Born to be Unforgettable
Bad Boys Are No Good But Good Boys Are No Fun
2018

Born to be Unforgettable / Bad Boys Are No Good But Good Boys Are No Fun by Kilian
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6.3 / 10 146 Ratings
A perfume by Kilian for men, released in 2018. The scent is synthetic-sweet. It is being marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Synthetic
Sweet
Woody
Citrus
Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
LimeLime
Heart Notes Heart Notes
NutmegNutmeg VanillaVanilla CinnamonCinnamon
Base Notes Base Notes
CedarwoodCedarwood

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
6.3146 Ratings
Longevity
7.0115 Ratings
Sillage
6.5115 Ratings
Bottle
6.7149 Ratings
Value for money
5.554 Ratings
Submitted by Tester2015, last update on 03/09/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the Les Agrumes Frais collection.

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Bljczmln

24 Reviews
Bljczmln
Bljczmln
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Coca Cola with a twist
Be aware, this is not a linear cola scent from opening to drydown. I was really hyped for this release by Kilian. I wanted a cola scent anyways. The instant lime-cola opening blew me away. Unfortunatly yes, it do fades quickly but for me the cola note is still there but way-way in the back supporting the cedar, the nutmeg and the cinnamon making them sweeter. The drydown hours after fades into this sweet fresh vanilla coca cola with cinnamon and i love it. Not heavy on the nose, not overly sweet, and not generic or too linear but as i said, I wouldn't use it as a daily personally it could tho. Suited for both cold and warm weather. The performance is average tho, solid 6-7 ish hours. It's worth the money if you know what you're getting. Very unisex imo. Definitely test and/or sample before buying.
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Landshark321

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Landshark321
Landshark321
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Middle-of-the-road woody/citrus, coke-ish but barely.
First wearing of By Kilian Bad Boys Are No Good But Good Boys Are No Fun (from the My Kind of Love collection), a travel size of which I bought due to its reported cola smell, and certainly there is somewhat of an attempt to recreate the sort of fresh caramel citrus fizz that usually amounts to a cola smell, but this mostly smells like mixed citrus/woody designer-ish mix with hints of sweetness, and not a lot there overall.

I’ve not tried much of the My Kind of Love collection so I do not have a working sense of its quality or focus, but I’m a little disappointed in this specific offering, given that it doesn’t smell much like cola nor is that lovable of a generic, designer perfume, either. I’m not exactly sure what the perfumer was going for in this creation. It’s not bad, but it’s not especially good, either.

Fortunately, it performs decently, though. It doesn’t appear to be for sale through normal retail means anymore (it was released in 2018) so I assume it’s been discontinued.

5 out of 10
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Rodrigo23

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Rodrigo23
Rodrigo23
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Totally forgettable
I'm still on the hunt for the perfect cola scent, so I blind-purchased a 10ml travel spray of BTBU. Thank goodness I bought this travel spray, I couldn't be more disappointed. I already had Mancera Tonka Cola and Roja Enigma, the first one had a very realistic cola smell, but it was too sweet and cloying. The second one had a delicious cola opening, but the drydown is all vanilla and amber, which I don't like. So let's move on to BTBU: it smells like a cheap and fresh men's deodorant, like Axe/Lynx with a nice hint of cola. But it's just a hint that doesn't last long. About 30-45 minutes the cola disappears and the only thing you smell is the deodorant. (Un)fortunately this smell lasts much longer than the coke smell. It has good longevity, but who wants to smell like that?
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Chloerose666

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Chloerose666
Chloerose666
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Terrible on my skin
Put it on and immediately scrubbed it off so really cant comment on longevity etc.

This is another one that smells repulsive to my nose, I know its a me problem and I'm yet to find out the note that is the source of the upsetting smell lol but a few other perfumes do this to my nose and they all smell the same! (like a dirty dishwasher with rotting water and bad breath) but don't really share a similar profile or perfumer etc. No cola, no lime, nothing but rancid water. The other ones that I get this specific smell from is Commodity Wool and Magnolia, Ghost in the Shell and Shes an Anomaly by ELdO

My skin chemistry is a pain in the ass
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TruuMax

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TruuMax
TruuMax
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Definitely not Light or Zero
Bad Boys from Kilian... So far well ripped off and quite badly rated as almost all of the "cheap" hypersexualized series.

In my opinion, however, really wrongly. Most fragrances from this genus are kept very young, but this should not be a bad thing in general.

They are fruity, sweet, on the 12 and unique. But maybe as a 19 year old who's also willing to spend a lot of money on a perfume, I'm exactly their buyer. The names attract me, the flacons which are a little bit like old newspaper articles I like and the scents I like all of them.

But let's now devote ourselves to the fragrance itself
It starts fruity, like Mezzo Mix, Cola mixed with Fanta and a bit of Sprite. Very refreshing, very invigorating, very sweet.

The longer the fragrance stays on you, the more it reminds you of the evolution of Coca Cola. Mezzo Mix becomes a kind of Cherry Cola with very reserved cherry but recognizable lightness, which turns into Cola towards the end, which becomes more and more serious and old-fashioned. At the beginning still sweet in a sweating glass and at the end Santa Claus drives past me in his Cola Truck to give me a more classic and slightly bitter Cola. About as Afri Cola tastes today only not quite so "extreme".

The shelf life is good, should go so 7-10 hours Before it is only a light touch.

The Sillage hums without really attracting attention. The Cola theme is driven so well that it could actually be a freshly opened bottle in the vicinity. But when you cuddle up with a girl of younger age, you certainly get along very well. Exactly as one will make oneself certainly also olfaktorisch something noticeable in a disco.

After 6 hours, however, this is also very close.

I guess I don't have to say anything more about the bottle. It is simply beautiful, valuable and extraordinary. I can only describe the 6.3 points rating with general spite. It's a matter of taste, but Kilian's bottles are beyond doubt from the point of view of quality alone, regardless of their fragrance range. The ball is made of thick-walled glass with engraved logo embedded in gold and the base is made of a heavy, slightly rubber-like plastic with a slightly foamed surface that provides a firm hold for the heavy ball. No fringes and no varnish bursts.
Conclusion:

If you like sweet and young fragrances, you should definitely test them. It is not a synthetic mush like Invictus or other fragrances, but a very individual niche perfume for the young and the young at heart buyer of higher-priced fragrances.
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GavarrusGavarrus 1 year ago
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This is just a generic men's cologne, maybe with the tiniest hint of coke, but it really isn't noticeable enough to make the scent stand out
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Rodrigo23Rodrigo23 6 months ago
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Smells like a men’s cheap fresh deodorant, like Axe/Lynx with a nice hint of cola.
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NicheOnlyNicheOnly 1 year ago
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Coca cola in an ocean of ambroxan - fresh & very synthetic. Not much sweetness. Every 10th waft smells good. Weak performance.
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IhwayneIhwayne 7 months ago
Smells a LOT like Grassland. Definitely better and slightly less cloyingly detergent like but very similar.
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AlairAlair 8 months ago
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Oh the irony.. Born to be unforgettable, yet somehow oh so forgettable. This is a soft Vanilla Coke musk bomb… nothing more.
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SennieSennie 6 months ago
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initially sweet just like cola, fades to a cinnamon cedar. smokey, but not with any actual notes.
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Elijahrb67Elijahrb67 6 months ago
5
Scent
Coca-Cola combined with fresh lime and cedar. It's a bit of an odd combo, but it works. It's certainly unique but not my favorite.
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JayvicmayJayvicmay 1 year ago
Smells like the gummy coke bottle candies
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RjudgeRjudge 7 months ago
Smells like Kapital! Smells like a sweaty dancing man drinking a mojito.
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