Le Male Summer 2010

very cheap, very reliable, so overpowering use only in winter be careful with it, it's worse than mancera's red tobacco good lord

If Le Male is a bit too heavy for you in the warmer months, the summer alterations are good to wear, even if they are inferior to the original. I hear that they're all the same every year although I've only tried this one and the 09 version. I admit that even those two are very similar. As a matter of fact, the SA at Macy's even said that she thinks the summer version are a waste of money and rip offs of Le Male. I guess she felt bad that I was buying it so she threw in a bunch of freebies for me and I was so grateful! Still, I had to have at least one in my collection so I went with this one and I enjoy it very much. It's basically a watered down/watery, less potent Le Male with weak sillage and decent longevity. I know the notes variate every edition but overall, it still has the Le Male DNA. If your nose is trained well enough, you can actually pick up the other notes but they're certainly moderate to faint. I definitely get a hint of mint and ginger in this 2010 version and they're quite nice and refreshing. I also love the idea behind the "cooling tonique" concentration. At first I freaked out and thought that my bottle had bad juice because when I sprayed it, I immediately felt a cooling effect, similar to the coolness of icy hot, all over my neck and chest where I had doused myself but it turns out that this is what the fragrance delivers. Very nice for the the scorching hot Texas sun and best of all, it doesn't get cloying nor overbearing. As previously stated, the sillage is close to the skin but I get 6 hours longevity. I personally prefer my summer scents to stay shy otherwise they defeat the purpose. This scent is very airy and people around you will surely notice you! And if you're a collector, these summer bottles are very vivid and interesting to look at! I paid $60 for this summer flanker and it was worth every penny!

Le Male 'Ice' with a spicy, cool green feel...this is Le Male+Summer without a doubt! I tend to avoid most of the more expensive summer releases because they only come in the large 100 or 125 ml bottles, and cost just as much as the regular scent they flank...and most lack alcohol-which can be a good thing, but it is the slow evaporation of the alcohol (I believe) that causes the scent to rise and develop. No alcohol (sans alcool) means basically skin-scent/body spray to me... LM Summer Tonic 2010 starts , as I said, very cool, almost icy from the extra mint added. The ginger gives it some of the old warmth in a pseudo-sporty way and the zhen sen(ginseng, in Chinese)adds an interesting herby tonic feel to the originally sweet, smooth Le Male. If you thought that the original was nice, but a little too much; this may be the LM for you. It dries down the same, only lighter and does project less-but IT IS still Le Male: a quality fragrance that, though sweet, is very sexy and quite lovely. Sillage: okay Longevity: fair Overall: 3/5 I love Le Male, and adore JPG...I just wish he would do something new and exciting for a change. Instead of yet another flanker of Le Male, Classique or Madame/Monsieur! Understood: Le Male can be too much in the warmest summer days, and a summer flanker has its place...but cut us a break, Jean-Paul! Give us something avant-garde again, and come down on those prices if you want more people to buy the summer scents...every summer!

☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺ First impression for me was absolutely at its unique and cheerful bottle. The opening is very harsh on ginger and mint. IMHO, the drydown is exactly the same as the original Le Male. Summer means hints of refreshing notes instead of a direct path to a sweet powdery Le Male :) Cheers, ☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺

This one is weird. To say all Le Male summer flankers are all the same is true in the opening. This one initially smells like Le Male, not as in your face or room filling as the days of old with the original, but then the heart and the 'dry' down. The "le male" smell disappears and you're left with a chinese herb shop smell, like ginger. The ginger isn't sliced opened and fresh smelling. This is ginger as if you were smelling the peel with the dirt in it. I don't get why'd they dirty'd this smell up. It's ok. It's definitely an experiment, not an experience, an experiment where someone just threw something bizarre ingredient into the pot and tested the market. The longevity is about 3-4 hours. Projection is like 2 inches off the skin. Sillage: not like old 1997 Le Male, but ok.