Scandal Jean Paul Gaultier 2017

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6.8 / 10 628 Ratings

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

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Main accords

Sweet

Gourmand

Floral

Synthetic

Fruity

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Blood orange

Gardenia

Heart Notes

Honey

Base Notes

Patchouli

Perfumers

Daphné Bugey, Christophe Raynaud, Fabrice Pellegrin, Firmenich

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Ratings

Scent

6.8628 Ratings

Longevity

8.2560 Ratings

Sillage

8.0557 Ratings

Bottle

7.7559 Ratings

Value for money

7.4262 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 15.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

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

Reviews

19 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/10/2020

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Rosaviola
75 Reviews

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Rosaviola

Top Review 25

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.

07/25/2018

8
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 8
Scent

MarieTheres
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MarieTheres

Top Review 16

'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
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Ulli2

Helpful Review 14

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
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Eaumygosh

Top Review 12

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

09/04/2021

8
Pricing 6
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
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Muckelina
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Muckelina

Helpful Review 13

I didn't like it until later.

Similar to Twilly by Hermes, this scent was a request from my husband.
He wanted absolutely that I own a honey fragrance and Scandal should be it.
I tested him and he did not like me at all, I felt him as sweet, chemical and intrusive. But I bought it and the more often I wore it, the more I liked it.
To me, it smells very synthetic at first. But after 30 minutes, that evaporates and he unfolds his sweet honey scent. In the process, he now no longer reminds me of sugar cone sweetness, I find him noble sweet and interesting. I smell myself the whole day, others also.
Due to the heavy opening, I can't wear it all the time, some days I would get a headache. But when I wear it I am satisfied and happy. I get compliments and I like to get in the car after work and still smell my perfume from the morning.
If you like it a little sweeter and more special, you will like the scent

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