Lacoste Red Eau De Toilette 125ml

Lacoste Red is a 2001 fruity fougère EDT created by Annick Menardo at Firmenich — one of Lacoste’s earliest and longest-standing masculine fragrances, and a heritage piece in the Lacoste portfolio. Menardo is a significant Firmenich perfumer whose other credits include Bulgari Black and Lancôme Hypnôse; her approach to Lacoste Red is a clean, sporty fougère with a green-fruity twist rather than the heavier, more classic fougère built on coumarin and oakmoss. The 125ml format is the larger size in the Lacoste Red range. The bottle is a quadratic (square-section) flacon with the Lacoste crocodile embossed on the bottle and a distinctive red cap.

The Scent

Lacoste Red opens with green apple and pine — a clean, energetic and fresh combination that signals a sporty, active-lifestyle positioning from the first spray. Green apple is a synthetic accord with a crisp, bright fruitiness; pine contributes a resinous, fresh-woody note that anchors the opening without adding heaviness. The heart brings jasmine and thuya wood. Jasmine softens and gives the fougère its floral depth — a classic fougère heart element; thuya wood (Tetraclinis articulata, also known as arborvitae, a North African conifer) contributes a warm, dry, cedar-adjacent woody quality that is more complex and less sharp than plain cedarwood. The base is patchouli and vetiver: patchouli adding earthy, slightly sweet-musty depth; vetiver adding smoky, dry, rooty character. Together they give the fougère its lasting, grounded dry-down.

Fougère — The Fragrance Family

Fougère (French for “fern”) is one of the oldest and most enduring fragrance families in masculine perfumery, with roots in the 1882 Houbigant Fougère Royale. Classic fougères are built on lavender, coumarin (a hay-like, tonka bean-derived material) and oakmoss. Lacoste Red is a fruity fougère — the traditional lavender and coumarin structure is adapted with a green apple accord in the top, giving the fragrance a fresher, more contemporary and sporty character than a classic fougère while retaining the family’s characteristic woody-herbal base.

Questions Customers Ask

Is Lacoste Red still being made?
Lacoste Red has had a complex production history and availability can vary by market. It remains available as a retail product and is stocked at Oh So Luxe. If you are a returning buyer who remembers the fragrance from earlier years, be aware that like most long-running fragrances it may have undergone reformulation over its 20+ year production history as raw material regulations and ingredient availability have changed.

What is thuya wood?
Thuya (Tetraclinis articulata, also called arborvitae or thuja) is a conifer native to North Africa, particularly Morocco. In perfumery, thuya wood is used for its warm, dry, woody quality — similar to cedarwood in register but with more complexity and a slightly resinous edge. It is less commonly used than cedarwood or sandalwood, which makes it a distinctive ingredient choice in Lacoste Red’s heart.

What is the fougère fragrance family?
Fougère (French for “fern”) is one of the foundational masculine fragrance families, established with Houbigant’s Fougère Royale in 1882. Classic fougères combine lavender, coumarin and oakmoss to create a characteristic herbal-woody-hay accord. Lacoste Red is a fruity fougère variant — a more modern, lighter interpretation of the family with green apple in the top replacing the heavier lavender-coumarin core of classic examples.

What is the delivery policy?
We offer free standard UK delivery on all orders over £50.

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