Le Mâle Elixir
Jean Paul Gaultier (2023)

Having been quite the fan of Le Male and almost all of its flankers this one's a bit of a disappointment.

I heard some youtubers claim honey and tobacco in it giving it a Mugler Amen Pure Havane vibe but this is not true at all, not by a long shot.

There is some resins and (mainly) amber which you could say resemble honey with some imagination but there is little to zero tobacco. Just tonka and woods to me.

In fact, Le Male Elixir simply joins the bandwagon of sweet woody genericness like for example 1 Million Elixir, Parfum and Royale, Montblanc Legend Night, some of the Azzaro Wanteds... and probably many more I'm forgetting or haven't smelled.

That said, in that genre I do have to say it's the best of the bunch. With the Montblanc being the worst because it's the most screechy and synthetic and let's say the Azzaro's and Paco's are tied at the number 2 spot for me. But I'm not a fan of any of 'em.

For other Le Male and flankers lovers: the OG Le Male DNA is just plain absent in this except for a very faint lavender and the tonka.