Lacoste Fragrances
Sportswear codes translated into mainstream fougères.
Lacoste was founded in 1933 by tennis champion René Lacoste and André Gillier in Troyes, France, around the now-iconic crocodile-embroidered piqué polo. The fragrance arm has changed hands repeatedly: licensed at various points to L'Oréal, then Procter & Gamble, then Coty from 2016, before Lacoste bought the licence back in 2022 and signed a fifteen-year deal with Inter Parfums effective 2024. The perfume line follows the brand's sport-leisure positioning. Pillars like Lacoste pour Homme, Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 (the colour-coded series modelled on the polo shirts) and Match Point dominate the catalogue, built on clean fougères, citrus aromatics and aquatic woody bases — designed for confident, casual everyday wear rather than evening drama. The new Inter Parfums chapter is expected to push the line slightly more upmarket. It remains a default starter scent for many men entering the fragrance market.
- Woody100
- Citrus88
- Aromatic80
- Fresh Spicy76
- Warm Spicy62
- Musky62
- Powdery
Releases
DNA over time
Each column is an era. Each colored band shows that family’s share of accord weight across every perfume the house released in that window. Bigger band = the house leaned harder on that family.
