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Jean Paul Gaultier · Est. 2020

Le Male Le Parfum

Le Male Le Parfum strips away the maritime freshness of the original, leaving a denser, more carnal structure.

ConcentrationParfum
Formasculine
Released2020
Statusenriched
Le Male Le Parfum — Jean Paul Gaultier
2020 · Parfum
van·lav·iri·car
Rating
4.6
13.4k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 6 accords.

Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.

  • Vanilla
    85
  • Lavender
    75
  • Iris
    70
  • Cardamom
    65
  • Iris Powder
    60

By the editors · 2 min readLe Male Le Parfum strips away the maritime freshness of the original, leaving a denser, more carnal structure. The cardamom arrives with a resinous warmth, quickly folding into a lavender that feels less herbal than honeyed and slightly animalic. Iris adds a powdery, skin-like quality that keeps the composition from tilting into pure dessert.

The vanilla in the base is substantial, almost custard-thick, but the overall effect stays grounded by the spice and the faint soapiness of lavender. This is Le Male for evening wear, for colder months, for someone who wants presence without the aquatic brightness. It clings close and evolves slowly, becoming softer and slightly sweeter as hours pass.

Filed: Jean Paul GaultierSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap