Après l’Amour by Thomas Kosmala

I call it second skin with a subtle spicy touch, like saffron or very soft pink pepper. It’s that scent you don’t notice but everyone else does. I wore it to a work dinner and thought it had faded, but a friend asked what perfume I was wearing. Today I applied it at 8 am, and by 2 pm a colleague told me it smelled as if I’d just put it on. It’s ideal for me: I want to smell good but I’m sensitive to many perfumes; this is literally harmless because you don’t feel it, but those around you do.

If you say ‘it smells like nothing’ or ‘it doesn’t last’, you’re wrong. I’ll tell you that you’ll stop noticing it after a few minutes; it’s so strong it causes olfactory fatigue. It’s very good, but not for every occasion or for year-round use. It’s one of the brand’s best options.

French-made version. I’m not sure if it projects or at what distance, but I can assure you that once it dries, the scent lingers on the nose. I can smell it calmly for 10 hours. The note that stands out most is amber; although it’s unisex, my wife and daughters didn’t like it, but I was 100% satisfied.

It doesn’t last and doesn’t smell; Bach from 2023, they said it was a nuclear smell 😂😂😂😂, the reformulations left nothing of what it was.

Totally disappointed. Good reviews led me to a blind purchase I thought would be a resounding success, but it wasn’t. Poor notes, skin scent like a magazine splash, vanishes in minutes, no more than an hour and it’s imperceptible. To my taste, it’s a heavy fragrance that floods the room and lingers on clothes even after washing. Of course, not everyone likes the same thing, but this is Blue Laverne Bakhur.

I haven’t tried much of the 540, but this leans more masculine and easily lasts over 12 hours on skin with a brutal trail. The first few times it gave me mild headaches. If you want a more affordable version of the 540, there’s the Armaf Untold option, which is very similar to these two and the N° 4, but there’s a difference in dry-down and longevity: Untold doesn’t last more than 5-6 hours and caused me olfactory fatigue after a few months; the N° 4 caused it to me on the first day at 4 hours, so I stopped smelling it, but others could still detect it.

It doesn’t smell bad, but it wears out the noses of those around us. It doesn’t smell as much like BR540; I find it more unisex with a masculine air. A colleague uses it and here’s the detail: it’s an absolute bomb. So much so that it drew attention; we work in healthcare and perfume should be discreet, if not absent for patients… she never understood until she was shouted at seriously. She’d just walk in and we’d know she’d arrived, even a day after she’d left.

This is a beast mode in every sense. It has BR540 DNA but, in my opinion, gives it a slightly effeminate touch. I love it; I use it and it doesn’t cause olfactory fatigue. I see it as very versatile and haven’t had problems using it in heat, although I recommend more using it in cooler climates.

More feminine than masculine, with eternal longevity and a giant trail. As for the scent, it’s not to my liking. I tried it in a decant and have been using it for several days, but it just doesn’t end up pleasing me. It smells quite strong at first and becomes more bearable once it dries down.

There’s a lot of talk about this perfume and I ordered a decant to get to know it. I didn’t like it at all. To start with, it smells VERY alcoholic and then has a very caramelised scent but not in a good way; I even had nausea when smelling it for long periods. That said… it projects a lot and has a huge trail. It’s a powerful perfume but in no way to my taste. In the end, every nose is a world, but this is definitely not for me.

Another BR540 inspiration (there are already enough). Unlike Aventus, these versions are more versatile, revolving around sweetness and the feminine/masculine side. This one is slightly more citrusy and masculine, with better longevity and projection, which is why I rate it well. It would be the best if they didn’t overdo the formula and cause olfactory fatigue. Is the aim to wear a scent I don’t perceive but others do? Yes, compliments, but for personal pleasure, they take a back seat. Would I buy it again? If not for the common scent and fatigue, yes, but with these two points, no. I will try to sell it losing as little as possible; its hype is greater than it should be.

My goodness, what a bomb! 💣!!!!!!! Uffffff

I bought it blindly due to its reputation and it was a mistake… it’s not for everyone. I knew it was synthetic, but judging by the ingredient quality, I thought it would be different. It’s extreme synthetic; it smells too much like plastic, and to me, it even smelled like antibacterial gel alcohol. It’s misleading: at first, it smells like burnt sweetness with an alcoholic touch, but over time it turns citrusy with a heavy alcohol presence. I started liking it and ended up fed up; I used it three times and sold my nearly new bottle. It’s a very intrusive scent, suitable only for open spaces. The longevity and trail are enormous. Definitely, you must smell it before buying.

After reading so many varied reviews, I ventured to buy it blind and am happy. I’m sure some people suffer from olfactory blindness, but in my case, it’s the opposite: a cheerful, potent scent with a huge trail and beastly longevity. It doesn’t resemble my Instant Crush or my BR540 decant. On my skin, it opens citrus and fresh, evolving quickly into spiced woods with an addictive, balanced sweetness. The musk is high quality. Recommended for olfactory challenges; it behaves differently on each skin. I will undoubtedly buy it again. P.S. I ordered the Kosmala Number 5 (Frenesie) blind; let’s see if it captivates me.

I received it a few days ago. It has an air reminiscent of Mancera Instant Crush, but Thomas Kosmala outperforms it in longevity. I applied it at 7 am and visited a friend at 3 pm; we were outdoors and I was in the car. As soon as I stepped out, he said: ‘oh, wow’ (an expression of amazement). ‘What perfume are you wearing?’ I told him it was Thomas Kosmala 4, and he said it smelled very strong. Honestly, after a while of applying it to my skin, I stop smelling it. I like it, it has a pleasant scent, but it can cause olfactory fatigue. My mother-in-law said: ‘I’m trying to decipher the aroma but I can’t understand what it smells like’. In conclusion, it’s a fragrance that makes itself noticed and has a pleasant aroma. If you already have Mancera or something similar, I don’t recommend buying it much, unless you are a huge fan of that scent. People have told me Kalan smells along that line, but honestly, I don’t know it.