Where it differs: Built in extrait strength around the older formula, it pushes juniper and oakmoss harder and lasts longer, while the current Ralph Lauren EDT feels lighter and more pine-forward.
Smells like Ralph Lauren Polo.
3 bottles the community rates close to Polo, 57 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. green, aromatic, woody, for men.
Scent overlap
Both bottles' accords, strongest at the top, facing each other. A bar joined through the middle is one they share.
Notes of Polo
What Ralph Lauren publishes. Black means Alexandria Fragrances Vintage 1978 shares the note.
Top
- pine
- thyme
- basil
Heart
- leather
- tobacco leaf
- tarragon
Base
- patchouli
- oakmoss
Notes of Vintage 1978
What Alexandria Fragrances publishes. Black means Polo shares the note.
Top
- pine needles
- juniper berries
- artemisia
- basil
- bergamot
- coriander
Heart
- tobacco
- leather
- carnation
- geranium
- jasmine
- rose
- chamomile
Base
- oakmoss
- patchouli
- cedar
- vetiver
- musk
- amber
The 3 worth trying, ranked
Similarity is the owners' vote plus the note overlap. Price is a typical US bottle price when the house publishes one. Bars are each match's own accords.
Where it differs: Made to recall the mid-80s Polo formula at extrait strength, so it sits richer and mossier than the current EDT, but comes only in a small 34 ml bottle.
Where it differs: It shares the loud pine and moss opening but has no leather or tobacco heart, so it reads as a brighter, simpler forest scent without Polo's dark, smoky depth.
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Similarity figures come from owner ratings and published notes, never from a lab, and no bottle here is a copy of another. Brand names appear only to say what a scent is similar to.
Side by side, the way people actually decide
Two bottles, two prices, one honest sentence. Every match on the site has this card.
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