Rogue

Kilian's Bad Boys Are No Good But Good Boys Are No Fun built its reputation on an unusually photorealistic cola accord, something rare in modern perfumery, paired with a warm cinnamon-apple-nutmeg heart and a smooth cedar base. It is a personality fragrance: people either love the fizzy novelty of the opening or find it too playful for their taste. Rogue leans into exactly that hook, opening with a bright cola-lime combination that is the most recognisably 'dupe-accurate' part of the whole fragrance, before moving into cinnamon, apple and nutmeg for a spiced, slightly sweet heart. Cedar and amberwood close things out. The cola opening is the strongest part of the reproduction and should satisfy anyone curious about the effect without paying Kilian prices. Where it falls short is depth and staying power: the original's spiced heart has a rounder, more expensive-smelling warmth, and Rogue's woody base is comparatively thin and fades to almost nothing within a few hours, well short of Kilian's reported all-day performance.