Jean Paul Gaultier · 2017 · Daphné Bugey, Fabrice Pellegrin and Christophe Raynaud

Scandal

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Blood orange and grapefruit over creamy gardenia and a thick pour of honey, on an earthy patchouli base.

Jean Paul Gaultier says

You’ll smell gardenia, honey and patchouli.

More from Jean Paul Gaultier’s description

It also mentions Blood orange and Grapefruit.

The house’s page

The drawn Scandal bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Scandal’s scent picture, a draft: gardenia, honey, patchouli, sweet orange, grapefruit, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Scandal, top notes: Gardenia, Sweet orange, Grapefruit

Heartas it settles

Scandal, heart: Honey

Dry-downwhat stays

Scandal, dry-down: Patchouli, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 powder

10 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

AurumAjmal · shares gardenia, honey, patchouli and sweet orangeabout $47 for 75 ml · about a third of Scandal’s about $126
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares gardenia, patchouli, sweet orange and grapefruit$19.05 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Scandal’s about $126
Lady MillionRabanne · shares gardenia, honey and patchouli$135 for 50 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.