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Key notes
LavenderMintCardamomBergamotCinnamon
The 'sailor in a striped shirt' icon — sweet vanilla and tonka wrapped in cool lavender and mint, with a spicy cinnamon heart. One of the most recognizable men's fragrances ever made.
Key notes
LavenderMintCardamomBergamotOrange blossom
Maison Alhambra's near-identical take on the original Le Male — the same cool mint-and-lavender opening into a sweet vanilla-tonka base, just with a touch less projection. Community pick
The bottom line
Buy the dupe
The two note lists line up closely, and the price gap does the rest.
Note match
96%
carries 11 of the original's 12 notes
Price difference
67% less
59% less by the ounce — $27 against $11
How owners rate them
Longevity
how long it lasts
Original 4,256 ratings
Sillage
how far it projects
Original 4,176 ratings
Value
whether it felt worth the price
Original 3,038 ratings
Maison Alhambra Glacier Pour Homme isn’t rated on Parfumo at all — normal for a small house — so it has no bars here.
How it wears
Season
Cool weather
Strength
Wears light
Best for
Everyday, date night
Lavender-and-herb aromatics over vanilla is what puts this on the cold-weather side of the year — it reads rich in cool air and can turn heavy in heat. Casual enough for a normal day and bold enough for an evening, though it's more than an office needs.
Where they differ
Listed in Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male, not in Maison Alhambra Glacier Pour Homme
BaseCedar
Cedar sits in Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male's base and is absent from Maison Alhambra Glacier Pour Homme's list — a drydown difference rather than an opening one.
The analysis
Buy the dupe. Maison Alhambra Glacier Pour Homme matches 11 of Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male's 12 notes — lavender, mint and cardamom — but misses cedar. Without cedar, Maison Alhambra Glacier Pour Homme's drydown ends somewhere else. $37 against $112: 33% of Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male's price.
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Common questions
Maison Alhambra Glacier Pour Homme is the closest affordable match we've found for Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male. It runs about $37 instead of roughly $112 — about 67% less.
Both share Lavender, Mint, Cardamom and Bergamot — 11 notes in total, one of the deeper overlaps on this site.
Both Maison Alhambra Glacier Pour Homme and Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male sit closer to the skin rather than projecting all day. Maison Alhambra Glacier Pour Homme performs in the same ballpark, so a midday re-spray keeps it going — normal for this scent style at any price.
Maison Alhambra Glacier Pour Homme costs around $37 versus roughly $112 for Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male — about 67% less.
No. Maison Alhambra Glacier Pour Homme gets the overall idea, but Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male carries Cedar in its base that Maison Alhambra Glacier Pour Homme doesn't list.
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