Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal By Night

Mostly sugary and rounded, closer to dessert than to fruit. Underneath that, creamy heady flowers like jasmine and gardenia, rich and full.

It opens on honey, bitter orange and citruses, moves through cherry, tuberose and orange blossom, and settles on tonka bean, vanilla and patchouli.

• honey: thick golden sweetness that turns slightly animal at higher doses
• bitter orange: sour marmalade citrus, closer to peel than to juice

It lasts well and carries into a room.

Built from the note listing and the measured performance figures. We have not smelled this one.