Tomoo Inaba

Japan Born 0 Zoologist Perfumes

Inaba’s work with Zoologist shows a taste for complex, story-driven constructions that blend classical structures with distinctive raw materials: Nightingale is built as a chypre-floral with Japanese inspirations, while Moth is characterized as a floral woody musk with powdery, smoky and honeyed facets. Interviews highlight his strong affinity for tuberose and other white florals, informed by visits to flower farms in India and Grasse, suggesting a particular sensitivity to natural floral materials and their cultivation.

About

Tomoo Inaba is a Japanese perfumer and fragrance journalist based in Oita, on the island of Kyushu, Japan. He describes himself as self-taught in perfumery, having begun studying materials and composing fragrances around ten years before a 2016 Zoologist interview, after running a fragrance-distribution company. Inaba created Nightingale (2016) and Moth (2018) for Canadian niche house Zoologist, both confirmed by the brand and multiple databases. He also composed Tuberai for the California-based brand Beau Kwon, and later works such as Orchid Mantis and Matcha Nōno listed on Fragrantica and Parfumo. Alongside composition, he has published thousands of perfume reviews on his website Profice and continues to work independently.