Acier Aluminium (1973)
by Creed

This is a really unique brew; I'm not sure I've encountered anything similar at all. I was getting pretty bored reviewing a bunch of other Creeds, but AA can make you rethink super-sweet masculine fragrances. The bananas and metal are definitely there, and it's almost oppresively metallic at first on top of the fruits, spices and wood. After that clears up a bit, you start to recognize that group of spices and florals that you'd expect to accent a sandalwood fragrance, with the fruit still there, but not necessarily as banana. A slight green grassiness appears underneath after a while, which I didn't remember from previous testings, and it cuts the sweetness a fair amount...I'm kind of marvelling here at how it's going form more sweet to less sweet instead of the other way around. The only problem is that something in the mix starts to create more medicinal character in the basenotes, and maybe a bit of a cherry-like quality, but it's still not as bad as some of the more medicinal sandalwood scents out there. Only in the end do I realize that it's reminding me of a red candy apple, but in a way that I like which is a rare occurrence. Try this stuff out, it's a total trip.

4th February, 2012.

"Acier Aluminum?"

That's the ticket, laddie!

Let's just put the metallic angle aside, because it ain't here; I think everybody is suffering from the name's power of suggestion.

To put it simple, Acier Aluminium is spicy, musky, dark, slightly woody, and has a bit of banana. It works well as art because it's familiar, yet odd.

It's the banana that ultimately makes this a, "no thanks," for me. It's not bad or anything, but just a bit odd.

Iif you're a banana lover then by all means get yourself a sample, because it is well done.

29th December, 2011.

Definitely a weird scent. Metallic. Banana-ish. Musky. Vaguely sexual (not sexy). When I wear it I hear the soundtrack to a '70s porno film in the back of my head. Not something I want to smell like.

15th November, 2011.

Its good. Definitely metallic (duh.) I can see how people think it has a banana-esque scent, however, it does not smell like a banana. I had read the reviews before I tried it, and laughed when I smelled it. It has a "thick" sweet smell that is almost palatable. Definitely an "old" scent, not in the sense of "old man" scent, but in the sense that you can tell it was formulated a looooong time ago.

2nd October, 2011.

A fruity powdery banana scent that I find quite strange and something I could not wear in this day and age.

29th August, 2011.

I had a sample of Acier Alluminium as a gift in a nice store in florence and honestly I was not so curious about it as I used to think it was another rich-marine scent a-la Erolfa. I quite like Erolfa but I just thought I didn't need another one in the same vein. My mistake.

Acier Alluminium is a fresh/warm fruity (banana) amber (ambergis) perfume filled with top quality materials. It opens with a sharp bergamot joined right away by amber and a very original and acidic banana note which adds a sweet-warm contrast to the whole fragrance. The drydown is with a lot of amber, vanilla and spices . This is a rich scent yet not loud, quite close to the skin and easy to wear. If I think AA was released in 1973 I immagine it beeing quite an unique and unconventional masculine fragrance. If smelled today it may result a little more usual but still absolutely pleasant, well crafted and distinctive. One of my favourites in the Creed's Range.

10th April, 2011.