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Jean Paul Gaultier · Sold as feminine
Scandal Absolu
A clandestine rendezvous in a dimly lit room, where the air is thick with the scent of tuberose and black figs, and shadows dance on the walls.
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Scandal AbsoluMid-range · $40–100
59%Similar accords, often for lessTubereuse Noir · ZaraBudget tier, under $40 · shares tuberose and sandalwood8 matches →How it wears
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The story behind the bottle.
Launched in 2024 by Jean Paul Gaultier, Scandal Absolu is a daring Oriental Floral fragrance created by perfumers Daphné Bugey, Fabrice Pellegrin, and Ane Ayo. The composition opens with an overwhelming tuberose, leading to the lush black fig, and settles into a warm sandalwood base. This fragrance embodies Jean Paul Gaultier's irreverent spirit — it is a scandalous indulgence that teeters on the edge of addiction. Scandal Absolu invites you to embrace your most eccentric and irresistible pleasures, where floral indecency meets syrupy black figs.
Apply Scandal Absolu to pulse points for an intense experience — it opens with a bold tuberose that fades into a lingering black fig and warm sandalwood base. This fragrance builds slowly, so allow it time to develop fully throughout the day.
Fig. 01 — Scandal Absolu, Jean Paul Gaultier
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Ane Ayo
A pharmacist's turn toward perfumeAne Ayo is a Paris-based perfumer who grew up in Bilbao, Spain, and later studied in the United Kingdom before working in France — a path that taught her to draw on many different sources of inspiration.
Co-created with Daphné Bugey and Fabrice Pellegrin
The Scandal line
16 fragrances, compared side by side
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier
More from the house · founded 1992 · France
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The originalScandal AbsoluJean Paul Gaultier · Mid-range · $40–100Zara · 2019Tubereuse NoirShares Tuberose and Sandalwoodunder $40★ 3.75 (927)56%Match
Zara · 2019Tuberose SummerShares Tuberose and Sandalwoodunder $40★ 4.01 (67)
With Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Collector Edition 2018
Adds vanilla, aromatic and amber; shares sandalwood.
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Well loved by wearers: loved by 51%, disliked or hated by 9%.