Polo Explorer
Ralph Lauren · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2007
≈ $65 · 125ml · approx. retail
A woody-aromatic men's EDT by Honorine Blanc and Harry Fremont, opening on mandarin and bergamot over a leathery coriander heart and a warm sandalwood-mahogany-amber base. It is a more rugged, outdoorsy take on the Polo theme.
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Lebanese · 16 in collection
Honorine Blanc is a Beirut-born, New York-based master perfumer at Firmenich (dsm-firmenich) who was mentored by the legendary Sophia Grojsman. She is celebrated for bold, addictive feminines, having co-created Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium among other commercial hits.
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Harry Fremont is a French master perfumer at Firmenich, born in Cannes and trained at ISIPCA, who received The Fragrance Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. With hundreds of fragrances to his name, he co-created Calvin Klein's genre-defining CK One and composed the bestselling Ralph Lauren Romance.
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