Over millions of years, persistent rainwater gnaws at porous limestone, carving out karsts deep within the earth. Carried in droplets, sediment grows upon itself, forming misshapen statues. The stalagmites and stalactites reach for one another, patient in the knowledge that one day they will meet. No sunlight breaches these cavern walls, but something has. Somewhere in time, a family of olms, aquatic salamanders, wandered into the limestone cave and never re-emerged. Generations in darkness have stripped the olms of colour and sight. Pale and blind they wait, sometimes for years, for the subterranean river to deliver a meal of larvae or shrimp to their murky abode.
Close your eyes and follow Zoologist Olm into a cavern of sensory delight. Aromachemicals float in mineral water, flowing into a dewy limestone passage that shimmers with algae and amber, stirring up earthy sandalwood and musks. Olm is not seen. Olm is felt. Let this unique fragrance awaken something deep within you.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is for close quarters and low light, where its mineral coolness and woody depth can read as atmospheric rather than loud. It suits a wearer who likes a composed, slightly uncanny presence: clean at first touch, then darker and more textural as the air settles around them.
How to wear
Best in cool to mild weather, where its aquatic-mineral structure can stay crisp and its woods can unfold without becoming heavy. Apply sparingly at first; as an extrait, it can project with surprising clarity, and a light hand lets the seaweed, limestone and sandalwood feel polished rather than dense.
Who it’s for
For wearers who enjoy unconventional woods, mineral aquatics and fragrances with a cool, abstract edge. It will appeal to people drawn to niche compositions that feel atmospheric, textural and slightly eerie rather than bright, sweet or traditionally fresh.
Release year
2026
The nose
Spyros Drosopoulos is a contemporary independent perfumer known for precise, concept-driven compositions that often explore texture, abstraction and unusual materials. His work tends to balance clarity with a slightly experimental edge, making him a natural fit for a fragrance like Olm, where mineral, aquatic and woody facets are pushed into an atmospheric, almost subterranean register. In Olm, Drosopoulos works with cave-like mineral effects, algae, iodine, sandalwood, musks and modern woody materials such as Iso E Super and cashmeran to create a scent that feels less like a literal aquatic and more like a sensory environment. The result reflects his interest in structure and nuance: a fragrance that is clean in outline but strange in mood.
Collaborators
Victor Wong, Zoologist’s founder and creative director, shaped the brand’s animal-led concept and the storytelling framework around Olm, translating the creature’s cave-dwelling world into the fragrance’s imagery and brief. His role is central to the house’s creative direction, while Spyros Drosopoulos developed the actual composition.
Zoologist’s story
Zoologist builds fragrances as character studies of the animal kingdom, using scent to evoke habitats, instincts and behavior rather than conventional beauty codes. The house favors imaginative, often provocative compositions and gives its perfumers room to work outside the mainstream, which is why its perfumes can feel as much like artistic scenes as wearable fragrances.
Olm’s concept
Olm was conceived around the blind salamander that lives in limestone caves, and the fragrance mirrors that underground world with mineral water, algae, amber, musks and earthy woods. Its launch followed a limited early preview in 2025 before the full release in 2026, reinforcing the sense of a fragrance that emerged slowly, like something formed in darkness over time.
Extra info
Olm is named after the olm, a pale cave salamander that lives in darkness and rarely sees sunlight. The fragrance was first previewed in limited quantities in 2025 before its full 2026 release, and it comes in Zoologist’s deluxe extrait format.
Over millions of years, persistent rainwater gnaws at porous limestone, carving out karsts deep within the earth. Carried in droplets, sediment grows upon itself, forming misshapen statues. The stalagmites and stalactites reach for one another, patient in the knowledge that one day they will meet. No sunlight breaches these cavern walls, but something has. Somewhere in time, a family of olms, aquatic salamanders, wandered into the limestone cave and never re-emerged. Generations in darkness have stripped the olms of colour and sight. Pale and blind they wait, sometimes for years, for the subterranean river to deliver a meal of larvae or shrimp to their murky abode.
Close your eyes and follow Zoologist Olm into a cavern of sensory delight. Aromachemicals float in mineral water, flowing into a dewy limestone passage that shimmers with algae and amber, stirring up earthy sandalwood and musks. Olm is not seen. Olm is felt. Let this unique fragrance awaken something deep within you.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is for close quarters and low light, where its mineral coolness and woody depth can read as atmospheric rather than loud. It suits a wearer who likes a composed, slightly uncanny presence: clean at first touch, then darker and more textural as the air settles around them.
How to wear
Best in cool to mild weather, where its aquatic-mineral structure can stay crisp and its woods can unfold without becoming heavy. Apply sparingly at first; as an extrait, it can project with surprising clarity, and a light hand lets the seaweed, limestone and sandalwood feel polished rather than dense.
Who it’s for
For wearers who enjoy unconventional woods, mineral aquatics and fragrances with a cool, abstract edge. It will appeal to people drawn to niche compositions that feel atmospheric, textural and slightly eerie rather than bright, sweet or traditionally fresh.
Release year
2026
The nose
Spyros Drosopoulos is a contemporary independent perfumer known for precise, concept-driven compositions that often explore texture, abstraction and unusual materials. His work tends to balance clarity with a slightly experimental edge, making him a natural fit for a fragrance like Olm, where mineral, aquatic and woody facets are pushed into an atmospheric, almost subterranean register. In Olm, Drosopoulos works with cave-like mineral effects, algae, iodine, sandalwood, musks and modern woody materials such as Iso E Super and cashmeran to create a scent that feels less like a literal aquatic and more like a sensory environment. The result reflects his interest in structure and nuance: a fragrance that is clean in outline but strange in mood.
Collaborators
Victor Wong, Zoologist’s founder and creative director, shaped the brand’s animal-led concept and the storytelling framework around Olm, translating the creature’s cave-dwelling world into the fragrance’s imagery and brief. His role is central to the house’s creative direction, while Spyros Drosopoulos developed the actual composition.
Zoologist’s story
Zoologist builds fragrances as character studies of the animal kingdom, using scent to evoke habitats, instincts and behavior rather than conventional beauty codes. The house favors imaginative, often provocative compositions and gives its perfumers room to work outside the mainstream, which is why its perfumes can feel as much like artistic scenes as wearable fragrances.
Olm’s concept
Olm was conceived around the blind salamander that lives in limestone caves, and the fragrance mirrors that underground world with mineral water, algae, amber, musks and earthy woods. Its launch followed a limited early preview in 2025 before the full release in 2026, reinforcing the sense of a fragrance that emerged slowly, like something formed in darkness over time.
Extra info
Olm is named after the olm, a pale cave salamander that lives in darkness and rarely sees sunlight. The fragrance was first previewed in limited quantities in 2025 before its full 2026 release, and it comes in Zoologist’s deluxe extrait format.