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Followed Kerosene 2022

6.3 / 10 190 Ratings

A perfume by Kerosene for women and men, released in 2022. The scent is gourmand-sweet. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Gourmand

Sweet

Spicy

Creamy

Smoky

Fragrance Notes

Caramel

Coffee

Cocoa

Amber

Vanilla

Perfumer & Creative Guidance

John Pegg Brand owner, Perfume maker

Ratings

Scent

6.3190 Ratings

Longevity

9.6188 Ratings

Sillage

9.5187 Ratings

Bottle

7.5164 Ratings

Value for money

7.2137 Ratings

Submitted by Splitter · last update on 12/04/2025.

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Reviews

33 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/09/2024

2.5Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

ScentJunkie0
22 Reviews

ScentJunkie0

Helpful Review 3

2 faces scent

One of the weirdest scents I have ever smelled. The opening is a strong mixture of coffee, caramel, and maple syrup, which is quite pleasant. It reminds me of Starbucks. After a few hours, the scent changes into something unpleasant, with a strange aroma of chicken soup or Maggi spices. It is incredibly persistent, and you will only smell Maggi in the air. However, if you put your nose close to the skin, you can still detect the notes of coffee and caramel. The longevity and projection are exceptional. If you spray it on fabric, the scent will last indefinitely. I would not recommend blindly buying this fragrance. Please do not make the same mistake I did.

08/13/2025

2.5Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

DRKSHDW
152 Reviews

DRKSHDW

Helpful Review 4

FROM MAPLE DREAMS TO CURRY NIGHTMARES

Apparently, people fall into two camps with Followed: one smells coffee and maple syrup, the other smells… curry. Specifically fenugreek powder. Guess which group I’m in? Yep — fenugreek all the way. I opened that vial and BAM — instant recognition.

See, I’ve got history with fenugreek. Once upon a time, young, vain me fell for the urban legend that fenugreek capsules could enhance certain feminine features. I committed. Daily doses. It worked — but the glow-up came with a cost: a body odor so strong it could clear a yoga class. I smelled like a roasted maple curry snack 24/7. So when I smelled Followed, the trauma came flooding back. The sample went straight into quarantine: first in its own compartment, then a plastic bag inside another box. My stinky little orphan.

But… YOLO. While reorganizing my samples, I found it and decided to risk it. Fresh off a week-long migraine marathon, I was desperate for something strong. I dabbed generously — droplets on skin. Shockingly, it opened with rich coffee, chocolate undertones, creamy caramel, and a little milk. Thick, voluptuous, delicious.

Five minutes later? Burnt coffee. Woody, bitter, dark. Then the sillage hit — not coffee, not chocolate, but full-on fenugreek curry bomb. Up close? Lovely. In the air? Like I was cooking spicy breakfast for fifty. There’s an aromachemical (sotolon) used for maple syrup that, in overdose, turns into fenugreek’s evil twin — and boy, did they OD. Baccarat Rouge smells like a shy introvert next to this.

Two hours in, sweetness shyly returned, but the curry cloud lingered. It migrated too — one arm became two, then my dress, then my hair. Like the perfume version of glitter. Finally, a friend walked in, wrinkled their nose:
“Smells like food in here. Were you cooking with fenugreek?”
“Nope, testing perfume.”
They blinked. “Who would want to smell that strong — and like fenugreek?”

The fenugreek/curry/maple syrup punch in Kerosene’s Followed likely comes from sotolon — a potent aromachemical that smells sweet and nutty in small doses but turns distinctly curry-like when overdosed. Common in fenugreek seeds, maple syrup, and aged rum, sotolon was probably used here to mimic rich maple coffee warmth, but in high concentration it creates that unmistakable fenugreek sillage that clings to fabrics and travels far. Paired with caramel furanone (ethyl maltol), another ultra-diffusive sweetener found in gourmand powerhouses like Angel and Baccarat Rouge 540, the combo acts like gourmand steroids — projecting hard, lasting forever, and dividing people into maple lovers and “why do I smell like brunch?” skeptics.

02/12/2024

8Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Oldish2002
128 Reviews

Oldish2002

Helpful Review 3

Have you burned the chocolate with coffee ?

I guess this one needs no introduction. Most of us are already familiar with this but who is not, I have a few words of my own.
Be ready to knock yourself out and everybody else around you.
If not the strongest fragrance at the moment, for sure in top 3.
I strongly believe that.
Smelled up close, you will detect some very refined caramelized coffee, some maple syrup with some cocoa.
But.. there is a but. The weird part is that in the air people will smell some kind of burnt cables or some different mix of spices for foods or soups. The best case scenario is that you'll smell like a sweet caramelized coffee like I've mentioned earlier. But in any case, be ready for anything.
Short story : first time I've applied this on the strip. It PROJECTED (not smelled, but projected) for a week before throwing the strip away.
Once I have stayed inside the house, I've got used to the smell and couldn't detect it anymore.
But once I left for a walk or something that involved chaging the air of my house and come back to it..I have always and instantly detected that burnt smell coffee and spices that lingered in the air inside for a week straight.
Jokes aside, olfactory fatigue might interfere as well but trust me, this is beyond nuclear. One spray is too much although it's hard to believe.
I just got this to troll people and also will be trying some layering.
I like this creation for what it is and I must appreciate it from the smell down to the absolute power it has.
Versatility ? Not quite sure about it.
No matter the scenario, one spray will be enough. More than that will be overwhelming for sure.
Maybe nights out in the colder seasons due to the fact that it's syrupy sweet.
Not for the weak, use it with caution.

Overall : 9/10

01/31/2024

UIView
4 Reviews

UIView

2

I have been followed...

How can I best describe my encounter with this gourmand...?

I'd heard a lot about this from friends who know I love perfumes. These friends of mine also know that I love coffee. After much asking and probing, I decided to blind-buy the bottle.

I hadn't even opened the package yet before I swear I could smell the coffee/caramel/maple syrup notes. Already sold, I sprayed it four times - once on each side of my neck, and once on each wrist. I did this in the living room, placing the bottle on my coffee table afterward.

About five hours later, my partner emerged from our home office and declared "I can smell waffles and now I want waffles and syrup. Can you smell it too or am I going crazy?" Of course I could smell it. I was wearing it. It had dried down to a lovely deep burnt caramel scent on me, and I was falling in love with it.

But then I noticed that I still smelled the perfume in the living room the next day. And then the day after that. And then the day after that. And then the day after that! I guess you could say that I really have been "Followed." I did not

If you like gourmands, I recommend this. Even moreso if you like coffee! Insane longevity, insane sillage...

12/31/2023

8Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Lupusliz
6 Reviews

Lupusliz

2

Who spilled the maple syrup??

I had a strange experience with this one. I got this as a sample with some other fragrances, and though it was securely bundled in bubble wrap, and sealed in a plastic bubble wrap mailer, I could smell it before I even opened the package! I thought maybe one of the sample vials had broken or come open during the shipping process. But no, as other reviewers have mentioned, this fragrance is just that strong.
Now here is where the strange part comes in for me: when I tested it on myself, there was an initial delicious explosion of coffee and spice that lasted only a few seconds, then about 2 minutes of cocoa, and then absolutely NOTHING. I was so confused. Where was this monstrous, overwhelming scent projection everyone was talking about? What was wrong with my nose? I think I must have been having the experience that @Tlivinvida97 had written about in their review. I don't know what was up, but I was so disappointed.

Then, for some reason, I decided to try it again yesterday. Thinking that my timid application the last time might have been to blame, this time I just went for it, and applied what for me is a lot.
And this time, I was not disappointed. I saw what everyone was talking about. Wow, what a delectable fragrance!! It's everything I had hoped that Killian Black Phantom Memento Mori would be and isn't. So delicious, complex, gourmand, and sweet. The last part especially; in fact, this is one of the scents that I have to watch off before going to sleep, otherwise I have the feeling it would make me sick to my stomach. Maple syrup to the max. Like when you eat a stack of pancakes and accidentally get maple syrup on yourself, and even though you wash it off, you still feel like you're smelling it all day. That sounds bad. But I feel it's manageable as long as you 1) Wash it off before you get sick of it, and 2) Don't get it on your clothes, whatever you do.

Again, I know this review is a little ambiguous, but I feel like this is a fragrance that I could really grow to love. For now, my second impression leaves me cautiously optimistic.

TL/DR: So strong I could smell it before I opened the bottle, but first try smelled like nothing. Second try smelled like everything, all day, but in a way I think I like. Do not blind buy.

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