Zoologist Beaver Maple Edition is a woody musk perfume created by Pascal Gaurin in 2025 - a relaunch of the original with an emphasis on maple. Beaver has notes of water lily, carrot, neroli, maple, Peru balsam, cedarwood, vetiver, castoreum*, cocoa shell, vanilla bean, patchouli and sandalwood (*denotes a synthetic note).
Beaver is described: "Sun-drenched spring air infuses the tangle of timbers the beavers call home, inviting the family to venture from their cozy den. A sparse winter diet of dry buds and twigs gives way to a juicy salad of fresh waterlilies and leaves. The drive to build is awakened and soon the industrious carpenters are hard at work. Yet over the rustle of branches and the slapping of tails on wet mud, a hammering is heard. In a nearby maple forest, farmers tap thick trunks, creating channels through which sugar-laden sap can flow. Unfazed, the beavers toil on. In tandem they work, the beavers crafting lodges while farmers harvest sweet sap, guiding it to a sugar shack where alchemy will transform it to a rich, golden syrup. Evoking the onset of spring, Zoologist Beaver Maple Edition combines fresh florals with the delightful sweetness of cocoa-infused maple syrup. Within smoky woods laced with earthy vetiver and patchouli, castoreum and vanilla offer a cozy haven. Like a carefully-crafted lodge of a beaver family, this scent offers warmth while hinting at hidden depths."
Zoologist Beaver Maple Edition is an extrait de parfum.
Fragrantica - "It opened with a very outdoorsy smell, with the vanilla sort of hanging over it. The patchouli stood out but that might just be because my family seems to be pretty sensitive to it, and I usually don't like it but it was subtle enough that it worked for me. The vanilla isn't super sweet or strong like an extract, it was more like taking a whiff of a cake after its cooled and you're about to frost it. It dries down to a pretty subtle scent and is slightly sweet but very woodsy, and leaned more masculine, but after a few hours the maple came out strongly. It wasn't a super sweet maple like straight out of the bottle syrup but more like if you've smoked something with maple wood."
Fragrantica - "I didn’t get a gourmand vibe out of this at all. What I get is a beautiful rendition of maple wood. Yes, it’s kinda like the maple syrup except that it’s not syrupy but more woody and balsamy type. I love the way this reminds me of the cold Canadian weather. I don’t know how it’s done, possibly the patchouli and balsam combo perhaps? But however it was done, I love it."
Fragrantica - "Someone spilled mother's perfume and a bucket of maple syrup on pancakes and gingerbread. Very gourmand-like dessert and inedible at the same time. There's a gingerbread-honey-pollen note here, similar to Bee."
