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L.12.12 French Panache
Of all the L.12.12 bottles, Lacoste L.12.12 French Panache Eau de Toilette is the one that reads least like a sports brand fragrance and most like a classic floral. Blackcurrant opens it, and it is the material that gives the scent its character: dark, tart, slightly green and faintly sour, the smell of the fruit with the leaf still attached. Bergamot brightens it and pink pepper adds a dry rosy sparkle, so the first ten minutes are sharp and lively rather than sweet.
Rose and jasmine then take over, and the pairing is as old as perfumery. Rose here is round and soft rather than jammy, jasmine is warm and fuller bodied, and the blackcurrant from the opening bleeds into both of them, keeping a tartness running through the middle of the wear that stops the flowers settling into something matronly. Musk and patchouli are all that sit underneath. Musk gives the clean warm softness that holds a light fragrance onto skin, patchouli adds earth and a little damp depth, and between them they close the composition without adding sweetness. Seven materials, cleanly built. It dates from 2019. As an eau de toilette it is moderate in both projection and length, four to five hours and a trail that stays close after the first hour, which makes it a good choice for an office or anywhere crowded. Spring and autumn suit it, it reads feminine, and it is one of the better value floral bottles a designer house currently sells.
Lacoste is a French clothing company that began in 1933 as a partnership between Rene Lacoste, who won tennis championships, and Andre Gillier, who manufactured knitwear, and the crocodile marked shirt made it famous. The business traces its first fragrance to 1968, and the L.12.12 series is now the largest part of its scent range.
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