 By the early 1880s, he had earned a post as a military attaché to the Greek Diplomatic Corps.He quickly acquired a reputation of being "the handsomest man in Europe", as well as the nickname "Diplomat Apollo" by his friends and the assumption of being the most dangerous man in Paris, among the several husbands who feared their wives would fall victim to his charms and be seduced by the young diplomat.Damala was indeed considered as the epitome of handsomeness of his time, and many women of the high society of Paris were infatuated with him.