In the vial it smells of blue raspberry and spun sugar, but I'm delighted to say that on my skin it's a lot less sugary than I anticipated based on that vial sniff and also the name ("Blue Cotton Candy"). I would say this is on par with Nephophilia in terms of level of sweetness (so it's definitely not a literal gourmand sugar scent), and (despite its name), Scoundrel is even less literally "cotton candy" than Nephophilia, which has a definite spun-sugar cotton candy vibe to it. This is much more atmospheric than gourmand, and it's absolutely amazing. I get more tonka than vanilla, honeyed and slightly gingerbready, with a background purplish fruitiness and a twist of lemony-orangey bergamot to brighten it up.