This year marks the 30th anniversary of Jean Paul Gautier’s Le Male, a perfume the writer and activist Adam Eli describes as “iconically gay.”

Therefore, to honor the moment, Eli brought eight queer artists together to create “Et Gaultier Créa L’Homme: Le Male—Past, Present, Future,” a one-night-only exhibition at New York City’s historic LGBT Center on Thursday. (The event followed an earlier celebration of the fragrance in Paris during Pride month.)

“The first perfume I bought with my own money was Fleur du Mâle, and I loved it so much,” says Oscar Nñ , who soundtracked the night. “I’d secretly read my sister’s Vogue issues, and I was always fascinated by the ads for Le Male.” The music was meant to mirror the original scent’s olfactive story: “It starts off slow and wavy, insp

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