Scandalous

Scandalous EDP — Women's

Raspberry, praline, and vanilla — the VS fragrance that earns "raspberry over praline is a genuinely delicious combination" from its fans and consistently earns the "sweetest fragrance in the catalog" designation from wearers who've tried the full lineup.

Launched in 2014, Scandalous is a sweet, dark-fruity gourmand that consistently earns "this is the most straightforwardly likable fragrance in the VS collection" from buyers who encounter it. The raspberry opening is sweet, slightly jammy, and immediately appealing — not the tart, dark raspberry of a sophisticated oriental but the friendly, dessert-adjacent raspberry of a genuinely accessible sweet fragrance. Praline is the heart's defining character — warm, slightly nutty, slightly caramelized, and deeply appealing in the way that French patisserie sweet materials are when done well at any price point. Vanilla provides the warm base. The whole composition earns "chocolate caramel cake with raspberries" and "rocker feminine" descriptions from its most enthusiastic reviewers and "sweet, inoffensive, and unfortunately weak in longevity" from its most measured ones. Longevity runs 3 to 5 hours on skin; better with lotion layering.

🔺 The Scent Pyramid

Top Notes (0–20 min) Raspberry · Raspberry Liqueur

The opening is immediately sweet, slightly jammy, and deeply appealing — warm raspberry with a barely perceptible boozy liqueur quality that gives the opening slightly more depth than a straightforward fruit note.

Heart Notes (20 min–2 hrs) Praline

Praline is warm, slightly nutty, caramelized, and deeply French patisserie in character. It bridges the raspberry opening and the vanilla base in a way that earns "genuinely delicious" from reviewers who connect with the sweet gourmand category.

Base Notes (2 hrs and beyond) Vanilla · Warm Musk

Vanilla is the comfortable, familiar finish. Warm musk extends the sweet character. Longevity: 3 to 5 hours on skin; better on fabric and with lotion layering.

What it smells like on skin:

The raspberry opening is immediately sweet and appealing. As praline develops through the heart, the fragrance takes on its most delicious and most distinctly VS-gourmand character. The vanilla base is warm and comfortable. Best in fall and winter; the praline-raspberry combination is most appealing in cooler temperatures.

Why People Keep Coming Back:

🍓 Raspberry, praline, and vanilla — the VS fragrance that earns "I couldn't stop smelling my wrist" from buyers who found the combination more complex than they expected and "my husband actually picked this one out himself" from the VS loyal base it was designed for — Scandalous is the collection's most consistently crowd-pleasing sweet gourmand.

🎸 "I love how it's sweet, but not overly sweet. I love how it's musky, but not too musky" — the balance that makes Scandalous the VS sweet fragrance for wearers who find Bombshell too tropical and Tease too vanilla-heavy.

🔍 Authenticated. Every batch. — same EDP as the Victoria's Secret store, verified through our sourcing and authentication process.

💸 Below retail on the most deliciously sweet and most broadly crowd-pleasing VS EDP — Scandalous at below-retail pricing makes the praline-raspberry combination the most accessible sweet gourmand in the collection.

⚡ Fall and winter primary — the praline character is most compelling in cool weather.

Who actually buys this: Women who want the VS sweet gourmand at below-retail pricing. Buyers who've encountered Scandalous on someone else and wanted to track down the warm raspberry-praline combination. VS collectors who want the most explicitly dessert-adjacent bottle in the current catalog.