Essential Lacoste 2005 Eau de Toilette

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Essential (Eau de Toilette) is a perfume by Lacoste for men and was released in 2005. The scent is fresh-green. It is being marketed by Coty. Pronunciation

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Perfumers

Laurent Bruyère, IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances)

Fragrance Notes

Top Notes	Tangerine Bergamot Tomato leaf Blackcurrant
Heart Notes	Black pepper Rose
Base Notes	Patchouli Sandalwood Woody notes

Ratings

Scent

6.4125 Ratings

Longevity

6.186 Ratings

Sillage

5.677 Ratings

Bottle

6.386 Ratings

Value for money

7.111 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 29.07.2021.

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07/29/2021

7
Scent 6
Longevity 6
Sillage 5
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Maxxeretro

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Maxxeretro

1

My youth was Essential

I have as a teenager then to some occasion this perfume from my parents get.

I had at that time actually no great reference point to fragrances.
Here and there there was as a gift the one or other fragrance like Bruno Banani About Men or just this Lacoste here.

Me really hurt these bad reviews. Probably he is not a masterpiece, but for me he has shaped my youth.

I knew myself of course not with the most diverse fragrance nuances, as today perhaps, however, the overall package was coherent for me at the time. Sporty fresh I would describe him from my memory.
I had really ewig what of this fragrance, because he came only on special occasions to use and as a student you had to make the 40 € loose.

I like to remember the time back.

Whether I would still wear it today? Perhaps for the sake of nostalgia and not because of the complex fragrance composition.

Would really like to have it back in my collection, just for the memory.

03/21/2021

7.5
Scent 6
Longevity 6
Sillage 6
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Anguilla85

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Anguilla85

2

The crocodile has snapped shut

With this fragrance I connect personal feelings, but even if I "consider" him independently of it, I do not understand why he is here partly so verrissen.
Everyone knows this type of person either no perfume wears or just one to two fragrances at home has.
This Lacoste used to be one of those two with me. I had only Joop! Go and Lacoste Essential, and I even liked it so much that I always "kept" it for special occasions.
A person who was very close to me at the time had recommended it to me and I immediately went out and bought it.
Was I blinded by her opinion?
No.. i always wanted a nice sporty fragrance, and with this one you had hit the bullseye.
This fresh with the citrusy notes to start are strongly influenced by the grapefruit. Later it becomes a little more aquatic and also sweeter...but not too sweet, which suits me in any case.
The Verriss I can perhaps not understand because he seems to me in no way as synthetic as he is often described here.
The performance itself could be quiet a little stronger, but otherwise it is a super sporty perfume for the warmer days, I always evaluate the fragrance and not the brand.

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05/05/2019

6
Scent 5
Longevity 5
Sillage 7
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DerDefcon

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DerDefcon

Helpful Review 4

Smells worse than that

I got this fragrance a few years ago for Christmas and used it regularly and at any time of the year. At that time my interest in fragrances was not as strong as it is now. I didn't worry about fragrances, the right season or anything. I would probably also have been someone who, if he had bought perfume himself, would have been taken in by the usual head note blenders and would have plunged my savings into them - you were still a student. That's why I always found it quite comfortable when my grandparents gave me a fragrance for Christmas or my birthday, and this fragrance from Lacoste has shown me that such a gift process does not always have to be a total flop. It really doesn't have the most exciting fragrance, an outstanding durability and it doesn't smell extraordinary either.

The beginning is very invigorating and bright. The bergamot cannot be smelled. Particularly with the top note, it is more than just complicated, at least in this case, to smell out the individual components. As already mentioned, I notice the bergamot, but at the same time I notice that there are other components in the game which are mentioned in the product description, but which I would not have blindly sniffed. Let's agree that we have a start dominated by the bergamot, which is already green. This prelude lasts only a few minutes, because now comes the rose, a component of the heart note, which is supposed to be accompanied by black pepper. However, I do not perceive this in any way. But the bergamot still jumps around between the rose and all the other green stuff that makes up the top note
As quickly as the top note was supplemented or overtaken by the heart note, as quickly the components of the base note are added. Now the fragrance is actually starting to unfold all its green. The fragrance becomes light - really light - creamy. The woody notes now contrast with the bergamot, while the rose was already unspectacularly saying goodbye. This fragrance image is created - attention - within just fifteen minutes and decorates the wrist for about four hours. The Sillage is here quite small, why one does not really have to exercise caution with the dosage.

Conclusion: The fragrance is nothing spectacular, but also nothing with which one can really do a lot wrong. As someone who had little experience in perfumery at the time, I could have been much worse off with the fragrance gift. This product from Lacoste is really not a real flop, and I find it much more pleasant and wearable than the currently often sweet and sticky fragrance landscape alà Paco Rabane and Co., which is overloaded with an excessive amount of vanilla and tonka bean. (this side blow had to be simple).

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08/16/2017

7.5
Scent 3
Longevity 5
Sillage

Oske7
7 Reviews

Oske7

3

Nice but doesn't last

Tried out my sample of this yesterday, and in general it's a really nice fragrance. Nothing out of the ordinary, a very safe and fresh citrus. Opening reminds me slightly of Montblanc Legend Spirit. However, not even two hours into this I couldn't smell it on my skin at all. Even holding my wrist right up to my nose there was nothing. Nice basic citrus fragrance but for me absolutely no longevity.

05/01/2012

7
Scent 7.5
Longevity 7.5
Sillage 7.5
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Kannan
37 Reviews

Kannan

Helpful Review 2

Summer Blast

Fresh Very Fresh , Clean Very Clean... This is enough for Summer. This will get u lots of compliments. Girls will Love it. It as good projection & Good Longevity.