Polo Blue Gold Blend

I sell fragrances to a small group of people who are not avid collectors such as myself but they do enjoy a good fragrance at a decent price, and this is one of my best sellers recently. I owned Deep Blue Parfum and I got rid of it because it was extremely close to ADG Profondo but didn't perform nearly as well off my skin. So I recently sold another one of these and I snuck a single wearing out of the tester bottle they were purchasing. I know, I know I shouldn't have done that but I just really wanted to get in at least one full wearing before I pulled the trigger on a full bottle. This stuff is pretty close to the $60 mark even for a tester which is definitely on the higher end of designer pricing for me. Well I'm a little more than an hour into the first wearing right now and let me tell you, as someone who is definitely a "Blue fragrance enthusiast" I can tell you that this stuff is freakin awesome!!! Definitely the best in the Ralph Lauren Polo Blue line of fragrances, and even as good as the Ralph Lauren Polo Red Intense and Extreme, which are two of my favorite cool weather options. As much as you and I both probably wouldn't believe it, and definitely not coming from a Polo Blue flanker, for the first hour this stuff just gets better and better. I KNOW RIGHT? Usually that is where others in this line are getting ready to sign off. But this stuff is just getting good at that point. Now admittedly I don't have more than sample experience with the original Polo Blue EDP, but based solely on what I have smelled when wearing that one it's nothing remotely close to as good as this one. The Incense really goes well with this DNA, and I know that it's not listed in the note breakdown, but I'm definitely picking up on a really, really nice ambroxan note. They do have it listed on the breakdown for the Deep Blue Parfum, but I'm getting way more here than in that one, and this fragrance is frankly light-years ahead of that one in both composition and in performance. So if you want a more modern, much, much better performing version of the Polo Blue DNA look no further. You have definitely run across the only option to even consider at present.

Polo Blue made modern. Finally RL revives the scent. I get lots of very natural sage, melons, incense, cardamom, pepper. I think this one will do very well. I instantly purchased it. It smells fresh but extremely versatile. It’s so so soooo good! Edit: AMAZING drydown. Patchouli in the back. This is perfect for a PROPER comeback of polo blue edt. I always felt Parfum and the other flankers were underwhelming. Polo should’ve just released this instead of wasting time and money. I think there is also an almond note in the very deep base of this. Something gives it a slightly metalic drydown. or maybe im having a bad day. It's a good metalic though :D to add more: The incense here is better than bleu de chanel incense. Really well done RL. Hats off. Moderate sillage and it's lasting a lot longer on my skin than any polo blue flanker i've tried. edit: it lasted 10 hours today and i could still get whiffs of the drydown +++edit: really beautiful graprefruit in the drydown. better than Issey Miyake or Bleu de Chanel. One of the best and most natural grapefruit scents that keeps drawing you in, even after the opening is gone

Polo Blue Gold Blend Ralph Lauren I'm really impressed with this fragrance! I like it much better than Polo Deep Blue that I still give a like nod to as well. I can attest their is no redundancy in owning both. From the first sprays of the opening it's a true blue: citrussy, aromatic, fresh, yet slightly spicy from the pepper in the top. Then around the 1 hour mark the base notes of Incense, Amber, Patchouli and Vetiver begin to move in overlaying and as time continues to pass, transforming this fragrance into a scent that to me oozes sophistication. (Hence the Gold Blend label cap and band around the Blue bottle) Performance: well above average for me. 4-5 sprays (which at times I think is possibly borderline cloying, but no complaints yet ;) out the door no decant needed for me (which is unusual). Projects strong to the 3rd hour then a noticeable scent bubble to the 6th before fading more so to a skin scent with every passing hour but yet still a skin scent at the 12th hour mark... But don't take my word for it, grab a sample and see for yourself. Enjoy! :D

I dunno, to this day i personally think the original polo blue edt is still in another league compared to sauvage, Y, ect. Its blue technically but its like the "rich guy who wears polo green in the cooler months unironically"s blue fragrance. Anyways, this is polo blue getting the adg profumo treatment as far as the changes compared to the original. You probably would have the same opinion you do of the original wether that be love or hate. The notable differences here are #1 performance, this performs much better than the original edt which i usually get maybe 5-6 tops hours from and never projects too crazy. #2 is the additional/amped notes. The melon here isnt necessarily totally natutal but almost like the sweetness of a melon (not too sweet) combined with an almost mossy patchouli base. And alot of this IS base and its awesome. You can literally wear it anytime but in the summer this will project pretty strongly for hours, in a good way and it lasts all day plus as far as opening to totally gone. Props to Carlos Benaim, possibly best perfumer ever

Had to revise my post after a full wearing. This is a Benedict Arnold. The opening is outstanding. In the same family as Blue EDP, but different enough to own; however, the dry down is a traitor as it jumps into the Bleu de Chanel family. I guess it could be the offspring of the two; super cute at the beginning like Blue and then growing up to be like Bleu. I might try to layer the two old ones and see what happens, but it will not have the sage and incense opening that makes your teeth sweat. Longevity is par for the course for a Polo product. Fragrancelock or a good lotion needed to extend the life. Very warm fragrance but I'm not sure it's a summer only fragrance and I am not sure it's a classic aquatic either. Decent fragrance overall. I just wish the opening hung around the whole time.