Description
A river pools in the clearing of a peaceful wood. Wild flowers mingle in the undergrowth. This is where the beavers build their kingdom.
Beaver Eau de Parfum opens with a breath of linden-blossom and fresh air, trailed by a redolent infusion of castoreum and iris. A whisper of vanilla interweaves with earth and smoke. Finally, crisp cedar wood and ash emerge, bathed in warm amber.
Using a base of synthetic beaver musk, also known as castoreum, Zoologist takes a modern approach to a classic ingredient, creating an elegant and subtle unisex perfume perfect for those who adore this powerful scent.
Beaver Eau de Parfum does not use animal products. The nose behind this fragrance is Chris Bartlett.
Size: 60 mL / 2 fl. oz.; Unisex
Top Notes: linden-blossom, Fresh Air, Musk, Light-citrus
Heart Notes: Castoreum, Iris, Vanilla, Smoke, Undergrowth
Base Notes: Animal Musks, Ash, Cedar, Amber
Beaver was launched in 2014.
Infenehiesous – :
Boring synthetic musk concept. Just right for somebody has no experience of the Canadian woods or any of the essences you’d find in the beaver’s habitat or, for that matter, actual castoreum. For anybody looking for a really good wilderness or castoreum themed fragrance, this stuff is a joke. Pretty clear this entire series is basically attractive packaging for cheap synthetic musks. And the veneer of animal welfare seems opportunistic and disengenuous. If you’re in need of a good ‘nature concept’ why not get yourself a natural perfume or just go for a walk in the woods. Or better yet donate to the preservation of habitat projects. You’re not helping any beavers (or Canadian perfumery) by purchasing this product. There’s nothing remotely innovative or interesting here. If I was the one making this fragrance I’d have budgeted half my funds to pay to have the perfumers flown to Canada and spend enough time up north to get their concepts right. Meet some trappers, talk to some elders, go for a walk in the woods. Let us tell you a bit about our beavers.
rafcik116 – :
This is one of my favorites from Zoologist, so far. I have a complete sample set that I’ve been playing with, to try to find out which ones are worthy of a full bottle… and this is one of them, up there with Bat and Dragonfly. They leave an impression on me, that goes beyond “oh, this smells good” or simply reminding me of something else.
Beaver opens with a clean laundry sort of aldehydic vibe, kinda like the Chanel No.5 Eau Premiere. It’s very crisp, and fresh… and there’s so much animalic muskiness going on under all of that, which makes the whole experience very compelling and unique.
The dry down has me constantly sniffing my arm. I’m very used to woody scents, but there’s something about this one that has that “indie” vibe. It’s not a crowdpleaser, which is what I look for in fragrances. I’m so exhausted with the grapefruit/cedar combination that’s everywhere these days. But Beaver has something special, and I’m VERY interested in splurging on a full bottle. I’m gonna finish through my sample set and choose my top three to actually buy for real. And Beaver is a strong contender.
Deroxsjpyq – :
Xylene markers. Sharpie Magnum and new car smell.
Gans max – :
I sampled Beaver back in 2015 and, again, recently after finding another sample while going through my shoe-boxes filled with fine fragrance. I try to catch up testing my samples each Holiday Season. As for Zoologist Beater…
The two main notes in this fragrance are castoreum and ash. I would argue they are, in fact, beaver and ass or beaver-ass. Zoologist Beaver is truly a horrible fragrance. While I am strangely draw to high-quality animalic scents, this is not one of them. Castoreum can work, and work well, when blended with oakmoss, leather and other interesting notes. The ash/ass if this fragrance just turns this into a dirty smelling mess that curdles my stomach. No! No! Just no!
Unfortunately, Beaver lasts a solid 12+ hours on my skin and projects moderately to above average. For once I wish that I were wearing a skin scent…and it was on someone else. Although I pass for me, I commend Zoologist for the artistry and creativity behind this fragrance. While I feel this one is a big miss, they have released a several very interested, highly unique, and very lovable fragrances. But Original Beaver is not one of them IMO. Regardless, I look forward to trying Beaver 2016 one of these days.
profocenka – :
I think some of you folks (many of you this past year) are confusing this fragrance with Beaver 2016 (reformulated variant) and should move your reviews to the correct fragrance. There is nothing watery and aquatic about the original formulation.
temiursuics – :
Floral leather. Not what I was expecting on first blast. What is this clean/ leafy/ aquatic opening??? That quickly dissipates though and you’re left with the main body of the fragrance, which is a hygienic but somewhat intense animalic leather on a bed of pretty but somewhat soapy florals. The leather has a rubbery edge to it but that’s basically it. This is a very well groomed beaver, coming to visit with a lovely spring bouquet. They apparently removed the smoke and ash notes in the reformulation, which makes me sad because I do love those, but I trust this house so I’m sure this is better (I still would love to try the pre-reformation Beaver, though). The image is of a cool northern summer on a lake, with sprightly flowers perfuming the air. You’re close enough to the beaver’s den to make out it’s musky smell but it’s not overwhelming. Another winner from this amazing house.
sirota7491 – :
i grew up in the tropics and this is how we smelled like as kids when we have been playing too long in the sun and in dire need of a bath, just add the citrus and a little vanilla.
would i wear this? yes, but i’d stay indoors.
would i buy this? no.
evsandre – :
This scent is above average and stands fragrant and firm without being offensive or overbearing. The animalic aspect is of course easy to detect but I think it’s very well blended with its counterparts. This fragrance actually gets much better with the drydown. You’ll definitely get a soft musky drydown that’s irresistible!
PalVanych – :
I don’t care what it smells like, I’m not wearing a scent called Beaver.
“Hmm, you smell nice. What is that?”
“….Beaver”
(S_i_n_e_D) – :
Nothing extraordinary.
alina13 – :
This goes on a citrus floral with some castoreum for depth but then it dries down quickly to an aquatic.
rynqpohz – :
the ozonic aromachem mixed with the animalic elements is quite jarring; you have the artificial ‘nice’ fused with the raw stank, and it’s…it’s a little weird. the funky musk is trying to peep out but the industrial strength toilet cleaner has it covered. NOT that it smell like it, but seriously, it smells like some pine-o-clean masking the smell of barf.
stylistically, i have no idea what’s going on here, but i sorta kinda ‘get’ what the intention is here, i just can’t seem to vibe with it…
ETA: I think I smelt the Beaver 2016 reformulation…ooops.
manSSvao – :
This scent is a masterpiece.
I love wearing it before I go somewhere banal, Like the grocery store.
I got a compliment.
I just tossed my head in the air and let her know it was my Beaver she was smelling.
I don’t think she knew what to say.
Dam gurl, no really, Dam gurl, I think I’m going to go build one.
sergey-tkachuk – :
Scent – musk, vanilla, iris & ash.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one in the warmer months, day or night.
Projection – I didn’t get noticed, I didn’t get a compliment.
Longevity – I get 8hrs consistently.
maaaksim – :
I do like a lot of animalistic scents. So I had great hopes for this house. This is the first one I tried from Zoologist. And I am completely disappointed. Maybe I expected too much, but to my nose, this smelled like funky wet fur… and NOT in a good way. So a pass for me.
On the plus side, the longevity on this is fantastic and the project is good. So if you are into this type of scent, then it is a great find.
ltybc17 – :
Beaver. In more ways than one, I think beaver. It has a funky musk to it that may work for some who enjoy the dirty, animalic side of fragrance. For me, it’s too funky and moist.
lesruns – :
Zoologist’s Beaver is the third entry in the line that I’ve tried, and smells mostly of vague animalic muskiness. It’s not particularly offensive, but not particularly pleasing, either. Projection and longevity are decent but not noteworthy for an EDP, especially given the price. I can see how there is more buzz in the line about Rhinoceros, given that it’s a bit more provocative. Beaver is certainly more restrained and smoothed over but I simply don’t see the merit in wearing this even at a bargain price, let alone its niche price. I’m nonetheless still interested in trying Hummingbird and Bat, each of which seem to have been received well, the latter only by online reviewers so far.
5 out of 10
nidala – :
IMHO Beaver is one of those brave creations that are called to claim the position animalics deserve in the world of fragances.
The opening feels like a beaver tail slapping your face and bringing your nose back to the land from those no-quite-challenging aromas that we’re used to, then it becomes smooth and it feels warm and elegant.
What suprised me the most was the drydown, when the animalic feeling shares its place with some other fresh/citrus whiff which was totally unexpected and definitely pleasant for me.
гость – :
Sad to say, I have no idea how far the flora and fauna that inspired this perfume have been faithfully rendered. But I find it to be a very natural, complex and subtle composition – certainly no mere outdoorsy, fresh air confection. Very intelligent perfumery.
To be honest, I didn’t care for it (or Rhinoceros) on first squirt, and was almost at scrub-point – then I gave it some time, and my, how they have both grown on me.
So what have we learnt here today, children?
Be open-minded, and pause before you scrub!
Lesinka – :
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Complexity is there,uniqueness not far back…very interesting note break down. Niceee
AnTs – :
The Beaver is a musky mammal at its best, but not the dramatic, controversial, overly sexual or off-putting kind. I think the childhood memories it evokes in many reviewers might stem not only from the woody “camping trip” smell but also the coziness of the overall impression. The animalic aspects do smell like a small furry animal, but not exclusively so. They also make me think of scalp and hair, of the used linens in a child’s bed, of family and innocent physical closeness.
My own personal childhood memory, though, is something else in the fragrance. It’s the linden blossoms, their fresh yet honeyed scent carried to you by a sudden breeze in early summer.
Phemdemndub – :
The Beavers are animals much more interesting than what i imagine as I discovered while i gathered information to make a link between them and the Beaver fragrance.They have a behavior similar to the human one regarding the way they modify their environment to favor their survival and, consequently, of the ecosystem where they live; they are also animals capable of learning by imitation and experience and they also have a very gentle behavior, being also creatures provided with some racionality degree and capable of playing each other pratical jokes too.
It’s interesting that Chris Bartlettt, the perfumer behind this composition, was able to do something that resonates very well with this character.
First, Beaver is a fragrance that plays a practical joke on you, scaring you making you believe that it’s a dirty animalic aroma to just quickly change into a gentle and refined aroma as a second link with beavers, almost as if (in a third association), they changed their aromatic profile scenario while the scent develops on you.
The animalic part here is suggested by a combination of synthetic castoreum, animalic musks and, i suppose, a very discreet civet use. This was the responsible to playing the joke on me, taking a hell of a fright on me when i applied it and thought that i would smell an intense fecal aroma the entire day, something that i hate and I’m not comfortable with at all. However, this impression goes for me as quickly as the time i took the fright. After that, i already started to smell a silky musky aroma, that blends for me very well with the iris note composing what i have notice in some fragrances giving me the sensation of clean linen sheets. To that, you get mixture what i imagine it’s the synthetic castoreum, a slightly oily aroma, a mixture of leather and starch. This is an intriguing animalic part that shares attention with the citric and exotic but also comfortable smell of linden blossom. Little by little this oiliy phase is directed into a more clean and discreet musk, with hints of creamy vanilla and some leather and amber that seems very well behaved.
What most draws the attention here for me is the transformation process. Beaver for me creates this peaceful environment, with a hint of humour, that changed my initial resistence to it into a complete appreciation of its aroma. It’s something composed in a way as intelligent as the animal it represents,
lra546speagoessenda – :
Fans of the anamalic rejoice: the highly anticipated Beaver is here.
This is a musky, castoreum fueled skin scent with a smokey undertone. The smoke plays second fiddle (thankfully since I’m not a huge smoke fan) allowing the castor, or Beaver, to shine. I detect a tiny floral heart (maybe a yellow flower but it could be just an impression). The castoreum is not the sharp, lustful kind found in 80’s perfume powerhouses like Delicious; its subdued and presented in a very niche manner. The whole affair eventually transitions into a smooth drydown (my favourite part). When I first wore Beaver I immediately thought it would be perfect for layering or to give any other perfume an anamalic ‘oomph’. It also works fine just on its own.
The bottle is beautiful, no expense spared, heavy, quality, I love it.
dimazorun – :
This review is based on their sample. On my skin and to my nose I get linden-blossom with musk. It kinda reminds me of Labdanum 18 by Le Labo a bit without the linden-blossom. Projection and longevity are moderate on my skin.
Duedcredo – :
I was taken aback a bit upon first sniff, surprised by the aroma wafting from my hand, yet intrigued. As I enjoy scents which are a bit challenging or innovative, I of course kept sniffing… My thoughts drifted to a cottage my family used to own, perched within a shadowed stand of cedars that lay near the edge of a woodland swamp. I loved to go trudging through the damp and shadowy wood to navigate the sunlit pools- this perfume captures that atmosphere- a temple in chartreuse- permeated by the sweet decay of fallen tree-limbs, the green mosses and ferns, the musky-peaty earth at one’s feet. Beautiful!
rehabzsin – :
This fragrance is much more beautiful than I expected. I was expecting Beaver to be a heavy dense musky anamalic scent. While the musk accord is pervasive, it isn’t overpowering. It is just enough to be continuously pleasing and apparent. This fragrance reminds me of the smells of camping in the late Spring. The ash and ceder notes definitely create a camp fire feel. The musky accord mimics the earthy dampness that is especially pungent in the early morning. And then there is a gorgeous sweetness that emerges that screams the beauty of Spring, this accord is a beautiful mingling of the vanilla and Iris notes. This is a beautiful fragrance!!