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

Camel was a very powerful fragrance. I was smelling it prominently for about 1 hour after application, and catching glimpses of it frequently for about 5 hours after. I then stopped getting any smell in my wrist, but my chest maintained the smell all throughout the day. It is still a highly enjoyable fragrance which smelt similar on paper than it did on my skin. The incense was noticeable and more complex, with the smell of dates and other rich fruits being quite more readable than they were on the paper, perhaps from my continued exposure to it. I kept wanting to sniff my wrist through the morning, and I felt confident in my smell, definitely a great one for the November weather. I wish I had asked someone what they thought of it but I rarely interact with people in my position so I couldn’t. Second application cemented that I loved the fragrance and would buy it if I had more money. However, I currently already own Hugo Boss The Scent and Azzaro Wanted by Night, which to me have a similar scent profile but with less complexity, although this is a great buy if youre looking for something in the warm spices field, but I likely wont be purchasing a full bottle.

🪲 I almost dont want to rate this as a perfume that I love, but I do. I do love it. It's actively making me cry and its an incredibly strange experience to be writing a review through tears. 🪲 When I first sprayed it, these are the notes I wrote down: Dirty, but in a way thats expected. It smells like a hippie store. like my mother. like yiayia. it smells like animals and dried fruit. the smell of a farmers market. Unmistakable undertone of animal fur and musk, but almost mixed with how i remember Chanel no.5 to smell on my yiayia. 🪲 Its animalistic, yet floral. The dried fruit smell is there, but to me it smells like someone who was recently eating some sort of chocolate covered dried fruit mix. Like the smell of the breath as they talk to you. I imagine this would be better in winter or autumn, as opposed to the hot weather I've tried it in. 🪲 I feel almost like im being pretentious in the way I review this, but the smell is genuinely causing so many emotions in me. This is something that I feel a genuine need to buy a full bottle of, and I've never had that feeling as strongly as this before.

Animalic in the best possible way! It opens as an oriental Amber/Musk fruit scent with an Incense/Myrhh aura, which will eventually evolve into an animalic sweet delight. People saying the drydown smells similar to urine, actually get it right, such an accord comes from the blend of Civet and Olibanum... in the fragrance world strange and pungent accords are all around... fecal ouds, dirty musks, grimy leathers... and all of them have a place in this world... it’s only in the expert hands of a master perfumer that this accords come to life as art. And that’s what happens in this perfume... one of the weirdest possible accords is masterfully and deliciously reinterpreted and incorporated into the juice. Camel not only references the Middle Eastern settings in which this beast actually lives, with the Dried Fruits, Dates, Incense and Myrhh, but also the true scents of the animal in itself. It’s completely unisex, and wearable all year round, maybe with the only exception of very warm days. Longevity is about 6 hours, with intimate projection throughout. A very interesting and delicious perfume.

Camel is an amazing adventure. On my skin the dried fruit and the olibanum make an irresistible combo, really outstanding! Furthermore, the olibanum, myrrh an incense dominate, which I love. Of course this doesn't smell like a camel, but like what I imagine some Middle-Eastern markets would smell, with all the resins and spices on offer. In the top notes I can barely (sometimes) smell the rose. I don't think I smell the white flowers on the middle notes, and I can detect a faint vanilla behind all the spices and resins in the dry down. Cinnamon is very present but does not dominate, it just gives a special spiciness to the whole symphony of notes. It smells rich, opulent and exotic. Zoologist is fast becoming my favorite indie/niche house, and Camel may very well be one of its best offerings. As always, try before you buy, because Zoologist's fragrances push boundaries and are not similar to the regular offerings out there (specially designer ones).

I’m really annoyed so this not a review, this is my opinion piece. This perfume is everything I want, yet nothing I need. Explanation: it is fruity sweet, it is balsamic and tart, it is softly woody, lightly animalic, it is slightly green bittersweet. BUT!! It DOES NOT LAST WHATSOEVER! Now, of course, feel free to blame my dry skin and bad skin chemistry. But i did try it in various conditions and not much changed. I wish my life smelled like this. I truly do! Unfortunately, for the price you pay, I’m afraid you will be wasting your money on this perfume. Get Fille en Aiguille if you want lasting candied fruit and balsamic greens. Or maybe Arabie, also by Lutens. Apparently Camel is very similar (I haven’t tried Arabie but I trust Serge to make a long lasting and enjoyable scent). So yeah, unless you have money to spend on a weak juice that will fade within the first hour of applying it, get something else 😔

Muscled, rippling skin of the beast carrying spices through the desert heat. Lutens-like dried fruit and incense. But the base feels very old, like an exotic scent from a distant age. And I feel a bit silly for not recognizing that bygone-age quality as coming from civet, but it’s blended-in and the notes all arise out of that bedding, unlike scents like Kouros and Figment Man where the civet sits a bit separate and can really jump out at you. But when my partner recently smelled Figment Man on me, she said, “that smells like Camel!” and I was taken aback. I needed to wear Camel again today to wrap my head around it. The musky animalic quality is slightly cloying, but also very cozy, like a warm but scratchy wool blanket. I love to snuggle into this fragrance for the day and it’s my most-worn Zoologist.

This is one of those perfumes that broadened my horizons regarding the genre. I am actually quite familiar with scents of this style, yet this one is certainly far from ordinary. The moment you spray it, it opens with a magnificent aroma of dates and dried fruits. I can also clearly detect the civet note right from the start; for me, civet is a very warm, alluring note, and it accompanies the fragrance throughout its entire lifespan—here, it has been utilized with great mastery. The most prominent notes for me are dates and dried fruits (I believe these two are what evoke the atmosphere of a Middle Eastern market), along with myrrh and civet. While the projection and performance could have been better for a fragrance with this DNA, the scent itself is truly wonderful. It is an intriguing creation.

I've tried quite a few of zoologist samples now and I wasn't very excited for Camel, but I'm pleasantly surprised by it. The first minute is a bit animalic, it smells kind of like sun warmed animal hair/fur. Not in a funky or dirty way, but like petting a dog that's been laying in the sun on a summer day. It doesn't last long though. On my skin this smells predominantly like incense, but not in a strong overpowering way like incense often is. In the middle the sticky sweet dates and dried fruits shine through. After a few hours it dries down to a warm, sweet amber. Looking at the notes listed I was convinced I wouldn't like this, but I actually think this might be my favorite zoologist fragrance so far. Very wearable and beautiful.

Camel came to me by surprise; I just had ordered a couple of samples to try Elephant and to my surprise Victor, as kind as always, had slipped a sample of Camel too...You can imagine how delighted I was...I didn't even know it was Zoologist forthcoming creation! I think this is another wonder coming from the alliance Victor and Christian Carbonnel (creator of Zoologist Panda 2017 or Naughty Panda as I prefer to call it :-)); its an experience in which dried fruits, roses and an animalic hint mix together to take you to the north of Africa inside a Berber tent. I really think Camel can be among the best (again) in the Art&Olfaction awards, it would be a pleasure to see again this wonderful person in the great final.

Sooooo beautiful. At first when I was spraying it on the sample card, I was definitely getting ferret cage. That was almost enough for me to not even risk putting it on, but on skin it's incredibly gorgeous. Sweet, spicy, animalic, and warm. Reminds me of Jazz Club, but while that fragrance's smokiness stems from its tobacco note, this one's comes from its incense note. I love that I'm able to smell it on myself throughout the day and that it lasts decently long, I'd say for the majority of my work day. My partner ordered Dodo from this perfumer, which to me is the most perfect masculine counterpart to this fragrance. It's such a gorgeous, sexy pairing!

One of the best discoveries for me this year and I can’t believe it took me this long to finally look into this house. What a beautiful perfume this is, it hints at taking you out on a cool evening by the deserts but without smelling Middle Eastern by any means. Such a friendly animalic perfume that’s embodied by dried fruits, resins and incense mingling together. The civet and oud listed in this is so laid back and relaxed that makes it very wearable but the overall creation screams class and elegance. Definitely a special perfume for the special evening, a complete love for me and I simply can’t wait to dig my nose into others from the brand!

Camel used to be one of my least liked Zoologist's perfumes, because it didn't "last" on me or maybe because I got rapidly anosmic when wearing it. So, I tended to no wear it often, although I've had it for about 5 years. I wore it yesterday, and this has been a whole new experience for me (I don't know why); not only I didn't go anosmic on Camel, it lasted all (my working) day! I don't know what changed, but Camel was there, all day, creating a great scent bubble around me; the myrrh, the olibanum, the dates and dried fruits, and the civet. I can finally say I love it and not just "like" it. Big, major love from me 👍👍👍👍

Starts out a little bit feminine with the prominent rose note. The ambery middle and dry down are quite beautiful. The orange blossom is also pretty prominent to my nose and gives a citrusy feel to the amber. Gets a little bit soapy at times; I think this is probably coming from the musks. All in all a pretty and complex oriental amber. Edit: I decided to come back and update my review because this has become one of my favorite scents. It smells exotic and luxurious without coming off as though you're trying to smell exotic and luxurious. Makes you smell like a distinguished diplomat back from the Mid East.

I ordered about 10 samples from Zoologist last year and fell in love with Hummingbird, Cow and Chameleon. Camel was one of the dislikes. Yesterday I took out all of my spring scents including my Zoology samples and on a whim decided to wear Camel for the day. Was rather blown away, this time around I am adoring it. Seems to really work well on my skin, and I normally do not like Amber or incense and myrhh type notes, let alone animalic notes like civet! In this perfume it somehow just works! This scent blooms in the heat gorgeously and I get the dried fruits, not too sweet as in Sticky Dates. Swooning now!

This is such a luxurious smell, but it’s wildly not what I imagined. What I expected to be simply dried fruits and civet (which terrified me) was instead a dry, almost mystical scent. It reminds me of the botanicas I’d visit as a kid, where the shelves were lined with incense and Florida water. I was so scared of the civet smell, fearing I’d smell like an animal in a bad way, but as it lingers on my skin, it’s not really noticeable. Still, this is such a great scent, not sticky or cloyingly sweet, deeply rich with plenty of depth. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5