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Zoologist Sacred Scarab

Resinous, floral, chypre-like, aldehydic, animalic, and musky.

Top Notes: Aldehydes, Lemon, Civet Accord

Heart Notes: Wine Accord, Plum Accord, Blue Lotus Accord

Base Notes: Raisins, Olibanum, Myrrh, Galbanum, Cedar Wood, Juniper, Wine, Styrax, Benzoin, Oakmoss, Labdanum, Musk Accord, Amber

Sacred Scarab opens with aldehydic brightness, lemon, and a deliberate civet effect before wine, plum, and blue lotus create a lush floral-fruity heart. The composition then expands into a dense kyphi-inspired base of dried fruit, incense resins, woods, moss, musk, and amber. The result feels ancient and ceremonial while remaining carefully structured as a modern floral chypre, balancing animalic brightness against wine, fruit, smoke, resin, moss, and warmth.

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Scent Pyramid

Top: Aldehydes, Lemon, Civet Accord
Heart: Wine Accord, Plum Accord, Blue Lotus Accord
Base: Raisins, Olibanum, Myrrh, Galbanum, Cedar Wood, Juniper, Wine, Styrax, Benzoin, Oakmoss, Labdanum, Musk Accord, Amber

Fragrance Details

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About the Fragrance

Introduced in 2022 and created by Sultan Pasha, Sacred Scarab is a Zoologist Extrait de Parfum inspired by ancient Egyptian kyphi incense, moving from aldehydes, lemon, and civet through wine, plum, blue lotus, dried fruit, resins, moss, musk, and amber.

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Quick Facts

Brand: Zoologist
Perfumer: Sultan Pasha
Release year: 2022
Concentration: Extrait de Parfum
Fragrance family: Floral Chypre
Expected wear: Extended
Scent profile: Resinous, Floral, Chypre, Aldehydic, Musky
Availability: Archived

Production Status

Production status: In Production

Notes & Composition

Top: Aldehydes, Lemon, Civet Accord
Middle: Wine Accord, Plum Accord, Blue Lotus Accord
Base: Raisins, Olibanum, Myrrh, Galbanum, Cedar Wood, Juniper, Wine, Styrax, Benzoin, Oakmoss, Labdanum, Musk Accord, Amber

Scent Profile

Primary profile: Resinous, Floral, Chypre, Aldehydic, Musky

Musk and woods create a skin-close, textural profile with a grounded finish.

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When to Wear It

This warm woody profile has enough structure for professional or dressed-up settings while still fitting comfortably into evening plans and cool-weather weekends.

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Summary

Sacred Scarab is a resinous floral-chypre Extrait de Parfum that begins with aldehydes, lemon, and a deliberate civet effect. Wine, plum, and blue lotus create a lush heart before the composition expands into a dense kyphi-inspired base of raisins, incense resins, woods, moss, musk, and amber. The result feels ancient and ceremonial but remains structured as a modern perfume, suited to shoppers who actively seek unusual atmospheric compositions with wine, fruit, animalic texture, smoke, resin, and historical ritual associations.

About the Brand

Zoologist Perfumes is an independent Canadian niche fragrance house founded by Victor Wong. Each release uses an animal-inspired concept to imagine habitat, behavior, texture, and atmosphere rather than reproducing an animal literally, with different independent perfumers giving the catalog unusually varied voices. Sacred Scarab applies that storytelling method to ancient Egyptian ritual and symbolism. Aldehydes, lemon, civet, wine, plum, blue lotus, raisins, olibanum, myrrh, galbanum, woods, oakmoss, labdanum, musk, and amber create a ceremonial kyphi-inspired progression. The fragrance’s combination of history, atmosphere, animalic texture, and high concentration fits Zoologist’s preference for expressive concepts that feel distinct from one another.