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Tiger Zoologist 2023

7.5 / 10 129 Ratings

A perfume by Zoologist for women and men, released in 2023. The scent is woody-spicy. It is still in production. The perfume is vegan according to the manufacturer.
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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Smoky

Green

Earthy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Kumquat

Cardamom

Saffron

Heart Notes

Carrot seed

Frankincense

Jasmine sambac

Base Notes

Vetiver

Papyrus

Ambrette seed Ebony

Ebony

Perfumer

Cristiano Canali

Ratings

Scent

7.5129 Ratings

Longevity

7.8102 Ratings

Sillage

7.2100 Ratings

Bottle

8.693 Ratings

Value for money

6.670 Ratings

Submitted by Mezei · last update on 12/08/2025.

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Reviews

10 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/17/2025

8.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Smirky
483 Reviews

Smirky

Helpful Review 5

This one's good

Tiger opens with a somewhat spicy but medicinal smell, almost slightly camphorous, not at all sweet. As it dries down, a slightly sweet, fruity smell appears that also seems a bit indolic. The dominance of this fruity smell doesn't last long, as the woody notes appear, mainly vetiver, which become more dominant. This gives the fragrance a much drier, spicier and resin-y scent with the fruity scent more in the background, contributing a musky and slightly animalic accent. This final stage make up most of the fragrance's life and I have to say it is really nice. Strikes me as quite masculine.

Performance is good. For longevity, I got about 8 good hours out of it and the projection was at the top end of moderate. You won't fumigate a room with this one. It's a classy scent without over doing it. I'm adding Tiger to my shopping list.

After the first hour of wearing Tiger, I was thinking that it seems like a milder Prim Lomros scent. Looking it up, I see the perfumer is Cristiano Canali. Since I liked it so much, I had to see if Mr. Canali has created anything else I've liked. Sure enough, he's done a lot of work for Rubini, including one I have - Nuvolari. Small world, eh?

03/09/2024

3Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Havasiszabi
5 Reviews

Havasiszabi

3

Dry Vetiver Savanna

Tiger by Zoologist opens fresh and borderline refreshing thanks to the cumquat accord, creating a fun first impression. As someone who is in a complicated relationship with Vetiver, I was then hit with the note I was dreading from this fragrance and it did not work for me. It reminded me heavily of the Encre Noir line by Lalique and I couldn't shake the comparison since then. Frankincense comes in after a little while but it was not enough to mask the heavy vetiver you are presented with.

If you are a fan of vetiver in fragrances, you should consider this perfume as it has a unique opening and frankincense fills in the dry down beautifully. Personally, the note hasn't resonated with me and I have since traded away my bottle.

04/08/2024

9Scent 9Longevity 7Sillage

Zendrew
3 Reviews

Zendrew

2

Mature signature worthy!

You are walking in the Jungle forest, kumquat trees surround you and the predator is nearby, dry smooth wood start to lit on fire and strings of smoke are coming to your nose, the TIGER is ready to attack and you are running trough the mud and a dense smell of ebony wood, bitter and sour kumquat and spices caught on fire with a smell of paper flotes in the air. Such a masterpiece and so elegant.

02/18/2025

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

DKOH
36 Reviews

DKOH

2

Smoky death

fine incense stored in a wooden chest - abandoned bundles of vetiver amidst gunfire of african civil wars - sweet and bitter play of citrus flesh and skin - dried grass rustling - wide open plains - nowhere to hide - dust swirls revealing the shape of wind - lone wolf demanding respect - sharpened blades carving fragrant figures

11/14/2024

5.5Scent

parfumpixie
358 Reviews

parfumpixie

1

hmm meh

this one didn’t really speak to me, and maybe it’s bc I don’t feel a story here or maybe it’s bc I don’t think this correlates to a tiger at all but either way the scent was just…meh? All I got here was the citrusy kumquat in the opening with cardamom and then it quickly goes away and the scent becomes smoky woods and earthy spices, but nothing really more. It’s definitely wood dominant but in a dry way, like a savanna I suppose, and the smoke is dry too, this is just a dry grassy field with earthy spices but there’s no tiger in these plains, it’s just the empty land. Don’t hate this as it’s not an unpleasant scent, just nothing exciting.

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