La petite mort (French for "the little death") is a metaphor for orgasm.

La petite mort may also refer to:

La petite mort, a 1995 short film by François Ozon Petite Mort (ballet), a 1991 ballet by Jiří Kylián "Petite Mort", 2004 song by the Canadian band Stars "La Petite Mort", a song by Violet Chachki from her 2015 EP Gagged La petite mort, short film by Jason Merrells La Petite Mort (James album), a 2014 album La Petite Mort or a Conversation with God, a 2016 album by King 810

See also Little Death (disambiguation)