Sacred Scarab

The scarab pushes its treasure backward, guided by the sun, while underground decomposition transforms into new life. ZOOLOGIST Sacred Scarab does not romanticize this cycle: wine, fruit, resins, and animalic tones build the scent of the tomb and rebirth.

Aldehydes and lemon open with light, but the civet effect immediately casts a bodily shadow. Wine, plum, and raisins then create a fermented, dark sweetness, thick like a ritual concoction.

Sultan Pasha draws inspiration from kyphi, an ancient fragrant preparation made from blue lotus, raisins, plums, olibanum, myrrh, and juniper, once bound with wine and burned in rituals. The motif of the Egyptian mummy and scarab eggs connects death with a new beginning.

Olibanum, myrrh, and galbanum lead towards cedar, styrax, benzoin, and labdanum. On the skin, the fruity wine gradually transforms into a smoky, mossy resin with amber and musk.

If you're looking for a light incense or a clean fruity amber, this blend of fermentation, earth, and animalics might be too ritualistic for you. The civet and musky effects are derived from synthetic materials; the perfume contains no animal products.

The finish leaves a dry sphere of resin, wine, and moss under cedar—a kyphi that celebrates not the end, but the moment something alive breaks through the darkness.