Cockatiel

*MUST LOVE VANILLA!* VERY vanilla & sweet, like bday cake. Despite the list, not getting any raspberry, tart rhubarb or a sparkly citrus champagne note, like anywhere. That doesn’t detract from it though! More prominent, they might’ve made it feel a tad less linear. (@hr 4, if I reach, I can almost get the idea of a hint of fruit, but if it were like raspberries & white choc buried in a cold vanilla ice cream cone) 15 - 20 min the sweet & wood gave me a fleeting instant of a very faint burning rubber smell or a bruised over ripe banana or the sweet smell of decaying magnolia/jasmine when they start to turn brown on the tree. It’s v vanilla 1st, and v powdery 2nd. musk, cashmeran & wood notes all work to make it even more powdery sweet vanilla. And the powdery sweet mimosa... there couldn’t be a more perfect floral note for this frag. stunning Was aptly named “Powder & Dust” by former brand/creator Sven Pritzkoleit of SP who went out of biz & sold the formula to Zoologist. I for one am glad they ended up with it so it could live on under a new identity bc i think I need it in my life - I keep catching whiffs of it hrs & hrs after sampled via 1/2 pump in 1 small area. 5-6 hours it’s a lovely sweet powder, still detect @6”. Vanilla has calmed a bit, but now get Hawaiian tropic sunkissed warm suntan lotion (or maybe it’s my Hawaiian shirt lol). That or nag champa? Ive sampled most Zoologist I wanted to & loved exploring them. Wish they were a tad cheaper lol But the frags are so impressive, last like crazy, detect @12-15hrs+. (All extrait or EDP), accessible & wearable scents, I don’t think they’re too niche at all. No wonder they keep winning awards! I’ve found sooo many fbw faves: cow! Elephant, nightingale, chameleon, hummingbird, camel, got bee, & now Cockatiel!

Just got my hands on a sample of the Zoologist version of this. I never smelled the original--Powder and Dust--so not sure if there was any reformulation. Even if there was, the points brought up in the reviews on the Powder and Dust page still hold. There is a weird (and yes, somewhat unpleasant) note in the opening. I've never smelled anything like this note before, so I can't identify it. It doesn't resemble any of the listed notes, but maybe it's the "dust/powder?" Having said that, it's not like any other powder note I've smelled in any other perfume. It was off-putting the first and second time I tried it, but after testing it a few times, I'm oddly fascinated by it. Zoologist lists patchouli as a base note here. My skin usually turns patchouli into a sharp, twangy, b.o./armpit odor if there's too much of it. Luckily, that doesn't happen with this one. The dry down morphs into a crystal clear mimosa on me. Everything else falls away by the 2-3 hour mark. The initial spray is challenging, and I would say "not office friendly," but the dry down is glorious. If you're into Zoologist in general, I could see this being a first cousin to Chameleon--which is a ride or die scent for me, now. They both had an off-putting, foreign opening to my nose at first, which took a while for me to "get used to," and they both dry down into an addictive floral on my skin. The scent journey for both is similar to my nose, even though they don't smell the same. It took a few times wearing this, but I've officially become obsessed with the uniqueness of it and will end up springing for a full bottle once it's released.

What a stunner! I don’t really get the reviews saying Cockatiel is super animalic and challenging. As a true Sydneysider, this is the fragrance I need! This is the essence of Sydney in spring. Coloured birds, mimosas, palms and flowing Champagne. The scent is gorged with a Rhubarb tartness which is incredibly realistic. Not cloyingly but acid sweet, sour and crisp. Like a beautiful Rhubarb pie, and in its base is a vanilla custard. I can’t wait for October to wear this on Wooloomooloo wharf sipping on Champagne, with my lemon-coloured jacket, sunshine on my face and only good to come. I have already received multiple compliments from this scent and my husband loves it! 🎶 I’ll take you to my place to be, It’s not LA, it’s not Miami, Where sun’s so bright that it stings my eyes, Vacation vibes on a City life. Blondies in cheeky bikinis, Holding martinis, bellinis. Sydney’s fun from the Sydneysiders, Ocean’s water and zenith is fire. Elevated white parties that takes you higher, Penthouse balconies that views the whole shire. 🎶 Is a song I’ve written for Cockatiel.

My NYE scent this year! It's primarily a musky, cashmere scent on me with a tart rhubarb/raspberry note that adds the pizzazz. It's not super sweet on the skin. It's powdery, but like if you took champagne and turned it into dust? It tickles your nose. The cashmere, musk, and guaiac wood make it more of a chilly spring scent for me. I love rhubarb and the notes list had me giddy. This was top of the list when I got to visit a niche boutique in London on vacation. Zoologist scents are complex, so I came home with a sample. I may get a travel size of this. There is something in this that allllllmost gives me a headache, but it's so interesting that almost doesn't matter. I typically am more sensitive to fruity fragrances. I cannot stress the importance of sampling Zoologist fragrances! They are complex and transform through wear. The actual experience is always so different from how I imagine them, but they're always a joy to get to know!

The opening is rough, but the dry down becomes better and better as time goes on. At first, Cockatiel is a strange powdery floral, but not powdery like makeup, more like dried flowers and powered wood. On my skin, vanilla becomes the dominant note, and I'm not really getting the fruity notes. Yeah, this is definitely a unique, dry, woody vanilla. Cockatiel is one of my favorites from Zoologist! Edit--Now the patchouli is starting to show up. The dry down reminds me of Prada Amber for her with dry dusty wood, weirdness, and mimosa. Maybe there is a little Vanille Insensee in there too. Edit--Cockatiel is so good--an amazing vanilla incense! To me this fragrance reminds me of the warm, sweet, dryness of late summer and another Zoologist offering, Bee. Both Bee and Cockatiel are sweet and mass appealing, but edgy at the same time. 4.5/5