Polo Red Ralph Lauren 2013 Eau de Toilette

Polo Red (Eau de Toilette) by Ralph Lauren

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6.4 / 10 257 Ratings

A perfume by Ralph Lauren for men, released in 2013. The scent is fruity-sweet. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Fruity

Sweet

Synthetic

Woody

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cranberry

Red grapefruit

Italian citron

Heart Notes

Saffron Red sage

Lavender

Base Notes

Amber

Red woods

Coffee berry

Perfumers

Olivier Gillotin, Givaudan

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Ratings

Scent

6.4257 Ratings

Longevity

6.0212 Ratings

Sillage

5.8208 Ratings

Bottle

6.2222 Ratings

Value for money

6.4119 Ratings

Submitted by ExUser, last update on 02/20/2025.

Interesting Facts

The face of the advertising campaign is polo player Nacho Figueras, directed and photographed by Bruce Weber.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Big Eagle Collection - Red

Polo Red Intense

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/05/2025

Napasonoma
26 Reviews

Napasonoma

1

Similar to Desire

After wearing this a few times, it was kind of reminded me of something, and I quite couldn’t put my thumb on it. But today I saw my Dunhill desire, sprayed it on one hand and polo red on the other. It was surprising how similar they are anyway I like both of them they have decent performance for an EDT.

03/03/2022

6
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 6
Scent

Smellavision
205 Reviews

Smellavision

2

Sweet red berries...

This opens with candied red berries (cranberries), which are then joined by a little coffee/latte, amber and some woody notes through the heart. In the drydown, the berries fade out so that the quite synthetic musk and woody coffee note prevails for the rest of the (short) drydown.

It's really sweet and bordering on gourmand, so much that it somehow reminds me of jelly beans. Definitely not for summer use, I would recommend fall or even better winter nights. Projection is not very impressive and I only get about three hours of performance. Probably the best purpose would be as a dating scent. I heard that Polo Red Intense should be in the same vein but longer lasting.

Overall, I think it's not bad, the scent is nice and pleasing - youthful and casual - but unfortunately quite synthetically composed and really lacks some punch.

07/22/2013

2.5
Bottle 2.5
Sillage 2.5
Longevity 3
Scent

Drseid
821 Reviews

Drseid

3

Seeing Red Over "Red"...

Polo Red opens with a very sweet synthetic smelling candied red berry accord. As the fragrance moves to its early heart the sweetness tones down slightly with a subtle coffee undertone joining the candied red fruit as a synthetic vague woody accord begins to take hold gradually. During the late dry-down the cloying sweetness nearly subsides as the synthetic smelling woods take control and now dominate with the candied fruit all but gone leaving just the subtle coffee undertone in support. Projection is below average and so is longevity at 5-6 hours on skin.

Oh how the mighty have fallen... The original Polo was a masterpiece that I used to wear with abandon in my younger days and still completely enjoy today in its vintage form. That was the first offering from the Ralph Lauren brand and by far its best. Not many of the other releases from Ralph Lauren over the years have been worth even a mention (save the also excellent discontinued Polo Crest), and Red will join the rest of the duds in the line, only it is even worse if possible. The candied fruit open is so sickeningly sweet and synthetic (in a bad way) that it sets an early disappointing tone for the rest of the annoying composition to come. The heart and late dry-down is primarily a norlimbanol (synthetic woods) bomb with only the coffee undertone to distinguish it from so many other poor compositions on the market. The bottom line is Polo Red is a complete disappointment and an insult to fragrance lovers and Ralph Lauren customers around the world. While its $76 retail price for a 100ml bottle won't break the bank for many, it is not even worth one tenth that price and should be avoided at all cost, earning a "poor" to "very poor" 1.5 stars out of 5 rating.

03/19/2021

MichaNase
17 Reviews

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MichaNase

Lady in (Polo) Red

Jeanette stood in front of the mirror. She had put on her leopard print dress. Even though she was over 40, her figure had held up well. She tugged at her dress until all the wrinkles were gone.
Now it was her turn for mascara, which she routinely applied. After that, the perfume. The scent that rose to her nose was artificial, sweet and fruity (yet a bit dry) and reminded her of Emily Strawberry from her childhood. That was a long time ago, a lot had happened since then, and she wiped her memory aside.
Jeanette threw on her faux fur coat and took the last sip of champagne from the champagne glass to get herself in the mood.

Then she stalked out and closed the apartment door behind her.