Elephant Zoologist 2017

wow wow wow! one of my favorites from this house. This is definitely not for everyone and I think that’s why I love this so much. This opens with a bitter and sharp grass note that was initially very off putting and made me literally say “this is a no…” but very quickly the dry down begins and it’s beautiful! You get a creamy, soft, and fresh coconut with a powdery chocolate and the tea shows up more. It’s woody, fresh, and softly sweet with an earthy chocolate and coconut pulp. This feels like an elephant sitting down for a cup of tea with chocolate biscuits after running through the damp forest, green leaves covering every inch of the floor as they stampede through. Then the full dry down is a cozy, creamy sandalwood with sweet musk and warm amber, the tea and chocolate notes still present adding an aromatically green and earthy air. This is an elephant cozied up in a cove of tall trees, with a breeze through the branches after it’s rained, the tea sits half drunken in its cup, biscuit crumbs left behind. Truly atmospheric and nature in a sweet memory.