Lacoste Essential Sport

Lacoste essential sport is a great summer scent. It smell very good, very acquatic and remind me of water melon...i dont get citrus in it. Very popular with young girl (teen, about twenty or younger) who are those who gave me the most of the compliment that i get with it. That make it perfect for college/ high school or for young athletic or any one that like younger girl :p It lack in longevity and sillage IMO, so i would suggest to try it first to see if it is ok for you, because that can be frustrating. Remind me of Nautica voyage a little bit in the dry down, and, in some occasion, i was asking if what I wear is Nautica voyage while wearing it. A little bit more expensive, and weaker than Nautica voyage so mayble you should check them both. My summer signature for this summer. Here with the final score: Smell: 9,5/10. Smell good to me, and it is my girlfriend favorite so i use it often ;) Longevity: 2,5/5. Poor, about 3 to 4 hours, that can be frustrating if you blind buy... Projection: 3/5. A few inch in the first hour, then go close to skin and faint. Versatility: 3/5. Like Nautica voyage, i don t see myself wearing this in cold time, night out or any formal occasion. Good for summer time or casual. Overall: 18/25. It would be a great scent if longevity and sillage were higher, so i would suggest it to anyone who doesn t matter about these. If you do matter, try it first on your skin, i think it is worth it because it smell good.

This is a hidden gem in the fragrance community for sure and I'm very surprised that this isn't more popular as I can see a lot of people that love Aqua Di Gio but wanting something new and/or different picking this easily. This fragrance opens up with a very fresh grapefruit and ginger note that's very natural smelling to be honest and it's also very bright,sharp but also very energetic. Once this dries down it starts to become more smooth and slightly more sweet ( it's still not a sweet frag) but it's sweet in the way sweet tarts are sweet but tart at the same time. This is 1 of my go to gym scents and actually my favorite scent for working out and it's perfect for those extremely hot days when you want something fresh but not something that's going to be cloying. There's a lot of sport fragrances and just fresh fragrances in general that this smell similar to so it loses points for that but it's still 1 of the most pleasant of the pleasing fragrances.( if that's makes sense) For those fragrance snobs out there this will be a pass but if you love sporty,fresh,citrusy energetic scents then you will love this. Especially if you love grapefruit in fragrances. Performance on this is great for a freshie or sport scent as it lasts me 6-8 hours and for 3 hours projects above average. Overall rating --- 8 out of 10 !!! Very solid sport scent with really solid performance. Also my favorite from Lacoste

what a nice surprise! this is surely among the best citrus/grapefruit/fruity fresh & sporty fragrances I tried so far and I have tried and own a lot of them. Actually if this was released by a niche house and would bear the name „lagoon aura” then it would be applauded much more than being just another fresh lacoste release. Actually Essential itself (the green one) is a nice, green & soapy scent as well. It also has the vibe of Nautica Voyage while not having that oakmoss going on here. Essential Sport starts with bright citrus/grapefruit which becomes than more fruitier before truning into a very nice light wood and see notes base. Actually the drydown reminds me a LOT of Heeleys Sel Marin as it has the same breezy natural sea note but Essential Sport is less salty & seaweedy while more woody. That makes it more wearable like Sel Marin!!! Another very good side: its 6-8 hours longevity. The drydown stays and stays, doesnt fade for a long time. Extremely nice and even addictive! Bravo!

An absolute masterpiece, not just in terms of so called ‘sport’ scents, but also in terms of fresh and everyday, work or casual scents. It is sharp, clean and not overpowering with the citrus. If you can get your hands on the original batches, I highly recommend it due to nit only the scent but the longevity and silage for the price. I have been collecting fragrances for over 15 years and this is still one of my most complimented scents ever. Find out for yourself and ignore the negative reviews. 5/5 all day long.

This fragrance is such a great "sport" fragrance. Very light, fresh, watery, and dries down to a light woody/vetiver scent. The Juniper in this juice is very well done. I don't know why I latched onto this bottle more than others, but it has continued to make me mega happy. Pretty hard to find for a normal amount of monies nowadays. Don't pay more than $60 for a bottle, because it lasts exactly how long you'd assume a freshy would last. The scent profile is awesome, but don't over pay. Cheers

This is a citrus aquatic done right. This is a perfect gym and summer fragrance. The opening is a blast of grapefruit but later on the dry down is so good. The dry down is the best part of this fragrance. I think you can get compliments with this fragrance and it's also easy to wear without being boring. I'm going to try and scoop up more of this one before it's gone. I hope they keep this around. I give this a 92/100.

This stuff smells so good we literally had to go straight home the first time my husband put it on in a store because I couldn't behave. It took a few weeks for me to get used to it and I will still occasionally just grab him by the shirt and bury my nose in his chest. I am in LOVE, I've actually thought of wearing it myself. I don't even care that it's a men's fragrance.

Light, sharp, fresh, zesty, clean and citrussy with a lot of grapefruit at the start. I think that this is a well blended citrus. In the drydown more vetiver comes out. There is a note in there that reminds me of Weekend by Burberry. Staying power is actually quite good. A really great refreshing summer holiday scent!

I see a lot of people who dislike the scent on here, but it's only because of the simplicity or the fact that there are scents that are very similar... Well, I like this scent for casual, every day wear. It's light and fresh, and it actually gets compliments. Not to mention, it's pretty reasonably priced.

I bought this fragrance not long time ago. Essential Sport is amazing sport frag. The opening is very fresh,ice and citrus. Frozen ginger and pink grapefruit give an incredible freshness. Great scent on hot summer day. Projection: in the first 3-4 hours is very good. Longevity: on my skin 6-8h

One of my first fragrance, after trying lots of fragrance I will say this is under rated. Aquatic, Grapefruit, bergamot, musk are the main notes I’m getting with an undertone of juniper, geranium and ginger. Great fresh fragrance for summer, would make for a good gym scent as well 8.2/10

Hey roge' you're right! A lot of people think that i'm wearing nautica voyage when it put this one! That must be why i like it that much, since nautica voyage is one of my all time favorite. By the way, it is also true that nautica voyage is a lot cheaper...about half the price...

This used to by my signature scent until it got discontinued. Have yet to find something similar to replace it with, hoping to find something really close to the original. Thank you.

I still have a couple sprays left in my bottle and I don’t want to use it up. I loved this when it came out. I wish it wasn’t $200 to get a bottle now.

i personally like the fragrances a lot. i use it at the gym or in Spain not a lot of people have it i think. its just a good basic freashie to stad out

light, citrusy, and out of the shower fresh. Sometimes its nice to go simple and just smell clean, uncomplicated, and fresh. Not too bad at all Lacoste

My go to Summer daily scent. It opens with a huge blast of grapefruit but tones down to a nice, mellow scent that is very complimentary.

This was a good one! Citrus aquatic, swimming pool smell in a good way. I'm glad I have two bottles!

Absolutely love it! Very soft, but at the same time fresh. Gives ocean breeze.

Great scent but weak sillage and longevity :/

This was one of the last great aquatics of its generation before all the ambroxens came in. This cologne wasn’t trying to be anything more than what it was and looking back, I can see that aquatics took a turn for the worse. It had a sweet juiciness for the first 30min or so, and then it turned into a very subtle musk (vetiver). Reading a lot of the reviews on this site, I get the impression that ambroxen is either completely out, or soon to be and if this cologne were to come out today with a more modern bottle and some advertisement, this would be very successful. A nice thing about this cologne is, you could wear it now and smell unique because no ones wearing it now and it was never super popular to begin with. This one was a workhorse. After a shower around the house, at the gym, or even to work because of that subtle musk. I feel like for as old as this is, $55 is just too steep for me, but I’m definitely keeping my eyes out for a bottle of this again. I’m not a super fancy shmancy fragrance guy, I like simple things and this did a simple concept (fresh/aquatic) really well. This is a very safe blind buy. It never got a ton of compliments but no one over said it’s bad either. For anyone who’s considering this based off the original Essential, the two are nothing alike in my opinion. The Essential has a grassy green opener and the musk dry down is not as delicate.

I got this accidentally. Actually wanted the original Essential. In the beginning I was hugely dissapointed. Lacoste Essential (LE) was fresh, green, woody drydown and had moderate projection. LES begins aqua citrusy and doesn't project. I can only smell it for 5 minutes then its gone. I contemplated selling it. However I gave it a chance and wore it to office. Five sprays as oppose to my normal 2. After 5 minutes, I can't smell it. It is only noticeble once in a while in small whifts. To my surprise a female friend complement me when she cought a whift of it in a breeze. She said it was soothing and comfortable scent. Give this a chance. Its a understated skin scent, much like Bvlgari Pour Homme Soir. It is linear with citrusy openning and in the middle note you get the nutmeg. The nutmeg might give it a somewhat synthetic vibe but is it light so it won't bother too much. The base is real soothing. Good choice if you don't want to smell too loud and if you don't want to choke out the girl you are going to be cuddling. I'm going to use it freely as my office scent. Impossible to offend anyone. They either don't detect it or think its a mild comforting scent. The original is still the better scent. smell: 3/5 projection: 2/5 longevity: 3/5

I never got into buying day scents or sport editions of fragrances since they never appeal to me and they are so mundane & casually like the others. But some sales rep was going gaga for this so i got it as a casual scent. After it dries I cant smell it on me anymore and i spray it in my inner elbows so i can smell it throughout the day and i cant see the beauty of it nor find it nice enough to write home about and it fades quick but Geez I dont think i ever gotten so many compliments throughout the day with any other fragrance besides Un Jardin Sur la toit (ultimate day wear fragrance) & Dior Homme. Its not sexy nor awesome to smell as I have many panty droppers in my collection to choose from but i guess this is just an everyday smooth soft fresh clean scent that appeals to women & doesnt intrigue, cloy or offend.

I own this, and I like it as a casual, clean, and fresh scent. There is a synthetic vibe about it that I don't like, and think that there are better options out there to buy if you are looking for something in this genre. I just want to add that this frag lasts a long time on my skin and remains strong, so keep that in mind if you wear it in the day, and want to wear something else that night.

Very strong grapefruit note. Aquatic, fresh, moderately sweet and a bit spicy. When the citruses die down, the spices kick in making this somewhat cloying in high heat, which is ironic, since this is supposed to be a hot weather/sport scent. Longevity is moderate but can last the day, especially on fabric. Very pleasant scent and only fragrance snobs will be displeased.

My partner has this fragrance and it’s quite refreshing with subtle spices. I think it performs especially well in hot/humid weather due to the fresh citrus notes, but the nutmeg note gives it a hint of depth and makes it more wearable for all seasons. It’s definitely more of a daytime appropriate fragrance.

In my opinion, this is the typical fragrance that you can get when you are beginner, for educate your nose, you know not a good fragrance that your proud to wear it, it's ok for some of those days that you do your carwash or the laundry. I like more the original Essential.

this is one of the best perfumes for summer i have used (others are on list though) i like the top note that swirls around when i spray. and that where it stops. i dont find any longevity in it. it could have been better if it could last long , even if a bit long.

Lacoste Essential Sport for men! It is a modern, sporty fragrance for men introduced in 2009! The smells like fresh, clean sporty scent, an aquatic, pink grapefruit, bergamot, water notes, patchouli, musk and a bit spicy. Very easy to wear as a day scent.

It's fresh and safe for sure, but to me it's actually very unique. I'm all about the freshies and I have a big collection, but I can't think of a single other fragrance that smells quite like this one.

Fresh and clean sporty scent. Fresh citrus and a little bitter smell. It's good for gym or casual,You can wear for every day in summer. Long lasting and sillage is average.Good for among crowd.

This one grew on me. I liked it at first, hated it after a while, smelled it again last week after abandoning it for several months, and now I can't get enough of it. Funny.

I love this scent, smells like fresh an aquatic pink grapefruit with a bit of spice. Very easy to wear as a day scent. Great pick me up scent to boost your mood.

I like this a lot. Bought some for my husband but he was loyal to Caron. Does anyone else think this is unisex? I think I can get away with it.

Summer fragrance, obviously citrus. Smells like Bulgari Aqua, Boss Pure. Perfect for summer outings, but not long lasting at all.

Finally got my hands on Lacoste Essential Sport and I feel mixed about it. I don't hate it, but I don't love it. The notes are definitely accurate. I get some grapefruit, ginger, and nutmeg but I don't really like how they react together. This fragrance reminds me of L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Sport but toned down on the grapefruit and a bit woodier and earthier in the dry down (probably the vetiver). Again, it's not terrible but not a favorite either.

☻☺☻☺☻ In my opinion, I have a total opposite impression on Essential Sport from da_markos's review. I like Essential Sport more due to its less greeness. I agree with da_markos that it is so citrusy and fruity that it can be viewed as a cheap fragrance. All in all, I'm not impressed with this edition. I would rate it a bit above Essential but definitely not to be part of my collection. Cheers, ☻☺☻☺☻

The citrusiness in this one is too strong for my taste, it hurts my nose every time I apply it. It's good if you are doing sports and sweating under the sun, but otherwise it's an overkill of a scent. Too sharp. Went through half a bottle and couldn't do it anymore so I stashed it.

Wow, this is strong, synthetic stuff indeed! I can still smell it the day after I used it. And not in a good way unfortunately... Stear away folks!

I had to return it because it made me dizzy and it hurts my nose, my daughter even complained that it was going to make her vomit.

This funky, yucky, citrus scent smells like a hotel lobby next to a pool.

I love all the Lacoste scents but to be honest I thought another sport scent I bet it has "x,y and z" and sure enough it had x,y and z. It breaks no new ground in what is in it or how it's blended but it's better than I thought it would be... The notes are listed linearly but I got a top of citruses, quite bold and zingy, more bitter than sweet. then it gets spicy/sweet on me, no doubt due to the juniper and geranium (ho hum). The finish is quite clean despite the prescence of patchouli and amber. The musk is your typical white musk but the nutmeg is quite nice with warm sweet, clean air about it. Yes it is nothing new as it reminds one (vaguely) of Cool Play in its sportiness but is sweeter and greener and a tad warmer... Sillage: okay Longevity: decent Overall: 3.25/5 It is no stunner but then "sport" fragrances usually aren't. It is a 'good' clean and fresh scent, suitable for office, school, or wearing around those with "sensitive noses". I would also wear this when leaving the gym or to refresh after a long day of work...

I find it to be a cologne of contrasts: the coolness of the juniper balances out the citrus. All the other ingredients seem to be there just to bridge the distance betwen these two notes, and they do because the scent is still cohesive. It has a has a uniqueness to it so I don't think it can be faulted for being a "clone cologne"; what it's not is a fine cologne.

all i can say now (after testing it at blotter) that regular version is way better. This is too citrus, too light. .(unfortunatelly in a bad way).Very forgotable scent. regular version is a typical sport fragrance so i dont see a point to make it "more sport". It's still nice and easy to wear scent but if you have to choose - get regular "Lacoste essential".

The Essential Sport is quite a linear fragrance that doesn't change much during its cycle on my skin. It's grapefruity that doesn't smell cheap or sour. I also smell amber/vanilla in the mix; making this scent semi sweet, soft and very enjoyable when it dries down. The Original is nice but this one isn't bad either. I wish they'd come in a box set together.

An EDT with a very simple flavor that can be defined as a woody aromatic with a touch of geranium notes marked. Smell is very linear. The age range is from teens to under 30. It is a very subtle scent that is good for nothing but fragrance daily. It may be good leaving the gym, although the smell is very subtle. Very simple and subtle.

The bergamot and the grapefruit in the opening are quite fragrant and the rest is aromatic and almost bitter, with a slightly woodsy dry down. I owned a bottle of Lacoste Essential Sport Cologne, I don't think I'll buy another one, but I liked its sharpness and bitterness. I'll leave it to the "younger bachelors" as jebaso well put it

This is about as synthetic as it gets. Absolutely nothing natural about this. Your typical flag football fragrance. Given it's sporty nature, im sure the guys wouldn't mind tackling you while wearing this haha! If you're purposely going for this kind of scent and price range then Nautica Voyage is a waaaaaay better option.

If you are experienced with fragrances, this one will not impress you at all. If this is one of your first fragrances, you will most likely like it. It has a pleasant smell but nothing that I haven't smelled before. Projection is below average on my skin. In my opinion, it's not worth the price.

Good lord, this has the most deserving sport title ever! Literally, it's perfect for smelling fresh while being active -- very fruity, to the point of being almost edible. Personally I would love if my car smelled like this all the time, but to wear as a cologne? No thanks.