A Blood for women and men

I understand what the attempt at the Blood concept was supposed to be, and I appreciate that fact, but so far as this fragrance goes, it does not represent this line as any type of chef-d oeuvre (some say the others are better). A opens up with a gardener's dream of basil and tomato, which to say the least, is odd. I mean, it is different, but that is about all the top notes have going for it. Sometimes different isn't good, and in my opinion, this is the case here. There is a reason why a gardener washes up after a day's work - because no one wants to walk around smelling like basil and tomato. The middle notes consist of apple and pear. I generally like apples and their scent, but I am not a pear fan, so maybe others may like the middle notes. I do not like the apple/pear combination. The pear sticks out too much for my taste. The base notes are supposed to be star anise and something metallic I believe, but I did not smell much past the apple/pear. Pretty good longevity (if that's something you want out of this fragrance) - couldn't get a good read on the sillage. To top off this unique fragrance is a 'unique' price, about 135$....a stinky price for a stinky fragrance.

I'm sorry, but to me, all four of them, are softer or a bit stronger variations of the monumental Secretions Magnifique. Instead of paying shit loads of money on them, get the real stuff for 1/3 of the price.

The Blood Concept Type A is a green, natural goodness mixed with a weird metallic note. There is something odd about this combination. It is like those two are in conflict. At first the scent is natural, green and tender but then the metallic note slowly creeps into this scent and overpowers it completely. It is like the nature is desperately trying to survive the metal grips of human civilization and it loses the battle. I don’t think that this is what the creators of this scent had in mind but this is how it smells to me.

Overall the composition is not bad but it does not work well for me. I like the opening a lot as it smells natural, herbal, green and fresh. I normally dislike basil and tomato leaf but they are nice and fresh here. It smells like summer morning in the garden. And then this metallic scent appears and it is just creepy here. It is not as futuristic as in Type AB but still it is evil. Why does it try to kill the green goodness? In the end, it completely takes over and I am left with a strange, artificial metal scent with generic green accent which no longer smells like nature.

Overall score 6/10. The sillage is nice. The longevity is average. This was an interesting concept but not as daring as AB and not as wearable as B or O.

The whole collection is just weird and I cant imagine wearing mettalic on my skin . Might be good for the wanna be vampires !!! Lol

Among the whole line "A" is surely the less intersting and, from what I learn reading the fragrance introductory brochure, should represent the bound between mankind and nature. It strikes as an aromatic green composition where (extremely) synthetic basil and tomato leaves are joined by a fruity apple/pear accord that's so badly executed to make my hairs raising (despite any fruit note is listed among the ingredients). The usual metallic /blood vibe is emphasized by the fruity undertones and turns to be unbearable. Smells somewhere between a cheap drugstore shampoo and the Pear Nectar by Petit. Meh!

Nowhere close being simply weird, just gross!


Rating: 3/10

money burned!

So technically, this should be working the best for me. And, well it strangely does out of the whole lot, although I am nowhere near buying a bottle, or even a sample of it. For the first half an hour I actually thought that magic happened and perhaps the whole blood concept is not just a smart marketing trick, but all in all, type A is still a bit disappointing.

The whole thing starts uber promising. I am not a huge fan of fresh, green scent, but here the tomato leaves and the grassy notes were simply brilliant. Fresh, vibrant, invigorating. And then the metallic note starts creeping out from the darkness. Cold and unpleasant. And it takes away the freshness and happy memories, instead adds a touch of creepiness, hospital, Dr Frankenstein's laboratory. I do not find the metal appealing at all, I am sorry. If I wanted to smell it, I would just stick my nose to my door knob and smear tomato leaves on it rather than pay 100 euros for it.

What an unusual idea.
I'm a bloodtype 0 but this perfume for A-s makes me curious because of tomatoleaf note. And anise is my other fav,so I'm excited to get it :)
I hope I don't have to exchange my blood to use it :))