Mauvais Garçon (Eau de Parfum) by Brecourt

Mauvais Garçon Brecourt 2011 Eau de Parfum

6.7 / 10 57 Ratings

A perfume by Brecourt for men, released in 2011. The scent is sweet-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Spicy

Woody

Powdery

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Elemi resin Nutmeg

Nutmeg

Basil

Bergamot

Ceylonese cinnamon

Heart Notes

Lavender

White blossoms

Artemisia

Base Notes

Vanilla

Sandalwood

Tonka bean

Indonesian patchouli

Virginia cedar

Perfumer

Emilie Bouge

Ratings

Scent

6.757 Ratings

Longevity

6.140 Ratings

Sillage

5.632 Ratings

Bottle

7.032 Ratings

Submitted by Apicius, last update on 05/18/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the La séduction collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Hypnôse Homme Eau de Toilette

No. 1 Extreme

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/13/2025

7.5Scent

celeblas
119 Reviews

celeblas

1

Clean Debauchery

Why do I love this? It's tobacco accord for me, sweet and resinous and deep and smokey-honey, but with a tiny edge of medicinal sharpness. It's not barber shop. It reminds me of summer nights in Barcelona, and Paris. The first thing I thought of was being in your 20s and going out for the night in the summer in Europe. But it doesn't quite smell the same, it's like a hint of that plus the club, and the sweat from someone you danced closely with, and a bit of a sweet cigarette smoke that your clothing absorbed, and some rum that you spilled on you. And despite all of that, and the long night of debauchery, you still smell under it all like you just showered.

03/01/2015

ColinM
516 Reviews

ColinM

Mauvais?

Mauvais Garçon (nothing “mauvais” in here really) is a warm-spicy scent with a “barbershop” floral heart (lavender and other floral notes I personally don’t detect clearly), a head accord of bergamot, something minty-green, something balsamic, spices (the pyramid is trustworthy – I get tonka, cumin, cinnamon, nutmeg), cedar and sandalwood on the base. The evolution is close to zero, it all goes lighter and softer. Honestly it smells much mainstream to me, in the negative sense: it reminds me of several cheaper scents, and I don’t get anything in here which shall be a “niche” feature (no particular high quality/creativity, and so on). Among others it reminds me of a couple of Cacharel’s, from Pour Homme to Nemo – just more floral, more herbal, incomparably less fascinating and less rich. Just a spicy-woody resinous floral scent without praise or blame... which I wouldn’t consider “bad” at all, rather just “nicely” mediocre.

5,5-6/10

12/07/2011

6Scent 5Longevity

Ergoproxy
1019 Reviews

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Ergoproxy

Very helpful Review 1

Passable

Well, this fragrance is not exactly an innovation, but quite passable. I think they want to attract fans of Le Malle and similar scents.

The scent development has already been described in detail, and I will refrain from providing another version.

The differences to the dominant fragrances on the market are rather subtle, and I think Brecourt should reconsider their marketing strategy.

The brand presentation is oriented towards various niche brands and offers all fragrances in the same bottle. However, all the scents I have been able to test were far from that and merely well-crafted mainstream.

The average consumer needs a visual difference from the scent of their average partner (as sweet as this guy smells, she could use it too). How else is he supposed to recognize that it is a men's fragrance, and who wants to read early in the morning?

By the way, I was surprised by the mediocre longevity of such a fragrance concept. This could mean another knockout criterion in the mass market.

02/22/2011

7Scent 5Longevity

Awin4me

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Awin4me

Helpful Review

Not bad!

So, I have now tested the third fragrance from Brecourt. After having a very positive overall impression of the first two scents, this one further reinforced that.
In my opinion, this is also an excellent fragrance, well-crafted and distinguished by its versatility.
At first, I detected a very fresh, citrusy, and fruity note that was also quite sweet; then the sweetness remained and was complemented by vanilla. Generally, this is exactly my fragrance direction, but in this case, I would have preferred if this citrusy fruity scent had lasted a bit longer, as it truly had something very interesting.
Unfortunately, the longevity of this fragrance is only mediocre for me, and accordingly, there’s a deduction for that; ultimately, it gets a solid 70%.