Jean Paul Gaultier · 2025
Scandal Intense
cardamom
Scandal Intense opens on cardamom, a top note that stings just enough. The ylang-ylang heart brings a dense, warm floral. The vanilla absolute base lingers on the skin, soft and enveloping. Wear it in the evening, when the air cools and you want a presence that stays.
At a glance
- House
- Jean Paul Gaultier
- Family
- Gourmand
- Main accords
- Vanilla, Yellow floral, Sweet, Warm spicy, Woody, Powdery
- Top notes
- Cardamom
- Heart notes
- Ylang-Ylang
- Base notes
- Vanilla Absolute
- Launched
- 2025
- Perfumers
- Daphné Bugey, Fabrice Pellegrin, and Nicolas Bonneville
- Gender
- Feminine
- Rating
- 3.9/5 · 1,082 reviews
The olfactory pyramid
From the first spark to the trail that stays.
Top notes fly off in minutes, the heart holds through the afternoon, the base stays on skin until evening.
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Top the opening
Top: Cardamom.
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Heart the trail
Heart: Ylang-Ylang.
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Base what lingers
Base: Vanilla Absolute.
Its moodboard
One fragrance, four tableaux.
Before you wear it, look at it. Effluve composes a moodboard for every fragrance: its light, its textures, its hour.
Its character
Vanilla, yellow floral, sweet.
- Vanilla — dominant
- Yellow floral — dominant
- Sweet — strong
- Warm spicy — strong
- Woody — strong
- Powdery — present
Composed by Daphné Bugey, Fabrice Pellegrin, and Nicolas Bonneville.
Questions
What people ask.
What does Scandal Intense smell like?
Main accords: vanilla, yellow floral, and sweet. Top notes of cardamom. A heart of ylang-ylang. A base of vanilla absolute.
Who created Scandal Intense?
It was composed by Daphné Bugey, Fabrice Pellegrin, and Nicolas Bonneville for Jean Paul Gaultier in 2025.
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Notes and accords in common.
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Initio Parfums Privés Psychedelic Love Powdery -
Jo Malone London Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense Vanilla -
DIWAN GRIS Woody -
Khadlaj Perfumes Island Vanilla Dunes Warm spicy -
Versace Essence Emotional Sweet -
Ex Nihilo Vesper Glitz Yellow floral
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Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Aromatic -
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Elixir Vanilla -
Jean Paul Gaultier Ultra Male Vanilla -
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Beau Coconut -
Jean Paul Gaultier La Belle Vanilla -
Jean Paul Gaultier So Scandal! White floral -
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Elixir Absolu Warm spicy
In the Effluve app
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Top
Cardamom Heart
Ylang-Ylang Base
Vanilla Absolute Your next sillage awaits.
Find Scandal Intense in Effluve, and keep track of every trail. In beta, on iPhone.
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