Jean Paul Gaultier · 2020

Le Male Le Parfum

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum Intense

Spicy cardamom over lavender and powdery iris, sinking into creamy vanilla.

Jean Paul Gaultier says

You’ll smell cardamom, lavender, iris and vanilla.

More from Jean Paul Gaultier’s description

It also mentions Lavender & Iris.

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Le Male Le Parfum’s scent picture, a draft: cardamom, lavender, iris, vanilla, coumarin (new-mown hay), alpha-isomethyl ionone (violet) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Le Male Le Parfum, top notes: Cardamom

Heartas it settles

Le Male Le Parfum, heart: Lavender, Iris

Dry-downwhat stays

Le Male Le Parfum, dry-down: Vanilla, Coumarin (new-mown hay), alpha-Isomethyl ionone (violet)

What’s inside it

What Jean Paul Gaultier names

What the label names

6 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares cardamom, lavender, orris and vanilla$550 for 100 ml
GentlemanGivenchy · shares lavender, orris and vanilla$155 for 100 ml · about the same as Le Male Le Parfum’s $160
MuseYSL · shares lavender, orris and vanilla$330 for 125 ml · about twice Le Male Le Parfum’s $160
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.