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Black Series - B 2013

7.5 / 10 11 Ratings
A popular perfume by Blood Concept for women and men, released in 2013. The scent is woody-leathery. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Woody
Leathery
Fresh
Spicy
Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Earl Grey teaEarl Grey tea Gun powderGun powder
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Hinoki woodHinoki wood Rooibos teaRooibos tea
Base Notes Base Notes
Gaiac woodGaiac wood LeatherLeather AmbroxanAmbroxan
Ratings
Scent
7.511 Ratings
Longevity
4.29 Ratings
Sillage
5.69 Ratings
Bottle
6.315 Ratings
Submitted by Franfan20 · last update on 09/13/2015.
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Palonera

467 Reviews
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Palonera
Palonera
Top Review 22  
Amour. Fou!
Great is her love, so great that nothing and no one can stand beside them, between them.
A single touch - and they fall for each other, embrace each other, grasp and hold on, not letting go, no matter how hard I try.
My skin and Ambroxan - a special kind of amour fou.
Hard and loud and intense sometimes, so intense that it becomes too much for me, that I want to separate the lovers, the noisy ones, who do not relent in their passion and thus create some suffering for the nose, head, and stomach.
This has happened in "Lôant" and here and there and everywhere.
Yet I like Ambroxan, I love Ambroxan, I am still a junkie - Ambroxan has a similar effect on me as birch tar, that dark, spicy, woody magic that loves to turn my head.
Then, when the dose is right, in the bottle as on the skin.
Much does not always mean more, on the contrary.
But gently, very gently a dab here, a drop there - I rave, I indulge, I melt…
Well. Ahem. That's how it is.
With birch tar.
And with Ambroxan.

And with "B".
One glance was enough: the A-word on the "B"-list.
No matter what else is on there - Ambroxan knows no competition.
Not on me, not on my skin.
And so it was: A flutter of bergamot, a breath of sweet-spicy, well-known from EldO's "Fin du Monde" - and it becomes warm and spicy and dark and growly-soft, the claws of the velvet-black predator tickle my nostrils and much more.
An hour, two hours.
A hint of smoke, freshly chopped wood.
Strong shoulders, skin on leather, warm, soft, wild.
Close, dense, intimate.
Very intimate.
And very gentle.
Nothing jabs, nothing scratches, nothing bites.
No drum thunders, no timpani strikes.
No too much and no too little.
An aura that attracts, that pulls in and along, but does not take the ground away.
Closer to me over time, with a handful of hours, denser on the skin, lighter too, gentler, softer, cleaner - a hint of musk, skiny, almost cuddly.
And gone.

PS: Franfan - thank you!
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Somebody

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Somebody
Somebody
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Light B
When I looked at the pyramid here, I was a bit perplexed. Since I grew up far from the Wild West and have no connections to gun enthusiasts, the scent experience of gunpowder will probably remain elusive to me, and despite all my imagination, I can't even picture what that might smell like. The only related scent memory I have is the sulfurous smell of toy Colts or New Year's fireworks, which has nothing in common with this fragrance from Blood Concept.

In a blind tasting of B, I would have firmly claimed that I was dealing with Light Blue from D&G. Since I no longer have Light Blue in my collection, I can't unfortunately do a comparison, but this slightly sharp citrus note is so characteristic that you recognize it time and again. And it is also found in B as a dominant element.

Responsible for this is the hinoki wood from a Japanese false cypress species, which smells of lemon and could be identical to the lemon tree wood listed as a base note in Light Blue. As a tea drinker, I am well acquainted with the aromas of Earl Grey and Rooibos, but I can't find either in B, just like the ominous gunpowder. Leather, usually a very dominant note, is only used here in homeopathic doses. The resin of guaiac wood has a benzoin-like scent and, like Ambroxan, is a good fixative.

The resemblance to Light Blue, which is a very popular, pleasing fragrance, also explains the high rating of this scent. But the wheel was definitely not reinvented with B.
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Leimbacher

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Leimbacher
Leimbacher
3  
You have tea in your summery blood!
After I initially thought I would be testing the original blood group perfumes from Blood Concept, I retested when I realized or was pointed out that this is the new Black Series. A scored relatively weakly, but was exceptional with its dry coffee powder note. With B, it’s exactly the opposite: very ordinary, yet pleasing and beautifully light, almost summery.

Tea is at the forefront from the very beginning. This is super nice, even if not on the level of top tea perfumes like Gucci PH2, the Bulgari scents, or even Tea for Two. Citrusy Earl Grey meets spicy rooibos tea. The whole thing is flanked by bright woods and only slightly influenced by the leathery finish. A mention is also deserved for the gentle gunpowder note here, as it is soft and brings just a bit of dry spice into the mix. Similar to pepper and by no means as harsh as recently in L'Artisan's Amour Nocturne.

Longevity: too little at 5 hours.
Sillage: hardly noticeable and typical tea scent.

An unspectacular representative, where one should not be intimidated by the presentation or the fragrance pyramid. Citrusy tea and dry leather.
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