Cool mint and bergamot hit first — clean, slightly medicinal, with a barbershop edge from the lavender underneath. The heart settles into that iconic mint-lavender pairing, warmer and rounder than it opens, with cinnamon adding just enough spice to keep it from reading as purely fresh. The dry-down is where it earns its reputation: vanilla and tonka bean wrap everything in a soft, powdery sweetness that projects with moderate sillage and lingers for hours without going loud. The base is warm but never cloying — a dressed, confident finish — Fall and winter evenings out, or any situation where smelling put-together matters without trying too hard.
Budget Le Male approximation; classic mint-vanilla opening, longevity weak.
ALT Fragrances sells The Gentleman as its version of Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male (Original EDT).
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The top-scored match we list, Al Rehab Silver, has a provisional accuracy 6 for $5–$12 — a score we can't yet back with a source you can check. Treat it as a lead worth sampling rather than a verified stand-in; the original stays the reference.
The top dupe of Jean Paul Gaultier's Le Male (Original EDT) is Silver by Al Rehab, provisionally scored at 6/10 for accuracy and 6/10 for longevity. At $5 against the $85 original, it saves roughly $80 per bottle. Below: 1 more dupe, each marked with how well its score is backed.
The highest-scored dupe we list for Le Male (Original EDT) is Silver by Al Rehab. Its scores are provisional (6/10 accuracy, longevity 6/10): we do not yet have a source for them that you can open and check.
Le Male (Original EDT) by Jean Paul Gaultier is a fresh/gourmand scent built on mint, lavender, vanilla, tonka bean, cinnamon, bergamot. Those notes define its character — browse any of them above to find fragrances that share the same profile.
The closest scents to Le Male (Original EDT) by shared notes are Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum, Jean Paul Gaultier Ultra Male, Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male L'Eau Parodie. See the full "similar fragrances" list below — each is ranked by how many notes it shares with Le Male (Original EDT).
Dupes are rated on two independent dimensions: scent accuracy (how closely it matches the original) and longevity (how long it lasts on skin). Scores come from owner reports on Reddit r/fragrance, r/fragranceclones and Fragrantica, and each is marked community-scored, provisional or not scored. They are never averaged into a single number — accuracy and longevity are separate decisions.
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