Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal Gold

Mostly warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on saffron, honey and cardamom, moves through cypriol oil or nagarmotha, jasmine sambac and rose, and settles on leather, patchouli and sandalwood.

• saffron: warm leathery spice, dry with a faint medicinal bite
• honey: thick golden sweetness that turns slightly animal at higher doses

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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