Bull's Blood

Like every literary-themed Imaginary Authors fragrance by Portland perfumer Josh Meyer and creative director Ashod Simonian, Bull's Blood tells a story — in this instance, a fictional fiction-writer in Barcelona flees a deadly bar scuffle with sailors, his greatest accomplishment a lurid novella about bullfighting, banned as he is exiled into obscurity. Originally launched in 2012, and later vaulted for five years, the polarizing Bull's Blood is back in 2023 with a brand new formula. Notably, the hay-like qualities of tobacco have been boosted above dark rose, while a bodacious blend of patchouli, musk and costus take on a rooty, animalic duskiness. Savory, strange and not for the faint of heart, wear with bluster and bravado.  The Story from Imaginary AuthorsDevante Valéreo was raised in a dusty Spanish village on the Balearic Sea. He fondly recalled going to the bullfights with his father, an ex-picador, and credited those early experiences with inspiring his most popular novella, B