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Jean Paul Gaultier · Est. 2008

Ma Dame

Ma Dame opens with a bright jolt of orange that quickly softens into pink pepper, a warm spice that feels more like velvet than heat.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2008
Statusenriched
Ma Dame — Jean Paul Gaultier
2008 · Fragrance
ros·ced·mus·pat
Rating
3.8
2.3k 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.

  • Rose
    85
  • Cedar
    55
  • Musk
    50
  • Patchouli
    40
  • Orange
    30

By the editors · 2 min readMa Dame opens with a bright jolt of orange that quickly softens into pink pepper, a warm spice that feels more like velvet than heat. The rose that follows is clean and almost austere, not lush or powdery, but direct in a way that recalls fresh petals rather than potpourri. It sits at the center without demanding too much attention.

As it settles, Virginia cedar and patchouli bring structure, a kind of woody frame that keeps the rose from floating away. The musk underneath is restrained, more about skin than sweetness. The whole composition feels deliberate, almost architectural, with each element given just enough space to breathe.

This is rose for people who think they don't like rose. It's polished without being formal, feminine without being soft. A scent that feels more like a crisp white shirt than a bouquet.

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

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap