Scandal

Jean Paul Gaultier has never been afraid to get people talking. In 2017, the couturier launched a women’s fragrance whose name is a promise: Scandal. Its heroine, imagined for the campaign, leads a double life between day and night, between respectability and the free spirit of Pigalle.

To compose it, perfumer Daphné Bugey teamed up with Christophe Raynaud and Fabrice Pellegrin. Together they reinvented a great classic of perfumery, the chypre, by giving it an unexpected gourmandise: honey. At the heart, it meets the creamy whiteness of gardenia and orange blossom; at the top, blood orange and grapefruit bring brilliance; at the base, patchouli adds depth and character. The result is a “honeyed chypre,” sensual and addictive.

True to Gaultier’s humor, the bottle is a wink: it depicts a woman’s legs upside down, in high heels, serving as the cap. An object as provocative as the fragrance it holds.

Scandal has become one of the house’s great women’s successes, alongside Classique, and comes in several versions, from Scandal by Night to Scandal Le Parfum.