AB

I found AB to be more pleasant than A of the Blood Concept. I have not tried the rest. The top notes open with some very metallic notes of aldehydes and aluminum. I believe the attempt in the top notes is to equate the evolutionary line that evolved into (or from) an urban setting. The design is supposed to elicit a feeling of skyscrapers and metal. It did do this, but I initially pictured a trailer park with the opening notes. It wasn’t until reading the intent of the designer did I imagine a skyline or some sort. Perhaps this says more about me than the fragrance, though. Anyway, the initial note of the aluminum and aldehydes is pretty potent and dies down to a more palatable scent after about an hour. The middle notes are pebble and water (so says the website). I didn’t really find these notes to be of much consequence. As said before, when the top notes fade, the smell is still pleasant, but there’s not much there (pebble and water?). I can still smell the metal, but there is a bit of a cleaner scent. Barely noticeable, but nice. The base notes come roaring back. So, there’s a nice back and forth so far as sillage goes in this fragrance. The aldehydes start out pretty intense, they die down into a barely noticeable, but pleasant scent of acqua and pebble, and then (at least with me), when the base notes hit, the aldehydes return. Their return is not as strong as the initial blast, but its definitely noticeable. And it’s a nice conclusion. AB is definitely unique. A bit expensive, but definitely unique...As far as buying goes, I’d try a sample and not blind buy. I would imagine it’s either love or hate with this one and therefore there’s a good chance someone may feel they’ve been choused out of 155$ if they don’t like it.

Was much harder to find this than actual aluminium, but the sour sterile metal now in contact with my nasal mechanoreceptors makes all involved efforts worth themselves. Incredible aluminium essence – if you love aluminium, you’ll enjoy this scent, and if you don’t love aluminium, this perfume will make you reconsider that relationship. The scent forces your mind into a room of measurable/categorical morality, of which this lawful neutral scent consciously alters how it’s perceived – poking sharp stone through the aldehydes and inviting a manufactured evil into your brain’s sulci. I assume this evil can be properly located under crisp aluminium foil – this perfume wraps it around your skin, covering sinful incubation – preventing bacterial vice from escaping. This perfume helps the wearer value aluminium’s spiritual foundation; there is face-centred cubic magic here, and the scent makes you appreciate it. The shiny bottle is of course, also incredibly beautiful. (Review edited for accuracy)

Unique and enigmatic, it smells like being a small child giggling having a lovely time in a bubble bath. Not the scent of the bath or the bubbles, rather the scent of the laughter. Clean, considered, polite, this is a lovely scent to apply in the mornings. It is bracing, like fresh snow or walking aside a frozen river. Happy and scrubbed, gender neutral, innoffensive and morish, if you really explore it there is a salty nuance not in a revolting Secretions Magnifique way, rather a pinch of organic matter which serves to exalt the polished metals and brisk waters and smooth stones (and, the vague recollection of clean laundry... and perhaps also brand new swimming pools?) that make up the body of this most unusual and futuristic scent that I dare say IMHO would suit everyone from children to the (fashion forward) elderly. I don't see what's not to like, and this the antithesis of what I usually enjoy in a perfume.

Chosen for its smell and not because of the blood type - I'm intrigued by this perfume. Yes, it has a green, seaweedy note to it, but the combination of aldehyde, metal, and the smell of stone, is what I find fascinating and I actually enjoy wearing it a lot. This is not a "bloody" scent at all, yet it doesn't smell so artificial to my nose and does not remind me of cleaning fluids. To me, this is an exotic far east dish blended with the salty-cool scent of nordic mountains and shores. I must say this is not a proper "office wear" type of perfume, yet as it stays rather close to the skin (at least on me), I guess you can try to pull it off.

This is very different. Great casual wear scent. People can say what they want but I like it.

This is probably the most cold and uninviting thing I've ever smelled aside from certain cleaning products. Among the things that came to mind upon smelling were chrome, the future, and robots. It's not that it smells bad, it's actually quite pleasant. It's just very sterile and lacks any human element. The fragrance itself is composed of a noticeably synthetic cedar note, something cold and electrifying like camphor or menthol, and blood concept's signature metallic "nosebleed smell" accord. A friend of mine who I invited over to sample this fragrance described it as smelling like "something a cyborg would wear."

Oh! a fragrance inspired by my blood type. Who'da thunk it?! The notes are interesting. It seems like nothing I have had; aldehyde and aluminum in aquatic metallic heart. This AB just sounds sharp and mineral fresh, and cold. The bottle looks okay. Nobody would expect it to be a fragrance. Watch out it may end up in a medicine cabinet. I gotta save some serious cash to get one because it is terribly expensive! Remark: I am a little jealous of the O because of the rose and leather. Darn blood type! but being AB, I guess I can take anything. :)

Very interesting perfumery from Antoine. The opening could be challenging to some and lasts a while. Imagine if you fell down into a well filled with brackish mineral water and metal. That's the first 60-90 minutes on my skin. Very earthy, mineral, wet rocks, and metallic. After that the citrus (which amazingly is still there) takes the lead. The drydown smells like you're at the beach but not tropical, more stormy salt. Artistic. You must be into avant garde niche weirdness to appreciate this one.

Lemon isn't listed as a note but I'm getting a soft lemon and cold metallic scent. Strange but wearable.

acquistato a scatola chiusa e annusata la boccetta e una goccia sulla pelle, avrei voluto immensamente fare il reso! non essendo possibile ho provato ad indossarlo e dargli una possibilità. le note di apertura è di cedro, fortissimo e aldeidi che lo rendono frizzante. questi due componenti entrano in bocca provocando addirittura una reazione metallica e aumento della salivazione. pian piano (e fortunatamente)queste note si mitigano e subentra una nota marina come la brezza che arriva dal mare (un mare agitato) ad invadere un limoneto vicino al mare. A differenza di altri non lo sento affatto freddo, non percepisco affatto i sentori metallici (a parte la potenza del cedro che in bocca diventa metallico). In realtà un buon agrumato, ma senza innovazioni,buono per la primavera e l'estate. Alla fine lo adotterò come profumo estivo e probabilmente consumerò tutti i 25 ml della boccetta. Lo ricomprerei? forse no, anche se devo studiarlo un po' più a lungo.

aggiornamento: dopo un' ora sulla mia pelle è pressoché scomparso, lasciando un debolissimo sentore di pulito sulla pelle. peccato perché col passare dei minuti, spegnendosi, diventava un po' più complesso e piacevole.

Metal, feelings of hypoxemia, slight cedar wood. I like the concept of the combination of the notes, however I would consider this a very daring perfume to wear. Very avant garde.

I seem to recall some talk on the men's forum recently about cold fragrances, well AB is a frozen fragrance. This is like a turbo fizzy lemon sherbet verbena blast of greenness & aldehydes which is borderline unpleasant to my nose. The temperature is sub zero on this one I almost imagined my skin turning to a frosty white ice cube of flesh, as if submerged in liquid nitrogen. It's truly watery even a bit salted and very sharply metallic. Notes like 'slate' which anyone with a logical mind would think was nonsense, actually are evoked in this fragrance it's truly remarkable...but pretty awful in equal measure. I'm not just all about warmth(although I do prefer it) but this is not even particularly refreshing to me although some will love this scent I'm sure because of its sheer Avant garde bravery, I'm not one of those people.

Excessively sour on start, i'd say "dish soap lemon", but there's also something i can't quite place, maybe it's not too bad. It smells like that time when you were on a vacation somewhere by the sea, and had to use the public shower, the one that uses cold sea water, mostly just to rinse off the sand, and the sun is up and hot, and there are someone else's kids running around screeching, and the smell of hot slates beneath you feet meets the metallic note from the shower head, and your sunblock lotion is all lemonish. I miss the salt, there's no salty notes in it, or the picture would be complete. Definitely does not smell bloody (i hoped) I would have liked it, but the sourness is just too much. Maybe it behaves better in a colder weather, i'll give it another test.

unfortunately my decant might've been really expired. i was promised aluminium and blood. the nosebleed-accord is barely hanging on. once the zinging lime bug repellant phase burns off there's almost nothing left underneath. if you keep sniffing your wrist like a maniac there's a 50/50 chance you'll catch a tiny bit of foil. hope this goes back in production x

This was the most disgusting perfume I have ever smelled. Cold? Yes. It is cold inside and out - if vampires had perfume this would be it. The images were those of cold hospital room with white cold tile floor, freshly wiped blood with bleach and dead evil eyes that watch my every move.

Unfortunately I find it difficult to say "no" to other people. This is why I am planning to purchase this fragrance, so it can do that task for me.

Exactly like lemon dish soap. If you like that, then go for it

Luckyscent.com. You can get a sample there.

sterile is the first word that comes to mind. the predominant scent in this is rubbing alcohol, followed by a sour, tangy, and almost salty citrus. super metallic in a way that leaves a taste in your mouth. there’s something about this that smells like fear, and evokes the same ‘pit in your stomach’ feeling. this made me genuinely gag