Scandal Jean Paul Gaultier 2017

Bottle Design Marc Ange

Shop now

Search on

We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network.

Shop now

6.9 / 10 540 Ratings

Scandal is a perfume by Jean Paul Gaultier for women and was released in 2017. The scent is sweet-gourmand. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by Puig.

Search on

We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network.

Main accords

Sweet

Gourmand

Floral

Synthetic

Fruity

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Gardenia

Blood orange

Heart Notes

Honey

Base Notes

Patchouli

Perfumers

Daphné Bugey, Christophe Raynaud, Fabrice Pellegrin, Firmenich

Videos

Watch video

Ratings

Scent

6.9540 Ratings

Longevity

8.3483 Ratings

Sillage

8.2480 Ratings

Bottle

7.9486 Ratings

Value for money

7.5194 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 07.06.2023.

Interesting Facts

The face of the advertising campaign is Hungarian model Vanessa Axente.

Rate
Collection
Classify
Notes

Reviews

19 in-depth fragrance descriptions

Popular
Latest
Oldest
Positive
Negative
Comments

10/10/2020

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Rosaviola

Translated Show original

Rosaviola

Top Review 24

Such a scandal

Today I have to take up the cudgels for Scandal.
Here on Parfumo he comes off rather badly what this fragrance but in my opinion does not deserve.
Yeah, he's sweet and not exactly subtle and natural. But every year there are many far worse scents coming out
I tested it for the first time in 2017 in the perfumery department of Kastner&Öhler department store Forewarned by Parfumo that it was quite a blast, I just sprayed a mini spray on my wrist.
He's cute, yeah. But here the secret is in the dosage. A normal, not quite squeezed through sprayer or two to three very tender mini sprayers - just press the spray head very lightly -, that's how I now dose Scandal by Jean Paul Gaultier.
People always ask for durability and sillage. Please, here it is!

The dosage must be handled with similar care as with Mugler fragrances. I can well understand that overdosage can be a blow to the head A homeopathic dosage does the fragrance good.

The fragrance should only consist of a few ingredients. Gardenia is rather not so dominant here, but it is
more like blood orange and honey. Patchouli is also present, but it's more harmonious here than in other sweet mainstream fragrances.
All in all, the composition of the fragrance indigrents is good and harmonious.

I'm not the sweetest guy in the world, but every now and then it can be sweet. I even get headaches easily with sweet scents in overdose I've never done this with Scandal. In discreet dosage it works harmoniously on me and does not become too much for me Well, but I'm also used to many years of wearing "heavy calibers" like the Florientals and Orientals of the eighties and chypre bombs. Also musk firecrackers like Lutens Khan are allowed. I am only sensitive to sweet things.

I bought a 30 ml bottle of Scandal and wear it every now and then.
I think I will also buy the larger 50 ml bottle with the legs stretched out in the air when the opportunity arises.

03/17/2021

9
Pricing 10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

Balticsea

Translated Show original

Balticsea

Top Review 33

Give that honey love *See I gotta have your honey love baby, slow* Give me that honey love *Give me that sweet, sweet love hey* Give me that honey love

Hello dear perfumers. ??♂️⚓

I knew that one day the moment will come by my perfume addiction will cause discussions at home. However, I didn't expect it to be about a review for a women's perfume. But let's start from the beginning....since the beginning of this year I am registered on Parfumo. I have been browsing here for a long time. But I have always successfully managed to avoid registration. This is mainly because I avoid social media as much as possible. However, the souk here in the forum appealed to me so much that I became weak. At some point I wrote my first comment. And then another and another.....

While writing my commentary on Interlude Man, my wife sat next to me. She looked at me and asked what I was typing frantically into the cell phone keypad. I told her what I was doing. I will never forget that look. That I have a "problem" my wife knew when we met. Because there my fragrance collection was already in triple digits. In the meantime, she has also taken the passion and she is happy about every new bottle. But to write about a fragrance in a forum? That was too much for her.

"Give me Mal - I want to read the Mal" she said. Embarrassed, I handed her my phone. 5 minutes later, she turned her gaze back in my direction. I looked at her, with a mix of curiosity and fear.

"I didn't know you could write like that." she said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked I, a little irritated.

"Well you've written a right little story for that nasty scent. Did you make it up yourself? That's cinematic!" she replied, obviously a little impressed. (if you want to read my only comment so far, written like a little horror story, check out my review of Interlude Man - my wife says it's totally underrated here - but it could be that she's biased. So check it out for yourself ;-P ) "Can you also write about a perfume of mine sometime? Please about Oud Satin Mood, or the Vault Foil, or..."

"Stop" I interrupted her "If I review a women's fragrance, I want to pick it. And it then it will also be the scent I love most about you."

A grin flitted across my wife's lips. She looked at me and nodded, " okay honey, then write something about Scandal!"
Since then, my wife has been asking me every thirty minutes when I'm going to start.

So.....let's get started

Flacon: 10/10

Yes how gorgeous is this bottle please? Solid, heavy glass, great sprayer and that lid. Just vulgar and an absolute dream on any shelf. (If you're into kitsch and vulgar)

The fragrance: 10/10

Does this fragrance have a scent progression? No, not a bit

Is this fragrance complex? Not a bit

Can you smell out individual components? Um.....no, so do.....one.....

Great perfume art? Probably not....

Is the fragrance any good? Oh yeah..... let's keep it short, the scent is killer. Of course, this scent smells like sticky, sweet honey from the first second to the last. All other notes don't stand a chance.....this thing is just honey, honey and more honey. But.....JPG practices this one in such a seductive, loud and vulgar way that I'm at a loss for words. JPG is, after all, generally known for launching very loud, flashy scents. With this fragrance, they have created their masterpiece. This is, of course, my opinion. And I understand that people who don't like sweet or loud fragrances will find this scent creepy. But then, a rating of 6.6 is actually completely off the mark. But again, this is my subjective opinion. I personally love loud and sweet scents. My wife, whom I love more than anything (just in case you read this right now, I felt the need to tell you again) by the way, too. And we are both in love with this designer...

Durability: 10/10

Yeah what can I say, above average even for a JPG. The thing holds easily 10+ hours. On the clothes also like 3 days. Brutal durability

Sillage: 10/10

Again, simply out of this world. Three sprays are enough for 6 hours of attention beyond an arm's length.

Wearability: 6/10

I definitely recommend this fragrance in the fall/winter. For the office, he would be a little too opulent for me. Also at temperatures above 10-15 degrees is the just too powerful. But underneath suitable for (almost) everything. Everyday life, date, party.

Compliments: 9.5/10

So honestly? My wife has no fragrance, which was re-bought more often in the circle of friends than this. In our environment, the incredibly popular. And properly dosed he is also not annoying. On the contrary, other people love the scent on my wife. And I do it too.

Price / Performance:

65.00€ for 80 ml are perfectly fine. With the shelf life keeps such a bottle forever.

Conclusion:

Scandal is perhaps not the great perfume art. Also scandalous he does not really come along - but all that does not matter. You stand on loud, sweet fragrances? Then you are so right with Scandal and may buy blindly. I, as a man, love this fragrance. And my wife still loves it too. Of all the loud, sweet designer scents, this one is my absolute number 1.

Addendum: So my darling. I did it - I reviewed a women's fragrance. We'll see how it's received. Maybe more will follow. Maybe someday I'll manage to review a women's fragrance the way I reviewed Interlude Man. With a story.
To all the ladies: You guys are great. The best creatures on this earth.

To all men: treat them that way too....they deserve it.

To my wife: you show me the meaning of life every day, thank you for that.

As always hanseatic greetings ⚓??♂️

07/25/2018

8
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 8
Scent

MarieTheres

Translated Show original

MarieTheres

Top Review 15

'Cause I will be your honey bee

"Show me round your fruit cakes / 'Cause I will be your honey bee"
- Yeah, you're a honeybee, you "scandal". A honey bee, lured by gardenia and blood orange. At a picnic on a hot day at the lake, flowers all around - and I unpack the orange soda. Wonderful, that hisses when opening and tingles so beautifully!

"Open up your fruit cakes / Where the fruit is as sweet as can be"
- Sweet, yes, you're sweet, incredibly sweet. You are not much other than sweet, not particularly flowery or fruity, not woody, not tangy - "scandal", you simply smell of honey. After freshly spun honey, just filled into the glass and ready to be smeared on a piece of bread and butter. Ready to be eaten.

"All you do is call me / I'll be anything you need"
- All I have to do is take you out of the closet, spray you on, and you're there. You don't need time to work, a splash on the skin or the clothes and there you stay. Surround me with your scent, you honeybee. Less is more here, because your Sillage is really strong. Your scent is straight, towards the end you buzz off towards the flowering summer meadow - but always looking for nectar.

"This is the new stuff / I go dancing in"
- Well, you're not the latest shit, maybe you're not a scandal - sweet fragrances are trendy at the moment and really nothing new. But unique, yes, you are. I do not know of any such honey scent that is so unflowery and so powerful. I'm in a good mood - who wants to dance...?

"I'm your sledgehammer / Let there be no doubt about it"
- No other fragrance in my collection, no other fragrance (not vanilla, not tonka bean, not whipped cream,...) is such a hammer as "Scandal". Well-dosed it may be wearable in the office, but I think it's more for leisure time or in the evening to go away. Although he's not really "chic" either - rather lively.

"It's what we're doing, doing / All day and night"
- At first I thought I couldn't keep him on my skin - but somehow he has something. You just have to test it and see if the skin chemistry is right. I don't eat honey, but I kind of like smelling it. "Scandal" is simply something completely different, a gourmand direction that is far away from Praline and Co. The durability is really great - sprayed in the morning, the bee accompanies me through the night.

"This amusement never ends"

12/07/2019

10
Bottle 10
Sillage 9
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Ulli2

Translated Show original

Ulli2

Helpful Review 13

Relapse into old scent times ;-)

No criticism is tolerated for this gods honey scent floating down from Olympus.
Everything that pleases has its value and purpose!
I am a child of the 70s with hot Minnis
and tons of musk of Nerval!
Yes and it was applied thickly and if musk did not go, then patchouli in fragrance waves!
Here I find, scandal could join with!
Wearers with self-confidence and drive..
Dancing in the dissse until the morning..
The scent holds, the hot rhythms go into the blood.
Scandal I would find today even more refreshing and fresh than just patchouli or former musk - scented oils!
Wrapped with honey clouds and blossoms, plus some freshness from the citrus note!
That's increased zest for life, that's hot
Hip swings and cheeky body poses in dance
Scandal.
Yes, it would fit and with enthusiasm
godfather Zeus would perfume this at his
Playmates love.

I would have liked it already at that time very much;-)

04/09/2020

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 6.5
Scent

Eaumygosh

Translated Show original

Eaumygosh

Top Review 11

Today Uschi lets the dolls dance

My mother is a huge fan of sweet smells. "Flowerparty by night" has long been her faithful companion in everyday life. For me it was a good hint of liquorice and sweet. At least for special occasions, she always had and still has a bottle of "Deep Red" in her cupboard. I love it too and it always reminds me very much of my mum, as this was her everyday scent during my childhood. Well, sometimes something new has to come along - and if you're someone who never has more than two perfumes, then an empty bottle means: something new has to come along! - Christmas was just around the corner and "Flowerparty by night" was only available in sample size in the bottle. So it was clear: Muddi needs a new fragrance. - I love to read magazines and as fate would have it, there was a "Scandal" sample in a magazine. Sprayed on the wrist and immediately found to be cute as a button. In other words: perfect for my mother. She was really taken with the scent. No, it was more like a blast.

I have to confess. The top notes read very nicely, but the scent on my skin is not very noticeable. "Gardenia" and "Blood Orange" promise a sparkling floral start, but from the beginning I only smell one thing: honey. Heavy, cardboard sweet and warm. "Scandal" reminds me very much of "La Vie est Belle". I wouldn't call it Dupe, but I am interested in the fragrance families. But there is a difference : "La Vie est Belle" is a very sweet fragrance, but its sweetness is quite cool to me. On some days even slightly scratchy. "Scandal" on the other hand is very warm and heavy, although I don't find this fragrance too soft either. Probably it is just a little bit too sweet for me, that's what it will be. The Sillage is strong - 1/2 splashes are enough and you pull a decent honey cloud behind you. The durability is also strong. On clothes it lasts for days, on the skin it lasts a whole day without any problems. For me personally it is a trace too much of the good, but it does not release escape reflexes. Whoever gets soft knees when sniffing "La Vie est Belle", "Black Opium" or "Sì" should try this fragrance. It fits exactly into the prey scheme. When it comes to durability and sillage, there is nothing wrong - it performs very well

More reviews