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Le Male? Love the scent. But the bottle!?

post #1 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:16am
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So there is an elderly professor emeritus at our school who teaches Ancient and Modern Greek. Lovely man. Very continental. Old world. And he ALWAYS smells nice. I've always been afraid to approach him and ask him what he is wearing. The man is in his eighties and I'm not sure he'd consider it polite. Well, anyway, I asked one of his close students what he wears.

"It's Jean Paul Gaultier's Le Male."

"Really? The bottle is just so...juvenile."

"Well, it is what it is."

So I go and buy a sample of Le Male. Sure enough, that's what it is!

I like it, actually. Very barbershoppy. Reminds me of Floid Vigoroso. However, I just can't seem to make myself BUY it. The bottle just screams tacky. Maybe I'm just vain like that. And I'm wondering what possessed a 80 year old man to buy it. Maybe he is better than I am. I tend to judge perfumes by their bottles!
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post #2 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:18am
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Originally Posted by Texican View Post

I tend to judge perfumes by their bottles!

Don't.
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post #3 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:18am
Yes that bottle and the things they do in the name of art.lol
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post #4 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:18am
I love the bottle, but dislike the fragrance inside of it. But I do not purchase/judge fragrances based on the bottle it's the juice inside that matters.
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post #5 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:23am
I like the bottle design. It's pretty unique, although it has been copied (badly) a few times since it's release.
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post #6 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:24am
Jeez, you don't wear the bottle, you wear the fragrance. Maybe the professor is not offended by the male form? After all he teaches ancient Greek. I would suggest getting over the phobia of the bottle shape...sigh.
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post #7 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:34am
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Originally Posted by Akahina View Post

Jeez, you don't wear the bottle, you wear the fragrance. Maybe the professor is not offended by the male form? After all he teaches ancient Greek. I would suggest getting over the phobia of the bottle shape...sigh.

It isn't the form of the male body that I'm offended by. I just find it a bit kitsch. It would be like finding out my ninety year old grandfather had a bottle of Candies for Men sitting on his dresser. Doesn't offend me. It just isn't something that I associate with people who lived through the 1940s and 1950s when I would associate it with people from my generation who were born in the eighties.

Scent, like art, is in the eye (or the nose) of the beholder.
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post #8 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:39am
I like Le Male as well, and actually like the bottle for its uniqueness. But if it's that big of a deal, you could just go buy Perry Ellis 360 White, which smells very similar and comes in a cylindrical shaped white bottle.
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post #9 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:41am
Ah, I get it! It's an age expectation. Still, it's just a bottle. Not all of us old guys are stuck in time...
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post #10 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:42am
I know what you're talking about OP. For many years I haven't even sampled Le Male because I thought the bottle was a joke.
Recently smelled Le Male and I love that scent.

At this point the bottle is iconic. Just get over it and buy the juice if you love it. I recently did!

Also don't bother getting a Le Male clone just because you don't like the bottle design! You'll regret not having "the real thing" which is the juice.
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post #11 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:44am
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Originally Posted by BrianH1016 View Post

I like Le Male as well, and actually like the bottle for its uniqueness. But if it's that big of a deal, you could just go buy Perry Ellis 360 White, which smells very similar and comes in a cylindrical shaped white bottle.

It isn't a bit deal. In fact, I've gone ahead and bought the fragrance online. I'm just surprised, I suppose. It is one of those little things about this hobby that keeps confirming to me that scent is a very personal and intimate thing, not to mention subjective.

For all this time I thought he was wearing some expensive, old world aftershave. It is a scent I associate with gentility and charm, right up there with Mouchoir de Monsieur. And it turns out to be in a pretty modern-looking bottle.
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post #12 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:53am
I dislike the bottle too.

However, I think I just read something about it being available in a flask now. Problem solved if true.
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post #13 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:54am
Like others have said, you don't wear the bottle!!

Putting a fragrance down because of it's bottle is as illogical as buying a fragrance for it's bottle irregardless of the scent.

Juice>Bottle.

That's not to say that some bottles aren't fantastic!!
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post #14 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:55am
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And I'm wondering what possessed a 80 year old man to buy it.

Maybe he spent too much time reading the 'Which scent gets you the most female compliments?' thread...?
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post #15 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:57am
I am in my late 30s and have a bunch of very expensive niche scents in my collection (after getting into the niche world about a year ago). I discovered Le Male only recently and LOVE the scent. Bought a bottle.

Wear what you enjoy! I had same hesitation about Le Male but not as much due to bottle but rather the popularity of the scent (loses exclusivity knowing everyone else is wearing it) and the hatred this scent gets from basenotes. I got over it when I realized how awesome it smells to ME.
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post #16 of 43
3/21/12 at 9:58am
What does it matter what bottle look like? That's irrelevant
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post #17 of 43
3/21/12 at 10:02am
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Originally Posted by Daze View Post

Maybe he spent too much time reading the 'Which scent gets you the most female compliments?' thread...?

I am not sure. Could be. I think he's a widower.

But probably either a) A closet basenoter or b) He's classy enough to go to a department store, have all the bottles laid before him, and he sniffs and buys what he likes. or c) A younger relative bought it for him so he wears it.

I think b is probably most likely. Or a. He does dress like Jean-Paul Guerlain a little bit. And reminds me of him. Without the whole racist comment thing.
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post #18 of 43
3/21/12 at 10:03am
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Originally Posted by Daze View Post

Maybe he spent too much time reading the 'Which scent gets you the most female compliments?' thread...?

Nah. Otherwise he would be wearing Aventus. But then again maybe he's another one of those Creed haters!
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post #19 of 43
3/21/12 at 10:12am
http://www.basenotes.net/threads/296...-Le-Male-Flask

Here's the upcoming flask. Win-win.
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post #20 of 43
3/21/12 at 10:19am
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Originally Posted by Texican View Post

It isn't the form of the male body that I'm offended by. I just find it a bit kitsch. It would be like finding out my ninety year old grandfather had a bottle of Candies for Men sitting on his dresser. Doesn't offend me. It just isn't something that I associate with people who lived through the 1940s and 1950s when I would associate it with people from my generation who were born in the eighties.

Scent, like art, is in the eye (or the nose) of the beholder.

How about buying an atomizer ?
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post #21 of 43
3/21/12 at 10:20am
I quite like the bottle* (esp the Fleu du Male version without stripes). Just a bit of fun.

*unlike the one of Kokorico.
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post #22 of 43
3/21/12 at 10:22am
Get this bottle. Same juice.

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post #23 of 43
3/21/12 at 10:26am
While I like the bottle, it would not do alone in order to convince into buying this scent
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post #24 of 43
3/21/12 at 10:37am
If you can get over this bottle, you can get over any !!!!!




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post #25 of 43
3/21/12 at 10:38am
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Originally Posted by petruccijc View Post

But I do not purchase/judge fragrances based on the bottle it's the juice inside that matters.

Couldn't have said it better.
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post #26 of 43
3/21/12 at 10:45am
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Yeah. Agreed. Though I think I have been spoiled by my bee bottles of Mouchoir de Monsieur and Imperiale.
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post #27 of 43
3/21/12 at 11:08am
usually the juice is all that i am concerned about. if the bottle looks good, thats just a bonus
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post #28 of 43
3/21/12 at 12:03pm
I'm indifferent about the bottle. It's not my favorite, it's not my least favorite. It holds the juice and has a decent atomizer.
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post #29 of 43
3/21/12 at 12:14pm
You could always buy the limited edition flask they are releasing, and you won't have to see the torso in your collection. (which I'm debating on doing)
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post #30 of 43
3/21/12 at 12:26pm
Well there ya go.....If you want to smell like an 80 year old man then buy it : )
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post #31 of 43
3/21/12 at 12:30pm
I've always said that the Men's juice needs to be in the bottle shaped like a Women!!!

The fragrance is very good!!!

Gary
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post #32 of 43
3/21/12 at 12:44pm
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I don't like the juice nor the bottle.
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post #33 of 43
3/21/12 at 12:50pm
I remember opening it on Christmas and both of my brothers just kind of looked at me. "What's with the bottle? Looks kind of gay."
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post #34 of 43
3/21/12 at 1:20pm
The bottle might be tacky for some, but my guess is that the elderly individual purchased it for the way it smelled.
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post #35 of 43
3/21/12 at 3:50pm
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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe View Post

I remember opening it on Christmas and both of my brothers just kind of looked at me. "What's with the bottle? Looks kind of gay."

LOL

I like the scent but I'll be replacing the bottle with a flask-if i can find one
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post #36 of 43
3/21/12 at 3:55pm
I like the bottle, hate the juice...no homo.
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post #37 of 43
3/21/12 at 4:15pm
IT'S THE JUICE, THE JUICE THAT MATTERS !!!

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post #38 of 43
3/21/12 at 4:58pm
I don't like the bottle either! But I don't mind having them. Buy a decant bottle or try some ( and there are hundreds) similar frags.
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post #39 of 43
3/21/12 at 5:14pm
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Originally Posted by Texican View Post

I am not sure. Could be. I think he's a widower.

But probably either a) A closet basenoter or b) He's classy enough to go to a department store, have all the bottles laid before him, and he sniffs and buys what he likes. or c) A younger relative bought it for him so he wears it.

I think b is probably most likely. Or a. He does dress like Jean-Paul Guerlain a little bit. And reminds me of him. Without the whole racist comment thing.

Does he wear dresses to school?
I think the bottle is perfect JPGaultier. I am sure he would be very pleased to know that 80 year old teachers are wearing his fragrance.
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post #40 of 43
3/21/12 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by >BOOMER< View Post

If you can get over this bottle, you can get over any !!!!!





Lol! I see a rocket and a plasma lamp.

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post #41 of 43
3/21/12 at 8:25pm
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Originally Posted by martinijo View Post

Does he wear dresses to school?
I think the bottle is perfect JPGaultier. I am sure he would be very pleased to know that 80 year old teachers are wearing his fragrance.

No. Just lots of tweed. Expensive suits. Etc.
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post #42 of 43
3/21/12 at 8:44pm
If you like the smell of it, there are plenty of things things that smell like it (sort of) in different bottles. There's a knockoff by Cuba called Gold or something like that, and then there's Reflection Man by Amouage, and also some offering by Profumum called Antico Caruso that's supposed to be quite similar.

Of the three I've only smelled the Amouge, but found it repulsive. But I also hate Le Male, so there's that. Most others around here seem to think that it smells good. The other fragrances also come in more ordinary bottles, save the Cuba, which looks much tackier.
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post #43 of 43
3/21/12 at 11:25pm
The dude is 80 and is sportin' Le Male. I've got to wonder what this old guy gets up to in his spare time!
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