Le Mâle Jean Paul Gaultier 1995 Eau de Toilette

This is an overly sweet scent, baroque and excessive. It's just sweetness, sweetness, and more sweetness, with cardamom on top. You'll be drowning in powdery sweetness. A warm smell, probably best for winter, certainly not good for summer. It's not bad, it's well put together, it's just that I don't like cardamom. If I wanted this kind of debauchery, I would go for Versace Eros, which is quite similar, but more energetic and interesting. If I wanted honey, I would go for Cartier L'envol, which I find more relaxed and agreeable. Both are less powdery than this.

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