An intriguing menagerie of dashingly depicted beasts grace the front of Zoologist fragrances – a US [ed. Canadian] niche collection we were thrilled to come across when founder Victor Wong kindly sent some samples. Civet is a plunge into caddish murkiness, using no animal ingredients yet achieving great depth. Perfumer Shelley Waddington evokes a clandestine clinch with heliotrope shot through with black coffee and a prowling base of leather, moss and musk.
