# Le Male

**Brand:** Jean Paul Gaultier · **Perfumer:** Francis Kurkdjian · **Year:** 1995
**Rating:** 4.0 / 5 (11 ratings) · **Popularity:** #640

## Notes
**Top:** Artemisia, Bergamotte, Kardamom, Lavendel, Minze
**Heart:** Kümmel, Zimt, Orangenblüte
**Base:** Bernstein, Zedernholz, Sandelholz, Tonkabohne, Vanille

## About Jean Paul Gaultier
Die Parfümlinie von Jean Paul Gaultier debütierte 1993 mit Classique, einem kühnen, femininen Duft in einem korsettförmigen Flakon. Weltweite Hits wie Le Male und Scandal werden für ihre einzigartigen, sinnlichen Kompositionen geliebt und machen die Marke zu einer festen Größe in der Luxusparfümerie.

## Top reviews
- ★5/5 — Spring, Summer — Casual, Office — "Love this fragrance girls love it and I get crazy complements"
- ★5/5 — Spring, Fall — Casual, Office — "Timeless classic. Some say it is dated, but I still you can pull it off for many years to come."
- ★4/5 — "I used to wear it in my youth, like 25 years ago. It smells the same, but something is missing, and the magic dissappears after 5 minutes leaving a Mugler-es que, sweet aroma-chemical soup. Maybe it was always thus, but I remember it being special."
- ★4/5 — Spring, Summer — Casual — "Timeless gem"
- ★3/5 — Spring — "While Le Male has a classical significance in the fragrance world, I find current formulations to be a bit of a synthetic mess. It opens with a heavy dose of lavender front and centre, with a touch of warm cardamom and a sharpness coming from mint and bergamot. It’s got a relatively spicy heart of cinnamon and caraway, with a sweet base of vanilla and tonka. The main combination of notes here is l…"
- ★2/5 — Fall, Winter — "Well it took me a while to posting this review of Le Male and I'm only doing it out of necessity really because it's a true classic and I have owned a bottle in the past. Also recently I tried Amouage Reflection and at first didn't really get the parallels drawn between the two but now I see it. What made me fall out of love with this then? Well I was never really in love with it if I'm honest…And…"

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