Description
The adorable Panda is a born charmer and a true ambassador of peace. Indigenous to the Sichuan bamboo forests, the Panda’s natural habitat is a majestic mosaic of dewy greens and enchanting aromas.
Panda Eau de Parfum is a fresh green fragrance that combines the delightful scents of bamboo and zisu leaves to send you on an unforgettable aromatic adventure. Your journey begins at a quaint Sichuan pepper farm surrounded by mountain streams and then leads you through a forest of osmanthus flowers as you finally make your way into a cozy garden filled with juicy mandarin trees and blooming lilies. Panda is a scent ensemble that will truly awaken and rejuvenate your senses.
Panda Eau de Parfum does not use animal products. The nose behind this fragrance is Paul Kiler.
Size: 60 mL / 2 fl. oz.; Unisex
Top Notes: Buddha’s Hand Citron, Bamboo, Sichuan Pepper, Green Tea, Mandarin, Zisu Leaves
Heart Notes: Osmanthus, Orange Blossom, Lillies, Mimosa, Incense
Bottom Notes: Sandalwood, Pemou Root, Cedar, Fresh Musk, Bourbon, Haitian Vetiver, Damp Moss
Panda was launched in 2014.
kazarik – :
This makes me feel like i’m in the jungle, surrounded by everything green and wet. However, there’s definitely some florals around somewhere. I would say it’s definitely one of the girlier of the zoologist line.
Skorpi911 – :
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.
igor_soshnikov – :
PUTRID opening notes. Sour, nose burning and just purely abrasive. Okay mid & dry down. Green, soft. LOUD opening.
tolmaleks – :
Omg this is such a weird crazy cute scent! (I’m testing the old, pre-reformulation version). The first blast is very green yet sweetish, a combination of bamboo and aquatic notes; and just as I was beginning to wonder why is this scent not more popular, thirty seconds later a new note emerged that literally smelled like panda’s poop! It’s not that unpleasant, just dirty-animalic (although animalic notes are not listed here). Perhaps that’s mimosa with osmanthus playing tricks on me. After approximately 20 minutes that skanky facet withdraws a bit, and we’re left with smoky mosses – it’s like someone burned vetiver and left the tar. In comparison to Elephant, Panda is definitely more challenging, heavier and more animalic. Elephant is very fresh and wearable; Panda – not really. I guess that’s why it flopped.
ronnnaldo – :
It literally smells like a panda in a zoo, decide for yourself if that’s a good thing
ssg-76 – :
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.
ZeRRon – :
Mostly lost on me, I’m afraid. Swampy, sour, authentic wet green – sort of like the top half of Florabotanica but without the rose – with odd waves of orange and tea. Unfortunately it also revives my old grudge match with vetiver, and this round of the saga ends badly – there’s too much of it in here, and the wrong sort, and it reacts with my skin to smell musty-fusty rather than clean. More conventional than some Zoologists (it’s not nearly as bonkers as Bat, this is a much more toned-down affair) but still well outside most mainstream taste! However, as usual: it’s intriguing and cheeky and worth a try, especially if aquatic greens make you feel refreshed and revived.
WhiteWOLF234 – :
An absolute powerhouse of a scent. I don’t find this fresh, airy or watery. It’s a big, lumbering beast bursting with bold spicy greens. There’s also something that packs a fruit-punch. I like it. But wow, a bottle would be a commitment. I buried a week-old test strip at the back of a drawer and I can smell it several hours later on the clothes that come out of it. Too big to wear. Good for scenting old wooden furniture.
Daniil1981 – :
At first the notes make sense, but after about a minute I get mostly a “clean leather” quality, and this is from an official sample! I don’t know what to make of this.
grekcherry – :
I do not believe Zoologist’s claims that they don’t use animal products. There has to be actual extract of animal bum in this fragrance. HAS TO BE. Bamboo and cat bum and incense and vetiver and moss and cedar and a headache. Tested one tiny spray, and it has enormous sillage and longevity. I think an actual panda would smell much better than this.
Smile78 – :
Panda is one of the less talked about Zoologist fragrances. I can see why, it is green and nice, but that is just about it. This one does not feel to special too me. I get bamboo with some other green notes and dampness (as if it just rained in a bamboo forest). This one does not project well and I can barely smell it after three hours. Good thing Zoologist released Macaque, as for me, it is a superior green scent which lasts a lot longer, projects better and just smells better. This one is worth sampling, but I would not recommend a whole bottle.
Joinusdren – :
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.
nunodolofwawa – :
More mainstream than niche, I found this to be a very typical, wet, green, bamboo, tea based scent that’s not unlike many others. It has a slightly watery thin note, (not aquatic), that may be the lily, otherwise this is a cool green, woody fragrance that is not unpleasant. Low to moderate sillage, decent wear time, might be lovely in the spring or summer.
potasnic – :
Both zoologist perfumes I have tried so far have a secretions magnifique seaweed/cum esque “aftertaste” that is really offputting for me. :/ otherwise I’m sure it’s a great combination of notes, but just no.
ясон – :
Zoologist Panda is such a stunning earthy, spicy perfume with strong green tea, bamboo, lily and incense notes. The scent conjures up images of wooded slopes and shady, mountain streams. This is an uplifting, unisex fragrance ideal for spring and summer days. Panda is the ultimate fresh green fragrance!
SegaRUSS – :
Green watery and ozonic. It smells like some shaving foam… also recall me when I drunk chlorine-disinfected swimming pool.
Uchchilka – :
To me this is mainly a lily and orange blossom dominated floral perfume. The greenness that is discussed so much in reviews blows off rather quickly for me. The bamboo isn’t very literal. Overall, I find it pleasant in a kind of melancholy way.
(Later.) The drydown is quite nice, and actually more evocative of bamboo. Like the slightly floral smell of a heated bamboo steamer.
asik14 – :
I didn’t expect to like this as ‘green’ fragrances are not usually my cuppa. This is a soft smooth slighly grassy, slightly powdery balanced smell. defo up for further investigation
dim777789 – :
dainty sweet floral bamboo…reminds me of a kenzo ‘fume i used to sniff back in the day. having said that, it’s a little too light and sweet for mine. don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful, just not entirely for me and/or mine…
rogonet – :
Absolutely aquatic. Green and watery bamboo. That’s it. Linear and one dimensional. Weird and quirky. Not FB worthy.
leha1980_2010 – :
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
дод – :
I’m getting something quite different than the other reviews I’ve read. To me Panda is a “foody” perfume, because at it’s initial (and loudest) phase it smells like rice with bamboo sprouts. When the bamboo fades, after a couple of hours, it becomes more “perfumey”, but at that stage it’s so completely different that I don’t know what I’m smelling anymore.
I find it nice, but i also find the bamboo too strong for me.
tarapka – :
A likable summertime fragrance. Those like myself, without a lot of note discrimination, are likely to view it as aquatic. A non-aquatic aquatic, if you will. Quite pleasant stuff.
qku262intitytek – :
Citrus, slight metallic, Bamboos, water dew, and a tiny green grassy notes floating all around. It’s light, watery rather than aquatic metallic, and suits it’s name.
It’s ok, as i prefer “Rhinoceros”, & “Humming Bird” over this one.
Prizrak9293 – :
Oh gosh this one is a total fail on me. 🙁 In fact it’s one of very few perfumes I’ve wanted to scrub off immediately after spraying it on. Quite unpleasant.
The notes gave this so much potential and I thought it was going to be beautiful, quite the opposite.
While this opens with SOME pleasant notes and tones, mainly a fresh, green, watery and plant like odour the main core of this holds a very strange smell that I cannot ignore. It smells like a mixture of wet dog, pond water and a light bleach. It’s very off putting and absolutely ruins the fragrance for me, it’s very prominent in a unpleasant way.
This has facets of what I can only describe as a citrus scented kitchen spray with a hint of bleach. What on earth is causing this? It’s like the fragrance tries to be too natural and ends up smelling dank. This is not fun and I’m all for the novelty fragrances believe me!
It’s a little bit frustrating because it’s verging on being beautiful and interesting but whack…pond bleach. Eugh.
The only saving grace for me is the dry down. Something a bit more woody emerges which crisps it up a little bit, a tiny bit of hope. It smells a bit more exotically woody when it’s dry, but by then, it still contains a watery feel but not aquatic…like thin…watery notes that are STILL not too pleasant.
Oh dear, sorry Zoologist! This was a fail for me.
Валерия Апокина – :
Scent – bamboo musk & lily.
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.
Plaiday – :
Nothing’s creepier than this.
I am from China and I am so sure that I hate this.
Yes, right, I know it’s trying to capture the smell of bamboo, but to my nose they captured it in a really bad way, awfully nauseating and creepy.This reminds me of the days when I stayed in the hospital and cannot go anywhere, I was drown in despair and emptiness, the disinfectant fluid odor filled my head.
Horrible, horrible, horrible.
GOLD-X – :
I honestly 100% do not know how anyone could dislike this scent. It is my favorite from the Zoologist house, and it the epitome of springtime- for men or women.
It smells exactly as you would think judging from the notes listed. Pretty much all I smell is bamboo (as if its been cut open so you get the real green scent), early morning grass that is covered in dew, and a little bit of musk/lily in the background. There are other notes listed, but honestly I feel like I can barely smell them if at all.
This is just an overall nice green scent, covered with a dew smell that you get when you walk on the wet grass early in the morning. I judge it as a safe blind buy if you like green scents.
A side note: It has the aromatic / aerie like quality that Light Blue Pour Homme has by D&G. It does NOT smell the same, but has the air like quality if you have gotten a chance to smell it.
Огуречик – :
There is a lot of interesting notes in this perfume but the resulting composition is like a mix throws in bleach. A very acrid green effect who never reach the perfume line. It’s a good smell, like enter in a house freshly cleaned for the first day of spring.
Totally the same problem for Hummingbird, a perfume to do housework.
kommentariykgk – :
This isn’t a fragrance for me. This is a memory.
See in the Philippines, I have experienced staying in a “kubo”. A “kubo” is basically a bamboo house, a nipa hut.
When I was young, whenever mangoes were in season, my whole family would go to my grandfather’s mango farm. We would pick mangoes to eat and sell. We had a lot of fun being together.
There in the middle of the farm, a “kubo” was built and rebuilt by my family continuously. Normally dried bamboo were used but there are still a lot of bamboo trees around. Even some just starting to grow, vibrant green, and you could tell, they’re really fresh.
I know the smell of bamboo, and this for me is bamboo in a bottle. Very fresh, very green, very clean. You’ll get hit in the face by the bamboo at first, but after 20 mins you’ll get some spice and a floral and soapy feel to it too. Very delightful and it puts me in a good mood.
This is tough to pull off in my opinion. A common nose might not like this (not saying my nose is great though) because it’s very unique. It’s more of an experience than an accessory for me.
Though it’s fresh and green I’m not recommending this for any season or occasion. Considering how I feel about this and where it takes me, I want to say, Wear this when you feel like it. No one else has to like it. It’s just you and the feeling you get with this.
As I type this, I’m remembering my grandmother wearing her perfume, sitting inside of that kubo, newly built with fresh and still green bamboo.
Glukvik – :
Panda is my first Zooligist try (knowing that Rhinoceros seems to be the crowd favorite) and the reviews seemed to be mixed, so I tried a sample with an open mind but was still very disappointed. I’m not sure what it’s intended to smell like, but the “eats chutes and leaves” pun immediately came to mind since it smells mainly of vague, rotting vegetation (not even vegetables) and nothing altogether pleasant. Surely it’s very green and arguably slightly woody, but beyond that, I’m so blinded by the unappealing combination that I cannot detect many individual notes, though the note breakdown itself seems to be a bit of a jungle (how apropos). It has decent projection for a clearly warm weather-leaning fragrance, but that might be the only upside. Try at your own risk.
3 out of 10
lezer – :
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.
opn09 – :
Zoologist’s Panda is a lovely scent, but for me it’s very feminine, not unisex.
The first time I tried it on the my wrist, it was nice – orange blossom and bamboo, drying down to a lighter version, with a hint of green tea. But when I wore it to work (just a single spray onto my chest), it turned into an orange blossom Bomb. Orange blossom was the only thing I could smell for two hours, almost giving me a headache, before I could get to the men’s room at work to scrub it off as best I could (still in my clothing though).
Pretty scent – just not for me.
olegAH74 – :
There is nothing floral or feminine about this fragrance. It smells like wet grass to my nose. It’s sharp, medicinal and very very green. This is a dry fragrance, like a dose of smelling salts.
Very unusual, it’s like nothing I have ever smelled before. If you like your scents cold, dry and herbal with a grassy edge, then you will love Panda.
Projection and longevity are amazing too.
expettign – :
Usually the promotional material that goes with a fragrance is useless, but this one is both beautiful and apropos, so let me reproduce it here: “The adorable panda is a born charmer and true ambassador of peace. Indigenous to the Sichuan bamboo forests, the panda’s natural habitat is a majestic mosaic of dewy greens and enchanting aromas.”
This was released just last year, in 2014, by Zoologist under the nose of Paul Kiler. One of the things that makes this perfume so beautiful is that it’s one of the first scents that successfully tells a story and puts you in a unique place. The aromas are enchanting, the greens are dewy; the poetry of the advertising isn’t thoughtless fluff, but you can tell that it obviously informed every step of the perfume construction, and that’s one of the many things that makes it as lovely as it is.
This is an EDP concentration. The notes include at the top: Buddha’s hand citron, bamboo, Sichuan pepper, green tea, mandarin (Get it? Mandarin? China? Oh nevermind) , and zisu leaves. In the heart: osmanthus, orange blossoms, lilies, mimosa, and incense, and at the base: sandalwood, pemou root, cedar, fresh musk, Haitian vetiver, and damp moss. For those of you unfamiliar with zisu, it is native to China and, according to an article I found online, “the extract and volatile oil of zisu (Perilla frutescens) has shown significant antipyretic effect in rabbits and antiemetic effect in pigeons. So, rabbits and pigeons might want to especially try this one out. It is officially a unisex perfume (as most niche scents claim to be), however more on this below.
So what does this smell like? In the opening, I get a blast of wholly natural-smelling bamboo and fresh greens. It’s so sharp it’s as if you’re so close to the panda, you can see her tearing off the outer layer of the bamboo with her teeth. It’s something like a freshly mown lawn, but a lawn in Sichuan that has wild green tea and bright white florals growing like weeds in it. After the bamboo wears a bit (it never wholly disappears), the flowers start to rise. At first, I thought it might have been gardenia or something similar – but on looking up the notes, it must be osmanthus. This is another one of the things that I love about the construction. Instead of going for the easier-to-get, more affordable notes, Paul Kiler chose a flower that was autochthonous to the region. This only enhances the beauty of the picture the scent visually creates.
In the dry down, I get the softening of the green tea along with the barest hint of peppercorn (again, hints of the Sichuan). Unfortunately, the only note that really remains after a couple of hours and takes the time to fully develop on my skin is the osmanthus (and perhaps the lily). Guys (and gals) who enjoy feminine, green floral scents would adore this, but I’m just not one of them, especially when it’s one of the final scents that lingers on and on.
This is only the second niche scent that I’ve ever smelled, and I instantly realized (as I did with the first one) what people mean when they say that they’re wholly unlike anything you can find in Dillard’s or Macy’s. This has uniqueness written all over it, and tells a wonderful story. It’s a beautiful scent, and I would love to smell it again on someone who handles florals better than I do, but at the end of the day, it’s just not for me.
bogryancev – :
In a scenario where more and more it’s common to see extortionate prices in new launches that in the reality has nothing really new it’s a collyrium the Zoologist brand, an independente project from Victor Wong with the skilled perfumers Paul Kiler and Chris Bartlett. . Zoologist, as a good project, integrate a nice concept with very well crafted fragrances, of a good cost benefit, and that still have as a plus a nice bottle and presentation.
The three first made creations are not exactly reproductions of the animals aromas that gave name to them (thanks God for that!), i believe that this would be something very conceptual and of very little market appeal. Instead of this, i see animals that seems to represent, somehow, cultures, styles and certain humours and olfactive trends in a interpretation which is very consistent.
The idea used here to represent the Panda gravitates for me around the green theme, with aromatic nuances, as if it reproduced aspects of the animal’s environment at the same time it put emphasis on the low stress lifestyle of this animal. Just a few minutes are enough for you to notice that this is a work from the master Paul, an explosing of tiny green, citrus and vegetable details, a photo of elements that blend very well and demand your attention.I don’t know if it was the intention, but Paul here bring something of the green side of the flowers in its Carissa creation into a context of citrus fruits, leaves and tea aromas. As i said, Panda opens with this intensity and in this mixture i also detect something mineral too. as if in the environment of this Panda you could find hot springs too with their hot water warming the stones and making their mineral smell get mixed into the given vegetation. In a second moment, this Panda gains some soft floral shapes, a delicate smell, a serene one, from the osmanthus blended with the discreet white floral details of the lillies and the orange flower. If until this moment it might look delicate, at the base the mineral aroma enters in focus again; there is also a kind of clean musk and woody and green vetiver nuance.
I have already seen fragrances much more expensive and poorest in ther complexities and originaliteis when compared to Panda, that amuses me and satiate my senses with its complex and relaxing green aroma.Reviews and tests like this are the ones that give me a lot of pleasure to be done, they are very fun. I’m sure that if i come back more times to Panda i would be able to notice even more deatils in its complex aroma and appreciate even more its smell. My verdict, in a single word: fantastic.
EndorsErrolla – :
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 🙂
Zagid-69 – :
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!
muk55 – :
To my unsophisticated nose, this smells like rubber that’s been left out in the sun. I really wanted to like this, but can’t. Sorry to the fans.
kote888 – :
This review is based on their sample. I can’t quite put my finger on it. It’s green fresh watery and slightly soapy. Reminds me of fresh mountain air and river stream. Projection and longevity are moderate on my skin.
sanya77 – :
This is the newly released fragrance from Victor’s line and it is amazing, the notes are Buddha’s Hand Citron, Bamboo, Sichuan Pepper, Green Tea, Mandarin, Zisu Leaves, Osmanthus, Orange Blossom, Lillies, Mimosa, Incense Sandalwood, Pemou Root, Cedar, Fresh Musk, Bourbon, Haitian Vetiver and Damp Moss
The opening starts off with a blast of green tea and sichuan pepper which gives it a very, clean grassy, watery, slightly soapy smell, almost like a Prada fragrance does, and the pepper gives the fragrance some warmth and punch
Then after about an hour or so the green tea dies down and it morphs into a totally different fragrance which is the part I love most about it, then I get some incense, woods and vetiver, the incense is very light and makes the fragrance slightly sweet and aromatic, the woods and vetiver make it dry and earthy,
It’s a very smoky, spicy, woodsy, floral, slightly citrusy fragrance, I think this can be worn all year ’round and it would really bloom in the spring and summer, I get average projection and average longevity, I can’t say enough great things about Panda, it’s a true work of art and beautiful in every sense of the word.
zaqi33 – :
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.