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So Ralph Lauren

Posted by Robin on 30 December 2010 7 Comments

So Ralph Lauren it almost hurts...models Tony Bruce and Bridget Hall for Safari for men, 1995. When these people aren't on safari, they're at home playing polo and wearing Big Pony.

Ralph Lauren Big Pony Fragrance Collection ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Kevin on 3 August 2010 66 Comments

I’ve never had much luck with Ralph Lauren fragrances. I like Polo and used to wear Monogram (discontinued long ago), but no other Ralph Lauren cologne has excited me. The new Big Pony Fragrance Collection, aimed at 18-30-year-old men, isn’t cutting-edge, but all four fragrances are well-made and perfectly formulated for their target audience: young men who — from what I see and hear in the shops and smell on the streets — don’t want “weird” perfumes, but prefer familiar-smelling, not-too-complex, clean/fresh fragrances.

Big Pony No. 1 (the “sporty” offering of the collection, in the blue bottle) is one of my Big Pony favorites; it lists only notes of lime and grapefruit, but I detect strong lemon peel-bergamot during its opening. After the lemon-bergamot burns off, I smell an aromatic lime-grapefruit accord that reminds me of a drink made of one part spicy ginger ale to one part Fresca (lime wedge squeezed on top). Big Pony No. 1 is “fizzy,” crisp, refreshing and clean with only the tiniest driblet of light musk in the extreme dry-down…

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Tell me what you want to hear

Posted by Robin on 21 July 2010 28 Comments

A promo for the new Big Pony Collection from Ralph Lauren. The music is Secrets by OneRepublic.

Ralph Lauren Big Pony Collection ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 22 May 2010 28 Comments

Ralph Lauren Big Pony Collection 1Ralph Lauren Big Pony Collection 3

Ralph Lauren will launch a quartet of new fragrances for men, the Big Pony Collection, next month. The fragrances are named for the Big Pony polo shirts and other fashion items.

Big Pony 1 ~ the sporty & dynamic entry…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2010, part 9

Posted by Robin on 20 May 2010 13 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.

Loewe, Quizás, Quizás, Quizás Colección Matador edition

From Loewe, Quizás, Quizás, Quizás in the Colección Matador edition, inspired by the brand’s Matador Collection scarf. In 100 ml Eau de Toilette…

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