Le Beau EDP 125ml

Jean Paul Gaultier Le Beau Eau de Parfum smells of coconut first, creamy and sun-warmed, with tonka bean folding a vanillic sweetness into it and sandalwood keeping the edges dry. The effect is skin-close and tropical without being fruity, more suntan warmth than beach cocktail. There is a citrus flicker at the very start, but it goes quickly and what remains is the cream and the wood. Coconut, tonka bean and sandalwood form a single accord rather than arriving in stages, the coconut creamy, the tonka soft and sweet, the sandalwood dry underneath. Around them the composition turns vanillic and sweet, with a musky and faintly animalic undertow that pushes it towards the wearer's skin, a citrus brightness at the opening edge, and powdery, white floral and amber facets that round the coconut off rather than sharpen it. Quentin Bisch composed Le Beau for the 2022 launch. Jean Paul Gaultier is the Paris house of the French couturier, who founded his label in 1982; since 1 January 2016 the fragrances have been made under licence by Puig. Le Beau is long lasting with moderate sillage, so it stays close to the skin through the day rather than filling a room. It wears across all four seasons and is as comfortable on a casual day or at work as it is on a night out. The sillage is moderate, and the warmth does more in autumn and winter than it does in real heat.