Le Mâle Elixir Absolu Jean Paul Gaultier 2025
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Le Male Elixir Absolu
Elixir Absolu opens up different yet familiar to the original JPG Le Male Elixir. It doesn’t have the cooling the mint note. Instead you get a good deal of that lavender, with some warmer spice, and a new addition of a sweet plum.
To me, the plum actually isn’t too heavy in the start. It’s much less of a tart note and sweeter than I thought it would be.
I’m not sure what the spice here is. It kind of smells like cumin mixed up with a bit of cinnamon. The plum can have a bit of a spicy sort of aroma too, but I personally get cumin.
Lavender is the focus with Le Male Elixir Absolu. It’s interesting that I get the sensation of iris lurking around in this mix. I haven’t seen anything from Gaultier about this.
So, it could just be an effect of the lavender, tonka bean, and the velvety touches of the plum note blending together to cause that.
Anyway, the opening still feels messy to me, even after about 2 weeks of wearing this one around. It doesn’t have that honeyed heaviness, while you can still pick up the scent of the first Elixir underneath our main attractions.
Still, it’s an okay start, just not really something that I’ve liked.
Once that warmer and slight spiciness moves away, Le Male Elixir Absolu really comes into its own. The plum becomes more apparent on my skin. It sits gently on top of the lavender note, never being too heavy, while still being captivating.
This doesn’t feel too complicated. It’s middle act is the lavender and plum with that iris sort of smell coming through.
Then, the dry down will have more tonka bean and the background of the original still coming through. Mostly, the vanilla seems to be here. So, it’s a fruity sweet lavender floral fragrance with a mix of powdery and creamy highlights.
Still similar to the original, but I think the differences are very noticeable and are placed front and center here.
To me, the plum actually isn’t too heavy in the start. It’s much less of a tart note and sweeter than I thought it would be.
I’m not sure what the spice here is. It kind of smells like cumin mixed up with a bit of cinnamon. The plum can have a bit of a spicy sort of aroma too, but I personally get cumin.
Lavender is the focus with Le Male Elixir Absolu. It’s interesting that I get the sensation of iris lurking around in this mix. I haven’t seen anything from Gaultier about this.
So, it could just be an effect of the lavender, tonka bean, and the velvety touches of the plum note blending together to cause that.
Anyway, the opening still feels messy to me, even after about 2 weeks of wearing this one around. It doesn’t have that honeyed heaviness, while you can still pick up the scent of the first Elixir underneath our main attractions.
Still, it’s an okay start, just not really something that I’ve liked.
Once that warmer and slight spiciness moves away, Le Male Elixir Absolu really comes into its own. The plum becomes more apparent on my skin. It sits gently on top of the lavender note, never being too heavy, while still being captivating.
This doesn’t feel too complicated. It’s middle act is the lavender and plum with that iris sort of smell coming through.
Then, the dry down will have more tonka bean and the background of the original still coming through. Mostly, the vanilla seems to be here. So, it’s a fruity sweet lavender floral fragrance with a mix of powdery and creamy highlights.
Still similar to the original, but I think the differences are very noticeable and are placed front and center here.