Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Rouge

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Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Rouge

Lacoste · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2012

≈ $80 · 3.3oz · approx. retail

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A spicy-woody men's scent from the L.12.12 line by Olivier Cresp (2012), opening with ginger, cardamom and black pepper over rooibos tea and mango before a benzoin base.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

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Perfumer

Olivier Cresp

French · 99 in collection

A Grasse-raised master perfumer at Firmenich and 2018 Fragrance Foundation Lifetime Achievement honoree, Olivier Cresp is one of the most influential noses of his generation, responsible for the genre-defining Mugler Angel and a string of bestsellers.

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