Lacoste Original

Lacoste Original 2024 is an aromatic, floral and woody fragrance. Its opening is citrus and slightly spicy with cardamom and bergamot. As time goes by, you begin to notice an intense herbal smell with a certain metallic acidity from sage and something like violet leaves. After about 20 minutes, the herbal smell reduces its intensity and gives way to an aromatic and powdery lavender, which will remain for the rest of the development of the fragrance, accompanied by woody accords of sandalwood and amber. This version of Lacoste Original is a fragrance for versatile and daily use, work in the office or outside of it, both casual and formal situations, preferably during the day, but it seems to me that it could be multi-season and therefore used during any season of the year. Its longevity on my skin was good, lasting 8 hours, with a sillage that is noticeable for the first hour and then reduces in intensity until it is close to the skin. I've never tried the Original 1984 version, but I'm pretty sure they must be nothing or almost nothing alike, because this 2024 version smells modern, contains some Fougere elements, but doesn't smell like the Fougere from the 80s. I didn't expect that I would like this fragrance so much, I found its aroma very attractive, even though it is neither a classic nor an unusual smell, but it is very easy to like. At one point it reminded me a little of Sauvage Parfum.

As is often the case on Fragrantica, newer releases get a lot of hate when they fail to emulate the original fragrance they are named after. But let's be reasonable here, 1984 was over 40 years ago, and molecules allowed in perfumery nowadays are very different. It would be impossible to replicate the 1984 formula. It's a good albeit somewhat generic masculine summer designer fragrance. Citrus, lavender, ambroxan, and woods. Nothing groundbreaking but pleasant nonetheless, and it doesn't deserve such a poor rating. Performance is par the course for Lacoste fragrances. The fresh citrus opening is gone in the blink of an eye, and the woodsy base lasts for ~6h but with a very soft projection so it won't get you noticed. If you like this style of freshy/woodsy fragrances for the summer, it's an okay dumb reach that won't offend anyone and is fairly priced at 50€/100 ml at discounters already.

I fondly remember using this in the south of France to meet a French sweetheart back in 1986 with temperatures well into the 80s. Was thrilled when I saw this re-released and couldn’t wait to see if the modern interpretation would bring this beautiful former scent back to life. Sadly not, and as many have said this has nothing in common with its former self. This re release is a warm amber woody fragrance similar to the dozens of others on the market. I feel that Lacoste wanted their own modern Amber woody product to match many others to my nose this is very similar to Moncler Morning Sunrise which is superior and better blended, smoother and my daily signature. This is not a bad release and I did purchase a bottle for the nostalgia factor however wish the perfumers had been a little more daring and produced something more exciting.

Guys don't trust people when they say oh its bad oh the performance, just go to nearby store and check the smell, because for this one i would give it 10/10, the smell is amazing clean fresh woody spicy unique, it has all the elements together and its super versatile you can rock this all year but maybe not super cold weather like 5 degrees and below, I don't understand why fragrantica gave it that rating it deserves much better. -Scent: 10/10 -Performance: 6-8 Hours longevity with 2 hours projection -Bottle design: Very Elegant -Price: I bought it for Dubai for 200 Dirhams so its an amazing price

9/10 Quand ma mère m'a offert cette fragrance, j'en attendais pas grand chose de Lacoste. Je les ai grandement sous estimé. Il s'agit de l'une des fragrances les plus incroyables que je connaisse, et maintenant c'est même l'une de mes signature scents. Masculin, sexy, aromatique, élégant, et en plus une excellente performance. Un bon sillage et une excellente tenue plus de 12 heures. Merveilleuse fragrance, véritablement. Je le sens encore légèrement sur ma peau après environ 20 heures, cette fragrance est exceptionnelle, l'une des meilleures fragrances designers au monde.