might not work as well for you as it does for me.

When I saw the name 'Elegance', I felt a little weird - Well, Lacoste is very well-known sports casual brand and my perception towards the brand was all about young, cheerful comfy outfits that are really meant for relaxing holiday in France. Therefore, I thought the word 'Elegance' is not really suitable to be used on the perfume from this French house. However, when I sampled this perfume in the local perfume retail shop, I felt that the name is not misleading the perfume. It is really elegant men's perfume and quite different from any of the current releases from Lacoste. As many reviewers mentioned, it does have a very cold opening. There is a very distinctive fresh note which almost disturbs my nose in a harsh way. Thankfully, that cold opening doesn't last that long and it becomes a toned-down sweetness. I don't know where this sweet scent comes from, but as time goes by, it is mixed with very warm spices until it fades away. I could say that it is somehow elegant, which make me to think a guy in a smart casual wear (or should I say semi-formal to be more appropriate?), such as black kneet and a pair of black cotton trousers with sporty sneakers. I personally find most of the oriental fougere perfumes are a little strong to be worn under hot climate, but this is soft enough to be used during summer or tropic region. I see this perfume as 'Summary oriental fougere' perfume. Many others have stated that the biggest virtue of this perfume is sillage and lasting power. I do experience same thing here - I think the maximum is around 4hours and it is quite disappointing when I consider the price of this perfume (Lacoste's perfume tends to be very pricey in Asian market). However, if you could find it in the online discount shops, it is quite worth it to give a try. Recommended for those who likes sweet perfume.