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Original
The Lacoste Original Eau de Parfum Gift Set is the most straightforward way to give this fragrance, and the scent inside is a clean, dry, aromatic one with no sweetness to speak of.
Pink pepper and bergamot open it, the pepper dry and prickling, the bergamot bright and bitter, and together they make a brisk, almost sporty first impression. The middle is herbal and is where the composition settles: lavender brings a cool, soap clean calm, and clary sage adds a greener, slightly nutty and faintly bitter note beside it that is more interesting than plain sage would be. The base is short and well judged, sandalwood giving a creamy dryness and tonka bean adding just enough soft, powdery sweetness to stop the whole thing being austere. Clary sage is what makes it more interesting than a standard clean men's fragrance, and it is used generously.
Six materials, composed by Anne Flipo and Tanguy Guesnet, which is a serious pairing for a fragrance pitched at this level. Six materials is short for a modern release and nothing in it is wasted. This is an easy one to give. The scent is clean rather than challenging, it reads as masculine without being heavy, and it suits a man who wears fragrance to work rather than to make an impression. Presented as a set, so it is ready to hand over as it is. Sets like this also remove the guesswork from wrapping, which matters more in late December than anyone admits.
Lacoste began in 1933 when the tennis champion Rene Lacoste went into business with the industrialist Andre Gillier, and the crocodile marked polo shirt has carried the name ever since. By the company's own account its first fragrance appeared in 1968. The crocodile was on the shirts long before any of the fragrances existed.
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