Shock-In-Scent For Women

If Jean Paul Gaultier's 'Scandal' and Elie Saab's 'Girl of Now' had a baby...her name would be 'Shock-In-Scent'! Remove the patchouli and waxiness from Scandal and add the buttery-nuttiness of 'Girl of Now' this is it. The opening of this scent is so flippin' delicious and seductive. It's fruity and a bit nutty. I know the notes say 'bergamote' but the opening really reminds me of a slightly sour pear with honey and nuts. In 2 hours it settles into this delicious honey with complimenting florals and slightly powdery orris, which reminds me SO MUCH of JPG 'Scandal'. The amber note doesn't emerge until the 7th-8th hour on my skin. The performance is nuclear: lasts forever on the skin and has fantastic projection. I'd say better performance than Police's 'Forbidden'. I only have 1 issue with this perfume, and it's the EXACT same issue I had with JPG's 'Scandal'. The drydown after 8 hours (without respraying) turns into a pee scent on my skin. I realised after trying multiple perfumes that the honey note doesn't work well at all on me. However on the 10th hour that pee scent turns into chocolate! Surprisingly pleasant. This is a high quality, well blended, gorgeous fragrance that I cannot recommend enough to honey and gourmand perfume lovers! Superbly sexy in winter and fall!

Sweet & Clean Citrus & Candied-Almond... Inspired by Scandal Jean Paul Gaultier, this beauty isn't an exact dupe but has a good approximation with a twist and excellent performance. Opens with a sweet burst of candied almond supported by multi-faceted bergamot, that deepens into the white-floral heart of jasmine with clean touches from something near neroli & orange-blossom (not listed), and yellow-floral touches from ylang. This all rests on a base of honey-amber and orris root. Alongside there is a sugar-crystal texture carrying all of the notes. Overall this has a more forward nutty quality than Scandal. The clean touches from white-floral have a soft but pleasant dryer-sheet vibe that swells into the opening a little but quickly takes a backseat for the drydown which goes in a more honey-almond direction. The orris root here is bringing a powderiness that adds to the sugar-crystal texture popular in scents like La Vie Est Belle Lancôme (although these are different scent profiles). Well above average performance for a year round wearing experience, but I would be more likely to wear this in fall & winter. For what it is, it's a love for me. Enjoy!

Perfume junkie and long time Fragrantica lurker but HAD to sign up just to leave a review for this...WOW! I cannot believe this was £15 on Amazon Prime, wore this all day in hot and sweaty London town and OMG the most beautiful smell wafted all around me- in fact I can still smell it around me now after cleaning and hoovering some 12 hours after spraying...I kept thinking ‘what is that divine, heavenly smell?’ and then realised it was this layered over my gardenia scented coconut body oil :) This works so well for me and is just as good as any of my TF, high end, niche, or arabic gems imo. Can’t smell any bergamot, thank goodness- it’s migraine inducing for me, instead this is jasmine & ylang ylang DRENCHED in honey rounded off with a touch of spicy patchouli. I love a sweet scent with an edge and this ticks all the boxes for me, added to my daily rotation next to Alien and Rouge 540. As others have mentioned, the lid is basically a bed of nails but the juice inside is worth it. So happy I found this via Fragrantica - who doesn’t love a bargain of this quality?

This is so good, it quickly turned into a ride-or-die for me. First blast- honey. Sweet, dense, realistic honey. More realistic then I’ve ever encountered. Like, beyond honey. Sweet flowers are in here too, I definitely get the ylang. And a powderyness that to me feels like a yellow powder, almost pollen like. The thing that makes this fragrance sing is that I can smell the two accords coming through at the same time. They’re dancing around my body at different levels, a juicy joyful cherry/almond/honey, and at the same time a dry yellow powder. What a composition this is! Lasts for-ev-er, and I’ll happily wear it any season, daytime or dates. 10/10 for me!! P.S. If you’re feeling adventurous I highly suggest Ted Lapidus White Soul Gold & Diamonds. Very similar opening to this, then a realistic caramel, drying down to an Alien jasmine/amber combo. Not as bombastic as Shock-In-Scent, but a Francis Kurkdjian creation and quite a ride.

As other people have said this is a lot like Scandal and Scandal By Night. Which I love and are among my favourite perfumes. Side by side they are almost identical. I'd say the honey is stronger here and I find it actually lasts a lot longer on the skin than the JPG perfumes which are slightly softer. I sprayed mine in the morning and could still smell it in bed and the next morning on my wrists. The silage isn't huge but that's the same as the JPG originals. It's an intimate perfume. I can't stop smelling myself when I wear it. On my skin it starts with the beautiful musky white flowers and then the honey amber scent remains on dry down with a touch of powder. For a fraction of the price of Scandal, longer lasting and just as delicious, I'd probably say I prefer shock-in-scent. The only downside is the bottle top. It was on so tight and because of the spikes it was really hard to take the lid off! But it was worth it. 😂

Blind bought this perfume and love it! In 112 degree heat it projects about arm’s length and lasts about 4 hours on me. At first spray I was startled at fruity opening zero citrus but within ten minutes it dried to a powdery sweet scent with hint of incense or smoke maybe. I live in Arizona desert with dry heat so this changed to different stages fast and stayed strong after one spray. You cannot overspray this perfume in heat or you will choke everyone around you! Mid range is a honeyed floral with my skin changing it to a little dirty (honey reacts that way on me). Not animalic but hint of skin scent after sex. Base of amber, orris root & honey arrives fast and stays sweet but not sickly sweet. Good fall scent but I’m testing in summer. This was a good purchase and I like the purple bottle better than this brand’s skull bottles. I will probably save this scent for late fall when our temperatures to 90s.

Best blind buy ever. Was obsessing over a honey note perfume and this came up as very similar to JPG Scandal, which I have never smelt. Went for it and ordered as reviews also said it’s long lasting and projects strongly- bonuses. Happy to report all are true! Police do some excellent scents. Opens with some white/ yellow/ purple florals and develops for about 10 minutes. Then the pollen, yes pollen and honey hit. The honey is not like a smooth, watery, drippy honey. This is the honey that crystallises. Thick, viscous, rough, raw. I also get a bee wax note. Best in cool weather. I think it suits both day and night. Compliment magnet. Something about the animalistic rawness of the honey attracts people, men and women, compelling them to tell you how incredible you smell and wanting to get closer. Onto my 3rd bottle now, have just ordered two back ups as it isn’t in stock very often. Run! 🤍💛🧡🍯🐝🕯️🌼🌸🤎💜

Was looking for a scent that is like the botanical honey scent of sweet alyssum flowers, which is a flower aroma I adore. This totally does it for me. It’s very similar to JPG Scandal, (which I also have, and love) for a fraction of the price. I say botanical, because it’s not honey like a jar of honey, but sweet honey wafting in the air on a warm, early summer day. As for Scandal comparisons, here are the differences: Scandal has fruits, oranges and peach, while SIS has almond and Orris root, making it a bit softer and more powdery. There’s no beeswax in SIS, which I think may be providing that botanical vs culinary honey effect. There’s a touch of Ylang Ylang and bergamot in SIS, and none in Scandal. But these notes are well blended in, and don’t jump out at you. For a cheapie, they knocked it out of the park.

LOVE this scent! It is one of the few perfumes that I can smell ALL of the notes listed in the fragrance pyramid. YES, it is a close relative of the Scandal line by JPG. Re. Scandal and Scandal a Paris and on the first spray they are identical. Skin chemistry plays a big part in your experience. Some days they are truly identical, and SIS is to me the better fragrance, on some days, considering price point and quality! Given my skin chemistry, some days, SIS performs better than the JPG Scandal line, and some days the opposite! I have no explanation. I just enjoy them both, with SIS the winner due to price point and decent quality.

I bought this instead of scandal because it doesn't have wood or patchouli in the base . I have never experienced a purfume this powerful. If the sun was made of white flowers , honey and almonds it would be this scent! It goes on so bright and strong and stays that way for a good 4/5 hours then starts mellowing into a softer honey-almond mixture. After 19 hours I can still smell it and I only used 2 sprays lol. This stuff is like a supernova in a bottle with zero wood or muskiness. I haven't tried scandal yet so not sure if this is a dupe but I can't imagine it smelling or performing better than shock in sense.

Wow -- this is a *spot on* dupe for JPG Scandal!! I've done a side-by-side comparison, and I honestly am hard-pressed to identify the difference between them! This is amazing! Shock-in-Scent is gourmand honey and amber, with some citrus and spiciness to it. It's a powerhouse, for sure -- one spray is in-your-face with its presence, and it lasts and lasts and lasts. Because it's so strong, it's not office friendly -- it's much better suited for an adventurous night out. It's a great value and well worth the money (and an enormous savings over Scandal). I love it!!

This is a lovely perfume! Delicious floral, fruity gourmand fragrance. This one opens up well with the bergamot and almonds. In the heart, there are jasmine, white flowers, and ylang-ylang. The dry down is all about the amber, honey, and Orris root. Powerhouse performance with the great longevity and the superb projection. This is such a well-blended, high quality, a surprisingly pleasant fragrance that is more suitable in fall and winter in my opinion. This reminds me of the JPG Scandal but with better longevity. Masterpiece!

Blind buy! I’ve never smelled Scandal but this fragrance is just amazing. Very bold and strong at first, but it dries down to a very sweet powdery scent just after a few minutes. For some reason i don’t really smell any honey but a lot of amber, sweet nice amber. Haven’t really had the chance to try it that much but a single spray already lasted +6h on my skin and i can tell the performance would be great. I love it! Also it’s a pretty cheap fragrance but that doesn’t mean it smells cheap, it smells very elegant actually.

This is extremely similar to Scandal. On some days it also reminds me of Scandal à Paris. Opening is fruity, then I detect the jasmine (depending on the day it's very present or barely there?) and the drydown is just pure honey 😍. Basically the notes are very accurate. It's also long-lasting and has great sillage, especially for the price! It's actually my number one fragrance. If I had to keep only one bottle it would be this. The cap is a pain but I'm okay with that 😂 Tbh the bottle looks better than what I imagined!

Wow. I am 3 hours in on this baby and it’s still absolutely gorgeous. Deep, sweet honey almond amber goodness. It projects, it’s strong and it lasts so keep that in mind - I sprayed once sparingly on each wrist and it is projecting. I haven’t smelled Scandal but this is amazing. The cap is weird but easily ignored for how beautiful the fragrance is. ETA: I compared this with Kim K’s honey fragrance. KK is greener, like clover and honeycomb. It made me realize how much sweeter and sultrier SIS is. I love it.

I love this perfume, it's definitely one of my absolute faves, and I have about 30 fragrances or so. I always mix this with Pink Sugar and it really brings out the almond and creates an intense cherry smell 😍 After a few hours - to me at least - it smells pretty much just like Girl of Now by Elie Saab, but without the patchouli. I go nose blind to that one after a couple of hours though, whereas the combo of Shock in Scent and Pink Sugar, I can detect for hoooouuuurs!

I have JPG Scandal and Scandal By Night and this beauty smells like them both. Blind buy based on the reviews here, and the fact that the JPG fragrances are so expensive. Very successful purchase at less than 1/3 of the price. A very happy shopper here! One gripe is that awful lid. I mean what bright spark would come up with an idea like that? Definitely some kind of sadist. I mean who wants to get a puncture every time they want to apply perfume? SMH 🤦🏽♀️

Amazing buy for the price. This is a honey amber floral bomb. Super strong and very long lasting. It is similar to Scandal but with a added Olympea type vibe coming through also. Something I've noticed about Police fragrances is that they always seem to take inspiration from various perfumes and make their own unique versions. Love it and would 100% repurchase if I ever make it through the potent big bottle I have. 10/10 rating

This is even better than scandal by jpg. Could've been a flanker. I own all 3 of scandal, scandal by night, and shock in scent. I prefer this over the scandal by night. And its cheap as chips but performs as scandal line. Strong projection and long lasting. I feel like if people knew about this it would blow up. Seriously.

Love love love this fragrance so freaking much!!! It smells so soft, sweet, floral yet a lil bit salty to kind of balance out the sweetness.. it's delicious. My current favorite for sure 😍 Edit: Uggghhh it's too strong and keeps getting stronger. Only 2-3 sprays in total is more than enough or it'll make you choke.

This scent is beautiful! £15 for 100ml and it smells exactly like Scandal! On me there’s no Elie Saab resemblance, just a very strong, very linear Scandal scent it’s so so so gorgeous, very strong honey and jasmine. I can’t stop smelling this, it’s addictive.

Powdery Honey! Super strong! One spray lasts forever! It was a blind buy. I could not imagine I would like it that much, as I am not so much into sweet fragrances. I see myself reaching for it on a daily basis. Maybe my olfactive taste has changed :)

Damn! This is goooooood! Lots of honey, amber, Jasmin, and non screechy white florals. I Definitely don't have anything that smells like this! It's really beautiful! This is SOOOO sexy!!! You will definitely wow any man wearing this one!

Absolutely adore this scent, pure honey and almond gourmand paradise. The bottle is absolutely gorgeous too, love the purple colour and spiky lid. I'm so thankful I brought the 100ml, Police yet again never fail to impress me. 💜💜💜

Sweet honey perfume that's very lovely! This is one of my most loved perfumes, I can absolutely wear this any time. Honey, amber and fragrant white flowers, and its longevity and sillage are killer too! What's not to love? <3

Im so happy I tried this on! Its like scandal by night (my fav one! Discontinued!) I have one backup scandal bottle but now I have also shock in scent. Love it! But that cap...really? Ouch..

This fragrance has only been around for FIVE years! And it's already being discontinued?! Wtf 😭 Why though? It's so freaking beautiful..... :(

This perfume is amazing! It's so sweet and warm, with a beautiful honey note that lingers all day. I get compliments on it all the time!

This perfume is perfect dupe for scandal, smells almost the same, in you are fan of scandal you should definitely buy it! 10/10

Very very similar to my love,JPG Scandal!on my skin,very long lasting.I love it so much!!!

Better performing version of scandal by night at a steal of a price✨

Love love love Feminine and very signature scent

PLEASE BRING IT BACK, I LOVE THIS ONE SO MUCH 😭

I love JPG Scandal line and own most of the flankers. And i must admit WOW that’s really similar to Scandal! I wouldn’t say it’s exactly like Scandal or Scandal by night, Police scent is in between two of them. On one hand it’s obviously almondy-cherry which gives the same vibe as Scandal by night, but the difference is in Police scent there’s no tuberose so the dry down is not creamy tart like as Scandal by night. So I’d say Police scent is like OG Scandal with cherry on top! The openings is almost identical to Scandal by night but the dry down is different and resembles more Scandal OG! Police shock scent is 8,5/10 Scandal OG 9/10 Scandal by night 10/10 After 3 days of wearing: Shock scent after an hour of wearing starts reminding of La Vie est Belle, which I personally don’t like. So even though i like the opening os SIS , further on i will still be buying Scandal, even though it’s more expensive.

This smells just like JPG Scandal for me. I'm really happy with it. It's super strong and loud like Scandal as well, for half the price or less if you can find a better deal than I did. I've had bad luck in the past with perfumes that people compare to designer fragrances, so the fact that this actually smells just like Scandal is awesome. Edit: When I woke up this smelled like I had just sprayed it on even though I sprayed it on a couple hours before bed. This has beast mode lasting power for me. Edit 2: I ended up giving this away because once my nose got used to it, it started to smell too ambery and animalic in the dry down. It smells like cinnamon mixed with amber. It's not awful but the opening is so insanely sweet and beautiful that the dry down is a huge disappointment and I don't want to have to respray this every time I want to smell the beautiful opening.

this is disappointing me more and more. where would i start. when i purchased it for Christmas it was an awesome scent with awesome quality - very strong and sweet and similar to Scandal. now, a few month later after storing it in the original box in a dark drawer while not using it u finally had the opportunity to wear it but: to my shock this turned into a completely different scent - the sweetness is gone, the amazing silage and longevity gone, the pleasant dry down gone and I'm left with a bitter non pleasant smell which i can't recognize anymore and which disappeared (thankfully) in 30minutes. what happened? now i know why this is so cheap. the quality is only for a very short time maybe 2 month max and then it turns immediately no matter how right u r storing it I'm left in shock and now i can finally understand why they chose this name fir the perfume. 🙉

Smells extremely close to Scandal. I own Scandal and Scandal by Night. SBN is one of my fav scents, and while this is close, it isn’t exactly a dupe. It much more closely resembles Scandal, which is more honey. Except this frag doesn’t have patchouli, which in my opinion makes Shock better. The patchouli in Scandal ends up turning a bit musky on my skin. Shock stays cleaner and fresher, which is where the Scandal by Night comparisons come in. It isn’t as cherry-sweet at by night, but it’s still close. Shock is also stronger and longer lasting. Plus it’s so affordable! I doubt I’ll buy more Scandal. I know I’ll remain a super fan of By Night and probably save it for date nights, but this will suit me well for daytime wear. Very successful blind buy, I can’t imagine any scandal lovers disliking this scent unless they are designer label-snobs.

I am quite in shock of the price/quality ratio of this particular perfume. Sadly I have never smelled scandal, so I cannot compare. But this starts with a realistic, almost obnoxious honey mixed with indistinct white floral notes. Then a bit of almond. The intense sweet honey diminishes over time, but never disappears. I'm glad because it smells great, but the first 30 minutes or so are very intense, like you just poured honey on yourself, maybe a bit much even, if you aren't a huge honey fan. The dry down is honey and almond floral, very sweet and comforting smell, AMAZING longevity and sillage. Seriously, I sprayed this at 8.30am and it's 5pm now and I still get wafts of this without having to stick my nose to my wrist. It was very cheap, I think I payed around 10 dollars for 100 ml. Crazy. Police are doing it right!

Very interesting scent. Has fore vibes of ES Girl of Now and also JPG Scandal....yet it is different....and I prefer this one to those. I do get a light honey and almond in this, as well as ylang/citrus and iris/florals....then ambery vibe mixed in. More almond comes out in the dry down. This was a blind-buy and a pleasant surprise. Also in the dry down....I somehow get the vibes of JPG La Belle...????..... A big "like" so far. This also performs rather well. Easier to wear than JPG Scandal..IMO....? Scandal is more "in you face"...Police Shock is more slimmed down.

This is a total dupe for JPG Scandal (the original edp, not the flankers) I own both and kind of regret buying scandal sometimes because this is way cheaper lol but scandal has that gorgeous bottle and feels so luxurious when applying it, so why not hahah. this is a total dupe, very pretty citrus and florals wrapped in some sweetness. not a honey bomb as people call both perfumes. scandal to me isn't a honey bomb either. they're both citrus and florals wrapped in sweetness. pretty dry down but I prefer the dry down of scandal this is great value for money. amazing.

I recieved my bottle yesterday and I must say this stuff is strong but I was expecting it to be more of a gourmand scent but I donna why it develops as a typical generic floral scent on my skin. I prefer sweet fragrances as zara rich warm addictive and zara nuit rather then generic floral. but it is cheap I have no regrets buying this. edit:- ohhh boii this fragrance is just honey paradise do not judge this with first sniff like i did. this is indeed a super strong and expensive smelling fragrance with decent sillage. Its addictive. absolutely a 10/10

In the spring, honey hits me. Again, I dug up my jar of honey and since I am an adult, my sticky but mature honeys moves to my dressing table. Still, I can’t ignore this as an excellent honey scent. This is sticky, youthful and really this doesn’t smell cheap! If I were 20, I would paint myself with this and walking out of the nightclub with a handful of bees after me. You can put Scandals alongside with this one and see it. For myself, I choose So Scandal because to me, Tuberose makes an adult. I recommend this to try, the price is ridiculous.

If you want scandal in your collection but don’t want to pay that price, this is a spot on dupe. I honestly cannot tell them apart! Very soft floral in the beginning with wafts of amber and citrus. And of course a honey bomb!!! I honestly like this one more than scandal. Plus, this lasts an eternity and leaves a scent trail everywhere you go! The only thing I dislike about this perfume is the dog on lid to the bottle. It has spikes and it hurts to take off. I had to take the lid off with my shirt.

Reminiscent of Scandal by Night and Candid Tonight - if you like those you’d probably like this, although it isn’t anywhere near as refined. The honey is more animalic and harsh, no where near as smooth. Very sugary and dense, and quite linear. She’s a beast, a serious projection monster and lasts forever. This is probably one of the strongest perfumes I’ve ever encountered. Scent: 6.5/10 - not the smoothest Projection: 9/10 Longevity: 9/10 I grabbed my bottle from eBay for a steal.

updated review : let it sit for a few months didn't even touch this and now I'm getting all that honey sweetness. this is so pretty and definitely not for everyone but I love love love it. it seems they've discontinued this? would be a damn shame if thats true. I bought a backup bottle just today and have tons left in this one. bingo also, this is an exact dupe for scandal. no difference at all. I own both and kind of regret spending on that one now!

Synthetic, syrupy and overly sweet, but really likeable at the same time. Easy choice for colder days when there is not enough time to look for something sophisticated and not enough energy to put some greater effort. Sometimes smelling nice enough is sufficient. Relatively long lasting, also hard to overspray due to sweetness, I feel like the bottle I have is ancient and still only halfway through. Pretty feminine, even girly, and a crowd pleaser.

I keep reading people comparing this to JPG scandal, I agree the opening of honey is very similar but once dried down they smell nothing alike. I’m actually wearing this on one wrist & Ellie Saab girl of now on the other, and I’m blown away by the similarity’s. Barely any difference at all! Beautiful fragrance! Amazing value for the price! Would I recommend? Hell yes I would! Definitely one il be keeping in my collection.

smells like a lovechild of Olympea (amber+jasmin+salt) and Scandal (honey+gardenia). not as sweet as Scandal because of the salt. not bad but i prefer the sweetness of the original Scandal. on the other hand i prefer my salty Olympea without honey. seems like the creators tried to kill two flies with one hit - to get fans of both Olympea and Scandal on their side as potential buyers. 😅😆

I received this in a secret scent box. At first it was white flower and ylang ylang overload, and I was wondering who would call this a gourmand! But, give it 5-10 mins and the honey comes out. For the price it’s an easy to wear, flowery honey inoffensive perfume. The drydown is pure sweet warm honey. Edit: total dupe for JPG Scandal

I wasn't sure if I like Scandal enough for FB so I got this. I don't like the opening. It gets better after a while and has good performance. Scandal is better of course. But this is obviously good for the price and many pricey fragrances can envy it. Bottle is cool including cap.