Dragonfly

A dragonfly emerges from shallow water, spreads its wings for the first time, and flies over rice fields as a summer downpour brews. ZOOLOGIST Dragonfly paints this moment like an impressionistic canvas of water, flowers, and greenery.

Grapefruit, basil, angelica seeds, and ginger provide a bright, aromatic tension at the start. Rice and aquatic flowers then soften the edges and create a pale, almost milky haze.

Geranium, jasmine sambac, mimosa, iris absolute, and rose open a dense floral layer. Violet leaf adds greenery, while iris and mimosa leave a powdery trail beneath the moist petals.

Céline Barel guides the composition from a green lake with lotus leaves towards golden rice terraces. Rainwater connects these two landscapes and creates a sense of the air just before a downpour.

Moss, patchouli, tonka, vetiver, benzoin, and cashmeran later provide warmer earth beneath the water. The flowers quiet down, but a moist veil remains above the woody base.

Dragonfly is not a simple aquatic perfume. It is powdery iris and rice under the rain, above moss and golden fields — a restless gleam of wings before the first drops fall.