Masculine Perfume Marketing

Jean Paul Gaultier's Ultra Male Fragrance Campaign is Rebellious

Jean Paul Gaultier's latest fragrance campaign features Jarrod Scott who channels a retro rebel in the ad. The Australian supermodel dons a slicked back hairstyle and sports a jean and t-shirt combo, paired with a leather jacket that he wears over his shoulders.

Ultra Male is a fragrance that follows Jean Paul Gaultier's Le Male perfume and boast masculine and rebellious campaign imagery. This eye-catching fragrance ad marries the designer's retro sailor inspiration with modern menswear staples. In the ad, model Jarrod Scott also pulls off a sleeve of artistic tattoos and holds a viewer's gaze intensely.

While millennial consumers are looking for innovative and engaging marketing techniques, they are also likely to respond to nostalgia, as seen in this marketing example.

Retro-inspired Marketing
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Brands can tap into nostalgia and incorporate retro elements into their marketing campaigns to attract millennial consumers.
Engaging Fragrance Advertising
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Businesses can create visually compelling fragrance advertisements that captivate consumers and spark their interest.
Incorporating Tattoos in Branding
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Brands can explore incorporating tattoos as a form of brand expression to resonate with modern consumers.

Industries Being Reshaped

Fashion and Fragrance
Disruptive innovation opportunity: The fashion and fragrance industries can collaborate to create unique and captivating marketing campaigns that appeal to consumers.
Advertising and Marketing
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Advertising and marketing agencies can develop innovative techniques to engage consumers and effectively promote brands.
Tattoo Industry
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Tattoo artists and studios can explore partnerships with brands to incorporate tattoos into branding and marketing initiatives.
SCORE
5.7 out of 10
GENDER
90% Men10% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe, Asia
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 80%
Activity 82%
Freshness 8%

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