Reviews of Fleur du Male (2007)
by Jean Paul Gaultier

Fleur du Male has a very synthetic opening. I'd go as far as using the term cloying to describe the sweet chemical smell. This is quickly over and then much more is revealed.
Once it settles the floral heart comes to the fore and I find it to be a well balanced fragrance. As foetidus writes in his review it isn't overly sweet but manages to be quite unique. It does carry a "toned-down" version of the vanilla accord found in the original "Le Male" which agrees with my skin chemistry.
This is a "try before you buy" but thumbs up from me as I very much enjoy wearing it.

My definite summer fragrance, I get the notes i enjoy in le male yet with out it's over powering smell. Smells very clean and like baby powder to me too.

Holy Honeysuckle this stuff is nasty. One whiff and I was angry. Le Male was my signature scent for a long time (before it got insanely popular) and is still one of my all time favorites.

This stuff is just rank. JPG has lost his damn mind on this one.

This fragrance enrages me... It smells like heaven at first... the orange blossom is to die for (I grew up and live in florida, and the smell of orange blossoms is one of my favorite smells ever)... then the sexy somehow manly orange blossom turns into the smell of stinky old people.......... so dissapointing

I must say, smelling this on a card was questionable at best. But I had high hopes for this, so I tried it on my wrists. Boy was that a mistake. The next few hours were torture as I endured this lightly fruit version of watered down Le Male mixed with what I'd expect to smell in a urinal. Terrible.

Orange blossom and vanilla. This is a cologne that lasts and last. I could still smell it the next day, wich is pretty amazing. Guys, don't worry about the name. You've probably smelled much more feminine contraptions before. This isn't a ground smashing gender breaking new perfume. No, this is a remodelation of the old le male. It's masculine and good smelling.

This works. Le Male toned down with an added carnation or lily added. Vanilla and lily, feminine but intended for men. Has a slight shaving cream note to it.

I was given a sample of this one last year in a department store.

I found it altogether pleasant. It smelled very clean and fresh, and, though it is also quite sweet, it was nothing I would call 'cloying.'
It was unfortunately bland. It's a nice change from the run of the mill, and I think it is much better than 'Le Male,' which reminds me of black pepper and body odour, but it's nothing too special.

The salesperson who gave me the sample (a bit of a shark in her approach, really) told me that "this is for someone who is brave," that wearing a floral scent is courageous for a man. I, however, think it's the opposite; bravery involves actually wearing a woman's scent. Buying a scent so obviously feminine because it is being sold as a man's cologne is, well, wimpy.

So, if you like pretty flowers, you better just skip Fleur du Male and get yourself a real woman's floral. If you want to smell feminine whilst hiding behind the 'pour homme' label printed on the bottle, I suppose you should go for this.

I was expecting not to like this one, but that didn’t happen. Fleur du Mâle is not nearly as floral or a sweet as I was expecting, and it has an interesting and unique take on the approach to a male floral fragrance. The uniqueness strikes me immediately upon application: The Petitgrain opening has, as zztopp says, a definite wood aspect to it… I find it a little startling, even – at any rate it forces me to drop my assumptions and to take notice of what is really happening. Besides the character of the Petitgrain, the opening is also influenced by the middle fern accord and the coumarin of the base. These three – Petitgrain, fern, and coumarin, along with the orange blossom floral – are responsible for the entire ambiance of the fragrance. It’s a simple fragrance and does lack complexity, but that is not a problem because its uniqueness, directness, and balance result in an interesting and enjoyable (even a bit compelling) masculine fragrance.

The bottle is too much. But I believe that its excessiveness is part of the business plan: I look at the bottle and I expect the fragrance to be crass, flamboyant, and over-the-edge vulgar, but it isn’t… the fragrance presents an admittedly edgy, though acceptable message: it is interesting, enjoyable, well put together, and not anywhere near the libertine that the bottle suggests. The florals don’t go overboard, the synthetics are manageable, the sweetness is disguised and likable. Certainly not a fragrance for me, but likely a good possibility for a young person with a spirit of adventure. Fleur du Mâle works...

I didn't like this at all at first sniff, waaaaaaaaaay too much. Then I discovered the "La Cologne" which is much lighter. NOw I understand this one. You really need to let this one settle as it is very floral and too much at first to get a true picture of it. I have to say I really don't get any synthetic smell from it at all. I am led to believe that Gaultier fragrances have, by todays designer standards, a rather high percentage of natural oils. Not for a hot humid day unless you want people to pass out around you ;o)

As I think JPG Le Male is one of the best scents ever created I was very excited about trying FdM a few months ago.
I even considered just to buy it without trying it first as it was JPG and the bottle reminded me of LeMale.
THANK GOD I tried it first!
Now, I have never been to a Southern European, male only "Massage Club", but I am pretty sure THIS is the kind of smelling sensation you get there!
It smells sweet, but not the good kind. It smells "thick" I dont know how to describe it better. If I liked it, I would have written "deep" but this word is not enough for the overwhelming smell.
It smelled like a mixture of Rose-Soap and babypowder with a hint of musk.
Normally I like sweet scents, but this is just way too much. After walking through the city, I felt like apologising to everyone that got closer than 2m... not exactly the feeling you want to get after spraying some cologne on to you.
Maybe I'll try it again sometime but for now, I have to give a clear thumbs down!

Gaultier pushed the envelope a little too far on this one or should I say he was in a rush to and missed what ever he was trying to achive.

This smell like a bad body spray imposter no less of Giorigo Beverly Hills for women. Its the sweet over kill of orange flower which reminds me of that.

In my mind what should have been done (again this is in my mind) Jean Paul should have tweeked his original Le Male. Work with that unique scent throw some spiced rum into the mix - create an edp version of Le Male! Make the bottle black covered in shinny rubber -give it some tattoos on the body - pierce the nipple.. These are some ideas original ones then this female scent you are trying to push on us.

Not for most men. Clean, fresh, flowery, slightly powdery and soapy; all those things that we'd expect from a women's fragrance. Why would you buy this when there are tens of other manly, charismatic, virile scents? Well, this one does what they could not even begin to do; make you enjoy yourself except when your nostrils burn from that overpowering opening!
This should definitely not be the only scent you own, might be the 5th or 6th to be used once a week when you do something at home and do not share any moments with a female if you know what i men!

And what do we have here? An average/ordinary female scent became a modern male scent… No, I’m not surprised: in the strange world we are living nowadays.
It’s floral, very long lasting, floral, partly powdery, floral, quite strong and… Did I say it’s floral?
However, if you’ve already bought this one (like me, for example) you should know that it’s not so repulsive on very low temperatures.
I agree with just a part of its name: “fleur”… oui, sans aucun doute, mais “du male”… je n’ai pas cette impression.

NEXT !

This is one is just too much to bear.....i think they tried to produce something as ground breaking as the original one, but they definitely failed !

Initial beguiling burst of orange blossom that reminds me of spring in the Northern Cape Province in a small town on the Vaal River. The later notes are quite synthetic, but I think Fleur du Mâle is much more pleasant than Fahrenheit 32. I had to choose between FdM and Chanel's Antaeus. Antaeus won by a long shot and I haven't looked back. Thumbs Up based on the delightful orange blossom notes and ignoring the petrochemical base.

I have nothing against feminine or floral scents, but this one was definitely a real miss in my case. Why? I think it's simply too flat. I feel like a gay florist coming home to cuddle with my BF when wearing this (and I'm not even gay, if you wondered lol). Sorry, Jean Paul. I tried. I really did.

smells very much like flowers, lasts forever on both skin and clothes. however, at the same time, this is the most annoying smells I have so far tried. First, this is NOT a mens parfume, it is very much alike a parfume worn by old ladies, don't know which one that is, but it is very very similar. Not for man, and also not a womans smell I find attractive at all. Check this out before buying it!!

First off, this smells amazing - it's very unique, fresh, sensual and alluring. My problem with FdM is that it's cloyingly synthetic, and after an hour or two I can't stand it anymore. I agree with "heythatslife" on the plastic flowers... It's really a shame that this feels so cheap, synthetic and cloying because the idea, composition and vibe from this scent are just so great. If you like Neroli, try Creed's Neroli Sauvage - it's way less sweet, way more natural smelling and has a woodier base than FdM - it's also one of my favourite spring to fall scents.
IMHO, Fleur du Male is a day scent for any age group, but I have to say it's more of a youthful fragrance. It's a spring-summer-fall fragrance, which is casual and/or formal but not very good for the office or business meetings. It's also very floral and feminine, so if you're looking for a macho and manly smell, don't go for this. Overall, FdM is like rosy, blissful love in a bottle - but unfortunately for me, it's the kind of love that gets annoying and sickly all too soon.

6/10

Somehow I really dislike this scent. It even smells a bit like urine! I can't seem to enjoy it in any stage, not even the drydown! In some occations it could be appropiate, but I would only use it a few days a year and will definately never buy a bottle of this stuff!

5/10

Not super bad but definately nothing I like either!

Ooh and I nearly forgot: the longevity on this one is great! But do you want to have it around you for a long time, that's the question! Test it before you buy!

top notes: Petitgrain
Heart notes: Orange Blossom, Fern Accord
base note: Coumarin

I missed all the furore that followed the launch of Le Male and didn't really get the snarky sailor ads and that striped torso bottle. Having spent time playing (pun intended) with the Fleur du Male (FdM) bottle for the past couple of weeks, I can say without hesitation that the bottle is one of the oddest things I have felt up. A headless pale-white colored stud of a man with a prominent bulge and rounded buttocks, my little nephew who has quite a collection of Pokeman, Takara Transformers and other assorted figurines had a puzzled look on his face when I handed him the bottle. Apparently it appeals to neither of us, and it should be as well..its whats inside that counts. Does FdM sell poorly in the red states?

I don't understand all these "its too feminine for me!" comments here regarding FdM. A little insecure are we? FdM isn't half as sweet or floral as some of the more disingenious men's juices out there. Opening with a burst of well rendered and juicy neroli, perhaps because of budget limitations, composer Kurkdjian instills a woody petitgrain facet almost immediately ...this makes the opening more woody, and ironically, more masculine. The woodier aspect grows and growns before it touches base with the oh-so-familiar-but-so-sexy smooth vanillic coumarin and fern accord. Wheres the middle notes phase? Dont know...FdM skips the dinner and heads straight for third base. This signature le male accord is also more well behaved and less ravaging in this incarnation. While FdM appears to be more presentable and wearable, it comes off as less complex than le Male, with fewer notes bouncing off each other and less dynamic movement between the notes phases.

Le Male's signature accord was always a hit with the women and now FdM adds a very pleasing (also to women!) woody-neroli top note to this base. There are 15-17 year olds who complain about FdM not being manly enough for them (and these are the same hormonal teens who spend weeks growing a decent moustache amidst a plethora of facial pimples to get a date). Little do these hormonal teens know that the neroli top married to the le Male base works magic on women. Le Male, and now FdM are also (apparently) big in gay circles. Hundreds of years ago, neroli essential oil was used by Kings as an invigorating and relaxing tonic; now queens can join in the fun as well!

Rating: 7.5/10

A very light and refined fragrance. One of the most interesting male florals, it is a good choice almost anytime, anywhere. It lacks the depth and complexity of other florals, such as Ungaro III, yet I don't think it was designed to compete with them. This is easy, straight forward, with no shades at all. It was meant to be as simple as possible, yet refined enough to make a difference. It's a morale booster, a joyful scent, just like the one who wears it.

i am surprised that nobody mentions the similarities between 'fleur du male' and 'eden by cacharel'. (i had a sample of eden edp and i just recognised why fleur du male seemes so familiar). these two fragrances are very, very similar!
just try!
fleur du male should have been called 'eden pour homme' :) (it's justa little bit more masculine)
i like the scent anyway, 'coz i like eden as well.

Death by plastic flowers.

My complaint here is not against its being rather feminine. I enjoy florals and I have no problems wearing feminine scents. Apparently, Gaultier didn't give Kurkdjian enough money to spend on material, since it just feels so damn synthetic and artificial. Such a shame, considering that I'm usually a sucker for neroli.

I got this perfume as a gift. After reading the reviews on Basenotes, I didn't know whether I would like it or hate it (the chances of me being neutral about it was remote; at least that's the impression I got from the reviews). So, having received the gift, I decided to open it and smell it.

I had seen pictures of the bottle a number of times on various websites and I knew the bottle looked good. But, when I opened the white outer can and saw the bottle, I was mesmerized by the beauty of that bottle. To me, the bottle is an absolute work of art.

Now came my turn to spray it on me and smell it. I sprayed a very small amount on my wrist, and immediately could smell the orange blossom right away. As the scent of the orange blossom settled down, I could notice a distinct powdery smell. I cannot describe the smell, but I am absolutely in love with it. The longevity is definitely a plus for me as most perfumes don't last too long on my skin. All in all, I would say that FDM is a must buy for any man who wants to stay away from the humdrum fragrances and stand out in a crowd.

The world was note prepared to smell this... This may be appreciated by some basnoters but in general it is seen as "way too Floral". IMO, this is an excellent scent, just some years ahead of its time.

Gaultier has really stepped up to the challenge of creating a 'masculine' floral fragrance. "Le Fleur du Male" is a triumph where this is concerned. Where some would suggest it is 'too' similar to 'Le Male', I would disagree... 'LFDM' is as groundbreaking in 2007 as LM was in 1995, yet the two are stikingly different.
Gone are the sweet notes of mint and vanilla present in its predicessor, instead LFDM is a bold bouquet of sharp dry floral accords and spiciness that hit the back of the nose. Its drydown is fresh, yet profound.
'Le Fleur du Male' promises to deliver longevity and memorable impact when worn. Not for the faint-hearted, or those who prefer lightweight 'lollywater' scents. Pity this wasn't released by a less-commercial niche fragrance house... I would have regarded this as a 'best-kept secret'!

This is what Le Mâle SHOULD have been -- COULD have been, even. Glorious use of neroli, and proof positive that white florals for men can and do work.

I've no doubt that Fleur du Mâle is chock-a-block full of synthetics, and frankly I don't give a crap -- it WORKS. I especially like the sexy use of vanilla here, and (again) can't stop thinking about the clever way in which neroli is used in it, either.

I get tons of compliments when I don this one, and also feel very sexy and confident after having put it on. At the very least, I have to say that everyone should at least try this one once.

Hmm
august of last year, I was seeking to try le mâle (the original) store a frag store in France, i decided to also try the new fleur du mâle on the other wrist...walked away and i couldn,t stop to smelling my wrist on the way back. I thought that FDM was powdery-neroli-soft-delicate-sexy that and the original; sweetnspicy-cool-soapy-cheap-plastic-o-vanilic-sensual-musky. So it meant in my language that I liked FDM better than le mâle original.
In the mean time...
I decided to do the same operation at the airport fragrance shak to make sure what i was going to buy, but there were no more original la mâle testers..too bad!
Again, I walked away and couldn't stop smelling my wrist in the airplain (but for other reasons). This time,Fleur du mâle felt too sweet, too powdery, to opulently feminine and nauseatingly plastified, in on word: too much!
still: I give it a thumb up for being so strikingly diffrent and daring for a new release and JPG and kurkidjian for being so innovative... by the way: ladies, don't be scared of the name le Mâle (the male) to try this one out :)

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew...<br>Sweet, at first whiff. Didn't even move my head near the back of my wrist where I sprayed before sweeet Orange Blossom and Floral Accord permeated my nostrils. I think of Purple when I smell this one..the color that is.<br><br>As far as its function...<br>Perform FDM on a HOT summer day near the ocean. The breeze will carry a drydown YOU CAN'T RESIST. Its quite the 'powder persona', I'll admit. Some of the original Le Male stands behind it though.....<br><br>Fleur du Male is pure novelty ladies.<br><br>Gentlemen, I hope you are the confident-masculine type. This one is PH balanced for a Man and can suit some Women!<br><br>Apply FDM approx 20 minutes prior to stepping out. The drydown will have already kicked in, and people won't wrinkle their noses.

I got a vial of this fragrance free and initially I do not like the strong floral musky smell of it (i am not into musky 'powerdery' smell).

Since it is free, I decided to wear it and man did I give this fragrance a second thought. It is lost lasting and smell okay for me. I wouldnt buy it but wouldnt mind wear it if someone gave me a bottle free =p.

JPG named it 'Fleur' which is obivous to us it has a floral theme to it.

NOW THIS RIGHT HERE IS DEF MY STYLE! I dont know why all the bad reviews... but i can say this.. @ first i could not get with the smell it was 2 much 4 me.. but give it 5-10 minutes & u will luv it! its a nice warm smell.. i smell the orange immeaditly! & i also smell the vanilla! & the fern rounds it out. but this is my top romantic fragrance! thank u Jean Paul Gaultier! i will b looking 2 purchase the deoderant 4 this!

My first review to review this Fleur du Male and how absolutely AWFUL it is. Has to be the worst smelling cologne I personally have ever tried. To me it smells like old man plus womens perfume with a small small hint of Le Male. It is bad. I love Le Male but this is just awful. Can you tell I hate this fragrance. I would just say test before you buy and make sure it is on your skin and wait for the drydown. Happy for you if you like it though.

Love this scent. In my opinion, I think I like this a tad-bit better than Le Male

My first experience was terrible. It just did work on my skin and clothes, and I got a bad headache.

The smell was too strange for me, mentally I couldn't accept it. Strange I started liking it after a few attempts.

I like blending it with other perfumes. Not on its own.

Smells exaktly like JoMalone Orange & Flowers. A very noble unisex scent.

Francis Kurkdjian has made some of my favorite scents of late. This stuff is nauseatingly stuffy right out of the bottle. It almost seems like someone sprayed it on cotton balls and them shoved them up your nose.

But....if you can get past that, the drydown will last for hours, and the scent seems more manly. I am amazed that Kurkdjian could make this scent, followed by Narciso Rodriguez. Rodriguez screams, "I am here and I am a sweaty man." Fleur du Male screams, "I am here, but I might be gay." ---but if you are confident in your masculinity, you can pull off either one.

a girl at sephora sprayed this on me as a recommendation and at 1st i was like "no way, smells way too floral", but i couldnt stop wanting to smell it over and over. i almost bought it but didnt. i kept thinking about this all night and went back the next day to spray this on myself before deciding on whether to buy it. again, i was like man this is so flowery but theres a masculine edge there somewhere that makes it male.
as i stood around chatting with the girls i kept sniffing my wrist where id sprayed it; ughhhhhhhhhhhhh, the scent started to smell plastic-y. thats all i can say to describe the sickening... something fleur du male took on.
hours later, im sitting at my desk and i can STILL smell this just as strong as when i initially put it on. none of the notes seemed to have evolved in that time either. just floral sweetness and some kind of... plasticness.
yuck yuck yuck, i dont fink this would be good on ladies either cos after a while it turns into poop

G... so many different opinions. How are we ever going to achieve World Peace if we go on like this? Well, I'll tell you how: you can simply decide NOT to wear Fleur du Male. That would be a perfect first step towards making this planet a better place.

Hmmm.Just plain orange blossom and some rotten flowers for me.Extremely disgusting.Unfrotunately I bought it blind despite being advised from several people here,not to do so :).Every bad thing happens for good.I will do what I am advised to do from now on :P

This stuff is just too feminine for me. I actually like the edp gaultier number 2 better - and that is technically for women, but is less feminine. Fleur is just downright for ladies. It does have an orange twist to it, but sorry it is not for you - it is for your girlfriend. However, it does smell good if, but so does Chanel number 5.

WOW!
FDM is AMAZING! Very sexy and special. Floral notes in the beginning, then it dries down to a seductive alluring love magnet. Good sillage and longevity also.
Wear FDM and get ready for passion!

Essentially, Le Mâle with dominant florals in the topnotes.

The James Blunt of perfumery…

I bought this blind...the reviews and shock as a result of creating an obviously floral-based scent for men, not in the way the market would expect a floral for men to be done--subdued, hidden, transparent. Nope, not Fleur du Male thank goodness. The neroli in this scent is forceful, enveloping. It's all about neroli at first, it's spicy sweet, almost candied with the caramelized vanilla at the base already giving its support. As the Neroli eases up, the fern accord emerges, tempering the carnal qualities at the base. And finally, as the fern subsides, an addictive, sensual musk emerges. Not subtle, but like raw sexual energy--heat, sweat, adrenaline, heightened sensitivity. Longevity is excellent, it refuses to bog down.

Neroli has become one of my favorite notes. I love L'Occitane's Neroli EdP, with a woodsy quality with a vanilla drydown. There's definitely a kinship of FdM with Le Male and Gaultier2 with its warm, ambery and musky qualities.

I'm happy that florals for men are emerging into the market. It's ludicrous to think that florals are taboo for men. FdM is not for everyone, but definitely a choice for men who want scents with a floral nature.

Thumbs way up for this one!

Disaster! Openning is exactly AN OVERDOSE of orange blossom. Then it dries down to a tamed LE MALE plus some synthetic floral and vanilla! It is very long lasting...
I can't understand why they produce it in 2007! I think the original LE MALE(launched in 1995!) is far superior to this new one!

This one seems to have evoked some very strong opinions! I tried Fleur du Male the other day and I find it to be lovely. I found it to be very feminine but I could definitely see a man who is very sure of himself pulling it off with ease. I myself would love to have a bottle and even contemplated buying it for the hubby but I new he would see right through my plotting!

What an interesting orange blossom! Neither Turkish delight nor cleaning fluid, but a third face I haven't encountered before. It's powdery, but without all the usual gourmandy sweetness, and the result is dry and smoky. It reminds me of leather and lapsang souchong tea, but the scent is still firmly dominated by orange blossom, just an orange blossom with leathery and smoky qualities. I even get a dry feeling in my nose when inhaling it, like inhaling dust or smoke, but it's not unpleasant. The ad with the dude bathing in that disgusting white fluid is all wrong, he should be rolling around in a pile of white powder instead!

I confess that I'm seduced by the Baudelaire name and the über-kitsch white torso bottle though. I might not have liked the scent so much otherwise.

I sprayed some Fleur du Male on my wrist to test out. It has great longevity. My first impression was that this was just Le Male with all the masculine bits stripped out of it - but oddly enough, I still liked it. It was also my last impression of it when I sniffed it still going strong 10 hours later before it got washed off.

I gave my wife a whiff of it when I first tried it and several times later during the day. Her response was the same every time - "It's a woman's scent" - and she gave me an "Are you crazy" type looks every time I suggested it might be worth pursuing for me.

My first reaction was, "This is a MEN'S fragrance??". It's incredibly feminine. I like it, and might just purchase some for myself! I'm a woman, by the way... ;-)

Fleur Du Male…It’s heaven…I love it…
To me its is amazing…so lovely and yes it actually smells masculine…To me this perfume is falling in love…every time I smell it…it lefts me up…its amazing…It will take time for people to get to used to it…but when it does…it will be as successful as Le Male…
Lets face it nothing out there smells like it…not even Le Male!
I’m also falling in love with the color white…I never noticed how nice it really is…until this bottle came out…
I love it…I love it …I love it….I’m Lovin it! Fleur du Male...can't get over it...love at the third smell.

P.S…Its soo worth the cash!

I think the advertisement definitely tells everything about fregnance to you. Once you spray it on you gives you the feeling of coming out of milk-bath full of flowers. Exactly the way ad is. Don't you think so.
I am so buying it...

it smells as if someone ate baby powder and orange cream flavored protein powder and then threw it up. Horribe. Disgusting. Hope this tanks and they discontinue. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!

A digustingly sickly and feminine perversion of the perfectly fine, compliment illiciting original! Ergh!

I tried this in a duty-free shop and wished I hadn't.
It starts out much to flowery for me and I missed the basenotes that I enjoy from Le Male

Gaultier's Fleur du Male is by far the most feminine “masculine” scent I have ever tried. Indeed, it is more feminine than any unisex scent I have used. I like floral notes in masculine scents, but this one seems devoid of masculinity. I find it to be overbearing and unpleasant.

Smells like fart-spray and hospitals.Definitely not good!

Really strong at first, almost revoltingly sweet, then it dries down to a baby powder like scent that is still pretty stiff but does last. I was nauseated smelling this for the first hour and finally scrubbed it off my wrist.

It starts off nice with prominent floral notes. But unfortunately it dries down to a basic powdery scent that smells like a stripped down version of Le Male IMO. As a fan of JPG, I hate to say that I was disappointed in this one.

well. after expecting for it to finally arrive, i tried it and got...this very funny impression, like the lady has given me Gucci eau de parfum I, insteand of the new jpg for men...=))
yes, folks. this is the mighty Gucci Eau de Parfum I, only for men. The opening is orange blossom,only it smells like something you'd use to spray mosquitos away. i love bug-spray fragrances,i just never found one suitable for men. now i found it =)).
seriously, a very well blended floral-oriental vanilla-based scent for men. it's fresh enough though. the bottle and the opening is somewhat similar to the new Fahrenheit 32.i'm noticing a trend here for 2007...i like where things are going..

I didn't like this at all a thumbs down Le male and Gualtier2 are much better products

It is, firstly, a most DEFINITE try before you buy!

I had a big problem with all the posts on here, nothing gave me a good idea of what it smelled like. Gaultier's new creation is wonderful! It is a masterpiece and there is NOTHING else like it! It starts out with a BLAST of floral with Le Male lingering somewhere between the powdery smell. I wouldn't be surprised if all of the middle or base notes were Mint, Lavender, and Vanilla!

If you want a GREAT idea of what Fleur du Male smells like. Thing of Le Male with baby powder over it. Its soft, floral, and talcy! I love it--
I bought a bottle once i smelled it!

i love this, i recently got it and it has a flowery feminine yet masculine feel to it, very edgy it's among my favorites.

Today I noticed the eagerly awaited new fragrance for men by Jean Paul Gaultier… Wow this bottle looks even cooler in white opaline, than the regular Le male-bottle…but there are no other similarities! Les Fleur du Male is as the name implies, all about flowers… It is intended to be a fragrance for men, but without common male notes, such as leather, amber, musk and the classic woods - instead replaced by delicate floral notes. The floral notes are delicate and well balanced in a potpourri, so authentic that you could easily believe that you are in the middle of a garden in full blossom.
So far I am very positive towards this fragrance, but since I personally am a man of Santos de Cartier and Yatagan-style scents, these notes are too delicate for me. As a fragrance regarded, I have quite strong doubts regarding the manliness of this fragrance, since I find the floras to be far too “on their own” and far too delicate to suit at least my personality.
By all means check it out and make your own judgement, but would not recommend a blind buy at Ebay.

WOW.. You either like it or not. I love it. I own the classic and have had the Gaultier 2. But this one, I heard about on here, it took a while to be released. I received a sample the other day. Initially I wasnt sure what to make of it, but after walking around and taking sniffs. I found myself loving it and went back to get a bottle. Its very subtle, yet powerful and I have gotten nothing but compliments from people who have gotten a whif as I passed by them. Worth trying to see if its for you or not, but for me, Gaultier has another hit as this and the classic are very different blends and not to forget the gaultier 2, which is a different blend as well and depends very heavily on your skin chemistry

At first I really did not like this fragrance. It smelled too flowery for a mens fragrance and for me, even though I am usually a big fan of the more feminine male scents. But about an hour later when I took a big whiff of it again, I could much easier smell the Le Male basenotes and began to really like this. I reaaaaaaally like this scents drydown.

Excellent modern oriental take on orange blossom.
Classic Gaultier level of exuberance and lavishness. Therefore perhaps not best suited for high level board meetings or office use. Instead, wear this to a fun summernight out with good friends.

Although it certainly shares some basenotes with the original, FdM had plenty of merit of it´s own. It´s warm and spicy but also has a certain "cool" that makes it perfectly wearable in hot weather. Less projection than Le Male, but equal stellar longevity, stays on your skin until you wash it off.

A modern, eccentric, self confident neroli for urban hipsters - good stuff.

Totally different scent for man. I love it. I think, it will be big hit in UK. But - try before you buy :)

I sampled this the other day and I must say I do like it. It last very well, however, it appears to be a combination of the original le male and gaultier2. The result is a nice juice that is now my JPG scent of choice, but it still has the femme thing going on and just plain suggestive of homosexuality.

If you love orange blossoms ... and believe me, I do ... then Fleur du Male is right up your alley! Romantically sweet, softly sensual and exceptionally "Spring-y", Fleur opens like a drive through Phoenix in April. When I first read that orange blossom was one of the keynotes in Gaultier's new concoction, I knew I had to try it. Having worn Le Male over a decade ago, I knew that sugary sweetness was the designer’s Achilles Heel. However, I was willing to make an exception to my otherwise darkly spicy sense of smell. Fleur does blossom, or rather explode, come on … What did you expect? – Subtly? But it slowly gives way to the familiar base and ultimate heart of Le Male. What was groundbreaking and unique in the 90s is now somewhat commonplace and tired in 2007. How many times have we all smelled Le Male? It is unmistakable. Perhaps this is why Gaultier has chosen only a variation on his classic’s bottle. Yes, Fleur is new, but not that new. The clothes have changed, but the man is still the same.

It is a tad feminine, but I fell hard for that orange blossom so I bought it immediately after my first sniff. It reminds me of a softer Fleur's d Oranger OR even the Caron's Narcisse Noir. They are my favourite scents. I will pread the words and tell my female friends to get this.

It smells like old women at the church I used to go to. Might be funny to mix it with Passage d'Enfer to see what comes out of it, but this does not create a positive olefactory association for me, in any way, shape, or form.

This is a very metrosexual fragrance, that could be a turbo-flower juice for men who are not afraid to be mistaken for women. In this sense the orange blossom does the man-woman transition job nicely, although at initial sniff it reminds quite closely to lily-of-the-valey, where is my problem with this perfum. With this hint of popular synthetic smell and a completely elitarian prejudiced mind (wrong upbringing) you can find it rather proletarian with the peculiar image of a working class drag queen on a cruise. For me this is also part of the appeal if you posess a sense of humor& guts of steel and decide to wear it in the office of a blue chip corporation, along all Aqua di Parma smelling suits. Working on my courage now. Tempting.