Panda

#82 of My Fragrance Journey - Zoologist Panda: Something Green, Slightly Unresolved This one surprised me. I expected soft bamboo, calm forest energy. Something gentle. Instead, the opening is sharp, wet, almost electric. Bamboo, green tea, and shiso hit first - very green, slightly bitter, like crushed leaves on wet stone. There’s cucumber too, giving it that cool garden snap. For a moment, it feels tense. Alive. Then it loosens. The sharp green softens, and a cleaner, almost mineral freshness moves in. Little flashes of citrus light. Suddenly it breathes. About twenty minutes later, the florals bloom - osmanthus first for me, warm and slightly apricot-like, then lily and mimosa. This is where Panda really shines. The scent lifts, becomes radiant and airy, green but softly glowing. The drydown turns calmer. Musk and sandalwood bring creamy warmth. It’s comfortable, smooth... though I wish the base had more depth. Cedar, moss, vetiver - they’re either there, but very quiet, or not there at all. Still, the journey is beautiful: sharp green - luminous florals - soft woods. And I kept coming back to my wrist, trying to catch the moment it changed. Vibe: wet bamboo, cool stone, soft osmanthus light Performance: good longevity, airy but noticeable Best for: spring days and fresh air Honest thought: the base could be deeper, but the heart of this fragrance is genuinely lovely. More scent stories and visuals on Instagram - @lavendercloudsjd

PAUL KILER of PK Perfumes was the nose behind this original (and I think far superior) iteration of ZOOLOGIST Panda The other way, besides sniffing them, to tell these apart are the concentrations: 2014=EDP; while the 2017 "lesser Panda" is Extrait de Parfum. Chris Carbonnel did, in fact, create Panda Extrait '17. And my epithet "Lesser" is more taxonomical and less judgemental. It is a solid perfume but Panda EDP was not only one of my Top Five ZOOLOGIST fragrances but also one of my most loved bamboo centric floriorientals...period! Animals evolve perfumes can too but reformulations that are nothing like the original make for cloudy confusing waters ie: Miss Dior Cherie is now Miss Dior and the grand 'ole gal now lqb labelled "Originale". Since I bought the last original travel spray on the market last winter (18-19) only Panda extrait remains. I appreciate the 2017 extrait but love and adore 2014 Panda EDP. It's larger than life fluffiness framed just perfectly with notes from the gentle giants' environment and reflect a playful yet fierce disposition was what gave this perfume it's individuality and create fragrant magic and olfactory charm around one for hours. smell swell & be well, GP xox

So this is my fourth Zoologist Fragrance having tried Koala, Moth, and Camel before this one. Once again, this is a luckyscent sample so I am using it dabbed. Wow. This is how to get me into wearing a floral. The opening is lemony cedar and sandalwood. The fragrance is just sweet wood for the first minute or so. Slowly and slowly the greens and the bamboo start to arise to meet the orange and lemon alongside the wood. Along the edges you get the waxy powdery sharpness of the Lily and mimosa, but it stays very faint. Once the smoky incense joins in at around the 15-30minute mark, this already becomes by favorite Zoologist fragrance yet. It keeps kind of that same scent until the scent more or less falls into musk at the 10 hour mark. This is the very next full bottle I intend to buy. What an amazing year round woody scent. I honestly can’t think of anything to improve and this is one of zoologists lowest rated scents on Fragrantica. I do not understand why this has such a low score here. Amazing parfum. 4.75/5

This is an absolutely gorgeous fragrance!! I especially love how it evolves slowly, allowing you to thoroughly experience and enjoy the journey of this fragrance. This scent is like a daydream of visiting a far off exotic land, filled with beautiful & interesting smells. On me, the opening is a very green and watery accord. I get a mingling of the bamboo and green tea notes. Then a beautiful floral accord begins to bloom, and then engulfs the scent. While I'm sure I am smelling a mixture of the floral notes, it strongly smells of orange blossoms. It reminds me that the promise of Spring is ever present. This middle lasts for a good 45 minutes on me, before the wood notes start to develop. Gorgeous sandlewood and ceder start to peek through the florals, creating a warm incensey feel. It is just beautiful. This is my favorite scent of Victor's amazing collection.

Have you ever been in a bamboo forest? I have, and it smelled like the opening of Panda. Delicious, big green is immediate, then damp loam, then some tiny white flowers. Sour-sweet wafting upward. An hour or so later the wood and moss and other foresty things appear. The sourness has softened by then (and I miss it a little!). The overall impression is of a wild garden in softly blowing mist. A coastal atmosphere and definitely not a tea party kind of garden. I'm thinking of when I was five years old and spent hours crawling in rabbit trails on hands and knees through branches and brambles behind my grandmother's house. In Panda, the emphasis throughout, for me, is the dirt, the leaves and the bamboo, so not a flower-heavy garden. Panda seems to bring out the love-it-or-hate-it, judging by comments so far. Well, I love it, it's completely beautiful.

Hate the opening with a passion. Adore the dry down. This is art as many have stated before me. That bitter green opening is harsh and to my nose a little mouldy (the part that I hate). That said, it really does transport you deep into a bamboo forest. The sensation is palpable in the sense that it's so green you can almost feel moisture in the air. It settles down beautifully after about 15 minutes into a green musk, very reminiscent to the musk used in Moscow Mule by Juliette Has a Gun to my nose, albeit a tad sweeter from the orange blossom and mimosa. It also has better longevity than Moscow Mule and a slightly better silage trail. Best kept for hot summer days when you feel the need to languish out of the sun in a cool, wet bamboo forest.

**Review is for the vintage version** Panda is a pleasant sweet, green, floral fragrance. The Zoologist quality of blending and complexity is there. I find that it is a very safe wear, possibly the safest of the line, suitable for the spring and summer months. There is a sweetness, especially in the opening from an apple or pineapple note, I'm not sure why it is not listed on the notes list here. The green notes and bamboo shine from the beginning and last throughout. Longevity is okay, projection is nice, soft and continuous throughout. The price is too much for what it is though, it should not be priced similar to others in the Zoologist range. I'm definitely interested in trying out the Extrait 2017 version though.

Love this. It is what you would expect Bamboo and fresh dried down citrus on me People at work loved the way it smelled on me and already started mooching sprays I work outdoors half the time and the other times mostly driving back and forth. I would spray this in my truck,as well. Lovely not overpowering Panda needs To be a candle I like fragrance to create a portable aura. Whenever I go,it just makes it more pleasing to be there Another winner for me from Zoologist Fragrance

Start off by saying, WOW! What a unique fragrance, it is like a work of art in a bottle in liquid form. On that note i can see how some people might be off put by this fragrance. It is a very green, earthy fragrance. I straight away also get a hint of vanilla, which i think if it was more prominent would make it even better. I have not tried the old formulation so i can not compare the two. But i believe this is a great fragrance, long lasting, pleasing scent. 8/10 for me

The first time I put on Panda I thought it was very fresh and light, kind of perfect for everyday use, I was surprised by how it developed or changed during the day, at first I could smell all the musk and citrus notes but by the end of it got a lot softer and mellow with hints of soft sandalwood and pepper which I love, I couldn’t stop smelling it. It also lasted long on my skin which was good :)

I love it, it's green, a bit fruity, very fresh, almost aquatic. It's a bit sweet, you really catch the "bamboo" and tea leaf, as well as almost a muted frankincense. I think the longer it sits the more woody it gets, really lovely sandalwood, and something sharper like pine or cedar. I think it's extremely well composed, and as unique and interesting as rest of the Zoologist collection. 8.5/10

Musky, damp, green and animalic. This is a brash scent that reeks of a panda, literally. The pre-reformulation Panda is challenging, but nonetheless a very beautiful scent. Try both Pandas if you get a chance: they compliment each other. The 2017 re-formulation is much more likeable and wearable, but the old version, this one, is the rough wild side of the scent of a Panda.

Panda is delightful. It opens with a big blast of juicy mandarine and floral. (osmanthus, I guess?) It does wake up my senses like they say but more importantly makes me smile whenever I feel a little down. In a few hours it slowly fades into a sandalwood/vetiver scent, which I also like. I don't have many perfumes, but this one makes me happy!

I bought a full bottle of Panda recently. I've worn it twice and had three different compliments so far! It's also got decent projection and longevity. On me it's very fruity, and the tea/bamboo/vetiver complement the apple and citrus beautifully. I still prefer Bee from the zoologist collection, but this seems to have more "mass appeal".

This perfume is a work of art. If you didnt tell me what brand it was or the name or notes, I would say Im lost in a muddy bamboo forest in a place Ive never been to, smelling things Ive never encountered in my four decades of life. On a practical side, I am not sure where I would wear this fragrance in my real life.

A radiant green perfume built from exotic citruses, first spring flowers and spicy woods. The complex green facet has been carefully constructed from bamboo, oolong tea, mimosa and vetiver.

واحد من اجمل العطور الصيفيه الحارس الشخصي في فصل الصيف لن يخذلك ابدا عطر قوي وثابت منعش في لمسه من كريد سيلفر ولكن باندا يتفوق عليه فعلا عطر يستحق الأقتناء 😍😍😍😍

PANDA WHAT A FRAGRANCE ON THE A HOT DAY THIS WILL GIVE U THAT FRESH COOL VIBE,SPRAYS CAN VERY BECAUSE IT IS STRONG. BUT SO GREEN AND VIBRANT LOVE IT.

if you could get a lot of diffrent green plants and wash them in dish soap so everything is very clean and fresh it would smell like panda

This is gorgeous green apple scent with beast performance on skin! Little Fresh fruity vibes all the time 😍 10/10