Penguin ( Limited Edition) By Zoologist Extrait de Parfum

Opens with what it promises, the feeling of very cold dry air. This is pretty awesome but it does fade very fast.

After this it's lots of the pepper and juniper and what feels like a strong ginger like note along with maybe just a little bit of essence of carpet cleaner solution, a definate undercurrent of synthetic cleaning product here.
Really nice unique fragrance overall though at this stage, I wish it stayed this way for the rest of the time.

The dry down is basically very dry moss and a smidge of leather feel, some sparkle from the juniper and dry woods. Going into a more cheaper mens aftershave territory here.

I like this, I'd say it fits the animal well I just wish those open stages would stay around longer as they are unique moments but the rest of the journey is only OK.

Pretty safe, although I suppose some people might find the opening (South) Polarising.

This smells almost exactly like a gin I got from the Isle of Harris which was infused with sea kelp. It spilt all over my clothes while in transit and I wasn't even bothered because it smelt so good.

As a huge Zoologist fan, I had sky-high hopes for Penguin and had been eagerly anticipating it since its announcement. Based on the reviews, I was expecting a scent that was akin to taking a polar plunge and emerging from the blue glacial waters – lips purple, draped in sea kelp, and shivering as you claw your way onto an iceberg. Or mixing myself a chilled gin martini, ripe with juniper notes, while wearing a tuxedo (or as one might say, a penguin suit).

This was…not that.

At first spray, I couldn't smell it at all. Then it began to blossom, and I couldn't quite put my nose on what this smells like. To me, it doesn’t smell like the frozen tundra so much as it smells, I’m not sure…sterile? Empty? Lonely? It smells crisp in an odd way, and on my skin it smells almost like…glue? Perhaps the notes blend together too expertly, because I can’t pick out the ice, nor the juniper berry, nor the saffron, nor the sea moss. I don't dislike it, but I don’t know what to make of it, either.

I remain mildly disappointed after hyping myself up with my own (perhaps unfair) great expectations. I’ll likely end up eating these words, as some Zoologist bottles are an immediate love at first spray, and others like Penguin are so confounding that they eventually grow on you. But if you’re looking for a wintry scent, I would suggest that you first take flight with Zoologist’s phenomenal Snowy Owl rather than its confused Penguin.

In five words or less: The iceman confusingly cometh.

Penguin has an incredible blast of this cold artic air, refreshing but also empty and inhospitable. It is clean and smells exactly like a cold icy cave with a touch of sweet cold breeze throughout it. I envision a sort of icy cave next to the sea in Antarctica, or that cave in Hoth where Luke slays the Wampa.

Zoologist hasn't missed recently, though their latest scents I think are very pleasing but more vaguely thematic. This actually does smell like where a Penguin lives, even just at the zoo, but its done in such a wearable and pleasant way that transports you to that place. Unlike a lot of other Zoologists, there isn't much animalic or "earth" accords to it but it just doesn't smell like anything else.

Amazing!

Ok this one...I can definitely see a lot of gatekeepers going to hate on this one cuz it's not "niche" and "unapproachable" enough
but in my opinion, this is was such an honest surprise. Very icy, blue, and cold, like the breeze in antarctica, bone chilling but also so gently interwoven with the juniper berries giving it almost a gin with icecubes kinda texture.
def one of my fav zoologist perfumes so far!