Jean Paul Gaultier · 2023
Le Male Elixir
Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
| 125 ml | $178 |
The houseFor men
VersionParfum
Cool mint and lavender over sweet tonka bean and warm, resinous benzoin.
Jean Paul Gaultier says
You’ll smell lavender, Tonka Bean and benzoin.
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Wearers say
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How far it carries
An arm’s length
only 1 source
How long it lasts
6 to 9 hours
only 2 sources
When to wear it
Fall, winter
only 2 sources
Where to wear it
Office
only 1 source
Mass appeal
Broadly liked
Compliments
Compliment getter
What’s inside it
What Jean Paul Gaultier names
What the label names
25 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.
A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.
5 citrus9 herbs & lavender3 florals2 woods2 sweet2 spices1 musks1 powder
Herbs & lavender9
Musks1
Top notes13
when you spray it
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell
Not for the smell5
Wearers say
Wearing it
Wearers report a strong sweet scent that draws compliments and belongs in cold weather. Lasting power splits, from 4 or 5 hours to 14.
How far it carriesStrong, though some find it faint
Perfumers call it sillage.
Wearers report that a few sprays already overpower, though one wearer says it neither lasts nor projects.
“I just bought this and I sprayed it 4 times and that was way overpowering.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
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A few say
A few wearers report that three or four sprays are already too much.
“But I also get flamed if I use over 3 sprays cause this stuff is nuclear!”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
“I cannot imagine more than 4 sprays.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
A few say
A few wearers report that it stays close to the skin and barely projects.
“I bought le male elixir and it just does not last or project for me at all.”
Reddit post, r/Colognes, 2023
“Lasts around 4-5 hours and projects like a skin scent.”
Reddit post, r/Colognes, 2023
How long it lasts6–9 hours
Wearers report about 7 to 8 hours, with some getting 12 or more and others only 4 to 5.
“Longevity: solid 8 hours but it becomes a skin scent after that.”
Reddit post, r/Colognes, 2026
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Some say
Some wearers report about 7 to 8 hours before it fades to a skin scent.
“I let it macerate for like 2 and a half weeks and now it lasts around 7 hours”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
Some say
Some wearers report it lasting 12 hours or longer.
“It lasted easily 12 hours.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
“But a month later, it exceeds 14 hours on skin.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
“I took a shower like 12 hours later, and I still smelled it for a few hours after it.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
Some say
Some wearers report it lasting only about 4 to 5 hours.
“My le male elixir struggled to reach 5 hours at first too.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
When and where to wear itCold weather; heat turns it cloying
Wearers say to wear it in cold weather because heat makes it cloying, and one reports a warm welcome at work.
“Definitely cold weather use only. It's very sweet so it'd end up being super cloying in warmer weather.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
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Some say
Some wearers report that it turns cloying in heat and belongs in cold weather.
“I wouldn't wear it during summer and mid-late spring because it can get cloying in hot temperatures.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
A few say
A few wearers report wearing it at work, where it was welcomed.
“I just got my hands on a bottle of this a few days ago, and it received a very warm welcome at work.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
Appeal and attractionDraws compliments; one got none
Some wearers report steady compliments, and one reports a ton on Le Parfum but none on Elixir.
“I have the Elixir and it never fails to get me compliments.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
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Some say
Some wearers report getting compliments while wearing it.
“Yesterday I went out and wore LME. I got compliments from 4 girls.”
Reddit post, r/Colognes, 2026
A few say
A few wearers report getting no compliments on the Elixir, though they got many on Le Parfum.
“I got both le male le parfum and elixir, I got a ton of compliments on le parfum and zero on elixir.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes
A few say
A few wearers report that people at work welcomed it warmly.
Nothing on who it suits, as a blind buy or layering in what we read.
From Reddit.
Wearers say
Smells like it
Wearers also name as cheaper copies: Fragrance World Urban Man, Armaf Lionheart Man, Armaf Lionheart, Bujairami Power. We hold no page for these yet.
Shoppers call a cheaper stand-in a dupe.
What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.
Our match of the notes
Shares its notes
Hawas ElixirRasasi · shares lavender, tonka, benzoin and mint
CK BeCalvin Klein · shares lavender, tonka and mintMatched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.