Our take
What does Scandal pour Homme smell like?
Scandal pour Homme arrived in 2021 as the answer to the women's Scandal launched four years earlier. Three perfumers signed it: Quentin Bisch, Christophe Raynaud and Nathalie Gracia-Cetto. Mandarin opens, quickly overtaken by clary sage with its herbal, slightly musky tone. That sage is what makes it read as masculine. The heart is given over entirely to caramel. It is golden and sticky, almost burnt in places, and tonka bean thickens it with an almond-like sweetness. Vetiver in the base calms things down. It brings earth and dry wood, enough to keep the whole thing from smelling like a sweet shop. The bottle is refillable. Next to Ultra Male from the same house, it comes across drier and less vanillic.
When to wear it
Autumn and winter, nights out and dates. Two sprays, as the caramel projects hard for the first hour.
It belongs to the Oriental / Amber, Woody family. Scandal pour Homme is one of 22 creations by Jean Paul Gaultier in our encyclopedia.
