Vendor: Lacoste
Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Pour Elle Magnetic
creamy tropical fruit dessert with vanilla

Bright fruity citrus with ginger spice, musky cedar
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What the community says
Scendira's summary of what people post on perfume review sites, updated 25 Oct 2026: 61 describe how long it lasts, 42 how far it projects and 21 how it smells. Most other posts only name L'Homme Lacoste.
60% of people get 3–8 hours. From 23 people who said how many hours. The dot is the middle answer (6 h).
Wear time varies a lot
No single story here: about half say it stays close to the skin, while about 1 in 3 say it projects moderately.
From 23 mentions of a season.
Reddit threads about it
Typical perfume we track: 8%.
Lacoste L'Homme Lacoste: what people say about it.
In short: Often worn in warmer months.
Most often worn by men.
60% of people get 3–8 hours of wear (23 people who said how many hours; the middle answer is 6 hours).
About 45% of 61 people say it fades quickly (wear time varies a lot).
Mixed reports on projection (42 people): No single story here: about half say it stays close to the skin, while about 1 in 3 say it projects moderately.
Of the 23 mentions of a season, about 9 in 10 are about warmer weather.
People wear it most for: warmer months, office.
Fades quickly for many: 45% of 61 say it fades quickly, 25% say it lasts a long time. Worth a sniff first.
11% of people wearing it get compliments (75).
Each person counts once per topic. Reported experiences, not verified purchases; skin, climate and batch change how a scent wears.
Community data through .
Lacoste L'Homme Lacoste smells like Bright fruity citrus with ginger spice, musky cedar. It opens with rhubarb, mandarin orange and orange, moves into ginger, jasmine and almond and settles on cedarwood, musk and akigalawood®. It leans masculine, though anyone can wear it.
This eau de toilette is best in spring, summer and fall and is a daytime scent. A good pick for casual days. Released in 2017.
Wearers report that it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Around $92.
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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.
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.
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It smells like Bright fruity citrus with ginger spice, musky cedar. It opens with rhubarb, mandarin orange and orange, moves into ginger, jasmine and almond and settles on cedarwood, musk and akigalawood®.
Wearers report that it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, summer and fall. It is a daytime scent. It suits casual days.
It leans masculine, though anyone can wear it.
Honest, community-verified perfume matches. Not marketing.