I sampled Le Male the other day, I think for the first time. I know I smelled the sprayer of it once, a long time ago, thought it was very close to Cuba Gold, and never had any interest in it since the other day, when I gave it a shot from the tester at a local store. I kept thinking that it reminded me of another frag, but couldn't figure it out until today. And that frag is Samba Nova for men. It features strong lavender, mint, and rosewood, and has some sort of vanillic/amber/heliotrope thing going on in the base. I can't say which one I think is better because I don't like these kinds of frags and usually do an ankle sampling because I don't want them to make me sick, but since it's really cheap and fairly well done I though some BNers would like to know about it.
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There's a new Le Male "cheapo:" move over Cuba Gold !
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