Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal
- Perfume type
- Eau de Parfum (EDP)
- Gender
- For women
- Brand
- Jean Paul Gaultier
- Country of brand
- France
- Group
- Chypre Floral
Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal is the 2017 women's Eau de Parfum from French designer Jean Paul Gaultier, designed around the concept of "the sweet scandalous woman". Composed by perfumer Daphne Bugey. Built on honey, gardenia, orange blossom and patchouli — a sweet honey-floral gourmand classic. Fresh orange blossom and honey on the opening, rich white-floral depth of gardenia and jasmine in the heart, satisfying patchouli-honey-musk warmth in the base. It belongs to the floral gourmand family, with dense sillage and 8–10 hours of longevity. Season-versatile and serves a romantic feminine image. The bottle is fan-shaped and gold.
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Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal — a sweet honey-floral feminine "scandal"
Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal is the 2017 women's Eau de Parfum from French designer-couturier Jean Paul Gaultier. Widely searched as "JPG Scandal", "Scandal", "Scandal perfume", "Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal", in Russian "Скандал", "ЖПГ Скандал", "Scandal духи" or simply "Scandal". The composition is signed by perfumer Daphne Bugey.
Scandal and the JPG aesthetic
Alongside Gaultier's classics Le Male (1995, men's) and Classique (1993, women's), the Scandal line launched in 2017 — serving a more "modern, social-media age" feminine image. The bottle is fan-shaped and gold — a continuation of Gaultier's visual-symbol philosophy. Model Charlotte Free was the face of the campaign.
The character of Scandal
JPG Scandal sits in the classic floral gourmand family. Orange blossom and bergamot on the opening give it a fresh, "summer evening" feel; honey, gardenia and jasmine in the heart add rich honey-floral depth — this is its signature heart layer; patchouli, honey and blackcurrant in the base warm the dry-down and create the "sweet, satisfying, compliment-magnet" performance. Sillage is dense, longevity 8–10 hours.
Who is it for?
Scandal is ideal for an 18+ female audience. It starts as a young girl's fragrance, but thanks to its "compliment magnet" performance it also suits a 30+ female audience. Versatile across daily wear, birthdays, romantic occasions, the office (with a lighter spray) and evening dates. Fans of more "serious-grown-up" women's fragrances (e.g. Miss Dior 2021) will find Scandal more "young and playful".
The Scandal family
Scandal has grown into a broad family:
- JPG Scandal Eau de Parfum (this page, 2017) — the original, the classic.
- JPG Scandal Pour Homme — men's version, more tobacco-honey-tonka.
- JPG Scandal by Night — denser honey-tonka, the night version.
- JPG Scandal Pour Femme Absolu — denser women's version.
Other popular Jean Paul Gaultier fragrances
Scandal fans often also explore: JPG Le Male (men's classic), JPG Gaultier Divine (more feminine-aristocrat), JPG Le Beau (men's, more coconut-tonka youthful).
Floral-gourmand fragrances similar to Scandal
In the honey-floral gourmand family, also consider: Burberry Her (more fruity-vanilla), Lancome La Vie Est Belle (more iris-vanilla), Lattafa Yara (more rose-oud, Arabian-style), Burberry Goddess (more vanilla-cocoa).
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