The dogged prospector strikes gold. Upon discovering a payload rich with nutrients, the scarab returns home. Face down, guided by the sun, it propels the tightly-packed dung backwards to a burrow lined with dusky spheres. Underground, it tunnels into the ball to deposit a precious egg. In time, the larva hatches and feeds, until it emerges, fully formed, and instinct drives it down the same dusty trail to repeat the cycle.
Like Egyptians entrusting sacred mummies to tombs for the journey to the next life, a scarab burying its treasure marks the dawn of new life. Zoologist Sacred Scarab captures the mystique of Kyphi incense, a blend of blue lotus, raisins, plums, olibanum, myrrh, and juniper. Once bound with wine and burned in ancient rituals, today this divine scent guides your spirit on a path to discovery and rebirth.
Perfumer: Sultan Pasha
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a fragrance for close, deliberate spaces: a room dim with smoke, wood and warm stone, where the wearer feels composed rather than loud. It projects a solemn, almost talismanic presence, with a dry fruit-and-incense aura that reads as intimate and contemplative.
How to wear
Best in cool weather or evening air, where its resinous depth and animalic edges can unfold without feeling heavy. Apply sparingly at first; one or two sprays are enough for a concentrated extrait effect, with the incense and plum lingering close to the skin before opening into a darker woody trail.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like incense, resins and animalic nuance, and who enjoy perfumes with a ceremonial, antique feel. It will appeal to people drawn to dense, textured compositions with a shadowy sweetness rather than bright freshness.
The nose
Sultan Pasha. Sultan Pasha is known for richly textured, classical-style compositions that lean into resins, incense, florals and dense oriental materials. His work often feels devotional and atmospheric, with a strong sense of materiality and a taste for historical references, which suits Sacred Scarab’s Kyphi-inspired, ritualistic character.
Collaborators
Victor Wong shaped the Zoologist concept and the fragrance’s narrative frame, translating the scarab’s cycle of burial and renewal into a scent story. Sultan Pasha then built the composition around that brief, focusing on the incense-and-resin structure and the balance needed for the perfume to read clearly when sprayed.
Zoologist’s story
Zoologist turns the animal kingdom into imaginative niche perfumery, using scent as a way to explore behaviour, habitat and symbolism rather than simple prettiness. The house is known for unusual, story-driven compositions that can be beautiful, strange and provocative, while maintaining a strong ethical stance on materials.
Sacred Scarab’s concept
Sacred Scarab draws on the image of the dung beetle as a symbol of burial, transformation and renewal, linking its life cycle to Egyptian funerary imagery. The composition is also framed through Kyphi, the ancient incense blend associated with ritual burning, raisins, plums, myrrh and olibanum, giving the fragrance a deliberately archaic, ceremonial atmosphere.
Extra info
The fragrance is built around the scarab, an insect long associated with regeneration and sacred symbolism in ancient Egypt. Its store description links the scent to Kyphi, a historic incense blend burned in ritual contexts and associated with plum, raisin, myrrh and olibanum.
The dogged prospector strikes gold. Upon discovering a payload rich with nutrients, the scarab returns home. Face down, guided by the sun, it propels the tightly-packed dung backwards to a burrow lined with dusky spheres. Underground, it tunnels into the ball to deposit a precious egg. In time, the larva hatches and feeds, until it emerges, fully formed, and instinct drives it down the same dusty trail to repeat the cycle.
Like Egyptians entrusting sacred mummies to tombs for the journey to the next life, a scarab burying its treasure marks the dawn of new life. Zoologist Sacred Scarab captures the mystique of Kyphi incense, a blend of blue lotus, raisins, plums, olibanum, myrrh, and juniper. Once bound with wine and burned in ancient rituals, today this divine scent guides your spirit on a path to discovery and rebirth.
Perfumer: Sultan Pasha
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a fragrance for close, deliberate spaces: a room dim with smoke, wood and warm stone, where the wearer feels composed rather than loud. It projects a solemn, almost talismanic presence, with a dry fruit-and-incense aura that reads as intimate and contemplative.
How to wear
Best in cool weather or evening air, where its resinous depth and animalic edges can unfold without feeling heavy. Apply sparingly at first; one or two sprays are enough for a concentrated extrait effect, with the incense and plum lingering close to the skin before opening into a darker woody trail.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like incense, resins and animalic nuance, and who enjoy perfumes with a ceremonial, antique feel. It will appeal to people drawn to dense, textured compositions with a shadowy sweetness rather than bright freshness.
The nose
Sultan Pasha. Sultan Pasha is known for richly textured, classical-style compositions that lean into resins, incense, florals and dense oriental materials. His work often feels devotional and atmospheric, with a strong sense of materiality and a taste for historical references, which suits Sacred Scarab’s Kyphi-inspired, ritualistic character.
Collaborators
Victor Wong shaped the Zoologist concept and the fragrance’s narrative frame, translating the scarab’s cycle of burial and renewal into a scent story. Sultan Pasha then built the composition around that brief, focusing on the incense-and-resin structure and the balance needed for the perfume to read clearly when sprayed.
Zoologist’s story
Zoologist turns the animal kingdom into imaginative niche perfumery, using scent as a way to explore behaviour, habitat and symbolism rather than simple prettiness. The house is known for unusual, story-driven compositions that can be beautiful, strange and provocative, while maintaining a strong ethical stance on materials.
Sacred Scarab’s concept
Sacred Scarab draws on the image of the dung beetle as a symbol of burial, transformation and renewal, linking its life cycle to Egyptian funerary imagery. The composition is also framed through Kyphi, the ancient incense blend associated with ritual burning, raisins, plums, myrrh and olibanum, giving the fragrance a deliberately archaic, ceremonial atmosphere.
Extra info
The fragrance is built around the scarab, an insect long associated with regeneration and sacred symbolism in ancient Egypt. Its store description links the scent to Kyphi, a historic incense blend burned in ritual contexts and associated with plum, raisin, myrrh and olibanum.