Zoologist
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Sage and apple collide with almost herbal sharpness, creating a green, slightly mouth-puckering freshness that immediately distances itself from any pastoral cliché. The apple's brightness feels almost metallic against the sage's peppery warmth—it's alive, almost bristling with vegetable-like clarity.
The milk accord blooms softly, transforming the fragrance into something creamy and almost edible, whilst heliotrope adds a gentle almond sweetness. Lily of the valley, violet, and jasmine weave through as whispered suggestions of powder and flowers viewed through gauze, never becoming loud or perfume-y, instead settling into a tender, slightly skin-warm comfort.
Cedarwood and vetiver emerge to strip away excess sweetness, grounding the fragrance in dry, woody resin territory. The benzoin and amber add a bittersweet, almost caramel-tinged warmth where the musk creates an intimate, creamy veil that lingers as a second skin rather than a cloud.
Zoologist Cow arrives as a peculiar meditation on pastoral comfort, one that refuses the obvious barnyard literalism you might dread. Nathalie Feisthauer has crafted something genuinely unexpected: a fragrance that smells less like livestock and more like the quiet contentment of a meadow at dawn, filtered through creamy, almost gourmand softness.
The sage opening is crisp and herbaceous, immediately establishing a green, almost culinary quality—think fresh herb bundles rather than fragrant fields. This sharpness acts as a crucial counterpoint to what follows. The apple note doesn't read as fruity sweetness; instead, it carries that faint vegetal greenness of bitten flesh, which the sage seems to amplify. Together, they create something genuinely fresh and slightly astringent.
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