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.

A gorgeous fragrance! It starts with a mesmerizing opening, then settles into a classy, warm-spicy earthy-green blend with decent projection and outstanding longevity. Modern Reserve takes the best elements of Polo Green and leaves out the skanky overpowering notes that many modern users find hard to live with. It's hard-to-find, and impossible to find at bargain prices. But for me, Polo Modern Reserve is worth the premium price, and is in my all-time top five. Highly recommended! Scent: 10 Sillage: 8 Longevity: 10

My signature fragrance... A posh and manly scent! It's smoother than polo, like an eau de polo... It basically smells like recent cut grass with jasmine, leather and patchouli. It's not sweet at all, as some have stated, it just lacks the old-fashioned piney smell of polo. Woody, herby, leathery... smells like a horses farm! Women fall for its masculinity... Definitely a masterpiece! Longevity and sillage are weaker than polo's, but still decent Congratulations to Ralph Lauren...

I'm not a Polo enthusiast per se but I do have Polo Green, Red, Black, Double Black, Blue, and Sport. Add to that now Modern Reserve. Although all different, I think Modern Reserve might be the best of the bunch. Pity that it's discontinued. I got a decant from a trusted source within the fragrance community and might have to go back for more. This is nice. Really nice. So now based on what I own my order is: Modern Reserve Green Black Blue Double Black Red Sport

Why did Ralph Lauren have to discontinue their best men's scent?!?! This is my favorite green fragrance. It reminds me of walking through a shady piney forest with a weathered leather jacket on and happening across an old log cabin with a recently extinguished campfire nearby. Green, smokey, spicy, leathery, and gentlemanly. This one lasts 12+ hours on me. I get the comparison to Polo Crest and I also agree that Chevignon is similar, but it's not quite the same.

This is a fantastic fragrance, lighter in the top notes that the original Polo (no shocking blast of tobacco and feces straight out of the bottle!), but with a very similar drydown. This very manly fragrance has pronounced woody and leathery basenotes balanced with a refreshing greenness. Far superior to anything Ralph Lauren has released since the original Polo. I am very impressed.

Just joined the forum. I got this when it was just released more than a decade ago and discontinued for a while now. It’s the best Polo in my opinion. Agree with @oceansoflorewi .. the bottle is not what is shown here in Fragrantica. Still got a third of the bottle left and been using it sparingly

I love this. Although it quite resembles a fresh earthy-green, nutty tobacco smell; its not something I would wear in the summer. Its more of a fresh winter or fall fragrance. It also like what someone who plays polo would wear. I would honestly buy this again in the near future .

I love the smell! It is an excellent perfume that suits men wearing suits. The scent is dark, chypre, spicy and woody. This perfume gives one the feeling of absolute confidence and power.

Much, much better, than original Polo. The drydown is like heaven. Modern, seductive and so classy. This scent is going to the top of my top five. 5/5 without doubt. Simply awesome...

Modern Reserve is really great but expensive now . a cheap copy of modern reserve is beverly hills polo club rogue

Polo Modern Reserve is a reformulated, modern adaptation of the vintage 1978 bottle. It is packaged the same as its predecessor but is marketed towards a younger audience groomed on modern softer scents that lack the stronger, louder, rawer elements that made the original Polo so attractive. The alpine woods essence of the original is gone, so is the dirty tobacco and leather that gave it heart and muscle. The pine needles are also absent, replaced by more spice, mostly of the standard garden variety; especially basil and pimento on the top. To those quite familiar with the original, Modern Reserve seems to have lost much of its essence, transformed into a rather woody and spicy concoction that is passable enough but lacks the darker and more foreboding range of the original. The dry down is somewhat lacking in balance and the vetiver, patchouli and jasmine don't seem to mesh organically, crashing into each other and creating a sour discord underneath that cheapens the overall concept around the 30 minute mark and persists well into the dry down. This may be a revelation to those unfamiliar with anything before the 21st century, especially for those unfamiliar with the original Polo or who find many of the 70's masculine fragrances too herbal and low in range. Given Modern Reserve's excellent longevity (8-12 hours) and projection (6-8 hours), this is certainly recommendable to the thirty and under crowd. But for anyone more experienced or familiar with the original, this is a lighter, toned down and less organic rehash that lacks the outstanding blending and cohesive execution of the original.

I received this in the mail the other day as a blind buy but knew what I was getting. I had smelled the original polo a few years ago on an older gentalman and liked it alot. It reminded me of a simply classic smell that I had smelled for years but not knowing what it was. I read reviews on the modern reserve which is a reformulated modern adaptation of the original I had been smelling on people my whole child hood. I really like the modern reserve in that I can wear it and feel like I'm not trying to be older than I actually am. I am 26 and it's perfect as a casual fragrance. This is not a panty dropper as some might call other fragrances but it is sophisticated and something that a confident man of any age would wear. I can only assume that females may think the way that I do when I smell it as something they attribute comfort with since it is something they smelled through childhood as well. It stays true to the original with some tweeks for the better. It is not as alcohol-like smelling which means that the ingredients are more up to date and smells very soapy and fresh on opening, but still dark and strong. The dry down smells like leather/suede and basil with woods. It reminds me of a horse stable, also a very comforting smell. I would definitely buy this again when my 4 oz bottle runs out. Figuring you only need about 2 sprays, that will be a long time from now. Longevity - 9/10 silage - 8/10 scent - 8/10

One of the best Polos... and my favourite "green" scent. Polo Modern Reserve is a wonderful modern updating of a classic. It is green and fresh and aromatic, with a wonderful line up of notes that is even better than the original! You get wonderful additions of basil, cardamom, spicy pimento pepper, myrrh, vetiver and suede. This is sophisticated, timeless, masculine & elegant. I really love it... and it's a shame it was a limited edition. If you don't like the original or want a "modern" updating of it, then this is the way to go. Otherwise, the original is still fine, it's just that this one happens to be my favourite... and probably the best flanker of the entire "Polo" line in my opinion.

I have a strange relationship with P.M.R. Some days I love it, on those days it has a great but strong top note and then warms down into this sexy mix of floral and spicy. Other days I hate it. On those days it smells chemical and dry and horrible. Very strange, but I do own it and wear it sometimes. I wear it more in the fall than other times.

just bought a bottle two days ago. this is a very green woodsy fragrance but without the tobacco ,leather , pepper of the original. after the first 30 minuets, the floral notes really start kicking you in the face! silage is very good ,well past 5 hours . according to polo.com., they might be phasing out modern reserve, just like polo explorer.