Tyrannosaurus Rex 2018

Tyrannosaurus Rex by Zoologist
Bottle Design:
Jules Dinand, Pierre Dinand
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7.2 / 10 475 Ratings
A perfume by Zoologist for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is smoky-resinous. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Smoky
Resinous
Spicy
Woody
Animal

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Bay leafBay leaf Black pepperBlack pepper FirFir NutmegNutmeg BergamotBergamot NeroliNeroli
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Champaca flowerChampaca flower OsmanthusOsmanthus Rose oxideRose oxide GeraniumGeranium JasmineJasmine Ylang-ylangYlang-ylang
Base Notes Base Notes
ResinsResins CedarCedar FrankincenseFrankincense LeatherLeather PatchouliPatchouli CivetCivet SandalwoodSandalwood VanillaVanilla Cade juniperCade juniper

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.2475 Ratings
Longevity
9.3422 Ratings
Sillage
9.0426 Ratings
Bottle
8.6402 Ratings
Value for money
6.8266 Ratings
Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 07/09/2025.

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Reviews

45 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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7
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Deja1sabel

337 Reviews
Deja1sabel
Deja1sabel
Helpful Review 4  
granny’s dinosaur
This fragrance has been regarded as something that smells like “the end of times” “rotting flesh” “war” “destruction” and so on and so on. It is none of those things, and while I don’t enjoy it, it’s not anything wildly provocative. It’s a heavily leathered, smoky, vintage floral. I’ve seen someone say it smells like you put grandma on the grill and it’s very fitting. This is your grandmothers powdery, dusty, florals found in an attic space, completely smothered in rich, dark leathers, and then tossed on a charcoal fueled grill, dusty ash and all. Is it heavy and a bit challenging on the nose? Yes. But at its core it’s a well intentioned fragrance, it fits the animal it’s inspired by, and it’s much more wearable than ppl give it credit for
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4
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9
Sillage
10
Longevity
3
Scent
Smirky

450 Reviews
Smirky
Smirky
2  
Most overblown fragrance I've tried
T Rex was very disappointing given all the hype, which is pretty much all a bunch of hot air. The opening was spectacular - a very spicy, masculine scent which went downhill from there. The florals became quite prominent to be shortly subdued a bit by the smoke. The florals were initially a grandma type scent but as T Rex evolved, they took on a more plastic type of smell. What I was left with was a smoky-plastic/floral scent. As the hours passed, T Rex remained strong but the smoky accord started to subside and all that remained was the stinky plastic/floral scent. Definitely not for me. I'm not even sure how to assign the sex. I wouldn't say it leans masculine because of the rotten plastic/floral scent. It also doesn't lean feminine because of the smokey accord and the florals being plastic-y. I guess, I'm not sure who would really want this. I was expecting smoke, death and destruction but nope.

Performance is not a complaint. Great longevity - still going strong after 11 hours with strong sillage and projection. If only the fumes were better.
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7
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7
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9
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7
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Thatbwoy

100 Reviews
Thatbwoy
Thatbwoy
5  
On the buses
Growing up in the 80s (I also have faint memories of the late 70s) I remember that you could smoke everywhere in most public places. back of planes, back of the train and to the left of cinemas, restaurants and some pubs ( I have no idea why), and on the top deck of buses. (In the UK not just London has double decker buses. One of my earliest memories is playing with the cigarette butts on the floor of the bus.

Also there was a little metal thing on the back of the seats which was used to extinguish your cigarettes.

On the bus memory thing when I was a kid; my mother and I were going into town for some shit and I was promised an iced bun (right I really need to ask who was the genius baker who put icing sugar on a hot dog bun and sold them as a treat, as that’s all they are!). Anyway I remember the bus we used to get would sometimes pull into the bus depot near where I lived and the drivers would change over ; sometimes quickly but most of the time they would waddle off into their 'lounge' cigarette hanging out their mouth, money drawer and thermos in hand and a copy of the Sun tucked forcefully into the crook of the armpit. This day the bus we were on broke down, so we were told we had to change buses, we didn’t have a bus waiting for us and we didn’t have a driver so we had to wait inside the drivers lounge (which they ,the drivers, were not fucking happy about - which they let us know about). An old coach was found to take us, it was older than Croesus, the ghosts of many sixties day trips and backsides haunted the air in the coach. I remember the horrible dusty, cigarette smoke marinated fabric.

This fragrance smells like that coach. The tang of the worn metal the stained steel and ash. This has that fusty musk of the well worn butt soaked fabric. The image of a Tyrannosaurus Rex? Hmmmmeh that feared predator of the Maastrichtian age? The star of so many Jurassic Park movies?

No I don’t get that from this, I do get is Bradley P. Richfield. Don’t know who that is, well for me that’s the personification of this scent, this is who would wear this scent. Not ‘Alpha Male’ but hunched over pot-bellied bully. The weird thing is I can get some appeal in this I can understand how you could wear it.; I honestly am impressed with the concept of this fragrance. but it’s a lot to ‘dig through’ and excavate for a fragrant concept and idea to be appealing. As a work of art this works, as a fragrance kinda. It’s like a pair of leather trousers; great in concept and worn brilliantly by imaginary characters on screen. In real life? No.

Incidentally the driver of that coach, the one they couldn’t find, was sat in that lounge smoking, drinking and loudly talking to the other drivers for 15mins until he stood up hoisted his trousers up over his belly and then said “O’rite who’s waiting to go ta TAHN!!! This way then!”
He looked like Bradley P. Richfield.
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Nose2nose

45 Reviews
Nose2nose
Nose2nose
3  
"Don't worry, he's friendly! He won't bite!"
I was bracing myself before trying Tyrannosaurus Rex after everything I’d heard about it, but to my surprise, Rexie isn’t that scary or intimidating. It’s a pleasant floral-incense scent, with a bit of a ‘beasty’ edge.

There’s definitely a spicy, smoky opening and the strong projection might make it a bit intense. But what lingers is far more floral and fresh than I expected. I get rose, jasmine, patchouli, geranium, leather and a smoky incense note that feels more cold than warm, like the scent of old ashes in a fireplace that hasn’t been lit in a while. It reminds me of the incense in Moth. There’s also this cool, almost minty freshness that I can’t quite place. Maybe it’s the juniper?

Overall, I think T-Rex makes a great outdoorsy scent. Perfect for a summer evening by the campfire. Less “apocalyptic dinosaur crushing cities,” and more “curious creature in a lush, prehistoric jungle filled with carnivorous plants and strange flowers.” Nothing to be afraid of!

For more scent thoughts (and glimpses of my daily life with my dog), find me on Instagram @melanie.buist
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10
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Greenfaerie

86 Reviews
Greenfaerie
Greenfaerie
Helpful Review 1  
T-Rex delivers
I'm so impressed with this! Regardless of whether I like it or not, it totally captures the scent of hot, dry, red rocks and bizarre flowering plants in odd colors. The imagery I get from this is seriously prehistoric and probably not based on reality but on preconceived notions about the dinosaur days based on Hollywood films. The scent is also quite wearable, not weird at all. Dark, spicy, cinnamon-y (laurel is part of the same family as cinnamon). There is a variety of poppy that I have encountered. In fact, i have a photo of me standing in a giant patch of them. They are taller than me, with enormous, paper-like, billowy white flowers, and they have a magnificent scent. T-Rex reminds me of those exact flowers. I don't think they are actually opium poppies, but they certainly smell hypnotic.

There is some incense in T-Rex, though it's very well blended. I could not specifically pick out olibanum (a variety of frankincense), although I would not doubt it's there. While this is not my "usual" style of naturalistic, forest, earthy fragrance...I find it very enticing and hard to forget. Highly recommended to at least sample!
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SoaptheftSoaptheft 10 months ago
4
Scent
Like someone threw grandma on the BBQ
1 Comment
ZerkaloZerkalo 4 years ago
T-Rex:"I am death, the destroyer of worlds. But don't worry - smile, we have some flowers to the burials."
Asteroid:"Someone hold my beer".
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TheDunkPapaTheDunkPapa 11 months ago
9
Bottle
7
Sillage
9
Longevity
10
Scent
A fundamentally flowery and fresh fragrance mutated into a smoky, juniper behemoth that commands attention. Wonderful, if rather overpriced.
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WusubiWusubi 2 months ago
10
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8
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9
Longevity
9
Scent
Lovely opening! Herbal, spicy, rubbery smoke.
A gentle heart of citric, creamy, peachy florals.
Leathery resins grounded by earthy cade oil.
4 Comments
KuraiKurai 1 year ago
7
Sillage
7
Longevity
7
Scent
Earthy-woody. Dry and spicy at first, later more leathery. Smoky throughout with a clear champaca note. Reminds me of Prin's work
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BinkyBinky 6 months ago
10
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10
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10
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3
Scent
A smokehouse filled with cheap meat cuts with a rub of pure pepper. Wait a bit & it turns to an ashy flower. Do not spray on clothes! Trust.
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ValentinTValentinT 4 years ago
10
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9
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8
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Dirt, fire, flowers and a piece of leather on top of hard stone. Monstrous performance and sillage. Original and ultra masculine.
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OmarareejOmarareej 3 months ago
10
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8
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8
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5
Scent
Most underwhelming perfume brand. If you like smelling like a tyres burning factory than this is the scent to get.
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MontuckyMontucky 5 months ago
10
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10
Longevity
8
Scent
Powerful. Deep woodsiness and old school florals smothered in ash and smoke. An homage to my weekly chore as a kid- burning our trash in the backyard.
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MossoakMossoak 8 months ago
Beef jerky on fire. The fact that there is nothing I can do to stop Gardoni from making his awful perfumes sometimes robs me of my sleep.
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