Fragrance Notes
Scandal Absolu
Tuberose is the material that makes Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal Absolu Parfum Concentré what it is, and anyone who has met tuberose before will know whether that is good news.
It is the loudest white flower in perfumery, creamy and fleshy with a strange rubbery sharpness behind the sweetness, and it does not do subtle. Here it is given two companions chosen to keep it in check. Black fig brings a dark, jammy fruit sweetness with a green, milky sappiness that cuts across the flower and stops it from turning into a wedding bouquet. Sandalwood underneath is smooth and quietly resinous, and it provides the warmth the tuberose needs to settle rather than shriek.
Three materials only. In a parfum concentré that is not a weakness, because the concentration is doing the work that extra materials would otherwise do: more oil, more depth, more time on skin. What you lose is any sense of a journey. The fragrance is the same shape all the way through, only slowly quieter and warmer.
And it is a lot of scent. Expect strong projection for the opening hour or so and then a dense, close trail that will outlast a long night and still be faintly detectable in the morning. One spray is a decision, two is a statement. Heat amplifies it to the point of discomfort, so autumn and winter evenings are where it belongs. It is the richest thing in the Scandal range for women, and it is for someone who already knows the line and wants the full strength version rather than an introduction. Released in 2024 and composed by Daphné Bugey, Fabrice Pellegrin and Ane Ayo.
Jean Paul Gaultier has been a perfume house since 1993, long after his first collection of clothes in 1976, and the scents are now developed in house by Puig, the majority shareholder since 2011.
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