Followed

Followed by Kerosene — it really followed me, and my friends, for days. I was visiting my friend Oleg, a fellow fraghead. While getting ready to go out for the night, I grabbed a random bottle in the dark — it smelled like coffee, I liked it, so I went for 5 or 6 sprays... A few minutes later, my friends returned to the apartment. I was still in the next room, several meters away, but the questions started immediately: "What is that smell?" I told them I’d just put on some perfume. My friend asked, "Which one exactly??" I pointed to Followed. He just said, "That was a mistake..." We went out, and one of our female friends started choking, saying she felt like she was going to throw up. Then we got into a taxi. I was in the front seat, and at some point, the driver started sighing heavily before rolling down his window entirely. It was winter, -12°C outside!!! I truly hope he survived. Later at a restaurant, another friend joined us and asked what smelled so delicious (he’s a huge coffee lover, so he actually enjoyed it). We ended the night at a bar. I found out later that every time I walked past people in the bar, they’d ask, "What’s that burnt smell?" (it was me and Followed). The craziest part? One of the bartenders worked at both the restaurant and the bar. He told my friend that the exact same smell lingered in both establishments for days after I had been there. Overall, I highly recommend it. People will remember you forever and most likely hate you. Personally, I love it. In my opinion, this is the level of longevity and projection every perfume should strive for.

(edited and revised review after multiple wears) The reviews are heavily exaggerating about how strong this is. After two sprays, it has a very good sillage and lasts long on skin and clothes- however, it does NOT make the whole house smell like the fragrance. You only need 1–2 sprays. Any more than 2 and you will leave a much stronger trail and fill the room. The name is true though, you will be followed... People will be wondering where the pancakes are. When I wore this out for the first time, I heard 2 guys talking about how something smells like syrup. By that point, I had walked about 15ft away, so it definitely leaves a nice trail. Then I went to the poker club, all the guys at the table were talking about how it smells like pancakes and maple syrup, they were wondering if the place had a breakfast menu! I smell coffee first thing, then the coffee mostly disappears after a while and i basically only get pancakes with maple syrup. The drydown slightly smells like chocolate. It does have a slight synthetic/plastic scent (it isn’t unpleasant) in the first 1-2 hours after spraying, but only on the skin, and only if you touch your nose right up to the area it was sprayed. Also, I don't see an issue with this smelling like fenugreek. Fenugreek just smells like maple syrup... It doesn't smell like curry or celery at all either, even when over sprayed. I sprayed myself 3x (which is definitely over spraying for this fragrance) and I went around asking people if they smell curry or celery. Nobody did.

Okay, simply put, the hype is real. I picked this up yesterday at Scent Bar NYC. Big shout out to the gang there....They are amazing!!! If you are ever in New York make sure you stop in and see them...Now on to the fragrance: I personally love the scent profile.... It is definitely very coffee forward in the opening and then dries down to a really beautiful coffee/pancake & maple syrup scent that is SO realistic... The blending of this fragrance is pure magic for the realism... Truly incredible. Of course everyone wants to know about the reputation in terms of the legendary performance... This stuff is absolutely bonkers!!!! I sprayed ONE tiny spray on the inside of my wrist yesterday early afternoon. I decided to test the resilience of this so I washed my wrist ten times with scented soap and had a shower last night as well as one this morning and I can tell you, Followed hasn't budged... It is still there!!! And not some faint skin smell. It is still there the way "normal" fragrances would be within ten minutes of applying them... This stuff is truly insane... I am very curious to know what ingredient John Pegg uses to get this longevity out of a fragrance.... This is ABSOLUTELY not blind buy territory... I can't imagine how long this would last on clothing and I'm not going to find out.. at any rate, just my take on this beast.... In the meantime, be good to each other and keep smelling great!!!

I had been wanting to try this for so long because I heard it was absolutely nuclear, and I had to see for myself. I could smell it slightly through the packaging, but nothing too crazy (I sprayed it outside and only once on my wrist just to be safe). I immediately loved the smell- sharp, fresh coffee grounds with a hint of maple syrup. The smell does follow- my boyfriend said he could smell it while we were walking back to my apartment- but it's so pleasant. It's been a few hours and I've showered, but I can still smell it on my wrist. Now, the coffee is gone, and it's just delicious maple syrup. I completely understand how more than one or two sprays would be super strong, and I get that this one isn't for everybody, but I'm so glad it works well on my skin (knock on wood) because I love it. The smell lasts while not being intense, so I don't have a headache. I'll definitely be buying a full bottle in the future, and I hope it smells as good then as it does now. My sample of Bianco Latte was in the same order and I sprayed that on my other arm, so I just smelled like a delicious vanilla coffee/french toast with syrup combo for the rest of the day (definitely going to have to layer those two in the future). 5/5

After reading all the reviews and speculations, i felt the need to try it at least once in my life. Im just wearing it for 10 minutes but boy i must say, this is already so good!! Its not the really dark coffee scent i expected but more a sweeter mocha type of coffee and i really enjoy it. Hope the drydown will smell like pancakes as some wearers experience and if so, it might be full bottle worthy. As for projection i think its really good but don’t know if it is as strong as some people say it is, must wait before drawing a conclusion. Update: I really like it, but after 6 hours it somehow reminded me of the soy sauce some people were concluding but not to an extent and people around me weren't complaining. Strangely enough one day later I smell the lovely mocha/coffee again. Longevity is really good, I applied it yesterday at 9:00, today I visited a friend at around 16:00 and she said I smellt like coffee (I even took a shower in the morning too). For projection idk: it does project good in the sense people around u will definitely smell u, but I don't think it does linger in a room u just were. It only did in my room where I applied it. I think im tempted to go for a FB!