Based on the notes listed I expected Scandal to be sweet and chocolatey, something like Paco Rabanne Pure XS Night. In reality, it opens rather sour, almost like 1 Million. After a few minutes the scent becomes mostly nutty, and it stays like that. It's nutty, sour, and aromatic, with little outright sweetness. It's more salty than sweet.
Scandal is similar to 1 Million Parfum, although with differences (not as all over the place, no florals, nut instead of the coconut). It's similar to Valentino Uomo, if I remember correctly. Lattafa Hayaati Al Maleky also comes to mind, although it goes all-in and overboard on the fresh-nutty combo.
Scandal is cleaner, sharper, and more reserved. I would say it's not very scandalous, more like weird. It's also more cold than warm. The drama, if any, is of the courtroom type, not the orgy type. Overall, a decently pleasant scent, sharp in a good way, somewhat shocking. Suitable for a Christian Bale psycho stock broker type.
The greyness of the bottle fits the scent pretty well. Not sure about the gold. This fragrance might be too cold for winter, and too heavy for summer. I'm curious how it would feel for spring and autumn.
3/5, maybe 3.5/5
6-7/10
"The drama, if any, is of the courtroom type, not the orgy type"
Lmao you have outdone yourself haha
Brilliant review, good laugh.
Regarding the fragrance I was just looking at the notes breakdown last night and I saw Orange / Caramel and Vetiver and I thought exactly the same, that it would be in the Gourmand sweet genre.
There is a clone of this from Paris Corner called Solitude, for about 19$ but then PC fragrances aren't known for solid performances so I didn't pull the trigger.
if you haven't already, check out the Killer Oud lineup from Paris Corner. They have like 8 fragrances or so.