Fragrance Notes
Scandal Elixir
The large bottle is what you buy when you have stopped testing, and Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal Elixir Parfum 80ml is sized for someone who already knows they want to wear this one regularly.
What they are buying is a three material composition with no filler in it. Patchouli carries the weight, earthy and resinous, with the slightly bitter, soil damp edge it brings to anything dark. Blackberry sits above, a tart fruit rather than a sweet one, giving the top a juicy snap before the base pulls it down again. Iris cuts between them, powdery and cool, dry as a root, and it is the material that keeps the whole thing from becoming too rich too quickly. Bruno Jovanovic, Daphné Bugey and Fabrice Pellegrin are credited with it, and the restraint of three materials at this strength is clearly deliberate.
At elixir concentration the oil content is high, so it moves slowly. Expect it to stay on skin and clothing for a long stretch, holding close rather than filling a room, with the fruit fading first and the earthy, powdery part lasting longest into the night.
Evenings, autumn and winter, and anyone who likes a perfume with some darkness in it rather than a bright one. The size also makes it the practical choice for daily use rather than for occasional wear, and at this strength a bottle of this volume will outlast most of what sits beside it on a dressing table.
Behind it is a Paris fashion house. Its founder presented womenswear from 1976 and opened his own shop in 1984, moving into fragrance in 1993. Puig acquired majority control in 2011 and has developed the perfumes internally since 2016.
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