Red
Lacoste Red is Annick Menardo at her most economical: green apple over pine tree, patchouli and vetiver underneath — four notes, one arc.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 accords.
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- Fruity55
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Green Apple
- Pine Tree
- Vetiver
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readLacoste Red is Annick Menardo at her most economical: green apple over pine tree, patchouli and vetiver underneath — four notes, one arc. The apple opens crisp and slightly synthetic in a way that's characteristic of 2004 masculines, before the pine delivers a clean, slightly resinous transition.
Patchouli and vetiver anchor the drydown with an earthy, damp-forest quality that gives the fragrance more depth than its ingredient count suggests. Simple in the best sense — not sparse through oversight but precise through intention. A fragrance that does its job cleanly and without pretense, suited to every situation that doesn't require a statement.
Scent twins
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