After, but with a scent that’s more than just teen drama

Feb 2

Love it or hate it, Anna Todd’s After has accomplished the unthinkable: resurrecting the "toxic but irresistible love" trope in a generation that supposedly moved past the Twilight trauma. But who needs emotional stability when you can have Hardin Scott yelling at you while smelling like an overpriced perfume? So, since we at EmilyScent.com don’t judge (well, maybe a little, but with style), we’ve decided to match each iconic After character with the perfect fragrance. If they’re going to suffer, they might as well smell amazing.

HARDIN SCOTT

NASOMATTO - BLACK AFGANO- BUY

Hardin is the embodiment of the bad-boy literary cliché: dark, brooding, and carrying more emotional baggage than a Reddit support group. His perfect perfume? Black Afgano by Nasomatto. Why? Because it smells like tobacco, incense, burnt wood, and a hint of illegality. This is the scent of someone who has shattered more hearts than an earthquake and still leaves you craving more.

TESSA YOUNG

MISS DIOR BLOOMING BOUQUET- BUY

Early-book Tessa smells like Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet, and no one can convince me otherwise. Floral, innocent, and with the sweetness of someone who truly believes bad boys can change (spoiler: they can’t). It’s the perfume that says, "I’m pure, good, and read the classics," but ultimately ends up smeared on a tear-soaked pillow because reality smells more like disappointment than peonies.

LANDON GIBSON

PRADA L’HOMM- BUY

If After had a moral compass (which it doesn’t), it would be Landon. Kind, reliable, and with the patience of a Buddhist monk surrounded by insufferable teenagers. His ideal scent: Prada L’Homme, a clean, sophisticated fragrance with soapy undertones that screams, "I don’t do drama, but I’ll be here to pick up the pieces when your toxic boyfriend leaves you crying."

MOLLY SAMUELS

CAROLINA HERRERA GOOD GIRL-BUY

Molly is the character everyone loves to hate, but let’s be honest: she saw Hardin for what he was from the beginning. Her ideal perfume is Good Girl by Carolina Herrera, because while the bottle may look harmless with its sleek stiletto design, its blend of almond, cocoa, and jasmine screams, "I can destroy you emotionally and look fabulous doing it."

TESSA (HARDINIZED VERSION)

YSL BLACK OPIUM- BUY

After a few rounds of emotional trauma courtesy of our favorite bad boy, Tessa stops smelling like innocence and starts smelling like Black Opium by YSL. Coffee, vanilla, and a shot of adrenaline—because once you’re caught in the Hardin Scott whirlwind, there’s no turning back. Happy ending? Well, at least she now has a perfume with character.

So, what perfume would you wear if you were trapped in a Wattpad-level drama? While you decide whether or not you want to suffer for love, check out our store and grab the scent that best matches your favorite literary trauma.

Chloé d’Ambre

Chloé d’Ambre is the human embodiment of an extrait de parfum bottle—intense, irreverent, and with a sillage that lingers. As the sharpest pen (and nose) behind EmilyScent, she’s on a mission to separate true olfactory art from mass-market mediocrity with ruthless precision.

Obsessed with perfume to borderline clinical levels, Chloé doesn’t just recommend fragrances—she dissects them, exalts them, or mercilessly destroys them. If a scent is worthy of your skin, she’ll know. And if it’s not, she’ll make sure you do too.