Jean Paul Gaultier Perfumes

Gaultier's fragrances are as theatrical as the clothing — the torso-shaped bottles alone make the point.

The Le Male family

Le Male has been in production since 1995 and still smells like nothing else: lavender, mint and vanilla, a combination that should not work and entirely does. Le Male Elixir takes it into honey and tonka territory, much denser and better suited to cool evenings. Ultra Male is the sweet, fruity version that found a younger audience. On the women's side, Scandal builds honey and blood orange into something properly distinctive, and Divine is the newer meringue-and-musk release.