Scandal A Paris

I have a lot of love for sweet scents, so the Scandal line is a big love for me. Scandal a Paris is probably the easiest to love. It has the slightly dark honeyed sweetness of the rest of the line. Here it is more a drizzle of honey rather than the honey-bomb the rest of the fragrances tend to be. The honey pairs beautifully with the pear, which is one of the more realistic pear notes I have smelled in fragrance. The pear smells like a warm poached pear rather than a crisp, ripe pear. The jasmine is not all that noticeable in the opening. Even when it starts to be noticeable once the fragrance dries down, it stays in the background as a supporting note. If you are checking out this fragrance because of the mostly positive reviews but you aren't generally a sweet fragrance fan, I would still caution you to sample first...it is very sweet. If you love other fragrances in the Scandal line, Scandal a Paris is much less of a gamble. Even with all the warm leaning notes, this is somehow still a lovely warm weather fragrance. My favourite time to wear it is late summer and early fall, when the days are still quite warm and the nights begin to cool off. Even though that is my favourite time, it can easily be worn all year. Scandal a Paris is a very feminine fragrance that would suit women of any age from young girls to mature older ladies. Scandal a Paris performs incredibly, especially for an EDT. It lasts a whole day, 10-12 hours. It projects quite far most of that time, well beyond arms reach and can be smelled across a room with a more generous application. I tend to be a bit conservative with the application since it could easily become obnoxious to those around you. The bottle design is a bit cheeky, the legs up in the air might be a bit much for some people, but it doesn't bother me. The design does fit with the Gaultier brand. I love how heavy and substantial the glass feels.

My favourite! I used up the last of my bottle of Scandal a Paris a couple months ago. I also have a the OG Scandal and So Scandal. Scandal a Paris is kind of a mix of both Scandal and So Scandal. There is less honey so it is more versatile to wear in warmer weather but it is still nice and sweet, with sweet florals and pear note which reminds me of La Belle by JPG. A Paris is less heavy, not so in your face as Scandal when you first spray. It is one of my most complimented fragrances and has amazing lasting power. I feel it is perfect for my body chemistry. I savoured every last drop of the bottle after I realised it was discontinued! Yesterday, my partner arrived home with a 80ml tester bottle of Scandal A Paris! He has a friend of a friend who gets hold of testers that were originally for a large beauty store chain, many are discontinued fragrances as obviously the large tester bottles end up being disposed of. I almost cried! I never thought I would meet A Paris again, I had even kept the empty bottle to smell from time to time. I’m pretty sure though this will be the last one, luckily it’s unused, missing the lid though I already have one. Smells exactly as I remember. Sweet honey, (not as heavy as the OG scandal), pear and sugary florals. She should never have been discontinued! I feel this fragrance can be worn in all seasons day or night (I wouldn’t say the same about the OG) it is one of my most complimented fragrances as it has amazing lasting power (like most JPG fragrances) and is a beautiful fragrance. I will be going careful with it as I’m sure this will be my last bottle!

This is my favorite Scandal so far! It‘s still intense and mainly focussed on sweet honey, but much lighter than the original and By Night. The icy-fresh pear in the topnotes really does it for me. It‘s such a nice contrast to the warm honey and I‘m very into pear notes at the moment, and its freshness lasts for hours into the drydown. The jasmine is only a supporting note that just sinks into the honey. I can‘t wear the other Scandals, the original is cloying to my nose and By Night doesn‘t work on my skin, but A Paris is easier to wear. In this flanker, the honey note doesn‘t cross the line from sexy to dirty on my skin, which it unfortunately does in the others. For me it still works better on cooler days and I wouldn‘t want to try it in the heat, but I think that might be dependent on how well your skin deals with honey notes. I‘m not sure if it was really necessary to bring out a second Scandal flanker after such a short time, these scents are as similar to each other as the bottles. But I‘m still kind of happy that Scandal A Paris is different in a way that makes it work for me, so I won‘t complain!

Juicy pear, lush jasmine and syrupy sweet honey! A perfectly executed warm, white floral gourmand. A perfume containing some of my favourite notes amped up to the maximum! For those who love honey, it’s a great one to have in their collection. It’s simple, strong but linear and smells like expected. Similar to the original Scandal, but for me, this was the better out the two. Unlike most of the more recent designers releases, Scandal a Paris is one of those (rare) perfumes where an EDT concentration performs as strong as an EDP. Like many designers flanker releases, it was discontinued shortly after being released, so I can’t help but wonder what’s the logic behind these decisions! Why launch something great and then not sell it anymore??? Nonetheless, a great gourmand released by Jean Paul Gaultier! My second most favourite of the Scandal line, after the other discontinued Scandal, Scandal by Night. Lucky me, I guess, everything I liked from this collection was discontinued...

If you like any of the other scandals, you will likely lilke this. It definitely has the scandal dna in it, there's no mistaking that. It is perhaps slightly less syrupy than Scandal by Night but definitely holds its own. It projects wildly and leaves a really good sillage. It is as sultry as SBN and honestly it should be a red perfume, not pink. There is an elegance to it but also a very nawty, mischieviousness. This could be worn all year round but it could become cloying in the midday heat of summer as it is very sweet. If it was a song, it would be Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran because the woman wearing this doesn't have to say a word when she enters the room, she will be noticed! Think of the video clip of the song, only the woman dancing in a a gorgeous blood red ball gown, dancing fluidly and gracefully with a man in a black tuxedo. Longevity is outstanding as I've been wearing it for 12hrs now and it's still projecting like crazy. 🥰🥰