Camel

Camel is a perfume that deserves a “review” every time it’s worn. So here is another one of my many reviews on this camel comment section: Camel isn’t a perfume you associate with a person or a mood, but rather a place... an event, or something along those lines. The way I’m gonna word this is weird, but it’s almost too magnificent of a smell for an average person to wear (I dont mean people shouldn’t wear this, it’s just so breathtaking that it seems unworthy of the average person to be able to walk around with this scent). You know those videos that show off a place’s good side without ever showing their bad side? Zoologist camel is like someone’s biased video on the Middle East. When you smell camel, you’re transported into the desert in the Middle East. You smell the dryness of the sand, the resins, and the cinnamon. The heat from the sun is almost present here... it’s incredible. But then the sweetness comes in– a plethora of dried fruits being hauled by camel through the sand. But there’s more.... The smell of the oud smoke that people apply each day wafts lightly, but noticeably through the air mixing perfectly with that animalic funk, dryness, and sweet jammy fruit aroma lingering in the air. It gets even better though! The cinnamon begins to rise up in the mid. It’s dry and sweet, but soft and light at the same time. The rose, dried fruits, and resins complement each other better than any other group of notes I’ve smelled. The rose increases the jam-like smell and texture of the perfume, while the dried fruits keep the rose grounded and utterly intoxicating, and the resins keep everything a little bit sweet, dusty, and dry. Guess what? It gets even better. While all of those things are going on all at once, vanilla and tonka bean enter the room. They bring a light and creamy sweetness to the base to keep the perfume from being overly dry, spicy, animalic, or woody. And of course, through the entirety of the perfumes lifespan, the smoothest and highest quality amber note hums a smooth tune and amplifies every note to do what they were meant to do. Why is camel so impressive? Every note, accord, and experience is so intentional. Each note works together, all holding each other back from becoming too dominant, while all supporting each other to help them do what they do best. There is no “80% this, 20% that”, everything seems perfectly equal and balanced. Adding on to that, this is so smooth, so high quality, and so realistic smelling that it feels like an insult to call this piece of art a “perfume”. It really is an experience, and it’s my favorite piece of art that I have ever experienced. Thank you to Zoologist for producing such a beauty. 10/10 smell 9/10 longevity 7/10 projection 7/10 sillage 10/10 personal appeal 10/10 quality 5/10 mass appeal. Personal rating-10/10 What I think the average person would rate it- 7/10

Opens with a scent that makes sense for a camel (in a good way). It doesn't smell like an animal, but it's got a scent that produces mental pictures of desserts, camels, and the classical oud-rose combination. And it's an oud-rose that brings something special. There is a lot of mystique and depth to it. Animalic notes also makes it something to behold. It's got a clear "middle eastern" or "arabic" feel/vibe. Like previously mentioned, it's an oud-rose fragrance. But there are the dried fruits and dates, combining with vanilla to give a fruity sweetness. At the same time you get the incense, olibanum, and myrrh that all show up throughout the first 30 minutes. Rose and jasmine gives a floral accord that is Very attractive and almost clean. A perfect contrast to the animalic background. Towards the drydown, i get a soapy clean note for about 1-2 hours. It shows up out of nowhere and is very reminiscent of the shaving soap "Tabac Original", for those with experience with it. It does have a moist tobacco scent for a while. As it reaches true dry down, it settles down with oud, rose, myrrh, and jasmine. It's now a beautiful and Very rich scent, fit for a prince. All in all, this fragrance just impresses the hell out of me. It goes through so meny changes, and it brings me along on a trip across the middle eastern sand dunes, and all the way into the middle eastern markets. A wonderful experience, and a very wearable fragrance. Where: Although it can be worn casual. I feel like it's so rich and bold, it deserves semi- formal to full formal wear. Weddings, special nights out with your partner, important meetings at work. Stuff like that. Although it's a great casual wear as well. When: Fall, winter, and spring. I think it's too dense for summer, although rose-oud is a common summer fragrance in some places. For most of us, it's too much. Day or night, but i'd prefer night. Who: It leans masculine but not too masculine. Will probably be a little off-putting to the teen/early 20's noses. Personal score: 9/10. This is a legendary status fragrance. It's evolving and moving around constantly. It's got high quality ingredients, a rich scent, and it smells like something a king would wear. I'm 100% getting a full bottle of this. Highly recommended to sample.

I did just order a bottle from Lucky Scent. It's very well blended, wearable, and satisfying Oriental. The fragrance accords are masterful. There is an unusual anamalic aspect that's a pleasant piquant note to the composition; typical of Zoologist frags. I dont have any sweet Orientals. I normally dont like sweet. I think the sweetness of the fruit here, (not too sweet) balances the camel funkiness. I like Camel, because it did hit me as exotic, and something funky, like a camel may smell like; but in a good way. It's complex, mature, incensy, earthy, spicy, floral. I like the florals a lot, but they are minor in comparison to the whole composition. Its not a "Floral Oriental", but they are a nice touch for sure. The floral is mostly an indolic jasmine that makes a wonderful fragrance accord with the resins, smoothing out the fragrance. Yeah, its much better, and more wearable than Lutens Arabie. This is less sweet and fruit dominant. PS: After having got a bottle and trying again, I did notice the Oud which is not the band-aid kind, nor the fecal kind, but like M-7. The oud is very nice, but just adds to the exotic feel in an accord. Its hard to pick it out, it wont smell like an Oud fragrance. Rating: 8.75/10. (best Zoologist fragrance so far) God bless. John 3:16

Update: first of all agree with torayumex regarding the comparison with Ambre Sultan, well Camel wins easely!!!!! Ambre is very powdery in my opinion, while Camel is a real journey trough the desert and the Bazar in Oriental countries. I just got the full bottle even though on my the longevity is very long because I can't stop to think about this fragrance. Can't wait to have it!!! I bought two samples of Camel from the website. My impressions are very contrasting. First I can smell something very sweet, of course dates and dried fruits and personally I do not love so much because to me is too sweet. Second after, more or less, 30 mins I can smell very clearly Myrhh, but I can't smell Incense at all, unfortunately, because I like it so much in perfumes. The longevity is very weak, after 2/3 hours disappear from my skin and for that reason I am not sure that worth the money. Agree with those say that smell like a Camel.. I spent many time in Dubai and I can confirm that, but honestly this aspect of the perfume I like because is not too animalic and give personality at the fragrance. I think I will wait until the end of my samples before decide if buy the full bottle or not.

First impression (on skin): Soapy, clean, woody, dry, incense, musky, flowery, spicy At first, I wasn't sure what I was smelling. It was a strong beginning, almost soapy, like detergent, which initially put me off. As it settled, I could smell incense, something woody and musky, maybe slightly more masculine-leaning. This review is sparse as I personally struggle to describe the scent in a way that does it justice and I'm unfamiliar with a few of the notes - but it’s delicious, alluring, warm, and spicy. It grew quickly on me and settled amazingly over time; I found myself continuously sniffing my arm through the day, I was kind of addicted tbh 😂 The notes are well-blended and complement each other nicely - I didn't find that any note overpowered the other. I think it's one of the “safer” perfumes from Zoologist to wear out, not too animalic (I'm not sure why some reviews complain about “polarizing” animalic or urine notes - it wasn't like that at all for me). Very agreeable and versatile, although I'd say it's a nicer autumn and winter scent. OVERALL RATING: 3.5/5 RECOMMENDATION: Sample first Location tested: Forearm, shirt Would I purchase a full bottle?: Yes