# Victoria's Secret — Scandalous Dare

> Victoria's Secret Scandalous Dare is a 2016 fruity-floral flanker of Scandalous, now discontinued. It keeps the approachable mall-fragrance feel of the house but shifts the original's raspberry-pralin

## Essence
Victoria's Secret Scandalous Dare is a 2016 fruity-floral flanker of Scandalous, now discontinued. It keeps the approachable mall-fragrance feel of the house but shifts the original's raspberry-praline sweetness toward tart iced plum and a surprisingly grown-up white-floral heart of pink tuberose and pink jasmine. The result is not a deep white floral, but it is more interesting than a simple sweet body-spray profile.
## Scent Profile
The opening is iced plum: tart, frosted and a little sour before it warms. It is not the thick, dark, stewed-plum style of classic heavy orientals. Instead, the fruit gives the scent a bright purple-pink bite, then gradually softens.
The heart is where Scandalous Dare tries to distinguish itself. Pink tuberose and pink jasmine create a white-floral center that some wearers find genuinely pretty and unusual for Victoria's Secret. Others find the tuberose faint, tucked into a generic sweet floral haze, or dominated by a pink jasmine effect that can feel candy-like.
The drydown is a sweet, powdery, musky skin scent with the plum and white florals fading into familiar Victoria's Secret softness. The fragrance is fairly linear, and its signature tension is tart plum against a soft tuberose-jasmine idea. Compared with the original Scandalous, it is less sweet and more floral.
## Performance
Performance is typical for the house. The EDP lasts better than the body mist, but projection remains intimate-to-moderate and the overall effect is not powerful. Some wearers get good hold on clothing, while others find it weak. Apply generously, and use fabric or hair for more persistence.
## Wearing Context
Scandalous Dare suits spring and summer, casual daytime wear and relaxed evening plans. Despite the name and lingerie-brand campaign, it reads pretty, youthful and easy rather than overtly provocative. It works for low-stakes social settings, warm-weather outings and fans of soft fruity florals, but it is not the best fit for formal, mature or cold-weather drama.
## Comparisons & DNA
The key comparison is Victoria's Secret Scandalous from 2014. Scandalous is sweeter, softer and more gourmand, with raspberry, black peony and praline. Scandalous Dare removes much of that candy-praline mood and adds tart plum plus white florals, making it less sugary and a little more floral.
For tuberose context, Madonna Truth or Dare, Robert Piguet Fracas, Kim Kardashian's debut fragrance and Paris Hilton Tease all make the white-floral idea more central and more forceful. Scandalous Dare gestures toward that family without competing at that level. It remains a mainstream plum-and-white-floral fruity floral, not a tuberose landmark.
## Reception
Wearer sentiment is mixed to mildly positive. Praise centers on the tart plum, the lower sweetness compared with Scandalous, and the fact that Victoria's Secret attempted a tuberose-jasmine heart. Criticism centers on weak performance, a mist-like feel, and a drydown some people read as generic, cheap or laundry-sweet.
The split is simple: if the tuberose and jasmine register, Scandalous Dare feels like an unusually pretty Victoria's Secret flanker; if they vanish, it becomes another light sweet floral. Value is strongest when bottles are cheap, but old stock requires realistic expectations.
## Versions & Reformulation
Scandalous Dare launched in 2016 as a flanker of the 2014 Scandalous. It was sold as 50 ml and 100 ml EDP, a 7 ml rollerball and a 250 ml fragrance mist. The mist is a lighter concentration variant. The scent is discontinued, and no reformulation is documented beyond the format differences.
## Acquisition Notes
This is a budget mall-fragrance release. Since first-party availability has ended, buyers are looking for leftover or secondary-market stock. Sealed bottles are preferable because fruity top notes can fade with age. Counterfeiting is not a major documented concern; age, storage and correct concentration matter more.
## Notable Facts & Lore
- Scandalous Dare launched in October 2016 as a brighter twist on Scandalous.
- The campaign faces were Victoria's Secret Angels Jasmine Tookes and Sara Sampaio.
- The bottle repeats the carved Scandalous silhouette in bright pink with a black satin bow.
- Its notable creative move is putting plum beside tuberose and jasmine in a house better known for sweet mall fragrances.
- No viral moment, owner lore or controversy is documented.