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L.12.12 Blanc
Lacoste L.12.12 Blanc is the white shirt of the L.12.12 range and it is built from four materials, none of them sweet.
Finger lime opens it alone. It is an Australian citrus whose flesh comes in tiny beads, sharper and more aromatic than an ordinary lime, and using it on its own gives the start a clean, almost bitter brightness with nothing to soften it.
Eucalyptus and cardamom form the heart. Eucalyptus is cool and medicinal, cardamom warm and faintly soapy, and the two together are what give Blanc its distinctive crisp, laundered quality. It is the part people describe as smelling clean.
Pine and cedarwood finish it. Pine is resinous and green, cedarwood dry and sharp, so the base stays cool and woody rather than warming up at all. The fragrance holds one idea from start to finish.
How L.12.12 Blanc wears
Moderate on both counts, lasting a working day and staying close to the skin. Spring and summer suit it best, and it is an easy fragrance for daytime.
Lacoste L.12.12 Blanc Eau de Toilette, 100ml, launched in 2011 by Lacoste, the French house founded in 1933.
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