# Zoologist — Sloth

> Sloth is Zoologist's "rainforest sleepytime" scent - a slow-unfurling, earthy-green aromatic that perfumer Prin Lomros built to mimic its namesake's languid, moss-covered stillness high in the forest 

## Essence

Sloth is Zoologist's "rainforest sleepytime" scent - a slow-unfurling, earthy-green aromatic that perfumer Prin Lomros built to mimic its namesake's languid, moss-covered stillness high in the forest canopy. It opens herbal and green, turns into an unusual spice-and-honeycomb heart in which savory cumin stands in for the baking spices of a conventional amber, and dries into a loamy, hay-and-moss, faintly animalic base studded with a damp mushroom accord. Complex, grounding and gently challenging, it is one of Lomros's most admired Zoologist compositions and a fan favorite for its idiosyncratic, "narcotic" comfort.

## Scent Profile

The opening reads green and aromatic with a brief mentholated lift - several wearers note a "Tiger Balm" or camphor flash in the first seconds. Chamomile (herbal, faintly apple-sweet), lavender, a tart acai berry and an intense violet leaf form a vegetal green accord that more than one reviewer ties directly to Fahrenheit's famous violet-leaf-and-petrol effect - here drier, dustier and more chemical, but without the gasoline. It can register as sharp or "aggressively spicy" at first spray. Within thirty minutes the heart begins to bloom, and it is the most original part of the composition. Cumin is the load-bearing note - savory, slightly sweaty, warm - and Lomros uses it (with anise's dark, licorice-like greenness) the way a classic amber would use cinnamon or nutmeg. An indolic jasmine, astringent marigold, beeswax/honeycomb and musky himalayan nard (jatamansi) round it into something that "has all the qualities of an amber but none of the typical notes," sitting at the heart rather than the base. Those sensitive to cumin should be warned: it is prominent nose-to-skin (less so in the air) and reads as body-odor-adjacent to some. The drydown (3+ hours) is where the rainforest floor materializes: bittersweet hay, damp oakmoss, a vivid wet-soil/mushroom accord, and the resins olibanum and myrrh, softening over time into a gently sweet, creamy tonka-and-vanilla finish. Reviewers describe the base variously as "earthy/damp soil," "decomposing organic plant material," "leather... Oakmoss... Aromatic tea," even a "forest fire." The signature accord is this loamy, spiced-green earthiness - warm rather than crystalline-cool, a textured contrast of cool herbal greens over decomposing-warm spice. Sloth evolves continuously but without sharp turns; notes "appear in the foreground... Then retreat," giving the slow, drifting quality its name promises. Listed lavender and violet leaf largely submerge after the first hour; cumin, hay and mushroom persist longest.

## Performance

Sloth performs well - clearly better than Seahorse and at the strong end for the house, consistent with its extrait concentration and heavy use of long-lasting materials. Longevity on skin is above average: wearers commonly get eight to nine-plus hours, with one noting it "was still going strong after 9 hours." On clothing it lasts considerably longer. Projection and sillage are moderate rather than booming - a few wearers expected a louder, more "commanding" Lomros scent and found the diffusion only medium, while others rate sillage "medium to high." The cumin and resinous-mossy base are heat-activated and bloom in warmth and humidity, which can also amplify the funkier facets; in cold, dry air it reads tamer and more herbal. Best applied moderately and a little ahead of time - one wearer advises putting it on "an hour before you go out," and warns against wearing it "to the restaurant" given the cumin.

## Wearing Context

Sloth is a fall, cool-weather and transitional-season scent that also works as an outdoors or daytime "personal escape." Its damp-green, spiced earthiness feels most at home outdoors, mirroring the humid rainforest that inspired it, and several wearers describe a Christmassy "wood and spices... Mulled wine" cosiness in cold months. It shines as a grounding, contemplative comfort scent and in casual or even semi-formal settings (one reviewer finds it suits "more formal situations" if applied lightly). It falls flat in heat-sensitive social settings - the cumin and animalic-earthy facets make it risky for close quarters, dining and offices with cumin-averse colleagues. It skews masculine to many noses despite being unisex, owing to the cumin, mushroom and mossy darkness, though plenty of women wear and love it.

## Comparisons & DNA

Within Zoologist, Sloth shares Prin Lomros's bold spice signature with King Cobra (a similar "onslaught of spice"), and sits in his run alongside Bat (2020) and Rhino (2020); fans single out Sloth as his gentlest and best-balanced for the house, with a standout creamy-green drydown. The most-cited external reference is Dior Fahrenheit for the violet-leaf opening (Sloth is drier, dustier, no petrol). The spiced-suede-and-incense drydown draws comparisons to Alaia Paris (one wearer calls it "a rustic version of the S&M suede and incense of Alaia... With a dead furry animal in a ditch"). Its loamy, unconventional-amber construction and "half fougere, half spicy floral" character make it hard to dupe; there is no Armaf/Lattafa/Maison Alhambra equivalent, as the cumin-mushroom-hay accord is far outside designer-clone territory. Some wearers even argue it functions as an unconventional fougere. Lineage: it is a product of the 2018 Art & Olfaction Awards, where Wong and Lomros met as fellow finalists and agreed to collaborate.

## Reception

Wearer sentiment is largely positive and affectionate, with Sloth regarded as a "grower"; wearer logs describe it as "earthy-spicy" with "above-average" longevity. Across wearer response the praise focuses on its originality, complex evolution, grounding comfort and excellent drydown. The central polarization axis is cumin - adored by some, a dealbreaker for the cumin-averse, who read it as sweat or body odor. A second axis is the realism: some find it beautifully evocative of a wet jungle, others find the damp/mushroom/"ditch water" facets repellent. Several wearers say it took two or three years and more perfume experience to appreciate ("I found it slightly repulsive... An entirely different beast for me now"). Among critics, Colognoisseur's Mark Behnke praised it warmly in "Rainforest Sleepytime," calling it "one of [Lomros's] best perfumes" that "doesn't smell like anything else in the collection." Critic Kevin enjoyed it, noting "good projection and excellent lasting power" while tracking its journey from herbal potion through incense-and-frangipani to a leather-and-jatamansi base. Blind-buy verdict: sample first, specifically to test your cumin tolerance; if cumin works on you, it is a strong full-bottle candidate.

## Versions & Reformulation

Single composition, no known reformulations. Sloth launched in 2020 as an Extrait de Parfum and has only existed at that strength. Note: some retailer and aggregator listings erroneously tag it "Eau de Parfum"; the house and primary sources consistently describe it as extrait. A reported beeswax inclusion is confirmed by the house, which notes "bees are not harmed in its harvesting."

## Acquisition Notes

The cataloged full-bottle reference is 200 USD / 60 ml. Current Zoologist formats center on full bottles, with samples and travel sprays available for trial. Sampling is the sensible first step, especially for the house's more animalic or conceptual entries. Buy through official or authorized channels and confirm the exact edition for similarly named releases.

## Notable Facts & Lore

- The collaboration's origin is the key piece of lore: Wong was at the 2018 Art & Olfaction Awards in London - where Zoologist had previously won (Bat, 2016) - when fellow finalist Prin Lomros, who had already corresponded with Wong about perfumes "he had imagined paired to a specific animal," proposed working together; Sloth was the result.
- Wong and Lomros built the concept around a "slowly unfurling perfume to mimic their totem animal," imagining the sloth "hanging high in the trees safe from the predators below pillowed on a mossy branch," and even referenced the moss that famously grows on living sloths' fur.
- Lomros is the house's most prolific perfumer.