Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum, released in 2016, is discontinued and no longer in production. The closest scent matches you can still buy are below.
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum: warm spicy, aromatic and leather, about 7h on skin, projection 7/10, sillage 5/10. The alternatives below are matched to that profile.
The five closest scent matches — the closest replacements for Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum we found, ranked by opening & dry-down similarity:
Captures the warm, spicy, and aromatic essence of Le Male Essence de Parfum with a similar focus on lavender and leather.
It shares its warm spicy, aromatic and fresh spicy accords with Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum, opens on Cardamom, Pepper and Artemisia too, lasts about 7h against 7h and carries 1,071 community ratings.
Shares a similar aromatic and leathery profile, providing a refined and masculine experience reminiscent of the reference.
It shares its fresh spicy, warm spicy and leather accords with Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum, opens on Pepper too, lasts about 6h against 7h and carries 212 community ratings.
Leans into similar warm, spicy, and woody territory, offering a dark and elegant scent profile that feels related to the reference.
It shares its aromatic, warm spicy and leather accords with Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum, opens on Bergamot too, lasts about 6h against 7h and carries 252 community ratings.
A bold, spicy, and woody fragrance that shares the intense, masculine energy found in the reference scent.
It shares its fresh spicy, warm spicy and aromatic accords with Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum, opens on Bergamot too, lasts about 7h against 7h and carries 281 community ratings.
Evokes the sophisticated, spicy, and woody character of the original, offering a similar blend of cardamom and leather notes.
It shares its warm spicy, aromatic and vanilla accords with Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum, opens on Cardamom, Pepper and Bergamot too, lasts about 7h against 7h and carries 31 community ratings.
Lattafa Perfumes Habik For Men, at about $20 for 100 ml (estimate) — around 75% less than Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum.
Fragrance World Posh Omega, at about 7h on skin, against about 7h for Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum.
Lattafa Perfumes Habik For Men, at 87% overall scent match across the opening and the dry-down.
At 4 sprays a day — about 146 ml a year — Lattafa Perfumes Habik For Men saves you about $75 a year against Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum. Both priced at 100 ml; prices are estimates.
Across 2,358 originals, the median designer bottle is $120 and its closest match $30 — the Dupe Report 2026.
On an 8-hour day, none of the 5 last a full 8 hours. Fragrance World Posh Omega comes closest at 7.3h, so it needs one re-spray to cover the day.
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum notes, performance and price
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Updated 2026-08-30.