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Bloodline American Perfumer 2019

8.5 / 10 52 Ratings

A popular limited perfume by American Perfumer for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is smoky-resinous. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Smoky

Resinous

Woody

Earthy

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Pinon pine needle Fatwood

Virginia cedar

Labdanum

Oakmoss absolute

Patchouli

Tobacco

Vanilla

Oak wood

Perfumer

Hans Hendley

Ratings

Scent

8.552 Ratings

Longevity

8.546 Ratings

Sillage

7.748 Ratings

Bottle

7.143 Ratings

Value for money

7.524 Ratings

Submitted by Caligari, last update on 09/08/2025.

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/11/2019

9.5
Scent

EauMySoul
25 Reviews

EauMySoul

1

Most realistic & pleasurable woodsmoke fragrance I have smelled

I have always been really iffy on overtly smokey fragrances. I don’t like those smokey outdoor BBQ sort of fragrances that others seem to think are all that. I have never smelled one that I felt was all that appealing, let alone beautiful...until today. Bloodline is, without a doubt, the most realistic woodsmoke fragrance I have ever smelled, the most natural, and the most beautiful. There is nothing weird thrown in, nothing distracting, no rubber, no plastic, nothing “trying too hard”. It’s not too charred, nor is it lumberjack manly with added evergreen notes, nothing grilled food like, nothing Portland hippie trendy, or anything that you usually find in many smokey indie scents. This is the exquisite beauty of whiffs of firewood that you get in fresh morning air of a rustic cabin in the middle of nowhere. It’s that first smell of winter in the neighborhood you grew up in, those whiffs you get when you know it’s cold enough for someone to be using a fireplace for the first time. It’s the comforting smell of being home with family. It’s pure. It’s elegance. I can’t explain it, but Bloodline almost makes me cry.

For someone who doesn’t even like smokey fragrances to be this pleased, it is really saying something. I actually feel bad even writing a review for this because only 15 bottles were made and it sold out in an hour. But if you are a fan of smoked wood fragrances and see this one ever for sale, I strongly suggest you buy it unsniffed. I can’t image ANY fan of woodsmoke would not be pleased. In my humble opinion, this is an award worthy scent. It’s flawless. And, again, I don’t even like smokey fragrances. But when something is this good, I will make an exception.

10/19/2024

6
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

ElAttarine
74 Reviews

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ElAttarine

Top Review 29

World tree

Come, let's listen to the drums, sitting leaning against the old port barrels, my heart pulsing and beating in the dark, above us green pine needle shooting stars. I can see the giant world tree, its roots in the earth connected to all other living things, dark bloodline of all life. But I can only see it in silhouette, surrounded by thick smoke, resinous wood smoke, smoky juniper smoke, through which the burning pine shavings send sparks that disappear into the smoke again and again. Wood and needles crack, burst and burst far above us, and yet it is not too hot here, almost ethereally cool on the skin of my cheeks. No reason at all to be afraid. Take my hand and let us inhale the black vanilla and cocoa that rise from below between the moss of patchouli holes with the smoke, let the vanilla tobacco smoke carry us up to the tops of the pines, where we can fly...
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Floyd has already described the history of the fragrance in his beautiful review (Hendley's father had made a distillate from a large cedar tree that grew on the family property and then bequeathed it to his son; this distillate forms the centerpiece here). For me, this fragrance therefore stands for family lineage - although today it is perhaps no longer just about "the blood", but more attention is paid to the fact that family connections are passed on in many different ways. On the other hand, for me it tells the story of the world tree, of the networks in the mulchy living soil through which all trees and plants and fungi are connected to each other, and of the interconnectedness of all living things in general, which is unfortunately so often negated today in favor of an emphasis on independence. But deep interconnectedness can also enable freedom...
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It's worth being quick with your attention at the beginning: it starts as if in a single moment of lightning-like synopsis with ambery-vanilla notes, a light boozy note as if from old port wine barrels and green pine needles. But immediately, an intense, resinous wood smoke takes over. This remains for a long time and then very slowly, little by little, releases the individual layers that lit up at the beginning, and even more. A wonderfully rich, complex, lively cedar scent, dark, earthy patchouli, a hint of dark, bitter cocoa. Later, I can detect resinous-animalic labdanum, which I like very much, and again the pine.
Great, great cinema! With many thanks to Knopfnase!