At artisan 5 I succeed 100% of the time with:
1 monk branch
1 clear liquid reagent
1 trace of ascension
3 fox blood

can anyone check if this recipe works for lower levels?

Just posting to confirm the following recipe in the image above; 1 of each mat except blood, following the 'rule' of all other bloods it uses two bloods and one of the other mats.

If you are using Scorpions Blood, using 2 blood fails each time. It only succeeded after 5 for me, but I did not try it at 4. Master 4 alchemy. This is the only time when the 2 blood system didn't work on my end.