What fragrance are you wearing today?

C.O. Bigelow Lemon Nº 1999

This EdP doubled as my aftershave and fragrance for the day.

@"Mullen88" & Doc47, how would you gentlemen describe the scents of the Zoologist parfums/colognes? Is it a strong synthetic scent similar to most commercial brands or a more natural one similar to essential oils? Furthermore, what is the difference between the 'extrait de parfum' and the 'eau de parfum'?
Thank you.

The Zoologist scents have no hint of synthetic notes. In fact, after I got my samples and tried them out I mowed the lawn and noticed many of the scents from the samples (I live in the country with lots of flora). I have never smelled anything like these perfumes in terms of commercial products. These scents absolutely blow me away (specifically Civet, Panda, Rhinoceros, Bat, and Dragonfly).

The difference between extrait and eau is the concentration of perfume I believe.

Yep, you nailed it. Zoologist is even awesome enough to list the parfum concentration on each of the fragrances on their website. Not many fragrance houses do that. The extraits de parfum appear to be 20% and up concentration and the eau de parfum appears to be 14 - 20% from that I can tell.

On a side note someone on another forum mentioned that they had success making an aftershave by pouring one of the sample sprayers worth of fragrance into a bottle of unscented aftershave.

I just ordered a sample of Rino and Panda, to go with the upcoming release, and a couple bottles of Stirling unscented aftershave so I can try this myself.

Agon I believe you might be referring to my thread. I made my own aftershave with a Civet sample and it's awesome. The sample sizes are the perfect amount of scent for about 100ml of home brew AS.

My full bottles of Civet and Panda just came in and I couldn't be happier. Love this house. Will be using them extensively from now on. And they're Canadian. Awesome.

Good luck with your concoction. You won't be disappointed.

On a side note someone on another forum mentioned that they had success making an aftershave by pouring one of the sample sprayers worth of fragrance into a bottle of unscented aftershave.

I just ordered a sample of Rino and Panda, to go with the upcoming release, and a couple bottles of Stirling unscented aftershave so I can try this myself.

This is an interesting idea — let us know how the experiment with the ready-made base works out. And @"Mullen88", keep us posted on your further experiences with your (almost entirely) homemade version.

PAA ClubGuy. Love it.

Agon I believe you might be referring to my thread. I made my own aftershave with a Civet sample and it's awesome. The sample sizes are the perfect amount of scent for about 100ml of home brew AS.

My full bottles of Civet and Panda just came in and I couldn't be happier. Love this house. Will be using them extensively from now on. And they're Canadian. Awesome.

Good luck with your concoction. You won't be disappointed.

Ah ok, I couldn't remember where I had seen it. Thanks for sharing the info.

Creed - Creed Imperial Millesime

Celestino, I'm not the best person to ask, but it smells and behaves like it was created with essential oils. It is a complex fragrance that on me lasts 4-5 hours and has a medium sillage.  The fragrance itself smells anything but artificial if this makes sense and dry down to warm and rich musky fragrance.

The Zoologist scents have no hint of synthetic notes. In fact, after I got my samples and tried them out I mowed the lawn and noticed many of the scents from the samples (I live in the country with lots of flora). I have never smelled anything like these perfumes in terms of commercial products. These scents absolutely blow me away (specifically Civet, Panda, Rhinoceros, Bat, and Dragonfly).

The difference between extrait and eau is the concentration of perfume I believe.

Thank you, both, gentlemen, and I guess I'll have to order the sample pack. This will be the first time I deviate from my standard essential oils to try some new fragrances in over 30 years.