Beaver
Zoologist Perfumes
Good priceBeaver by Zoologist Perfumes ranks among the best perfumes for men and women (unisex) .This top flowers fragrance blends Amber, Ash, Castoreum, Cedar, Citruses, Iris, Lime (Linden) Blossom, Musk, Vanilla notes with flowers, citrus, woods & mosses, natural & weird, musk, amber and animalic, spices accords, earning high praise in our perfume review community. Beaver excels as one of the best perfumes for fall or spring, shining during day wear. Our PerfumeRates community ranks Beaver as a leading flowers fragrance for men and women (unisex), a must-try from Zoologist Perfumes's top perfume brands. Dive into the best perfume reviews, explore top unisex fragrances, and discover cheap perfume deals on PerfumeRates!
Votes
spring112
summer64
fall122
winter74
day260
night111
Longevity(158)
enduringlongmoderateshortfaint
Sillage(200)
powerfulstrongsoftclose
Price value(61)
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female (9)
unisex (56)
male (20)
11%
66%
24%
Ocassions
Main accords
All ocassions
Notes
Amber
Ash
Castoreum
Cedar
Citruses
Iris
Lime (Linden) Blossom
Musk
Vanilla
À nauseating amount of castoreum, surprise surprise.
Boring synthetic musk concept. Just right for somebody has no experience of the Canadian woods or any of the essences you'd find in the beaver's habitat or, for that matter, actual castoreum. For anybody looking for a really good wilderness or castoreum themed fragrance, this stuff is a joke. Pretty clear this entire series is basically attractive packaging for cheap synthetic musks. And the veneer of animal welfare seems opportunistic and disengenuous. If you're in need of a good 'nature concept' why not get yourself a natural perfume or just go for a walk in the woods. Or better yet donate to the preservation of habitat projects. You're not helping any beavers (or Canadian perfumery) by purchasing this product. There's nothing remotely innovative or interesting here. If I was the one making this fragrance I'd have budgeted half my funds to pay to have the perfumers flown to Canada and spend enough time up north to get their concepts right. Meet some trappers, talk to some elders, go for a walk in the woods. Let us tell you a bit about our beavers.
Sad to say, I have no idea how far the flora and fauna that inspired this perfume have been faithfully rendered. But I find it to be a very natural, complex and subtle composition - certainly no mere outdoorsy, fresh air confection. Very intelligent perfumery. To be honest, I didn't care for it (or Rhinoceros) on first squirt, and was almost at scrub-point - then I gave it some time, and my, how they have both grown on me. So what have we learnt here today, children? Be open-minded, and pause before you scrub!
IMHO Beaver is one of those brave creations that are called to claim the position animalics deserve in the world of fragances. The opening feels like a beaver tail slapping your face and bringing your nose back to the land from those no-quite-challenging aromas that we're used to, then it becomes smooth and it feels warm and elegant. What suprised me the most was the drydown, when the animalic feeling shares its place with some other fresh/citrus whiff which was totally unexpected and definitely pleasant for me.
This is the worst perfumes ive tried and its the animalic note that turns me off. Smells as if a beaver was on my arm.