Vendor: Lacoste
Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Pour Elle Magnetic
creamy tropical fruit dessert with vanilla
$62.95
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Lacoste · 2018
Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Eau Fraîche EDT
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
CloseArm's length
Polarising
Mixed
fresh
uplifting
skin-close
Bright lemon and limoncello, fresh aquatic cedar
Scent Notes
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Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Lacoste Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Eau Fraîche comes across as Bright lemon and limoncello, fresh aquatic cedar. It opens with lemon, moves into limoncello and settles on cedar, patchouli and musk. It leans masculine, though anyone can wear it.
This eau de toilette is best in spring and summer and is a daytime scent. A good pick for the office. Released in 2018.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and stays close to the skin.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something fresh and uplifting for the office.
- Sample first if: citrus is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you want a scent other people notice from across the room.
Around $96.
Explore more: More from Lacoste · Fresh perfumes · Lemon perfumes · Patchouli perfumes
Concentration
EDT
Occasion
Office
Projection
Close
Gender lean
Leans masculine
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Office
Lacoste is a French sportswear house whose fragrance line is anchored by L.12.12. With 54 Lacoste perfumes listed, prices begin around $22 and top out near $106. Lacoste Pour Femme, Lacoste Touch of Pink and Lacoste Essential get the most attention from the communities Scendira tracks. L.12.12. Blanc Eau Intense is a cool citrus with green herbs and clean leather.
Opening and drydown of the picks
Lacoste Pour Femme (Eau de Parfum, 2003) comes across as soft floral bouquet with powdery cream on cedar, with purple freesia and pimento at the start and skin accord, Himalayan cedar and Mysore sandalwood at the base. Lacoste Touch of Pink (Eau de Toilette, 2004) reads as sweet blood orange, cardamom and powdery florals, opening on blood orange and cardamom and drying down to musk, sandalwood and vanilla. Lacoste Essential (Eau de Toilette, 2005) opens with bergamot and tangerine and ends on patchouli, sandalwood and woody notes; overall it reads as bright citrus and green leaves with soft rose.
Switch houses on the Scendira brands page, or stay with the same scents in floral perfumes and fresh perfumes.
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like Bright lemon and limoncello, fresh aquatic cedar. It opens with lemon, moves into limoncello and settles on cedar, patchouli and musk.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and stays close to the skin.
It is best in spring and summer. It is a daytime scent. It suits the office.
It leans masculine, though anyone can wear it.
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