If you dream about holing up for the winter, sitting by the fire with a warm mug, blanket on and book in your lap, Harvest Mouse is for you. I could talk about the notes, but I wasn’t interested in trying a perfume with a beer note in it so I overlooked this one, but it’s maybe my favourite one from the brand. The perfumer here is Luca Maffei, who also used a bready yeast note in Masque Milano L’Attessa to create the impression of champagne. Once you realize that the impression of fermented bubbles is one that you actually enjoy, it’s fun to see it used again in a new perfume. Pair it with Iris and it becomes crisp, but in Harvest Mouse it’s quite warm and welcoming, like walking into a house where there’s bread rising and a dessert in the oven. Harvest Mouse – yeasty, hay, warm vanilla, benzoin, and so many other things. Like some other Zoologists, this is a maximalist perfume. It’s big, potent, long-lasting, it doesn’t apologize about what it is. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
(And I like these new Zoologist bottles. The caps are magnetized and close with a satisfying click.)
