Style in Play

Lacoste Style in Play Red Men EDT opens with a soft projection of mildly sweet, apple, fresh woody, and white floral notes. The opening is airy, fresh, faint, fruity, and woody green, and very pleasant. The green apple in this fragrance is noticeable, a note closer to the granny smith apple as opposed to red apple, sweet, green, and sour. The Thuja, pine, and cedar create green foliage like accord, evocative of forest and trees, breeze, and fresh. The combination of apple and green tree notes is fantastic. The jasmine is a soft white floral touch, just a pinch. The patchouli and vetiver form the base notes are just a light green whiff, similarly, the white musk is a soft projecting touch. The fragrance is linear, all feature notes come up as soon as the fragrance is applied and continue into the dry-down, the only noticeable change is the significant loss of projection, the fragrance opens with a soft projection and in few minutes, it recedes to a skin scent. Once Lacoste Style in Play Red Men EDT has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a very soft projection, sweet, green apple, and fresh woody fragrance with white floral and light green accords. The fragrance feels casual, comforting, delectable, diluted, disappointing, diurnal, faint, fresh, fruity, green, light, modern, refreshing, short-lived, sour, sporty, sweet, unique, unisex, white, woody, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 10/10. A deliciously sweet, sour, green apple and fresh woody fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 0/10. The fragrance contains no harsh notes. UNIQUENESS: 10/10. The resulting scent is unique. MASS APPEAL: 10/10. This is a fragrance that people will easily like. PROJECTION: 1/10. Low, almost no projection. SILLAGE: 1/10. Low, almost no sillage. APPLICATION: 10 or more atomizations. LONGEVITY: 3/10. Moderate to low, about 3 hours, but with no projection. SEASONS: Spring, summer. OCCASIONS: Outdoor gatherings, gym, office, casual, holidays, vacations, romantic, dating. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 5/10. A great, unique, but very soft fragrance ideal for warmer weather. GENDER: Advertised as masculine, the notes and resulting scent are unisex. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Lacoste Style in Play Red Men EDT can be purchased for about $20, it is a delicious, and unique scent combining apple and fresh wood accords, mildly sweet, delectable, fresh, fruity, but same as most of the fragrance of this house, performance is such a big disappointment. However, if a short-lived fragrance is worth buying, because of its unique scent, this is it. It is a nice-to-have. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. Calvin Klein Eternity Air is a very fain, juniper berries, and ozonic fragrance; Georgio Armani Code Absolu is a very good sweet, tonka, vanilla, mandarin, apple, and leathery fragrance; Grand Parfums Versace Eros is a great clone of Versace Eros; Jaguar Classic Black EDT, bitter orange, woods, apples, and musk, it is another great versatile and office-friendly fragrance; Mancera Jardin Exclusif is fruity, powdery, sweet, and musky; Versace Eros is an outstanding mint, apple, ambroxan, and woody fragrance; Lacoste Style in Play Red Men EDT is a delicious, unique, but short-lived, sweet, green apple and fresh woody fragrance. SUMMARY: A very soft projection, sweet, green apple, and fresh woody fragrance with white floral and light green accords. The fragrance feels casual, comforting, delectable, diluted, disappointing, diurnal, faint, fresh, fruity, green, light, modern, refreshing, short-lived, sour, sporty, sweet, unique, unisex, white, woody, and very pleasant

Who doesn't like Fresh-n-Fruity..?? Definitely a "Happy Fragrance"... While falling just outside my overall Top 10, Style in Play remains one of my top fragrances for Spring and Summer wear. On a sidebar - this bottle remains special - I received this bottle from my mother a few years ago as a Christmas present. After all these years, and plenty of presents, she continues to support my "fascination" or "cologne obsession". Thanks, Mom..!! Back to Style in Play... Out of the bottle, you will love the blast of citrus, fruity, and herbal notes that settles into a very pleasant scent that is aromatic and herbal/woodsy. To reiterate, Style in Play is ideal for Spring and Summer. This fragrance offers great flexibility in that it can be worn day or night and suitable for all ages. I even ponder the thought that it might be acceptable to be worn by females who live "on the edge" or "daring" enough to give it a shot... Longevity and projection/sillage are average at best, which to me are the most important qualities in a fragrance, but disappointing given how much I love the fragrance. I suppose that it is "par for the course" for those aromatic/fruity/herbal summer fragrances. The beauty about that is - Style in Play is "office safe" - feeling and smelling good without offending those with more sensitive noses. I have accumulated seven (7) Lacoste fragrances in my collection - Style in Play is my favorite and the one with the best longevity and projection/sillage... The bottle and packaging are first class. I am especially fond of the bottle - easy to hold, clear by design, with a red-tone finish. Nicely done... Due to the below average performance in longevity and projection/sillage, my final tally for Lacoste Style in Play is 4.2 stars out of 5. Given that I love this fragrance (and the sentimental value), I still endorse or recommend adding to your collection. Daily I.M. - "Build Character... Build Trust... They last a lifetime... But most importantly, pass it on..."

Another typical Lacoste frag to me. They always produce amazing scents that I just love, just to be let down by the garbage performance. Some reviews’ve claimed to have decent performance, but for me personally and the batch I’ve got, it’s terrible in terms of performance. Great “red” and “green” scent. A little sour sweet red apple and some green notes along with it. Super linear. Super fresh and uplifting. Super pleasant. Lots of compliments in the first 30 mins. No projection or sillage after that. Longevity is way below average at 3-4h at best (maybe 5-6 on clothes). I love wearing it just for the scent and I do wear it a lot for myself, but everytime I wear it I just keep feeling some what let down by the performance. Overall ratings: Scent - 8.5/10 Longevity - 4/10 Projection - 3/10 Sillage - 3/10 Versatility - 8/10. Any occasion for warm weather. Can be worn dressed up too if you really want to, but I wouldn’t recommend that. Compliments - 8/10 for the first 30 mins. After that probably 5/10 cuz of terrible performance. Presentation - 7/10. Unique bottle Overall rating - 6.5/10 cuz even tho I really like the scent, it’s not a love for me. That along with the terrible performance drags it down to a 6.5/10

I've smelled this many times before but not as much in this day and age. I rarely smell many men wearing fragrance at all.. But I digress. It is a familiar scent but not oversaturated. Sporty bottle, great atomizer. Heavy alcohol and apple smell upon application. The alcohol dissipates quickly and all I smell is apple. Underwhelming opening but give it a couple minutes. As it dries, I get a piney apple and vetiver scent with a little musk supporting it. A little spice from what I assume is the thuja. I don't smell patch or jasmine. This stays in this mode for the entirety of it's remaining wear which is good because it smells awesome! Unlike other scents from this time, this doesn't come across dated at all. It's versatile, for all age groups and any situation but formal. Longevity is quite good for a fresh spicy at around 8 hours (heavy trigger finger) and the sillage is respectable. At the price you can get this, it's a great inexpensive option!

By far the most memorable fragrance in my fragrance journey. It was my very first perfume and was given by my mother. My girlfriend just loves the smell of it. Wants to hug me out everytime I wear it lol. I finished my second bottle after i graduated college. Clean and somewhat sharp on the opening. It has a very strong apple note that retains on my skin throught its scent life. I don't know why but apple works like charm on my skin. Pretty linear fragrance but clean and relaxing on the dry down. Overall: Scent: 10/10(really love the smell. one of my favorite scents of all time. got tons of compliment in my college days) Projection: 8/10(projects nice on my skin maybe about 4 feet on a hot day for 2-3 hours) Longevity: 9/10(last for about 10 hours maximum) Age group: Anyone can pull this off. But I think it would work best on a teenage student because of the youthful vibe it delivers) Price: Pretty decent

Lacoste Style in Play was my first signature scent—and the first perfume I could truly connect with memories and emotions. Back when I was a teenager, I wore it to a New Year’s Eve party where I met my teenage girlfriend. The fragrance stayed with me all night and helped create those important, beautiful, life-affirming moments that are the reason I still love perfume today. Lacoste Style in Play was the first scent that formed that link between olfactory perception and happy memories. I loved it then and I still love it now. Sweet and extremely crowd-pleasing—mainstream and a safe blind buy. The performance wasn’t good at all, but back then you just sprayed more and you were happy. It’s a shame the fragrance was discontinued. I’d love to have it back in my collection. For anyone looking for an alternative: Gant 1949 (red) smells almost the same—with similar performance.

Lacoste Style in play was the first perfume i bought for myself when i was 16 years old (i already had a few other perfumes i got as presents). This was my own choice and it was a great choice indeed. I'm now 26, but i still love this sweet scent. I got a lot of compliments from girls, it is a memorable scent. My girlfriend really likes it as i wore this on our first dates about a year ago. Usually i wear it in spring/summer and at night in parties. The longevity is really good (usually 5-6 hours on my skin) and sillage is good too. If sprayed on clothes it stays there overnight... after parties i really liked that my clothes are still fresh and have nice smell. Fresh and simple smell, you can feel energetic and young with it. Although (as i can see now) there are better alternatives in this price range, this scent is still worth a try. You won't be disappointed.

I absolutely love this fragrance! This is the fragrance that first piqued my interest when I was 13. I fell in love with it then and have been in love ever since. It's not extravagent but smells sporty, classy and manly. I love how well the apple and jasmine work so well together and are complimented perfectly by the woody scents. It was my signature fragrance at one point in time and one that i would recommend to anyone but would prefer for them not to have, haha. I don't see very many situations where this wouldn't work well (of course not in cool-cold weather). My only complaint is that I wish it would last just a bit longer on my skin, I get about 5-6 hours tops. Its my favorite, its a family favorite, and I don't see how anyone could pass it up. I give this a: 9/10 p.s.-perfect summer fragrance as well

I cannot get over how surprised I was by this fragrance. It has, over time, surpassed all other colognes or EDT's to become my favorite scent. I love this stuff. The green apple is amazingly sweet and refreshing. It has an extremely unique quality that I can't compare to anything I've smelled before. Some people describe the scent as "sensual" to me, but I primarily smell the sweet fruit (but not overly feminine). The only problem I have is that it doesn't seem to last as long as a truly strong scent does. I can still smell it in the morning when I get up, but it doesn't seem to maintain its projection power past a few hours. That isn't fair! I want this great fragrance to last and last and last and last! Regardless, this is my current favorite scent. Amazing.

My god in heaven......I have a first batch bottle (approx 20 years old) of this in my hand right now and it is UNBELEIVABLY GOOD. But still single minded/simple. I’d recommend layering with a freshie like chrome. But, BUT..This is a simple but very unique scent, and she has done it favors in giving it depth. It reminds me of the good days of fragrance. No restrictions just ingredients and fun. Really delicious fragrance and top 5 goat. Since I was a kid I always detected this new car smell under the apple. It’s like apple, clear fresh water, fresh car leather. Amazing inspirational and fluid fragrance. It also has basically real ambergris, no typical Ambroxan smell in the slightest. A thicker, creamier, shiny ambergris type fixative.

I think, it’s very hard to create fresh, sporty fragrance, that is sensual and sexy at the same time. This one is! :) Annick Menardo managed to do that, well... no surprise, she’s genius. There is a lot of good sporty fragrances on the market, but not many of them have that special something, which that one has. It has also all the qualities that good signature scent should have. It’s clean, relaxing, not offensive, sexy and good for every season. Some of you might say, it’s synthetic. Well, so it’s like most of perfumes nowadays. This one was one of the first scents I bought for myself. It started my fragrance addiction.

it's fresh in a fruity/sour sense. it's not aquatic...slightly green - but overall it's a fruity/sour scent. it smells delightfully appropriate to its 2004 release date. it's in line with hugo, tommy, polo sport and the like. with that said - and being a guy who grew up in the 90's, this is a love for me. i'm not saying the scent itself blew me away, but it for sure triggers a deep, nostalgic set of memories. i was a junior in college when this was released and well...i have some memories. this is perfect for casual/office wear and is playfully brilliant. it's a love. go bearcats! 7/10

Style in Play has been my signature for years and and still it always brings back nice memories of good years. It is surprisingly potent for such a fresh pleaser. I get 8 hours out of it and projection is above average as well. It can be worn in the dead heat without any problems and never misses to refresh. Style in Play will always have its place in my collection. The bottle is nicely done and always a pleasure to pick up. It's really hard to find a weak spot...few may dislike that it doesn't shout out 'masculine' to the masses. Though that's not a handicap in my books.

This is not just a sport cologne. It is a very nicely done jasmine fragrance for men. I know at first it smells like green apples, but just to add a hint of freshness. What you get all the way is fresh spring Jasmine which is made masculine with cedar and patchouli. Well I cannot detect patchouli and cedar in a loud manner, but they surely do their job. This is maybe one of the best spring scents ever. It makes you feel happy, joyful, sexy without being too complicated. Lasting power is great too.

This stuff hasnt gone out of style and still remains unique imo. It has apple giving it a fruity tinge (some compare this to that DKNY be delicious) tho it is by no means feminine. The cedar and pine give this an effervescent fresh feeling, the apple make it sporty/playful and the musk rounds it all off and gives it a nice dry down. Projects well initially for an 1-2 hours then becomes skin scent for another 1-2 hours after then disappears. Blind buy worthy especially for the youthful male.

I have this gem since 2004. I got a new botle, I think my 4th or 5fh. This is a great scent, hidem gem for me and the best from Lacoste. So light, so fresh, so soft, so clean and, yet, so strong. This projects like a beast and has a monster longevity. Is so stange how a perfume that is so light and soft can have a beast kind of presence and performance. I got watermelon and apple. Air and clouds. Fruity!! This is a beautifull scent, for all seasons. LOVE LOVE LOVE! 10/10.

This is a great scent. It's strong and powerful while still remaining playful. It could easily be worn in the warmer months, but I think it's a more winter smelling fragrance. In fact, to me it smells exactly like a winter version of Kenneth Cole Reaction. I do not get the floral aspect like some others say. It's more like a fruity/woody musk. The musk can come off a bit strong if you over-spray, but it's not unbearable. Another score for Lacoste in my book.

It is a sexy scent, reminds me of "after sex" smell and I think its the slightly dirty musk it has. Yes the musk in this one has more refined animalistic scent that I adore It smells fruity, musky and bit floral on me. I cannot detect patchouli or cedar at all. The only problem for me is the sillage, it is very weak and becomes a skin scent after a short time even though I don't have a dry skin. Might consider buying another bottle in the future

To me, this is Roma Uomo’s juicier, sharper sibling in Annick Menardo’s fragrance family. Not to say they smell similar, but that they share the same fruity-but-green aesthetic. Gone are the bitter galbanum and basil, replaced with crisp pine and thuja. Roma’s vanillic heliotrope absent, the base of Style in Play is bolstered by a clean, bright musk. If Roma is an herbed creamsicle, SiP is a fir-kissed apple granita. I’m a fan.

Oh what a nice woody musky frag by Lacoste, Oh How I wish it could last longer. I think there should be an Intense version of style in play, so that it may last atleast 9 hours tops. But its funny bcoz style in play don't last on the skin for longer, bt would last on clothes for like two to three days. Afterall its a nice smelling frag and it doesnt even hurt the nose even if you oversprayed it by mistake .