Fleur du Mâle Jean Paul Gaultier 2007

I have two bottles of this masterpiece and I can't get enough of it, but it's so difficult to find on grey market. Found one in 2020 and another one in 2022. I just remembered the scent when I came across it here on fragrantica, it led me straight back to 2011 when I got myself first bottle. If u want to have something like really similar, go for Xerjoff Oesel, it's not discointinued as someone mentioned before. It's like 90% same, but without camomile note that hit in the drydown with FdM. Less soapy and less potent, maybe little more fresh beacuse of lemon, but I don't really get it. Can't really feel Rose and Patchouli in the drydown too. I've tested it once and got 10+ hours of longevity with good projection around 6 hours. Sillage is like 1 meter for the first two hours then start to fade. I'm letting it rest now and we'll see how performs next summer. The only problem is price, it's 240€ for 50ml, just like for FdM, it can go over 150€ for 40ml bottle.

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