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Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal By Night
Jean Paul Gaultier

Scandal By Night

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
White Floral
Fruity
Woody
Patchouli
EDP · 2018 · womens

Jean Paul Gaultier's provocative house aesthetic finds a natural home in Scandal By Night, a fragrance that trades the original Scandal's restraint for a more indulgent, sensual direction.

The composition opens with bitter orange and citrus over honeyed sweetness, establishing an immediately gourmand tone. The heart develops around cherry and tuberose, with orange blossom and pear adding a fruity counterpoint to the floral elements. This sits atop a rich base of tonka bean, vanilla, and white musk, grounded by amberwood, patchouli, and sandalwood. The overall effect is a layered floral oriental that leans decidedly toward the sweet and creamy side, with the gourmand accords dominating the fragrance's personality from opening through drydown.

This works best for those seeking a nighttime fragrance with serious sweetness and projection, or anyone drawn to hedonistic, dessert-like orientals. It's approachable enough for daily wear if you enjoy fragrances with this particular DNA, though it's best suited to cooler months or evening occasions. Find it in The Romantic, The Hedonist, and The Heirloom collections.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
38%
Fresh
19%
Floral
56%
White Floral
100%
Fruity
70%
Woody
50%
Patchouli
22%
Earthy
22%
Musky
22%
Amber
22%
Warm Spicy
22%
Vanilla
60%
Sweet
100%
Gourmand
90%
Creamy
22%
Clean
22%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Bitter Orange
Bitter Orange
Citruses
Citruses
Honey
Honey
Sweet, waxy, and faintly animalic, honey in perfumery has an almost skin-like quality, intimate and slightly raw. It's related to beeswax in the natural world, and both add a warmth that reads as close and personal. Honey bridges floral and oriental families, adding natural sweetness with a slightly dark edge.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Cherry
Cherry
Sweet, slightly almond-like, and bright, cherry in perfumery ranges from fresh and tart to rich and jammy depending on the variety used. It adds an instantly likeable, accessible sweetness that works in both light florals and oriental compositions. A crowd-pleasing note that requires skill to use in a way that feels sophisticated.
Orange Blossom
Orange Blossom
Sweeter and more honeyed than neroli (both come from the same tree), orange blossom is a floral note with a warm, almost edible quality. It floats between citrus and floral families, adding richness without weight. A signature note of classic Mediterranean and Middle Eastern perfumery.
Pear
Pear
Gentle, watery, and slightly floral, pear is one of fragrance's most delicate fruit notes, with a clean sweetness that is closer to flowers than to heavy tropical fruits. It adds a soft, luminous freshness to compositions and pairs naturally with rose, iris, and light musks. Often the note that makes a fragrance feel effortlessly elegant.
Tuberose
Tuberose
One of the most intensely floral natural ingredients in existence, rich, creamy, and almost narcotic in its sweetness. Tuberose is polarizing by design: it's meant to be enveloping, not background. It has rubbery, vanilla-like facets that make it feel both sensual and slightly retro.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Amberwood
Amberwood
Patchouli
Patchouli
Dense, earthy, and darkly sweet, patchouli is the scent of damp soil and dried herbs with an almost chocolatey richness. It polarizes people because in high concentrations it's overwhelming, but as a supporting note it adds depth and longevity that almost nothing else can match. The backbone of countless oriental and chypre fragrances.
Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Creamy, smooth, and milky with a soft, skin-like warmth that clings beautifully. True Mysore sandalwood is one of perfumery's most precious ingredients, simultaneously wood and skin, never cold or sharp. It rounds off sharp edges in any composition and makes the wearer smell subtly, irresistibly warmer.
Tonka Bean
Tonka Bean
Sweet, powdery, and almond-like with hay-like, slightly tobacco undertones, tonka bean is one of perfumery's most useful base notes. It shares coumarin with fresh hay and freshly cut grass, adding a warmth that feels nostalgic and comforting. Essential in gourmand and soft oriental fragrances.
Vanilla
Vanilla
Warm, sweet, and universally appealing, vanilla is to fragrance what salt is to cooking. Real vanilla is complex and slightly smoky, though most perfumery vanilla is synthetic and reads as clean, sweet, and creamy. It slows the evaporation of other notes and is the reason certain fragrances feel like a second skin.
White Musk
White Musk
Clean, soft, and slightly soapy, white musk is the scent of fresh laundry and warm skin. It's the furthest from the animalic origins of real musk: approachable, inoffensive, and universally flattering. Almost every mass-market fragrance uses white musk as a base, which is why it reads as 'clean' rather than specifically musky.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The RomanticBest match89% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.

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The Hedonist84% match
More is more. You've always known this.

Opulent, rich, long-lasting. Vanilla, amber, dense florals, gourmand warmth.

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The Heirloom84% match
You carry something beautiful that most people have forgotten.

Powdery, soft, classically sweet. Iris, aldehydes, gentle florals, quiet vintage warmth.

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Scent Profile
Citrus38%Fresh19%Floral56%White Floral100%Fruity70%
Fragrance Family
Floral Oriental
EDP

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Frequently asked questions

What does Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal By Night smell like? +
Jean Paul Gaultier's provocative house aesthetic finds a natural home in Scandal By Night, a fragrance that trades the original Scandal's restraint for a more indulgent, sensual direction. The composition opens with bitter orange and citrus over honeyed sweetness, establishing an immediately gourmand tone. The heart develops around cherry and tuberose, with orange blossom and pear adding a fruity counterpoint to the floral elements. This sits atop a rich base of tonka bean, vanilla, and white musk, grounded by amberwood, patchouli, and sandalwood. The overall effect is a layered floral oriental that leans decidedly toward the sweet and creamy side, with the gourmand accords dominating the fragrance's personality from opening through drydown. This works best for those seeking a nighttime fragrance with serious sweetness and projection, or anyone drawn to hedonistic, dessert-like orientals. It's approachable enough for daily wear if you enjoy fragrances with this particular DNA, though it's best suited to cooler months or evening occasions. Find it in The Romantic, The Hedonist, and The Heirloom collections.
What are the notes in Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal By Night? +
Top: Bitter Orange, Citruses, Honey. Heart: Cherry, Orange Blossom, Pear, Tuberose. Base: Amberwood, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, White Musk.
What fragrance family is Scandal By Night? +
Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal By Night belongs to the Floral Oriental fragrance family. It is an EDP.
What other fragrances smell like Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal By Night? +
Based on shared notes, Armaf Mignon Red (Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tuberose, Bitter Orange), Givenchy Dahlia Divin (Patchouli, Sandalwood, Orange Blossom, Citruses), Maison Alhambra Candid (Patchouli, Tonka Bean, Orange Blossom, Citruses), Trussardi Donna Goccia A Goccia (Patchouli, Sandalwood, Orange Blossom, Citruses), L'Artisan Parfumeur Mandarina Corsica unisex (Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, Orange Blossom, Bitter Orange) may smell similar to Scandal By Night.
What is a grey market fragrance retailer? +
Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

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