Follow 2016

Follow by Kerosene
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7.6 / 10 258 Ratings
A popular perfume by Kerosene for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is gourmand-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Gourmand
Spicy
Sweet
Smoky
Woody

Fragrance Notes

Coffee beanCoffee bean BenzoinBenzoin AmberAmber Plant juicePlant juice Tonka beanTonka bean VanillaVanilla

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Ratings
Scent
7.6258 Ratings
Longevity
8.3221 Ratings
Sillage
7.7219 Ratings
Bottle
7.8202 Ratings
Value for money
6.9104 Ratings
Submitted by Danina, last update on 03/14/2025.

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Followed by Kerosene
Followed

Reviews

14 in-depth fragrance descriptions
ScentStudio

150 Reviews
ScentStudio
ScentStudio
Helpful Review 4  
The most wonderful coffee fragrance ever
Close your eyes and imagine someone pouring you a glass of Kahlua liquor.
That is exactly how Follow by Kerosene smells.
The most realistic coffee fragrance ever. When the initial alcoholic blast evaporates, Follow reveals the scent of freshly ground coffee, dark roasted. Further from the skin, the fragrance is sweeter and with hints of cardamom, whereas close to the skin, Follow is like sticking your nose into a bag of coffee beans.

Being an avid lover of both coffee and fragrances, the two worlds collide and intertwine in the magical scent that is Follow.

On paper, just as on skin, the alcohol at the beginning is not like that of ethanol, which is harsh on the nose, but a sweet liquor. It is very seductive and enticing.
After dry down, Follow smells like dark chocolate covered coffee beans. There is a very slight bitterness close to the skin, almost like cigarette buds, but it is not at all unpleasant.

Follow smells like how I expected Cardamom Coffee by Lush to smell like, however, Cardamom Coffee was just a pure cardamom fragrance, which I do not like. Follow is a pure coffee fragrance, but with lingering undertones of spice and sweetness.

The balance of spice, coffee and sweetness in Follow is perfect. It is definitely a heavier fragrance, and it was slightly cloying just before the dry down, but it is perfect for this season, for autumn and winter.

I am really on the fence whether I should purchase this fragrance. It is beautiful, masterful, absolutely delicious, but is it just too realistic for its own good? I'm still not sure...
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9
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9
Bottle
8
Sillage
9
Longevity
8.5
Scent
BobbyGee

229 Reviews
BobbyGee
BobbyGee
4  
Kerosene / Follow
After all, this is espresso in its purest form. A scent that smells of fresh, black, thick and essential coffee - espresso served at a bar in an Italian town.
You can be intoxicated with the fragrance. The best perfume coffee edition I know. After 2-3 hours, the more perceptible vanilla comes to the fore. The smell lasts about 7 hours. I bought my wife, I love the smell of strong coffee, and thanks to this perfume I can inhale it for much longer ... and I know that my wife is somewhere at home. I RECOMMEND.
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8
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8
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7
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7
Longevity
10
Scent
Banjeekundt

102 Reviews
Banjeekundt
Banjeekundt
4  
My favorite coffee scent... (so far)
I loved trying out this perfume. I was a bit apprehensive after trying Followed and that being very syrupy, but Follow smells sooo good and is the better of the two in my opinion.

At first spray, it's coffee, rich and sweet with an almost caramel-like scent from the amber. The sap note is also present, lending its ever-so-slight coniferous attribute. However, the tonka also adds a warm spicy quality that makes it feel so cozy and nostalgic. To me, Followed was a pancake breakfast—very sweet and syrupy—with coffee on the side, while Follow was a French toast breakfast with a fall-spiced latte—still sweet, but to a lesser extent, and with some spice.

The sap fades for me after the first hour, while the coffee gets a bit stronger, but the rest of the scent stays the same until the vanilla starts to kick in at around the three-hour mark. This adds a little more sweetness and causes the warm spice of the tonka to begin fading. From here on out, the scent remains the same. The longevity on me was approximately 8 hours.

Overall, I really enjoyed this. I always love a coffee perfume that I can actually smell the coffee in but this one is so good that it's now my new favorite coffee fragrance.
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6
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10
Bottle
9
Longevity
7.5
Scent
Charades

23 Reviews
Charades
Charades
2  
Follow: Review 08
Follow holds a lot of memories close to me: when I got into fragrances last year, I jumped straight from Versace to exploring the house of Kerosene, and Follow was the first one my eyes gazed on. I also love coffee and coffee shops. I couldn’t name an environment I love more than a cozy warm coffee shop.

But here’s the thing: from the atomizer, this stuff smells absolutely incredible. Smells like the aroma of the roasted coffee beans fleeing the coffee shop and kidnapping all the bystanders outside and luring them into the shop - hence the name Follow, lol
But on SKIN, everything changes. Roasted coffee beans to - used coffee rinds. Much more bitter and acrid on my skin which was devastating.
Cap - 9.8/10
Skin - 7.5/10
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celeblas

119 Reviews
celeblas
celeblas
1  
Captured Era
Follow isn't so much a coffee scent as it is a café or coffeehouse scent. It's the cozy local café, in a smaller rainy town in the pacific northwest. It's not a hip urban café, it's not a chain, it's the one with baked goods from the nearby shop at the counter. Yes, they do single origin pour overs but they also have some vanilla flavoured coffee beans roasted to oblivion, sitting in their dark oily containers as well.

It's a scent that sits somewhere between the grind-your-own coffee stand at the everyday supermarket and the coffeehouse. It's not pretentious, it's OK with the fact that you want a hazelnut latte, that doesn't mean you don't appreciate good coffee, it means you love everything about the way a café brings the community together, becomes a quick stop for tourists, a home away from home for the alterna-teens.

Follow is a time machine to the mid-1990s, and it smells amazing.
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NicSealNicSeal 4 years ago
8
Bottle
7
Sillage
8
Longevity
8
Scent
It smells of a Starbucks in the best way possible. The aroma of a sweet, vanilla, & gorgeous coffee drink is this fragrance. I like not love
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ScentgorlieScentgorlie 2 years ago
6
Bottle
7.5
Scent
A sweet and rich realistic coffee fragrance, like a fudge swirl in a coffee. But, I prefer the bitter and spicy-uplifting Akro’s Awake.
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DarkWinterCSDarkWinterCS 2 years ago
7.5
Scent
Caffeine shock
Beans are roasted
My skin at the same time ?
Deep, dark
Over the course much wood
Everything that is there is burnt
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AucoresAucores 1 year ago
8
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8
Sillage
9
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Earthy dark roast coffee and burnt sugar. I picture a vintage coffee grinder. It's not 100% gourmand, there's something smoky and machine li
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Cdp2021Cdp2021 3 years ago
Blind buy worthy, starts as an expresso then sweetens up. Good performance overall.
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VintageWitchVintageWitch 2 months ago
10
Bottle
10
Sillage
10
Longevity
8
Scent
Opens up as stinky cheese, husband confirmed. Dries down to the most beautiful coffee fragrance ever. That opening, though...odd.
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IyamwhatIyamIyamwhatIyam 9 months ago
The coffee note was immediately photorealistic and impressive, but there is an undercurrent of skunk weed to it which is awful.
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ZaneexplainZaneexplain 12 months ago
7
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8
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10
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8
Scent
Kinda like you spilled a mocha shake on yourself
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OffdutypunkOffdutypunk 1 year ago
7
Bottle
9
Sillage
9
Longevity
7
Scent
Smells like a sweet coffee cocktail - like coffee, brandy, honey. Sweet gourmand but not creamy. Smells nice for a candle but not something I’d wear
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Lmr4j3ireLmr4j3ire 3 years ago
8
Bottle
8
Sillage
9
Longevity
10
Scent
Finally! Dark, intense coffee scent. Sweet w/ gingerbread-like spices but an actual strong coffee made with freshly roasted beans. Loving it
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