Scandalous Dare

Scandalous Dare is a pretty fruity floral - simple, fresh, safe, light. It's not overly sweet. It's much less sweet than the original Scandalous. Dare has just enough sweetness and floral balance to appeal to the masses. I'm moving away from sugar in my fragrance, and I find this one to be quite nice and not too sweet. There is nothing scandalous about this scent in my opinion however. I also can't smell any tuberose in this.

I liked Scandalous, but I'm not a fan of this version. I like a lot of VS perfumes, but this one just was very "meh" to me. I'd buy it if it were marked way down at the semi annual sale, maybe. I didn't find it to be anything like their other new perfume, Intense, or like Seductive Dark Orchid, either. I own, and like, both of those perfumes, and I don't think this is similar to them at all.

Dare is a bit sour at first, so I was surprised that I wasn’t smelling rhubarb and watermelon. It is sour plum mixing with tuberose. It sweets up considerably in the dry down. It makes sense that the plum here in a VS perfume s nothing like the plum in poison.

The opening sharp, sour plum note reminds me of that in Britney Spears's Midnight Fantasy, except with a hint of cheap, fruity hard candy that makes me uncomfortable. It smells much better when it dries down to the white florals.

I cannot stand this perfume. To me, it smells like an old lady perfume, but so much stronger. You know how strong the Axe body spray is? It's like that, but for women. You will be noticed as soon as you enter a room - perhaps even before that. This scent gives me a headache. It is nothing like the original Scandalous perfume, which is one of my favorite perfumes! I'm not sure how this is even considered a flanker. My sister doesn't seem to mind this fragrance though.