Lacoste
Essential
Citrus Aromatic · 2005 · Laurent Bruyere
Longevity
Moderate
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
Tomato leaf gives a distinctive green, slightly bitter opening over bergamot, then sandalwood and patchouli warm into a smooth woody base. It is dry and characterful, the greenness lending an unusual freshness to the warm woods.
Taste Profile
The Romantic
The Open Sweet
What you see is what you get. Simply sweet.
Straightforward and consistent, exactly where you want it. Treat yourself. Who doesn't love a bit of sweetness?
See your own Taste Map →How Essential smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Essential reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and is openly sweet, in gourmand territory.
Essential reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is among the highest in the catalogue for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Essential sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 22nd percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Essential is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 21st percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Essential arrives seamless, as a single impression rather than parts. That is 10th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Essential is openly sweet, in gourmand territory. That is 92nd percentile for sweetness across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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