Bat

Name: Bat Parfum / Extrait
Brand: Zoologist

Zoologist · Parfum / Extrait · 2015

≈ $135 · 60ml · approx. retail

Bat evokes the damp, mineral air of a cave with a striking accord of moist soil, overripe fruit and myrrh. Beneath the earthy gloom, tropical fruits and figs glow like ripe morsels before a smooth woody, leathery drydown.

Earthy Fruity Tropical Woody Resinous Leather

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

soil tincture Banana Fruity Notes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Tropical Fruits Fig Green Notes resins Myrrh

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Musk Vetiver Leather Sandalwood Tonka Bean

Best for

FallWinterEvening

Perfumer

Ellen Covey

1 in collection

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