L'Eau Scandaleuse

My experience with this is different from most here. Opens with a BLAST of artemisia (the brand lists davana, but it smells like regular artemisia to me), its bitter-green effect amplified by a bit of cypriol. Then there’s a smooth, just slightly pungent leather note, and yes, the tuberose. She’s creamy, she’s realistic, she gives the perfume a lovely lift. There is a peach-oakmoss accord here that accounts for the comparisons to Mitsouko. But it doesn’t have the smokiness of Mitsouko, and the oakmoss is less strong. L’Eau Scandaleuse is greener, more bitter, more animalic than the Guerlain grande dame. The other perfume it reminds me of a little is Naomi Goodsir’s Nuit de Bakélite, with the artemisia-tuberose combo. But this goes in a different direction with the other notes and is also much more wearable. An hour in, L’Eau Scandaleuse becomes mostly peachy tuberose with beautiful leather underneath, but there are still those hints of green bitterness that make the perfume so unique and addictive.

tuberose and leather, hmm....At first I thought it's gonna be a "beauty and beast" kind of floral-animalic perfume, but it's not what I imagined. The opening tuberose blast like firework to your face, possibly sweetened by fruity notes, along with subtle inky tone. But this is not a floral perfume, it quickly transition into a dry, slightly salty leather base. If the it's the flower that got you in, the leather is what make you stay. Sometimes I can perceive a charred cacao or even chocolate edge in the leather. Although the castoreum is listed, luckily it doesn't muddle things up. As time goes by it only makes the leather richer and thicker, it almost developed a gourmand aspect with tuberose. Overall, a perfume worth having.

Such a fierce, elegant perfume! When dabbed from a sampler this has a quite strong tuberose, but when sprayed from my bottle the tuberose is more a background feel and the main impression is a bitter leather - I completely get the references to the smell of a (concept of a ) painter's studio - turpentine/white spirits, oil paints, leather seating. From some angles it's slightly horse-y, as in the smell of stables, including the smell of dry soil or turf. My partner loves this on me; for my part, I'd enjoy it more if I could (also) detect the sweetish tuberose that comes through in the sample.

This is so gorgeous! I received a sample pack of the four current AL offerings and I'm impressed with all of them... I've always wanted to like Cabochard but have never managed to keep a bottle for more than 6 months. L'Eau Scandaleuse, on the other hand, is everything I hoped for Cabochard but could never find. To me, L'Eau Scandaleuse is a waxy leather with gorgeous fatty aspects from the tuberose and grounding earthy notes of oakmoss. After smelling this I don't feel compelled to search for vintage chypres anymore. If you're a fan of vintage fragrances I recommend trying this whole line.

This was a must try for me after reading Kafka's review and it was love at first sniff for me. I have no idea why this is isn't a more popular fragrance - it's absolutely amazing. Opening with a heady wiff of white flowers, it starts deepening over time into a spicy, supple leather with just a touch of floral, nectared sweetness to offset the richness of the dark notes. Love it! While I can see a man wearing this confidently for sure, to me it reads like leather pencil skirts and sheer lace blouses: undeniably classically feminine, undeniably seductive and more than a little provocative.

I have a soft spot for animalic chypres, so take this with a grain of salt, but this is genuinely very good. Think Bandit's structure: prominent artemisia and castoreum, then add a green, slightly bitter tuberose on top. That's roughly what L'eau Scandaleuse smells like. If you usually dislike tuberose, this might still be worth trying (the castoreum keeps it dry and unisex rather than floral-sweet, and gives it a vintage feel). Given how much perfume prices have jumped in the last few years, it's also a fair deal for what you're getting.

WOW!! im not a fan of Tuberose! but this blend makes me love it! the tuberose leather with beaches, ylan ylang, lemon, and animalic notes! quite interesting and very charming from the first sniff. It might go feminine from first sniff but turns a bit masculine with the animalic ylan ylang note as later it turns both ways (feminine-masculine) back to back each and every second i sniff my arm. Very captivating and requires sampling.

a very pleasant tuberose. Not annoying but resilient. Good longevity and sillage. The smoke is very pleasant as it is not intrusive and does not last long, it would have been nice if it lasted longer. I do not feel the leather and the animalic note. 9/10 A male tuberose.

marvelous. actually not a leather and tuberose perfume but to me it's more a smoky perfume with tuberose. really different. a different tuberose. the note of peach is also noteworthy. excellent performance. 9/10

What the ever so eloquent sissysubmissive said. I know why she likes it . Makes u feel really naughty

A classic floral Chypre here, when you see Tuberose, Castoreum and leather listed in the notes you should hold on to your hats and this is precisely what this fragrance makes you do. The opening is a blinding stinky musk which emanates at the beginning but soon vanishes into a sweeter floral tuberose. This then dirties, offering up some very special, floral qualities for folks who love that sort of thing. The middle section is a stunning leathery, tuberose with hints of the animal, I haven't experienced the base properly yet as it hasn't dried all the way down but speaking from experience of this kind of scent it will last FOREVER! When it finally does settle right back I predict any floral sweetness will dissipate leaving behind a musky castoreum. Brilliant, classical stuff again, just not something I would wear, who knows maybe one day I will change my mind?

L’eau Scandaleuse has a vintage vibe, a full assault tuberose bomb. Slightly indolic in the opening before turning to equal amounts leather and tuberose in the middle. A few drops lasted for hours. In the right hands and using quality ingredients, I can understand the appeal with this particular combination of heavy, dirty notes. It’s not my style but I respect it and will not be casting a down vote. If my review or any of the reviews below sound appealing, give it a spin. This is not a fragrance for the shy or inexperienced.

I am tired, so I’ll keep it short and say - this is a weird one. Reminds me of Boadicea the Victorious’s Complex, but with some added dark peach notes. A gourmand agrestic. Definitely has the vintage vibe, as one reviewer noted below. I hadn’t read any reviews before spraying my sample, and my first thought was “smells vintage, have I smelled this before?” Totally weird. Not floral on my skin. Not bad, just not the usual. I like it. Would I buy it? Dunno. Time will tell.

A 'classical' floral-leather-cyphre in the vein of Bandit, Knize Golden and even Rien. I tested it side by side with Knize Golden and they are strikingly similar. Eau Scandaleuse is perhaps a little bit more floral in the beginning but the dry-down is the same on my skin. I like Knize Golden, in fact it is one of my favorite fragrances. But I had hoped Eau Scandaleuse would be something original.

L’Eau Scandaleuse by Anatole Lebreton is pure BDSM. A commanding, bitter camphorous undertone sets the tone, as fatal tuberose sprawls across a leather bed. A boudoir peach softens the tension, while an old-school animalic touch lingers, evoking raw sensuality and control.

Great leather. Accomplished composition. I don't get as much tuberose as in Adjatay for exemple, this is all about leather. As much as I like some oumph in my leather, this is more than I can take. Fabulous stuff, I just can't wear it.

Love the opening. A nice dirty leather with some prominent castoreum. It doesn't hang around for long though, the drydown leaves you with a clean soft fruity floral. With the name I was expecting a bit more scandal.

The raters are insane on this one. Why so many dislikes? This is high class fragrance.

Some suggested L'Eau Scandaleuse might be a suitable alternative for the long-discontinued Histoires de Parfums "Tubereuse 3 Animale." I never experienced "Tubereuse 3 Animale," so I cannot make any comparison. I wanted a tuberose-centric perfume totally unlike any other tuberose fragrance I recently tried. And I've recently tried around two dozen. To my nose, many of the most popular tuberose fragrances are iterations of Carnal Flower or Fracas. I find many tuberose fragrances bitter, wet, sharp, indolic and very very GREEN (something I dislike). As an aside, one of the ONLY tuberose fragrances I own (and love) without the green, water, sappiness is Amouage "Love Tuberose." Creamy, thick, dense and semi-sweet. L'Eau Scandaleuse opens with tuberose, some leathery notes and VERY noticeable castoreum. This fragrance is not sour but it certainly isn't sweet. The perfume is an animalic, dark, brooding and semi-dry tuberose flower (more blooms versus the entire plant). In short time, the tuberose notes become more noticeable and stronger. The initial notes move into the background somewhat. The emergence of artemisia and nagarmotha add a slightly mentholated but non-camphorous accord to the fragrance. This phase of the perfume's performance is a very welcome change from the usual "moth ball" aroma of many tuberose-centric fragrances. Wears as a rather indolic tuberose fragrance with a bit of ylang-ylang on a base of oak moss. I can easily see either a man, or woman wearing and loving this fragrance. Fragrance is okay but definitely not a like, or a love.

this is an old-fashioned fruity chypre with some notes I personally find foul. it smells of purple grape kool-aid and waxy, makeup-y iris and violet. underneath there’s a soft growl of leather, oakmoss, and animalic castoreum, just like Jolie Madame or Bandit or the original Miss Dior. Over time this leather base gets louder and comes to predominate, landing in a soft, buttery, vintage-style iris-leather place with a touch of peachy warmth. I think I get the idea with Anatole Lebreton now — he goes for bold, borderline-offensive compositions that push the limits. Bois Lumiere is extreme honey, Racine Carree is extreme iris, and Eau Scandaleuse is an extreme violet leather. now, if you are a violet-leather person — if you like that juxtaposition of daintiness and swagger, that bratty-punk-princess vibe — then you owe it to yourself to find some vintage Jolie Madame. L’Eau Scandaleuse is basically a blockier, louder, cruder version of the same thing.