My Polo Green Friend

Misadventures in vintage cologne hunting

I can recall three very distinct scent combinations from my childhood that I likely won’t ever smell again.

• The “Old-Style beer, cigarettes, and wax” smell of a Chicagoland bowling alley from my childhood.

• The mix of leather and diesel from a 1983 Mercedes-Benz 300D as I sip a hot chocolate on my way to school.

• Polo cologne. Specifically Polo cologne and…