Hey there Posse, I was accosted at our local mall by a very handsome fella doing squirt bitch work for JPG. When confronted with his smiling, friendly, gorgeousness and the offer of a card I immediately held out my arm for a squirt. He was so happy and surprised. Grabbing my wrist in his muscular, vice-like grip, he proceeded to give me three blasts while saying, “Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Aviator. New for Christmas. It lasts 18 plus hours on skin.” O M G! What have I let myself in for?
My squirter dude wasn’t wrong though. I could smell Le Male Aviator on me next morning, even after my bath. Pretty tenacious stuff.
Perfumer Christophe Raynaud is well known for fragrances like 1 Million, Aura, D600, L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme, La Nuit Tresor, My Insolence and a bunch of other less notable stuff. 119 fragrances according to Parfumo. So he’s pretty popular.
Le Male Aviator by Jean Paul Gaultier 2020
Parfumo gives these featured accords:
Bergamot, Violet leaf, Geranium, Tonka bean, Sandalwood
OK, well from first Le Male Aviator spritz I smell basically nothing from the note list except tonka and maybe sandalwood. This is layered over one or more of those ubiquitous base notes that are all the mens section of the designer fragrance department stinks of. A toxic blend of wood, sweetness and scratchy resinous blobby blob.
Jin and I were in the middle of doing some phone business. Going from his old crew to mine and it was quite close quarters. About 5 minutes after the dousing he started sneezing, wheezing and complaining. He calls it “boring, sweet and overpowering. Sneeze, wheeze, sneeze grumble. It’s nothing special really, same as everything else I smell on the guys at work.” This is interesting because he works as a sparky and fitter on the diesel trains that service our states country regions. Those guys are all lovely but they are fairly generic and low glam. Basically Jin is comparing Le Male Aviator to Axe. Damning!
I don’t find Le Male Aviator nearly so bleak but will agree that there are things that smell like it and that the miasma of the modern designer mens section in a department store is basically what this smells of.
Portia xx
I was done at Axe. The son of a former friend wore Lynx. Oy. Yuck. I had brought loads of great fragrances into that house and he ends up with Lynx. What can one say? I’m not partial to those JPG bottles either. So, alas, that’s my thanksgiving grump.
Hey Cinnamon,
You and Jin are of one mind.
HA! Terrible story about the lynx wearing offender. Hope you told him.
Portia xx
Holy snakes & cabbages, Portia! This is one of the most terrifying reviews, EVAH! LOL! Around here (no metrosexuals within 100 miles) the farmer/straight guys would FREAK at the bottle – and they don’t wear any sort of scent, anyway… and my other myriad types of guy friends wouldn’t like the scent.
Long story, short(ened): No.
But I laughed all through your review. Glad the Squirt Dude was hawt! At least you got a bit of eye-candy out of it! xoxoxo
HA! Glad to give you a laugh Musette.
He was SUPER HOT!
Portia xx
I love the can & bottle design, but no I can’t think of anyone I would buy this for. You inspired me to go on the JPG website, which I’ve never visited, and it was super fun. I saw Rosy de Palma and was excited that maybe she was collaborating, but no – just the usual suspect Classique – JPG is consistent if nothing else. I think I’ll wear Classique today ?
Hey there Ann!
Classique is perfectly named. Such a glam frag. You smell terrific,
Portia xx