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

I had zero positive expectations of Cockatiel based on the animal (as strange as that sounds, but for example Tyrannosaurus Rex seemed like a win before sniffing) and the notes on Zoologist’s website. And I absolutely love it! I think it’s a work of art. If you’re into textures and textural fragrances this is a must try. The tart rhubarb stays for just long enough to get your mouth watering (not kidding) before a fluffy ever so microscopically toasted (I think this is from a trace, faint nearly imperceptible wisp of guaiac which I smelled before seeing the note list) mimosa vanilla marshmallow shawl wraps it up and takes over the show. For me, more than specifically powdery, Cockatiel feels fluffy, and maybe dusty, like a vanilla marshmallow dust. What a weird and fantastic surprise. Instant love.

I wasn’t expecting to love this as much as I do, as I’m not the biggest fan of sweet scents. The opening is sparkling sweet and sour rhubarb dusted with powdered sugar, which I can see being off-putting to some, but which I find intriguing. The dusty powder quality along with the sweet/sour rhubarb facet prevent this from becoming too young, bright, and cloying. It lends it a slightly mournful feel. Like Marie Antoinette in exile. It dries down to a very pleasant vanilla-powder-raspberry-woods scent that is both comforting and contemplative, youthful and mature. @kentucking's review "makes you smell like a sunbeam filtering through a study, illuminating a pitcher of cold lemonade sitting upon an old, loved and worn antique coffee table" is dead on. Definitely in my top 10 Zoologist scents!

Love this quite a lot on paper, and have no idea what the reviewers getting rotting smells are coming from (but then again, my partner got nothing but cough syrup from it so this must have some illusive and divisive aromachemicals!). To me, this is one of the most beautiful vanillas I've ever smelled, elevated by the champagne, raspberry, and cashmeran. The rhubarb is nice and fresh as the top. I keep imagining a nice Tahitian vanilla ice cream with a pinch of salt and olive oil, which might be my favorite way of enjoying a vanilla ice cream. Can't wait to try on skin. Edit: Both on blotter and skin, upon drydown, this veered too much into aforementioned cough syrup territory. I love how it starts off so I'll try it on skin a couple more times to see how I'm feeling.

cool so i love love LOVE this scent. Between this, Signature by Aedes de Venusta, Encore un Peu by Alex Simone and flou-ral by Nomenclature, I've collected quite a few rhubarb bombs. This is the most punk rock rhubarb to me, even with the vanilla. I love how dusty and dry it is. I love how musky it is. People say it's rubbery. I guess? sure. why not. I smell a dusty, grassy savannah baking in the hot afternoon sun - very organic actually. Problem: My husband smelled it from half a room away and had a visceral negative reaction. He didn't realize it was perfume, he thought something in the house was just very very wrong. He opened a window to air it out. I kept quiet. Not great, not exactly what I'm going for. Ok so I wear it when he's gone. Thats it thats the review.

Love at *second* sniff! First time I sprayed this on a piece of paper, I thought it smelled like burnt plastic. However, the dry down turned to be more fruity, so I decided to test on skin. Sprayed it on my wrist and had a different experience. The opening is tart, I definitely get the rhubarb note. Then, the scent turns into such an interesting smoky/woody raspberry. The light smoke gives it maturity. It reminds me of eating sweet raspberries by a fire in the woods on a cold, sunny morning, while snuggled in a cashmere blanket. I recommend giving this perfume some time to develop on the skin before judging. Not a safe blind buy, but worth sampling! I can't get enough of this smoky raspberry cloud around me, and will definitely get a full bottle of this.

Seeing this sample sitting at the top of my order when I opened my package, alongside a personalized note from Victor himself, made me laugh - my pet cockatiel was perched on my chair at that very moment. I'm not quite an enthusiast of jammy, sweet fragrances but this is divine and full bottle worthy. It's not cloying at any stage: at opening, rhubarb lends a vegetal and sour quality to the raspberry/mimosa marriage here, and at dry down the champagne note maintains a sparkling, fizzy balance to the gentle sweetness. It's innocent and ever so slightly earthy. It's cute like my pet cockatiel's orange cheeks, sassy like his mohawk, and musky like the powder on his feathers.

this perfume is like being a young person going to a symphony or opera with all of your uncles and aunts. at intermission, all if you stream into the powder room of the historic concert hall. setting powder and perfume and the slight smell of sweaty silk fills the air as they pass you candies in closed hands as if they were contraband, eyes crinkling in the clamor of sweet arguments and gossip, opinions and obsessions. to me, this perfume is incredibly pleasant and pleasurable, both mature and youthful, heady and understated. this feels like an excellent crisp-weather scent, perfect for an evening street fair or café concert!

This has been my signature scent for almost a year by now and I'm not planning to switch to something else. It opens with some sort of dusty mimosa, dirty powder and fizzy fruity scent, probably from the "champagne" note. Anyhow I love wine notes in perfumes so :) The dry down is sweet, a tad sour, powdery. Hard to describe but nothing excessive in my opinion. My nose is not good enough to describes very well done this one but to me it's pure happiness and cheerfulness. It's not as strong and long lasting as most Zoologist perfumes though :( This is the only minus. The bottle is so cute. I am sold.

powdery vanilla with the warm earthiness of guaiac wood and pachouli, all brightened up with a light, sweet (but not cloying) fruitiness from the top notes. this fragrance captures the sunny, quirky personality of cockatiels and makes you smell like a sunbeam filtering through a study, illuminating a pitcher of cold lemonade sitting upon an old, loved and worn antique coffee table. perfect for any time, any season, any occasion. went through my sample and i immediately bought a full bottle- and was lucky enough to be able to snag the special edition! overall *very* happy about this fragrance.

Cockatiel opens with a raspberry and rhubarb note that stays till just before the dry down. On my skin Cockatiel almost flows from the top notes to the base notes, with vanilla and sandalwood becoming more noticeable until they dominate in the ultimate dry-down, nicely supported by the cashmeran. The rhubarb may seem to be a discordant note when compared to the rest of the perfume, but I love how it "harmonizes" with the rest of the notes. Outstanding length and sillage. It lasts until the next day on clothes. Cockatiel is like an "easy" Zoologist, but with an edge. Major love from me.

Extremely sweet and fruity. One of the most youthful scents I have ever smelt. The powdery vanilla gives it a light, airy and edible aspect that I can only compare to dainty Hors d'oeuvres at a cocktail party. The only negative aspect of this perfume is it's strength, similar to BR540 it is so sweet it can be headache inducing and cause noseblindness, at least for me. It's also too feminine for most men to wear. Interestingly this isn't actually a zoologist creation but rather a rebrand of "Powder and Dust" by SP Parfums instead of a unique creation inspired by an animal.

So interesting reading the comments because I am not getting what you all are getting. This smells divine from first spray to me. Yummy bright raspberry, dusted with vanilla powdered sugar. I’m not a sweet fragrance fan, but this smells so sweet and yummy to me, AND YET I actually enjoy wearing it. Maybe the tartness balances it out and that’s why I actually like it. I bought a 10ml travel spray after sampling but now I’m wondering if I should have gone for the full bottle. Only time will tell. This is not my typical fragrance profile so I am delightfully surprised.

This smells of mulberry wood smoke initially. One of my most favorite smells come fall. Then it transitions and the raspberry is ever subtly present. The mimosa in this is glorious finally giving way to a semi sweet vanilla soft musky base. This scent lingers for days on textiles and wears easily for 8 to 10 hours. This is going to carry me thru the winter months. One of my new all time Zoologist favorites. Thank you Victor for never compromising on the quality and uniqueness of your fragrances.

OKAY hear me out - this smells exactly like some scented toy from my childhood - I want to say those dolls that you would fold up their skirt and they become a cupcake. Also reminds me of rubber pool toys from childhood trips to Florida. So yeah I get the plastic-y rubbery vibes but it also happens to strongly activate some very positive nostalgia receptors for me. This was the first Zoologist scent I tried and it did not disappoint. It's super weird and unique but very wearable for me.

To me, it smells like a Russian bathhouse on a summer day with freshly made birch bath whisks and a hot raspberry tea with sweet berries and leaves that awaits you after a session. If you've ever experienced it, you'd remember the smell of these whisks when you pour boiling water over them, and the scent of heated wooden walls. I pick up something slightly earthy as well, like decaying autumn leaves. Somehow this scent is hot July and gloomy October at the same time

This opens with a super cheerful rhubarb explosion! I was hoping for a dry, bird-like dusty powdery drydown (if you’ve ever had a pet bird, you know what I’m talking about), but this fragrance takes an unexpected turn as the top notes subside. The drydown is dark, sweet, and juicy - almost like decaying fruit. Very melancholy and a little sad. Like a cockatiel in a small cage, I suppose, where I was hoping for happy cockatiels chirping in a tree in Australia.

"It smells like rhubarb x wet dog x beach toys that have been left in the sun in a hot car (hot plastic, styrofoam etc)." - emerson10 omg it totally does! Why do I love it so much?! Haha. There's something very playful about it and I think it partially reminds me of my childhood. But also it makes me feel feminine, like I'm putting on makeup in my boudoir on a pretty Spring day. It's very feel-good for me and yes it's quirky for sure.

To me it smells eating blackberry cobbler a la mode in an aviary. My fiancée says it smells like damp grass that is turning brown, peat, and when you just start composting and things are just starting to rot, but she also gets vanilla, but the actual pod, not vanilla extract. Either way, I love it but I feel like I’m not experiencing anything similar to what other people are or picking up the notes as the perfumer intended

The opening was a burst of fresh fruit and champagne - it's quite acidic and slightly bitter and I love that. On drydown it's too sweet and powdery for me. At about 5cm away from the skin it strikes does strike a nice nectar-y balance but when I'm further away all I get is dust and powder (not my thing) and when I'm too close it's sickly sweet.

I loved this perfume but I decided not to buy it. It's feminine, powdery, beautiful. But I personally would go for Delina instead or Diptyque's rose interpretation. I personally don't feel rhubarb a lot. I mostly feel sweet notes and berries. I mostly feel the vanilla, like other reviewers have noted.

No notes, absolutely impeccable, smells like a decadent New Year’s party. Definitely for the girls, it’s so sweet without being cloying since the tartness of the champagne and rhubarb help cut the sweetness, this is my second day in a row wearing this. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Rubber?! Nope. Delicious rhubarb - I never want to eat it but the smell is gorgeous. Delicate fruit; light powder; smudged and delicate floral; warmed wood base. Over all the notes, a sweet fruity raspberry, light and dry champagne. This is pretty, happy, gentle.

Bizarre! It feels like being inside one of those 60s pharmacies full of contrasting smells. A medicinal, camphorated, cosmetic and bittersweet potpourri. Very original and, precisely for this reason, very divisive. For me it's just wonderful!

one of my new faves! when first sprayed, to me it smells like a freshly scraped vanilla pod. when it dries down on my skin the sweet fruity notes come out, and it balances into a desserty fragrance like panna cotta and raspberry. 10000/10

I enjoyed this scent. The opening is VERY boozy, the dry down is delightfully woody. This reminds me of the scent of red earth and forest, very Australia.

I really don't understand the low ratings, it's a tart rhubarb with powdery aspects. Smells like a rhubarb pie

This smells so much like Aura by Mugler. It is a lovely, powdery, tart smell

I love this. To me it smells like a good rooibos tea with vanilla notes.

Best Perfume I've tried so far! I feel like pretty doll when I wear it.

smells like a raspberry lemon wedding cake with a champagne toast

First impression (on skin): Vanilla, light, sweet, feminine, girly, gourmand, powdery, tart, unique, strange, almost cake-like I accidentally got this on my bedsheets while I was testing Civet, but I was pleasantly surprised! It was pretty strong just after one spray, to the point where it could still smell it walking in and out of my room hours later. When I had settled in for the night and caught another waft, it smelled like a memory to me; specifically, it brought me back to my teenage years wearing vanilla body spray just as summer was setting in, but it isn't like just a basic vanilla perfume. It's very light and feminine, and I'd say maybe even leaning towards girly. That vanilla note definitely stood out to me the most, although more heavily on my clothing. I noticed some describe it as “fizzy” like champagne, but for me it's more like a fizzy cream soda! I did get that champagne note, but I think the sweet notes merged to make it almost “creamy” as well. When I tested it on my skin, it was a little weirder. I wasn't getting so much of that vanilla sweetness on me. I'm not sure if it's the rhubarb, as I'm not familiar with that note, but it's quite unique and strange, hard to put into words. It has a strange undertone that I could see as being off-putting to some, but for me I didn't mind it. It succeeds in capturing the playfulness and joy of the birds. While there's not a lot of notes, each note felt intentional at capturing the likeness and behaviour of cockatiels. The only reason I don't see myself purchasing a full bottle is the pricing. OVERALL RATING: 4/5 RECOMMENDATION: Sample first Location tested: Forearm, sleeve Would I purchase a full bottle?: No

As is usually the case Zoologist nails the brief with this one. This is so aggressively powdery it borders on being peppery - or at least it gets up my nose in a similar sort of way. I've LITERALLY never encountered a "powdery" perfume that comes close to this one! Don't get me wrong, I like it! And in my excitement I'm getting ahead of myself... Cockatiel first opens with super tart rhubarb, and the overdose of vanilla alongside it smells SO MUCH like rhubarb & custard desert it makes my mouth water! Then of course after a short period those notes fall back a little and the powdery notes shine through. It's an extremely dense (but not unpleasant) powderiness that for some reason conjures images of chinchillas taking dust baths... Anyhow, the patchouli and guaiac wood give it some additional depth, and the combo reminds me of oud a little bit, which I know is a controversial note but I love it :) I also find this to have a bit of an "odd" note, not bad just foreign to me so I'm assuming that's the champagne I'm picking up on. So I very much agree with the accords list - it's super, super powdery but also gourmand and wee bit sparkly/fizzy. Very nice! Surprisingly wearable but NOT for the faint of heart. If I decide to buy this it'll definitely be the travel size because quite honestly I don't know if even *I'm* brave enough to wear this. To me this is like Valentino Donna Born In Roma but on roids.

my initial spray of this got an immediate reaction out of me. i actually said "oh!" out loud. i was going into it mostly blind, so i was not expecting that huge burst of fruit- i couldn't identify raspberry itself but i knew it was some type of berry. it makes such a bold entrance and immediately announces itself. for me though, the raspberry faded almost as quickly as it arrived. i had intentionally forgotten what the rest of the notes were supposed to be, so i was really curious to see where the fragrance would take me from there. what it settled into was this really soft, nature-inspired scent. yes, it is powdery, but i do not experience the powder as the main event. to me it feels like it is there to soften all of the woods and greenery, smoothing everything out rather than taking over. i actually think this is extremely wearable. i love powdery fragrances, and this one feels very balanced. i am a little disappointed that the fruitiness does not stick around longer on my skin, but i really enjoy where it ends up. this feels like the kind of fragrance i would wear on a hike if i wanted to feel pretty in the forest, instead of smelling like i had become one with it. and i think that is exactly why i like it so much

Dusty, rose-coloured velvet curtains, warm lamplight, velvet upholstered high-back wooden armchairs, and timid nibbles of Turkish delight from a doily-bearing china plate in the sitting room of a distant older relative. This is the vibe of Cockatiel to me - old lady quirkiness. I have a cockatiel and I really want to LOVE this fragrance. At first, I was put off by the bitter rhubarb opening note mixed with the almost overbearing powder. But after a few hours, it looses its bite and settles into a truly wonderful sweet, champagne-y, powdery scent. Much like the hard-won trust of the cockatiel itself! After a number of wears, even the opening has grown on me. The wood and musk notes add essential depth to what would otherwise be an overly sweet fragrance. Overall, a pleasantly sweet, highly unique fragrance. Gourmand without the edibility. I find myself almost addicted. Excellent staying power and decent sillage. I’ve gotten a fair number of compliments on this fragrance when I’ve taken the sample for a spin out of the house. I can picture myself wearing this to a cafe or brunch date, though I’ve been wearing it indoors alone most often. I’ll probably pick up at least the travel size for the fall season.

The opening of Cockatiel is super medicinal, but the drydown is a lot more friendly. I smell mostly tart raspberry/rhubarb, and a very sweet powder with vanilla. I like it, but it's not blowing my mind. The fruity sweet dusty drydown smells in the air like other perfumes I have smelled before. It does last a long time, though. I think I just had too high hopes for this perfume, as I absolutely adore cockatiels - but this scent just doesn't really make me think of them at all. I get the inspiration, the red fruits for their red cheeks, and I can stretch the dusty, chalky notes to remind me of cuttlebones (that they chew), but somehow, this still doesn't make me think of cockatiels. I think it's too sweet? Although they are incredibly sweet birds...maybe it's just too mainstream, and I would have preferred something that reminded me of smelling gently sweet bird fluff...but I get that's not what most people want XD I was also hoping for more fluffy mimosa, and while this perfume does have a fluffy, cotton candy aspect, the sweetness makes it too syrupy to really fly.

Hm, an interesting mixture. I rate it somewhere between 3=OK and 4=like. At first, you get a strong mix of sweet-sour notes. The first impression was familiar - I smelled PdM Delina and musky rosy vanillas like Mancera or Montale. Rhubarb is very noticable, it stands out. I also felt some mandarines/citruses and bitterness at the end of the spectrum. Later the rhubarb calmed down and the scent became a skin scent. These later stages smelled better, but faint. Smelling the fragrance, it transported me to some colourful tropical joyful place. I enjoyed it after 4-5 hours genuinely. It is February now, I imagine the scent wearing during hot summers. It feels like drinking a refreshing fruitful cocktail. I think I I'll give this sample another chance when it gets warmer outside. Update: It's November now. This perfume is more suitable for cold weather. I feel even damp soil and powdery leaves in this scent. But I do not like it.

So I know the inspiration for this was wild cockatiels, but this smells like my childhood bird Louie. The champagne note has a metallic quality that reminds me of cage bars. The powder notes are like feathers (which are a little powdery on their own). The rhubarb/raspberry/vanilla mix to smell how domestic cockatiel food looks - in the 90s we fed Louie those little pink & yellow candy-colored cereal puff-balls. And the mimosa/patchouli/guaiacwood smell like the newspaper that lines the bottom of the cage. I don't dislike this scent at all, but the metallic and mimosa notes tipped me from "ooh!" to "eh." I'm sure it smells radiant on someone else but on me it's too powdery and mimosa-y, which overrides the bright opening and lovely drydown.

Received this as a random sample, and the first day I wore it it smelled like banana! After a few days in a dark drawer the topnote is a bright, effervescent, slightly sour rhubarb-raspberry scent with a powdery undercurrent. The champagne smells fizzy, which I think might be where some people get the rotting fruit note (fizz + raspberry = fermentation?) but it doesn't pull that way on me at all. Dries down to a lovely vanilla with a distinct banana creaminess to it. The word that comes to mind is bizarre, but not unwelcome. Wear this with a patchwork pink and yellow sweater and a pansexual flag kandi bracelet to be the coolest weirdgirl at your local swap meet.

Mixed feelings on this one. I can’t tell what it is but something in the opening smells of medicinal cardboard to me which is very off putting. Once it dries down it becomes much more enjoyable. I smell a very large dose of raspberry, and the combination of cashmeran, vanilla and musk are translating as marshmallow to me. The patchouli is detectable but not overpowering thankfully. The champagne is present too but not a key player here. This is one of the more approachable from zoologist and one of the most feminine. Not in love with the good parts of this one, but not so put off by the opening that I won’t finish my sample of it.

This is a great example of a hit or miss 'abnormal' fragrance that makes me love zoologist. I have never smelled something like this before. Big burst of rhubarb and raspberry, I don't find it medicinal or synthetic. I quote like it, and her that 'fizz' of champagne. There is definitely a background scent that reminds me of caged birds....but it isn't unpleasant to me. Makes me wonder if people who smell it will be questioning my choices in perfume, or think I'm trying to hide the cage scent with fruity perfume... Dry down changes to a nice vanilla,and sillage is r the best, but does seem to last most of the day for me.

If you've ever eaten "Rhubarb and Custard" sweets/candies from a store (UK folks will know these for sure) then you'll know exactly what this smells like. It's basically that taste and smell in perfume form. For those who haven't tried those, imagine a sweet stewed rhubarb so sweet yet a little tart, but sat on a bed of warm vanilla custard and that's the mid to drydown here. The opening is very bright and almost stings your nose, I guess this is supposed to be the bubbles from the champagne. Pretty cool, but nothing to do with the animal unless you stretch and say custard is yellow and so are some Cockatiels.

i purchased Zoologist's full current array of samples (September 2023), I've been interested in them for years and decided to treat myself, and am planning to resell samples I did not care for (for anyone interested). Initial smell on a tester strip was wow smells exactly like those candy necklaces I used to get as a kid! Then a second later a sharp unpleasant note like pen ink. After a couple minutes the sharp note recedes to a tolerable level. Super sweet and confectionery. I could see why some wouldn't like it but it's such a scent memory for me I'm entranced. Will test on skin later and update my review.

This one is really pretty imo. The rhubarb is very bright. It starts off smelling like rhubarb flavored candy. You get deeper into the fragrance and it begins to smell more vegetal. However, this was quite linear for me otherwise. Rhubarb and powdery notes were the only thing I could really discern and smell. In dry down it gave me the image of a fizzy, powdery, pink, rhubarb flavored bon bon. I think what this perfume does very well is a vintage-leaning scent profile that retains youthful qualities. Very moderate projection/performance on this one - more of a skin scent after a while.

I couldn’t get any connection from the scent with the theme at hand But nonetheless it was a unique experience in the opening specifically and the rest of transcend is a powdery hew that is of good performance when the scent starts its fruity somehow sour with a floral touch which I almost never smelled like before It starts cooling down after an hour to something tame good to wear but nothing extraordinary Performance overall was ok I wouldn’t pay the retail price it’s not worth it Good thing that it’s wearable compared to other entries from the brand

Absolutely lovely perfume as usual from zoologist. Rhubarb especially is such an uncommon note in perfume. Not something I would personally gravitate to on a daily basis but I can still appreciate it's beauty. Got invited to an English wedding and took my sample - fit very well for the vibe. Picture the wedding from Nanny McPhee,... before or after the food fight, honestly. Dyed pink and yellow lambs wandering around and sickly sweet cake. This perfume is uplifting and decadent in my opinion.