Ralph Lauren
Polo Black
Woody Aromatic · 2005 · Pierre Negrin
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Casual
Seasonality
All Year
Sun-warmed mango and clary sage open into a base of tonka and patchouli. There's a smooth, slightly sweet warmth here, more suede than gourmand. Balanced and unfussy, sitting close with quiet confidence.
Taste Profile
The Natural
The Soft Presence
Warm enough to feel right. Easy enough to forget.
Not every choice needs to be a statement. This one just works and keeps working. The best kind of invisible.
See your own Taste Map →How Polo Black smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Polo Black is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure, and sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.
Polo Black sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 38th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Polo Black 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 37th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Polo Black is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 7th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Polo Black sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 21st percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Polo Black carries sweetness without letting it define the scent. That is 72nd 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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