Le Male
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male did something in the mid nineties that nobody had risked: it put a large amount of vanilla into a men's fragrance and made it the point.
Mint and lavender open it cold and clean, with bergamot, cardamom and artemisia adding a bitter herbal edge. For the first few minutes it behaves like a traditional barbershop fragrance.
Then orange blossom arrives with cinnamon and caraway, and the temperature rises. The orange blossom is soft and slightly powdery, and it is the bridge between the sharp opening and what comes next.
Vanilla and tonka bean dominate the base, sweet and warm, with sandalwood, cedarwood and amber giving them dry wood to sit against. The contrast between an icy lavender opening and a sugary vanilla base is the whole architecture, and it is why this has sold continuously ever since.
How Le Male wears
It lasts a long time and projects strongly. Two sprays is plenty and three is too many. Cooler weather and evenings suit it best.
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Eau de Toilette, launched in 1995 by Jean Paul Gaultier, the Paris house founded in 1982.
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