Lacoste - Cool Play (2006)

"Satisfactory for the users with no high expectations.."

As you know, Lacoste is not a strong player on the fragrance market. While some of the brands well made fragrances like, original (84), 2000 and booster have been loved and had good success, actual cheapo models which are mostly made with artificial synthetic notes created in labs in consequence of cost concerns are not much different than what boss, givenchy, armani do today. Ok, let's not kill the Cool Play from the start, it's not that awful eventually. Cool play was launched in 2006. Its a modern, fresh summer type fragrance.

Cool Play's blend consist of:

top notes: coriander, birch leaf, mandarin orange, bergamot

middle notes: juniper berries, violet, pepper, cedar

base notes: sandalwood, amber, patchouli, musk, vanilla, vetiver

To speak about blend I first must say it's not high quality or natural. Of course this is not a surprise as this is a regular fragrance from a fashion brand. Some notes are artificial and this can be sensed easily, but not too synthetic or cloying.  Still makes you feel if it had some nice natural notes, it could be a very successful fragrance, as its blend has a good harmony with wise proportioning. We all know its inevitable to get miracles with the notes like vetiver, patchouli, cedar, pepper when they are used as high quality ingredients. But this is not the case for the cool play.

The cool play's scent is a scent that I would define as a "street fragrance". Satisfactory for the users with no high expectations from their cologne and that's all. Opens as a slightly sweet, soft melony fresh scent. After some time gets a little bit sweeter and loses some of that freshness and becomes woody thanks to its base notes. It would satisfy young or very inexperienced fragrance users. But for the regular and experienced users, I think it'd be quite generic and boring with no special character or scent. So take this as a fragrance for entering fragrance world. May be a good present for young users. And it's better than style in play.

In summary; as I wrote before; its a regular fashion fragrance from a fashion brand. If you don't have high expectations and only used a few colognes so far, they you may give this a try as it would suit these summer days nicely.

As a soft, fresh fragrance it's best to use it in spring and summer. With its light and modern scent, it wouldn't disturb you. I would suggest this to users between 16-22. For anybody older than this group, cool play may appear too common and simple.

Olfactory group: woody floral musk

Scent: above average to good  6,5/10

Silage: average  5/10

Longevity: average  5/10

Quality feel: under average to average  4,5/10

Recommended: Only if you are a fragrance newbie