Le Male

The classic JPG Le Male, my first designer perfume purchase! This is a truly classic men’s fragrance, very fresh and aromatic. To my nose I get lots of fresh and green with some lavender. There is some vanilla here, but it’s a very dry vanilla that works extremely well with the herbal and woody notes. Even though I haven’t worn this in months, it still is one of my favorite scents. It’s definitely a bit dated, but I appreciate it for what it is. Definitely a very safe option if you are wanting something classic and fresh, but don’t want to smell like all the other freshies. I get pretty solid longevity for an EDT, around 6 hours of noticeable sillage, then becoming a skin scent for another 2 hours. I rate it a 7/10. Nothing absolutely groundbreaking, but it is very fresh and clean smelling and does exactly what I want it to!

JPG Le Male was my go-to fresh scent from 2001-2012, though I stopped wearing it after discovering Creed's Aventus. I'm wearing it again today for the first time in ages, and I remember what I love about it so much. Le Male has a fresh, powdery, vanilla-citrus scent that kind of reminds me of Mt Dew soda's lemon cookie taste. It sprays on very strong and stays strong for hours, not drying into a skin scent on me until at least six hours in, even on a hot day. It's a gourmand smelling freshie that pairs great with beach days, top-down coastal drives, nightclubs, and thatch hut bars with dance floors. This scent is a classic for a reason, and I can't imagine it ever smelling outdated. I just realized my bottle is 25 years old now but still smells as fresh and new as it did back then.

I've really warmed up to this fragrance in the past few months. The opening is still a little rough in my opinion, but the dry down is to die for. I have a 2015 made in France bottle with less than 5% liquid left and it's very, very strong. Two sprays easily lasts the entire day and it just keeps projecting like crazy. Since I'm going to run out soon, I managed to scoop up a new old stock 2021 pride collector's edition bottle, hoping that the strength is at least comparable. I've tried the most recent formulation of Le Male on my skin in the store and I could not even smell anything, not even a shadow of what it was. It's said a lot in the fragrance community, but fragrances did use to last longer and project more. Reformulations thanks to IFRA, me thinks.

The fragrance the started all for me,no matter how much time passes i always return back to it.I can't fathom how does this smell outdated but its probably that i grew up with this fragrance and always thought it automatically gave you the cool factor when you wore it.After its release the industry changed forever and all sweeter non traditionally masculine fragrances took a percentage of inspiration from this,perfect everyday versatile fragrance nowadays since clubbing fragrances have become too sweet now its sweetness isnt considered as too much,iconic staple for any collection that has sentimental value for me and i still consider it a 10/10 and influenced my love for the le male flankers

One of the best lavender and vanilla fragrances ever conceived. I like this more than any of its flankers...it is sweet, but not like the others. Lasts all day on my skin.