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Scandal Pour Homme vs Scandal EDP

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Side by side

Comparing the originals — price, breadth, listed-note depth.

Original price
$100
Scandal Pour Homme
$130
Scandal EDP
Season coverage
2/4
Scandal Pour Homme
3/4
Scandal EDP
Note depth
6
Scandal Pour Homme
7
Scandal EDP
What Scandal Pour Homme smells like

Opens with a thick, almost edible hit of honey and caramel that reads indulgent but never juvenile — the tobacco arrives quickly to anchor it, pulling the sweetness into something drier and more credible. In the heart, tonka bean rounds out the tobacco with a soft, nutty warmth while benzoin adds a faint resinous depth. The dry-down is the payoff: vetiver cuts through the gourmand richness, leaving a smoky-sweet trail that projects moderately and clings close by the final hours — a well-mannered but unmistakably present sillage. — Fall and winter evenings, date nights, or anyone who wants gourmand sweetness grounded by real tobacco weight.

What Scandal EDP smells like

Opens with a tart blood orange that quickly softens into a lush, honeyed gardenia and jasmine heart — sweet but never sugary, more candied flower than dessert. The honey is the star here, thick and animalic, grounded by patchouli and vetiver as it settles into a warm, resinous dry-down with real staying power. Sillage is generous without being aggressive; it announces itself, lingers in a room, and leaves a musky patchouli trail for hours — best worn on cool evenings when you want presence.

How they overlap

Scandal Pour Homme and Scandal EDP share 2 notes (honey, vetiver). The same note name doesn't always mean the same scent — different houses use different vanillas, different woods, different musks — but a multi-note shared spine usually does indicate genuinely-comparable wear character. The remaining notes (4 unique to Scandal Pour Homme, 5 unique to Scandal EDP) are where the divergence happens.

The buying decision

Scandal Pour Homme is the cheaper original at $100 compared to $130 for Scandal EDP — about 23% less. Scandal EDP covers 3 seasons (spring, fall, winter) — wider weather range than Scandal Pour Homme, which leans fall/winter-only. Heads up: Scandal Pour Homme is marketed masculine, Scandal EDP is marketed feminine — they target different wearers, though plenty of buyers cross those lines.

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