Perfume house · Canada · Since 2013

Zoologist

CanadaSay it zoh-OL-uh-jist · a scientist who studies animals

Daring, story-driven perfumes each named for an animal, from Toronto, best known for the briny, ambergris-laced Squid, 2020 Perfume Extraordinaire of the Year.

Victor Wong founded Zoologist in Toronto in 2013 and released its first three animal perfumes, Beaver, Panda and Rhinoceros, in late 2014. He still commissions a different outside perfumer for nearly every animal.

Owned by

Victor Wong, its founder; independent, with no outside owner found in the press read. Checked October 2026.

Where this comes from

The sentence · zoologistperfumes.com · beautymatter.comThe story · zoologistperfumes.com · beautymatter.comOwned by · zoologistperfumes.com · beautymatter.comThe perfumes that made it · zoologistperfumes.com · en.wikipedia.org

1 of the 42 perfumes its own site lists is here.

Here

1 perfume · the best known first

Squid2019 · Extrait de Parfum · Luxury $$$$Pink pepper, dry incense and a sunny glow, then salty brine and sweet, murky ink over ambergris, benzoin and musk.

Its perfumers here: Céline Barel.