Scandal by Night Jean Paul Gaultier 2018

Right from the start: I hardly notice any honey here. Maybe more like a light beeswax mixed with cherries. The dominant note for me, however, is undoubtedly the tuberose. It kicks in after about 15 minutes and remains very present for the entire first few hours. It’s a wonderful, warm, heavy, and sweet tuberose that I can't get enough of. Gradually, it is replaced by a beautifully warm vanilla. The scent is almost too intense to feel cozy, but it definitely radiates an attractive warmth.

So, is everything great? Cherry to tuberose to vanilla?

It’s not that simple. Unfortunately. Sometimes, something goes wrong in the transition between tuberose and vanilla, and the perfume develops into a black hole. From this, no individual scent notes escape anymore; the only thing that remains is an incredible heaviness. I can't quite identify what triggers this scent to "tip," alcohol is definitely detrimental, but it can also happen without it. Due to the excellent longevity of the perfume, it sometimes happens that you wake up in the morning, and the scent is stronger than anything you could have done the night before.

Fortunately, this doesn't happen too often, and the scent develops wonderfully most of the time, and I really enjoy wearing it.