I'm currently making my way through samples of Zoologist Perfumes, all named after animals (yes, Beaver is a perfume!).
This has set me musing about perfumes with animal references in the name - there are fewer than I'd have expected. I would have thought there'd be loads of cat references for the ladies and panthers and lions for the boys, but apart from things like Lynx, I cant think of many - there's Jungle l'Éléphant and the discontinued Tigre but apart from these Zoologist samples, I'm drawing blanks. I did get a sample from Bruno Acampora of Collie, but the intriguing idea of Eau de Lassie didn't last long - it's also known as La Colonia and is a lovely cologne.
I know Tilda Swinton specified a 'dog's paws' note for Like This, and of course there are loads of animalics out there, but I'm wondering why there aren't many animal names - especially given our liking for giving animal names to our sexual parts, particularly in the English speaking world. I imagine there's a sort of prudishness or attempt to maintain mystique that stops even ELDO from putting out 'Cock' or 'Pussy' as EdT, but I'm interested in what other Basenoters think of this (and apologies if this is NSFW but many of the best perfumes are not exactly safe for the office either!)
This has set me musing about perfumes with animal references in the name - there are fewer than I'd have expected. I would have thought there'd be loads of cat references for the ladies and panthers and lions for the boys, but apart from things like Lynx, I cant think of many - there's Jungle l'Éléphant and the discontinued Tigre but apart from these Zoologist samples, I'm drawing blanks. I did get a sample from Bruno Acampora of Collie, but the intriguing idea of Eau de Lassie didn't last long - it's also known as La Colonia and is a lovely cologne.
I know Tilda Swinton specified a 'dog's paws' note for Like This, and of course there are loads of animalics out there, but I'm wondering why there aren't many animal names - especially given our liking for giving animal names to our sexual parts, particularly in the English speaking world. I imagine there's a sort of prudishness or attempt to maintain mystique that stops even ELDO from putting out 'Cock' or 'Pussy' as EdT, but I'm interested in what other Basenoters think of this (and apologies if this is NSFW but many of the best perfumes are not exactly safe for the office either!)
