Cow by Zoologist
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7.3 / 10 170 Ratings
A perfume by Zoologist for women and men, released in 2022. The scent is green-floral. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green
Floral
Creamy
Fresh
Fruity

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
AppleApple SageSage
Heart Notes Heart Notes
HeliotropeHeliotrope MilkMilk Lily of the valleyLily of the valley JasmineJasmine VioletViolet
Base Notes Base Notes
CedarwoodCedarwood MuskMusk VetiverVetiver AmberAmber BenzoinBenzoin

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.3170 Ratings
Longevity
6.8135 Ratings
Sillage
6.3137 Ratings
Bottle
8.4133 Ratings
Value for money
6.098 Ratings
Submitted by Splitter, last update on 01/09/2025.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions
ValkyrieV

6 Reviews
ValkyrieV
ValkyrieV
Helpful Review 5  
Early summer walk through the Northern German fields
This one reminds me of the Northern German fields. Freshly mowed grass and happy cows laying basking in the sun. No nasty smells, just warm milk. A couple of tiny lilacs hidden in the grass.
Dries down heavenly on me, like a creamy balmy summer evening.
Weird enough to pique one's interest, but not off-putting.
0 Comments
6
Sillage
7
Longevity
8.5
Scent
KathrynA66

46 Reviews
KathrynA66
KathrynA66
7  
The Courtly Romance of Lena the Cow
In William Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy, there is a character who falls in love with a cow, and spends happy days weaving daisy chains for his bovine love to wear. It is a very courtly kind of romance, and this fragrance immediately brought it to mind.

Cow strikes me as a romantic fragrance, not "romantic" in the roses and champagne sense, but romantic in a more
classical way- something unaffected, real and natural, outdoor-fresh but with a bit of warmth too.

The apple and sage opening is fantastic. It gives a sense of long summer days, walks in the country. It's bright and fresh, aromatic and juicy with just a bit of sweetness.

The heart still has a green, aromatic quality, and it blends beautifully with the milky and floral notes, which I thibk were especially well-selected. The heliotrope and milk compliment each other so well, and the rest of the blend has a fresh quality which is so pretty, yet still unisex.

The drydown is delightfully resinous and woody but is a much more intimate scent than I was hoping. It's a very nice, subtle scent bubble though.

Cow is definitely unisex, IMO; the longevity is on the long side of average, but the fragrance performs much more like a EdP than an extrait on me..

I do like this scent a lot. Like all the Zoology scens I've tried, it's very evocatìve of it's subject. I can easily imagine Lena the Cow relaxing in a field on a pretty spring or summer day, while her knight gallant sings love songs, makes her a crown of flowers and feeds her apples.

Yes, I am the weirdo determined to name the Zoology animals. It's a compulsion. Don't judge me.
6 Comments
4
Pricing
9
Bottle
6
Sillage
7
Longevity
7
Scent
ParfumOClock

8 Reviews
ParfumOClock
ParfumOClock
2  
Not enough MOO
A smooth, milky fog flowing down a field of white flowers. Drifting over the warm memory of a cow that once lay in the grass, its hair previously washed using apple shampoo. Rounded out by powdery, clean musk.

Addictive to smell.

It's good, but it's lacking in the cow department. The fragrance has the smoothness of milk but doesn’t actually smell like milk. It would've been interesting to see a fermented, slightly sour yoghurt smell or maybe a sprinkle of soil.

An idealised memory of a cow, so detached from an actual cow, bringing into question whether you could even call this perfume 'Cow'.

Very similar to an apple deodorant I own.

Overall, it's disappointing and sort of boring but smells lovely.
0 Comments
7
Pricing
10
Bottle
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
10
Scent
Deja1sabel

294 Reviews
Deja1sabel
Deja1sabel
2  
Sweet Pastures
this is exactly what a cow inspired fragrance would smell like! It’s fresh and airy, like an open grass field with the wind blowing past. There’s apple trees nearby, green apples specifically, along with bushes of fresh flowers gracing the field. There is spice here (I’m assuming the sage) but it’s natural, uplifting, and adds depth, like a pinch of pepper. I do understand the “apple shampoo” first impressions but it definitely dissipates after a few minutes to a much fresher, more airy, natural apple note. The milk here adds a creamy lactonic cloud over the whole scent and adds a touch of sweetness too. Would say this is only slightly feminine and not blaringly so, the sillage is moderate and the longevity was about 4-5 hrs on me.
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Byrehoe

117 Reviews
Byrehoe
Byrehoe
2  
sudsy orchard
I was determined to love Cow. Partly because of the absurd scenario where a stranger might ask me what I’m wearing and I reply, deadpan, “COW.” And I did like Cow, quite a lot. It’s apples and cream. (I’m a little lass that loves apples and cream!). But inedible apples and cream. The apple is grass-green, waxy, beaded with dew. It’s very much a kid’s shampoo apple, sweet and tear-free. The milk is the gelid tallow of a thick conditioner or artisanal soap. Fatty, creamy, cosmetic. Not yogurty or eggnoggy. To my nose, there’s nothing sour or earthy about Cow. It’s a beautiful just-out-of-the-shower scent, office-safe and accessible, and longevity is not bad for a freshie. However, I wasn’t ready to spend over a hundred bucks just to smell freshly-shampooed.

Mental Snapshot: A stock-photo perfect apple. An A is for apple apple. Then a field of dairy cows, roving across a Swiss meadow. The vivid green field crests across a spotless sky, like a 21st century Great Wave off Kanagawa. You’re in a Windows screensaver.

tl;dr: Granny Smith conditioner
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BoBoChampBoBoChamp 3 years ago
6
Sillage
7
Longevity
8
Scent
After a fresh and fruity floral-green opening, this warm and musky spicy-floral Spring fragrance, settles to a gentle dry-woody base. Unisex
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BamBamNYCBamBamNYC 2 years ago
9
Bottle
7
Sillage
8
Longevity
6
Scent
Green apple, lactonic shampoo
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RazvanykeRazvanyke 3 years ago
8
Bottle
7.5
Scent
Very fruity and green, with intense green apple note and Jasmin. I get a great freshie at start. Horrible dry-down,like sweat and bodycream.
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LilladyLillady 7 days ago
6
Scent
Opens with juicy, pulpy apples warmed by the sun. It settles into a soft, creamy, slightly floral scent.
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VibrantGhostVibrantGhost 8 days ago
10
Bottle
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
6
Scent
Surprisingly light for zoologist. Smells like a fancy green floral shampoo on me, but isn’t very strong.
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SnugglefishSnugglefish 2 months ago
Smells like children's bubble bath.
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SoaptheftSoaptheft 4 months ago
7
Scent
Head and Shoulders green apple dandruff shampoo.
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UrnottuesdayUrnottuesday 5 months ago
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
8
Scent
I desperately wanted to love this. The apple and milk are incredibly enjoyable, but the sage is distracting
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CloudberryCloudberry 6 months ago
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
6
Scent
I so badly want to like this, but it becomes an odd apple-grass-licorice cocktail on my skin.
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CmcadowCmcadow 7 months ago
8
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
8
Scent
Clean, creamy, powdery, simple, and sweet sage, green apple, and florals. Very clean and great, unique dumb reach. 8.5/10
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