Top Notes 
Bamboo
Citron
Green tea
Mandarin orange
Sichuan pepper
Shiso leaf
Heart Notes 
Mimosa
Lily
Orange blossom
Osmanthus
Frankincense
Base Notes 
Moss
Musk
Cedar
Sandalwood
Bourbon whiskey
Haitian vetiver
Pemou root
04/15/2015
Rickbr
190 Reviews
Rickbr
Helpful Review
Green Panda
In a scenario where more and more it's common to see extortionate prices in new launches that in the reality has nothing really new it's a collyrium the Zoologist brand, an independente project from Victor Wong with the skilled perfumers Paul Kiler and Chris Bartlett. Zoologist, as a good project, integrate a nice concept with very well crafted fragrances, of a good cost benefit, and that still have as a plus a nice bottle and presentation.
The three first made creations are not exactly reproductions of the animals aromas that gave name to them (thanks God for that!), i believe that this would be something very conceptual and of very little market appeal. Instead of this, i see animals that seems to represent, somehow, cultures, styles and certain humours and olfactive trends in a interpretation which is very consistent.
The idea used here to represent the Panda gravitates for me around the green theme, with aromatic nuances, as if it reproduced aspects of the animal's environment at the same time it put emphasis on the low stress lifestyle of this animal. Just a few minutes are enough for you to notice that this is a work from the master Paul, an explosing of tiny green, citrus and vegetable details, a photo of elements that blend very well and demand your attention.I don't know if it was the intention, but Paul here bring something of the green side of the flowers in its Carissa creation into a context of citrus fruits, leaves and tea aromas. As i said, Panda opens with this intensity and in this mixture i also detect something mineral too. as if in the environment of this Panda you could find hot springs too with their hot water warming the stones and making their mineral smell get mixed into the given vegetation. In a second moment, this Panda gains some soft floral shapes, a delicate smell, a serene one, from the osmanthus blended with the discreet white floral details of the lillies and the orange flower. If until this moment it might look delicate, at the base the mineral aroma enters in focus again; there is also a kind of clean musk and woody and green vetiver nuance.
I have already seen fragrances much more expensive and poorest in ther complexities and originaliteis when compared to Panda, that amuses me and satiate my senses with its complex and relaxing green aroma.Reviews and tests like this are the ones that give me a lot of pleasure to be done, they are very fun. I'm sure that if i come back more times to Panda i would be able to notice even more deatils in its complex aroma and appreciate even more its smell. My verdict, in a single word: fantastic.
The three first made creations are not exactly reproductions of the animals aromas that gave name to them (thanks God for that!), i believe that this would be something very conceptual and of very little market appeal. Instead of this, i see animals that seems to represent, somehow, cultures, styles and certain humours and olfactive trends in a interpretation which is very consistent.
The idea used here to represent the Panda gravitates for me around the green theme, with aromatic nuances, as if it reproduced aspects of the animal's environment at the same time it put emphasis on the low stress lifestyle of this animal. Just a few minutes are enough for you to notice that this is a work from the master Paul, an explosing of tiny green, citrus and vegetable details, a photo of elements that blend very well and demand your attention.I don't know if it was the intention, but Paul here bring something of the green side of the flowers in its Carissa creation into a context of citrus fruits, leaves and tea aromas. As i said, Panda opens with this intensity and in this mixture i also detect something mineral too. as if in the environment of this Panda you could find hot springs too with their hot water warming the stones and making their mineral smell get mixed into the given vegetation. In a second moment, this Panda gains some soft floral shapes, a delicate smell, a serene one, from the osmanthus blended with the discreet white floral details of the lillies and the orange flower. If until this moment it might look delicate, at the base the mineral aroma enters in focus again; there is also a kind of clean musk and woody and green vetiver nuance.
I have already seen fragrances much more expensive and poorest in ther complexities and originaliteis when compared to Panda, that amuses me and satiate my senses with its complex and relaxing green aroma.Reviews and tests like this are the ones that give me a lot of pleasure to be done, they are very fun. I'm sure that if i come back more times to Panda i would be able to notice even more deatils in its complex aroma and appreciate even more its smell. My verdict, in a single word: fantastic.
