Year: 2011
Notes: aldehydes, aluminium, slate, pebble, aquatic note, cedar, metallic notes
Comment: AB is part of the Red Series / Eau de Parfum review
Blood Concept is an Italian niche house that, through its fragrances, portrays an olfactory interpretation of each of the four human blood types (as opposed to what État Libre d'Orange was striving to achieve with Sécrétions Magnifiques). Boasting metallic accords, with no discernible florals, AB represents progress and post-industrial urban life.
Classed as "synthetic and individualist" and "uninhibited and visionary", it tries the hardest to pass itself off as a Comme des Garçons fragrance. Beginning with sharp, vibrant and soapy aldehydes, it's a mélange of odours that one encounters in damp urban enclaves, with a cedar drydown that isn't too far removed from Comme des Garçons' own Artek Standard.
Even though it's nothing that this French designer house hasn't already explored, AB acts as the strongest link between these two avant-garde outfits.
Classed as "synthetic and individualist" and "uninhibited and visionary", it tries the hardest to pass itself off as a Comme des Garçons fragrance. Beginning with sharp, vibrant and soapy aldehydes, it's a mélange of odours that one encounters in damp urban enclaves, with a cedar drydown that isn't too far removed from Comme des Garçons' own Artek Standard.
Even though it's nothing that this French designer house hasn't already explored, AB acts as the strongest link between these two avant-garde outfits.
