Le Mâle Lover Jean Paul Gaultier 2024

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7.1 / 10 44 Ratings

A new and limited perfume by Jean Paul Gaultier for men, released in 2024. The scent is sweet-fresh. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Sweet

Fresh

Synthetic

Spicy

Gourmand

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

White pepper

Heart Notes

Ambergris

Base Notes

Vanilla

Ratings

Scent

7.144 Ratings

Longevity

8.240 Ratings

Sillage

7.739 Ratings

Bottle

8.841 Ratings

Value for money

7.333 Ratings

Submitted by Itscoral, last update on 22.04.2024.

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/29/2024

7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Dennis1104
290 Reviews

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Dennis1104

2

There is no coconut in it, but my nose wants to smell something..hmm

Le Male Lover doesn't do anything earth-shattering, but it doesn't have to. It smells solid and quite good. I can't really recognize the typical Le Male DNA, but a twist on Le Beau. At least that's how I feel about the bottling.

The fragrance starts slightly refreshed, but with a certain sweetness. My girlfriend's first comment: "It's got coconut in it!"
...and yes, that was my thought too. I definitely perceive a coconut touch, even though there is no coconut in the pyramid. Then I also immediately sense the vanilla in the background.
White pepper is also listed and what can I say?
When I first tested it, I couldn't even begin to detect pepper. In the meantime, I actually imagine that I perceive a very soft pepper.
But not the kind of pepper that is familiar from many other fragrances.

In my opinion, the fresh impression never fades completely, but it becomes much weaker after a few minutes. I then mainly perceive a slightly refreshed coconut note with vanilla and amber.
Funnily enough, towards the end I have the impression that it gains some freshness again and takes it back from the opening.

The fragrance is also very clean. For me, it's a little cleaner that has a little Prada L'Homme touch somewhere in it.

All in all, a very nice fragrance that doesn't really pick me up. Nevertheless, as I said, it is quite good and will find many fans, especially outside our little perfume bubble.

03/17/2024

7
Pricing 9
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Sirbennyone
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Sirbennyone

4

You didn't reinvent the wheel, but....

Hello everyone,

a few weeks ago I found out that there is a new flanker (again^^) of the Le Mâle Eau de Toilette line and well, I am less impressed, because how many more years will this last? And somehow my expectations were not so... i also saw the fragrance pyramid and thought (based on that) it was going in the Le Mâle Terrible direction...l

Resolution - no!

He didn't reinvent the wheel and has no innovations or anything that will be remembered... nothing.

And now for the BUT...

He's good, not damn good, not thoroughly good, he's good! It is pleasing, nice, has (of course) a current Le Mâle Eau de Toilette vibe + a certain light vacation note/ feel-good note of Le Beau Mâle = only really nice/ nice and better than Le Beau Mâle !

It has something fresh, something clean and a slightly sweet but not annoying touch and I personally find it one of the better releases of the house in recent years.

When + where?

Almost always and for every occasion, a good 30°C and more might not be a good idea, but otherwise it really always works.
And my experiences at work (both genders, tested for 2 weeks as usual) were very positive!
So I can't report anything bad!

Is it absolutely necessary no?

NO, but you definitely don't do anything wrong with it either.
(So I like it already...)

If I really wasn't convinced, I wouldn't recommend it to you! (At least for a test)

And now have a nice day/evening, or whatever you read this review, LG the Benny
_______

03/11/2024

9
Pricing 10
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Sleth
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Sleth

Very helpful Review 7

Le Male Rabanne Lover - Unfortunately cool, but not very innovative

A new year, a new Le Male Flanker.
Not bad news for me as a JPG (Bisch) fanboy, as my fan heart jumps a little higher with joy. I just love JPG, let me!

At the moment, the fragrance is still relatively hard to get, as it is not available via the German JPG website or German on/offline perfumeries. And although I've seen a few video and text reviews from mostly English-speaking critics in the meantime, all of which were rather mixed, I thought to myself "Oh come on, what the hell, I'll just order it in Italy and test it myself".

No sooner said than done and, to anticipate a little: it's good that I did it. Because no other review has ever described the fragrance the way I smell the new Le Male Lover. And we'll get to that now.

As soon as I sprayed it on, I thought: "Huh? You know that scent? I wore it a lot in winter, didn't I?" Confused, I tried to connect what I smelled with a fragrance from my collection. And then it clicked: Invictus Victory Elixir ! The opening and middle are reminiscent of a slightly fresher version of Rabanne's Victory Elixir. The same vanilla/coconut note that reminds me of many a vanilla scented candle. For me, infinitely cool, just a little fresher than the "original"

In the middle up to DryDown, a little 1 Million Parfum is added to my nose, fruity bubblegum sweetness with a light peppery freshness that smells slightly minty. A great combination.

Imagine Mentos. A new variety of Mentos: Vanilla Coconut Mentos. And they consist of 3/6 vanilla coconut, 2/6 are the old classic Fruit Mentos and 1/6 are the classic Mint Mentos. And voila: Le Male Lover Mentos is created.

I like it, because I like both 1M Parfum and Victory Elixir very much and consider them to be the best of the respective (still freely available) series.

Not surprising, really, because Rabanne and JPG share some of the same perfumers with Raynaud and Bisch. So I simply claim that 1M was created with Le Male as a model, Bisch then refined 1M Elixir into Le Male Elixir and now finally found "inspiration" in Victory Elixir and mixed it with his 1M perfume into the new Le Male Lover. You think this story is true? Then again, it could be...

While Rabanne's fragrances are all "coarser", the JPG fragrances seem a little finer and more balanced to me. The only unfortunate thing is that Rabanne now seems to be setting the trend (or the perfumers are trying it out) and JPG takes the ideas and refines them. Admittedly, his great-grandfather's DNA is suitable for the masses, but: not very innovative.

On the other hand, Le Male Lover replaces 2 Rabanne perfumes (Victory Elixir and 1M perfume) for me in one fell swoop. To be honest, I would rather wear Le Male Lover than one of the two, because it is simply more interesting and refined, not so youthful and in-your-face.

I see Le Male Lover in spring/autumn and possibly in winter, rather than in summer. For summer then at most in the evening/night, during the day the fragrance might be too heavy/sweet. Longevity is more than ok for me with 6+ hours for the price of 85,- (incl. shipping) for 125ml, on clothes it lasts much longer. It also has good projection in the first few hours (around 2-3 hours). Unfortunately, the two Rabannes have the edge here, but they are also significantly sweeter and less fresh. So somewhere understandable.

Did JPG do itself a favor with the packaging and presentation? Because it is more reminiscent of a blue, fresh aquatic; and in my opinion you get 0.0% of that here, as the fragrance is vanilla/coconut/fruity sweet and only offers minimal freshness from the mint. I think a different branding a la Le Beau (tropical green) would have suited it better. Although the Ur-LeMale is already green (and Aviator) and would probably have raised false expectations again...

Let's summarize: Le Male Lover is an awesome spring/fall fragrance for me and is indeed the link between Elixir (winter) and Le Beau Paradise Garden (summer). Not a bit innovative, but for me the better version of the two Rabanne originals. Unfortunately, Le Male Lover has little Le Male DNA (except for minimal peppery mint subtly in the background of the vanilla/coconut/fruity bubblegum sweetness) and is more reminiscent of a very good Rabanne fragrance. If you want Le Male, you will be disappointed; if you want a good, mass-market fragrance: Cheers Le Male Lover.

One thing is as certain to me as the Amen in the church: I need at least 1-2 more bunker bottles of this limited edition. I would be pretty sad if it were to be empty and no longer available at some point, and I didn't say that about InTheNavy, Aviator and OnBoard. However, Le Male Lover is not an eau fraiche either. Anyone expecting that will be equally disappointed. But if you want a "best of" Rabanne for spring/autumn from JPG, you've come to the right place. Puig won't care anyway, they own both :D