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Polo Red Rush Ralph Lauren 2018

7.4 / 10 26 Ratings

A perfume by Ralph Lauren for men, released in 2018. The scent is fresh-citrusy. It is being marketed by L'Oréal.
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Main accords

Fresh

Citrus

Fruity

Aquatic

Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Grapefruit Lemon

Lemon

Pineapple

Red mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Red apple

Spearmint

Lavender

Orange blossom Saffron

Saffron

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Coffee

Musk

Perfumer

Olivier Gillotin

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Ratings

Scent

7.426 Ratings

Longevity

6.524 Ratings

Sillage

6.524 Ratings

Bottle

6.538 Ratings

Value for money

7.312 Ratings

Submitted by Cincy, last update on 11/25/2024.

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3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/08/2024

Eauxdegak
5 Reviews

Eauxdegak

2

Get out of the way, I'm in a hurry!

Red Rush is Polo Red's 2018 flanker, a fruity aromatic that complements the line with a "speed", "adrenaline" proposal, which to me sounds more like "rush to launch another perfume". I say this because it's one of the flankers with the least longevity and substativity among the Polos, which ended up frustrating me a little, considering I'm a big fan, especially of the Red ones.

Curiously, on my skin it's more floral than fruity. The apple and pineapple notes don't stand out much, nor do they have any significant longevity. On my skin, it's much more aromatic, woody, and herbal than anything else.

It opens with a certain lemon citricity, a minty freshness and a bitter orange blossom. Soon, the body begins to reveal a sweet, fresh, open lavender, wrapped in dihydromyrcenol. It makes you think of "shaving products" and the common smell of "hair gel". It's a very generic accord, but clean and pleasant. Then it becomes slightly talc-like, musky and spicy.

The coffee I expected to find in the base is very shy, but the cedar is very evident, as well as the coumarin. It reminds me of many other popular perfumes without being exactly the same. I thought it sounded like more of the same, but it will please a lot of people anyway, those who are in a hurry to put something on and go, certainly.

07/19/2020

9Scent 7Longevity 9Sillage

Antonypost
4 Reviews

Antonypost

Helpful Review 3

What a fragrance?!

I don’t want to write a long and boring review with lots of metaphors and hidden messages. I will be clear and short, just a few words.

Red rush is a very good perfume for athletic types. I brings an image of you in a polo shirt, drinking mojito in your sails boat. Summer, Spring , sports, young, successful. That’s all.

Scent: 9
Longevity: 7.6
Radius: 9
Compliments: 5, just 1 in 1 year
Authenticity/ uniqueness: 7
Scent: Industrial, fresh, fruity and a bit synthetic
Overall: 8

Conclusion: A very good gift for this sports friend or someone who loves sea. It is not very unique and has a bit synthetic smell, though it is really fresh. A summer morning walk, or jogging, a business trip or meeting. In general it is a good smell for those who prefer to smell successful and want a morning fragrance and it’s price is not bad at all.

07/02/2019

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Chevalier
66 Reviews

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Chevalier

Very helpful Review 3

Whoever wants to succeed must ask the right questions. Aristotle

In the fiercely competitive market of mainstream fragrances, there are only winners or losers.
Mediocrity is filtered out after one or two years, perhaps relegated to the lower shelves as discount items. Manufacturers must increasingly ask the right questions, whether it’s about the formulation, design, or the overall mix that is then developed into a marketing plan.
Unfortunately, the decision-makers at L'Oréal have always had the wrong questions on the agenda when it came to the fragrances of Polo. Perhaps they simply presented the products that didn’t make it to the top ranks at Armani or Yves Saint Laurent as Ralph Lauren.
For what feels like twenty-one years and four months, Polo has not had a crowd-pleaser in its portfolio.
It’s incomprehensible that the executives at Ralph Lauren haven’t taken away the license, which has been with the French multi since 1978, a long time ago.
Maybe the business lunches with French cuisine are just too beautiful a new world for the Americans.
One can hardly explain this struggling brand Polo or Ralph Lauren under L'Oréal otherwise.
The last truly good fragrances were Polo Blue or Polo Sport.
It must be noted that, similarly in L'Oréal's marketing, there was no strategist involved who oversees the other brands like Armani or Lancôme. A more lackluster and uninspired implementation can only be found with Playboy fragrances, the 007 bottles, or whoever else is missing, the producer of the Boris Becker fragrance.
None of the younger products from Ralph Lauren exceed a 7.5 on Parfumo.
Fortunately, in the USA, there is only Fragrantica; otherwise, the managers at Polo would surely have long since had the people at L'Oréal only produce eyeliners with the Big Pony stamp.
This Red Rush has regained more power and style, the first impression is completely relaxed and not as piercing and snotty as the Pony line. Unfortunately, it became clear after the 123rd attempt that nothing more would come of the ponies.
Why is this red storm so much better than the other Polos?
It completes the circle of Polo Blue and Polo Sport. It falls into the aquatic category, without coming off as too chemical or superficial. What a surprise, there is a really pleasant scent progression that is suitable for summer. When temperatures hover above the constant 30-degree mark, one can only wear classics like Chypre or light fougères. Iris grenades or tiramisu bombs, which have been popular for some time, will be back in style from September onwards.
Therefore, this Red is a positive surprise; it is noticeable for a little over 5 hours, after which it becomes very close to the skin, still a good choice for this type of fragrance. The base becomes woody and pleasant.
Even though pineapple is listed, no Aventus is visible or detectable, which is also an advantage in the age of too many clones. The sillage is quite good for a rather light fragrance; it is definitely stronger than a Jil Sander Men or Cool Water, which today is just a memory.
If the people at L'Oréal ask the right questions in the future as they do here, we probably won’t have to wait two decades for the next mainstream star under the brand umbrella of Polo and Ralph Lauren.