Polo Modern Reserve

This stuff is awesome! This edt is a true modern version of the original polo green. I have the cosmair version of the og but i have to say i prefer modern reserve. It has the original dna with a modern twist. The notes reported are easy to detect and very Natural to my nose. It opens fresh with basil and pimento; then u can feel vetyver, myrrh, a soft suede and patchouli. The drydown is similar to the original but still more wearable. The quality of the blend is incredibile, if u put this juice into a bottle of creed or nasomatto all the youtubers would say "this is amazing!"..but this is just a ralph lauren fragrance, so it's so underrated that they discontinued it. It also has the right balance of complexity and appealing. For formal or casual situations with the right outfit, for every season but not in the high heat. Better for 35 and up. Good performance as well. If you like the original and the green scents from the 90s or 80's you can easily love it. Modern reserve è una versione più moderna dell' originale. Fedele nel dna e nella qualità, questo è un profumo dalle note verdi eccezionale che onestamente preferisco addirittura alla versione vintage del mitico polo green. Se mettessero lo stesso liquido in una bottiglia di creed o nasomatto tutti quegli youtuber prezzolati griderebbero al capolavoro. Invece è solo un Ralph Lauren dimenticato e discontinuato. Se ti piacciono i profumi "verdi" anni ottanta e novanta ti piacerà molto facilmente. Non è un profumo da teenager ma per uomini più maturi che hanno una certa eleganza e stile. Scent-9 Longevity -8 Sillage-8 Versatility -8 Uniqueness-8, 5 Presentation-7 Compliment factor-7,5 Backup bottle? Yes My vote-9 In one word- polo Alternative - the original polo, van Cleef Arpels Tsar, chevignon for men...

Quite frankly the best bitter green I have come across (better than Italian Cypress, better than all the Vetivers). I have searched high and wide for a viable replacement and tried likely every masculine fougere that could even remotely approximate the masterpiece that this is. None could even begin to touch this. Its definitely better than the original Polo Green; it loses the hazy/musky/mossy base of the original which was only serving to hold back the greens and florals and make it smell dated. No sweetness or excessive citrus or powdery iris like all the loser frags out there today. It is so clear, crisp, and focused in a wonderfully masculine way. Sharp green forest, some blooming florals, and tobacco/woods/leather base. No tired, sweaty musks (emotional baggage from the past). I have been searching for a suitable replacement now that it has been discontinued and nothing has come even remotely close. I finally broke down and bought a brand new sealed 4 oz for $100 on ebay (these launched at $60). I will be bringing this bottle with me to high end fragrance boutiques to see if they can pinpoint something to match it. If you are desperate for something truly and confidently masculine, without the sweaty bullshit from all the vintage frags or the powdery sweetness from the flaccid modern ones, track down a bottle of this. It shines in the heat, cuts through the cold with gusto, trucks on for 10 hours easy, and can last through smoke, sex, and sweat. If thats not signature worthy I dont know what is. Its the only fragrance I have ever bothered to get a backup for (so far, 5 and counting).

I don't have my Polo Crest anymore or I'd so a side-by-side. It had been such a long time since I'd sampled PMR, that I was expecting more greenery and less leather, so I'm questioning my previous treatment of it as a summer scent; now I'd say it's a good intermediate for all seasons. It starts out as a very light, well-behaved spearmint with an Antaeus-like leather underneath, and surprisingly a bit of fruit, which to me is a lot like the banana in Acier Aluminium. This stuff, even moreso than Crest, turns the old drill sargeant's piney leather belcher of Polo into a usable fragrance; Crest did it largely with summery wintergreen, which I can only take so much of, but PMR does it with an interesing mix of summery and wintery notes. The sweet florals in the mid-notes remind me of Van Cleef and Arpels or Hammam Bouquet, which I don't like, but the leather reminds me of Parfum d'Habit, which I find very true-to-life. Plus there's some wood and pine needles, but it's from a lush, magnificent old growth forest, not the sort of "hey guys, we have a few pine trees too in New Mexico," like the bone-dry, scrubby forests of Yatagan. I also think it nails this genre better than Eucris because it includes more sweet spices and less astringent herbs.

Personal taste is a funny thing. I acknowledge that the original Polo fragrance, in the classic green bottle with the rider on the front, is one of the best masculines ever composed. It was and still is extraordinarily distinctive - nobody copied this fragrance particularly well, even Ralph Lauren...how many lame Polo (black, blue, red, orange, puce) variants have they released? My one exception to that comment is Polo Modern Reserve. This fragrance takes everything good about Polo and skews it slightly towards millennial taste. Gone is the slightly sweaty caraway so prominent in the opening, replaced with a peppery pimento. The new fragrance inserts a softer suede accord instead of the black leather of the original, and replaces the loud pine note with a more subtle vetiver. While I tend to favor vintage fragrances - they are often more complex and have much more personality than their modern counterparts - this is satisfying and uncommon enough to feel special. I can never smell the original without thinking of my grandfather, who wore Polo every day. As an added bonus, Polo Modern Reserve gives me a happy, nostalgic feeling without feeling like a clone of my beloved Papa.

This is fantastic. They kept the house, but remodeled the interior with this one. You do immediately get the Polo Green vibe, but it's younger...fresher. It's not the deep, dark emerald green color that the original Polo Green conjures up. Instead, it's more of a Kelly green. It's brighter, fresher and more welcoming. Modern Reserve sands down the sharp edges of the original. If you filtered and purified the original Polo Green, you'd get Modern Reserve. I absolutely love it. I'd recommend it for fall, winter and cooler spring days. It's exceptionally alluring on the cooler, crisper days of autumn. Don't pay the exorbitant prices that some Ebayers are asking. If you can get a 4oz bottle for just north of $100, I'd say grab it. Remember, the 4oz bottle has 118ml of juice, so right around $1 per milliliter isn't bad at all.