So Candid

7.8 - after maturing, its a bright raspberry that is moderate performance but lacks the wow factor of its predecessor. Maybe its slightly synthetic nature breaks the illusion, as after testing the JPG version in store, this doesn't compare. Would love to test both side by side one day, to see if my memory fails me. Overall beautiful scent

This is fresh raspberries, maybe mixed with bergamot! A blast of fruity freshness which last , it’s winter here so that’s all I got so far. I put it a side to use in spring / summer! The raspberry scent is delightful and doesn’t turn sour which a first for me. I love it, plus it is a bargain.

Beautiful fragrance. Very sweet. The Tuberose and Orange Blossom is very prevalent in this fragrance, almost overwhelming. Start with a little and build up to yor tolerance. It dries down to a very nice skin scent. Still smelling the Tuberose and Irange Blossom, but it’s a little mortsubtle.

Yeah, Maison with another hit - great dupe for So Scandal! Smells identical to me, lasts very long and transforms a bit during wearing it - for the good, of course. It's not a linear scent. I really like it and so now I won't have to spend so much money on the OG :)

I really need to give this more time to mature, but I like it so far. I let my husband sniff three test strips, and of the three this was his favorite (unfortunately, his least-favorite pick was my favorite one: Montaigne Coco). It's a loud tuberose with a strong raspberry notes and a lactonic creaminess, a bit like raspberry ice cream in a conservatory crammed with nothing but white florals. I'd like it more if there weren't a kind of sharp, almost acrid note in the base. I'm not sure if it's a musk, but it might be similar to the musks that often irritate me with Montales and Manceras. At the same time, the perfume hasn't had much time to sit in the dark and settle; it's crazy strong on the test strip, though, and I could still smell it more than two days later. On skin it doesn't have quite the same longevity, but it's still pretty impressive, and I would imagine that it will only get stronger and project even farther in a few months. I certainly don't need another tuberose fragrance, but this one is much fruitier and sweeter than my usual white-floral faves, so it might get some wear. The bottle is adorable, but the can it came in was ridiculously wasteful and entirely too extra. I had to use a can opener to open it, and I cut myself on the edge getting it out. The bottle itself is very beautiful, though, and it's actually much better than the JPG So Scandal bottle, which I dislike because the legs are so silly and impractical. Update: Three months later, this is even stronger, which hardly seemed possible, but it seems to have settled somewhat, and I'm not detecting that slightly acrid musk that I picked up on before. It's a bit loud for most situations, and you MUST love tuberose. I also would not recommend doing more than two sprays. I'd also wait a good hour before leaving the house. It's not really as bubblegummy as some tuberose-forward frags, but neither is it indolic. It's just a creamy, berry-kissed tuberose. Maybe there's some orange blossom and jasmine, but the most dominant note is tuberose, so if you enjoy fragrances such as Fracas, L'Interdit, and My Way, this might do the trick for you.