No.4 Apres L'amour

Yesterday Morning i put 4 sprays on my skin, 2 on my arms and 2 on the neck, and now i'm reviewing at 6:00am (also washed hands and face multiple times), the fragrance still radiating at a distance about 8-10 inches! Although i hated the fact that once you put this scent on your skin, you will not be able to use another perfume at the same day for going out for an occasion etc, because this fragrance is so dominating and long lingering. Another thing is that, on top notes, i'm getting strong earthiness, somehow looks like an overdose of patchouli alchohol or geosmin, although, that note is not listed in the pyramid, is it lemon zest? bitter orange? does any other person gets this as well? Another misconception is that it smells like BR540 EDP which is 90% wrong (Not sure about BR540 Extrait de Parfum, as i haven't used that), why? because it is wayyyyyyyyyy more stronger and long lasting than BR540, TKNo4 smells like punch in the gut, face smashed on the wall..... on the other hand, BR540 just smells to me like a beautiful english teacher/school's principle office.

Ok so I’m a big fan of this but it’s really interesting. First of all, my nose isn’t picking up BR540E at all. I think you are all drunk. But moving on. This thing PROJECTS but not like other frags. See the weird thing is the wearer becomes nose blind to it very quickly but everyone else within a 50 foot range of them can smell it strong. I put on 2 sprays and was immediately disappointed that I couldn’t smell it on my skin after like 2 minutes. I went to grab the bottle and add another spray or 2 and my son walked in and said woah what are you wearing, that’s strong!! So I held off adding more. I then started walking towards my wife and got the same reaction. All while I couldn’t smell it!! Now after a couple hours and it had mellowed down a bit I could smell it again and found it to be nice. Not sure what crazy scent profile causes nearly instant nose blindness but this has it.

Bought it upon first smell, reminds me of clean sheets, spiced black tea, and autumn air. It is both smooth and piquant at the same time. It suits somebody who is mild-mannered but has a story to tell. This can definitely be worn most of the year, but goes best with a sweater. For the summer, No4 Sport is a good option if you want to keep the same sort of signature scent throughout the year. A lot of people say No4 Neon is the best, but I wasn't particularly blown away by it. Be careful about how much of Apres l'Amour your spray on, just one spray should be enough as it extremely strong. Some people claim to go noseblind to it after a couple minutes, but I still smell it after a few hours and I have a relatively weak sense of smell. Even if you go nose blind to it, it doesn't mean other people can't smell you, so resist the temptation to add another spray.

So… I was eyeballing the pink chromeish club de nuit and a comment said to get Thomas Kosmala no10 instead for better performance and scent. So I started digging to see if it was worth the price because let me tell you this perfume is not cheap. The only store that had this perfume available in store was dillards. So I got one of those paper tester and brought it home to smell it throughout the day. I liked no.4 more than 10, since 10 smelled way to masculine. Went to the store and came back to the room being impregnated with the perfume from the paper test!l after spraying it 9+ hrs. The paper test was still strong 1 day later and I’m not exaggerating. This scent smells citrusy, musky, and fresh. I also fell in love with 1983 😢 it’s a good penny tho. This scent is so good!

My story with this scent is that I had heard a lot about it- mostly great things- but didn't get the chance to officially smell it until I was on vacation in London (where I live we don't have any stores that carry this in-store). And as soon as I smelled it, I knew I had smelled it before- especially in London itself. Girls with their long coats and scarves passing by me in the late afternoons who clearly sprayed it one too many times. The Baccarat comparisons are warranted, more so in terms of performance than the scent itself- this one isn't sugary sweet like BR540, but the chemicalness is definitely present. And I liked it enough that I got myself a preowned bottle.