Red is the fruity fougère of Lacoste, released in 2004 on an accord of green apple and pine the brand has never parted with. Interparfums keeps it in the catalog today, in 75 and 125 milliliters, in a bottle with an engraved crocodile. Patchouli and vetiver give the woody part of a fragrance the house addresses to active men.
The brand holds to six notes, two per tier: apple and cedar wood in the opening, pine and jasmine in the heart, patchouli and vetiver to finish. It sums up the intention in one sentence, the tart freshness of green apple against the comfort of pine and patchouli.
An assumed fruity fougère
The classification comes from the house: fruity fougère, not woody or aromatic. The green apple carries the fruity part of a construction that otherwise remains a fougère of classic making, with the woody base the brand calls elegant.
What the 2004 version described
The databases describe a wider composition for the launch: green apple and thuja in the opening, pine, jasmine and cedar in the heart, white musk, vetiver and patchouli to finish. The cedar has changed tier, the thuja and the white musk have disappeared from the current description.
What the label declares
Fourteen entries, including three colorants: Yellow 5, Red 4 and Violet 2. Seven regulated allergens figure there, limonene, linalool, citral, hydroxycitronellal and citronellol at the head of the list, with an ultraviolet filter and a stabilizer against yellowing.