Polo Red Rush
Ralph Lauren (2018)

Of all the Polo Reds, this one is my preference because it's not as heavy, loud or synthetically sweet, which has always been my issue with Red and its flankers. It still has the coffee and warm, fruity notes. Later into the drydown, it starts to have a minty feel, not that far off from Eros.

This is a playful, casual scent that is more versatile than the other Reds, probably good in all weather.

I get average projection and longevity, lasts 6-7 hours.

I've really been enjoying the Ralph Lauren Polo Red series of scents ever since the original debuted in 2013. This esp. on the distant heels of the daring foray into Polo Black / Double Black.

Here comes yet another flanker from Ralph Lauren, Red Rush. This one, IMO, lies below the first Polo Red in strength and scope, smelling a bit hollowed out perhaps for summer wear. The Polo Red dna definitely is there: The combo of saffron, grapefruit, mandarin, coffee, et.al. that define the nice pungent "redness" that in no way resembles the first Polo scents. Polo Red Rush now mirrors the sensation of fragrances like Hugo Red and Lacoste Red Style In Play (not as "juicy").

Polo Red Rush comes across as a Polo Red Light / Light Red (whichever Ralph Lauren would choose to call it). It is quite pleasant and perhaps more wearable in warmer temperatures or in the close company of others. For the pure collector, this one has a neat bottle for sure to complement an already colorful Polo flanker collection.

Breaking with its every 2 years release a Polo Red flanker tradition, Red Rush arrives a year early in 2018 instead of 2019.
Red=2013 Red Intense = 2015 Red Extreme = 2017

Red Rush is is a test of a new adjective: Rush; ditto Ultra for the Polo Blue line. First use as a flanker descriptor in fragrance history I believe; question is, will other brands follow?

On to the jus: yes, there is a clear connection to Polo Red. But I couldn't help but think, is this flanker necessary? Intense is just that, an intense version of Red. Extreme is quite bold, presenting as an EdP with bombastic sillage and projection. Juicy and delicious too.

Rush is a tamer version not unlike the way Polo Ultra Blue is a more transparent yet 'oily' version of the original.

Red Rush may work for those who did not like the original, and that's the point: here's another version so we can take your money. A pass for me. Polo Red Extreme is the one to get.