Olm
Regular price $ 5.00From Zoologist Perfumes
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.
Notes
water cave accord, limestones, iodine, algae, soft amber, sandalwood, oily musks, cashmeran, Iso E Super
Perfumer:
Spyros Drosopoulos
Shop Note:
Sample Orders
Last updated: January 5, 2026
Individual samples are not available to purchase at this time due to high order volume. This temporary notice takes precedence over the Sample Orders policy below.
Complimentary samples are included with qualifying full-bottle orders and are prioritized for those purchases.
Sample Sets and Discovery Sets with fixed assortments remain available.
We appreciate your understanding.
Sample Orders
Samples are designed to help you evaluate scents you might want to later purchase as a full bottle. You may order one sample per fragrance, up to 15 total in a single order. Samples are non-refundable.
For sample orders, please check your packing slip for a special code that will allow you to redeem the price of samples and sample shipping when purchasing full bottles of the scents you sample ($10 off full bottles).
Complimentary Samples
We provide complimentary samples with $75+ full-bottle purchases. You may request up to 3 samples with any qualifying order. Please use the Order Note section on the Shopping Cart overlay to let us know which complimentary samples you would like. We'll try to provide the scents you've requested, but substitutions may occur if items are out of stock.
Shipping & Fulfillment
We provide free shipping for USPS orders $75+.
Ministry of Scent offers shipping to the United States through USPS Ground Advantage and UPS. We process and ship orders within 1-4 days, major holidays excluded. We do not ship on Sundays; Sundays are not included in our shipping window. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at orders@ministryofscent.com
We are not responsible for lost or stolen packages. We will not provide replacements or refunds for lost or stolen packages. If you have a risk-prone address, we recommend you send to a safer locale.
First-time orders $125+ and all orders $200+ will be shipped with signature confirmation to ensure safe delivery. Customers may request "no signature confirmation" in the Order Note section of the Shopping Cart page, at their own risk. If the item is stolen after tracked delivery, the order cannot be refunded or replaced.
We cannot file claims or be held responsible for orders that have been designated as "delivered" by UPS or USPS (and/or signed for by recipient). We can file claims for orders that have be designated as "lost in transit" by UPS or USPS.
| Order type | Shipping method | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Sample-only orders (including Sample Sets) | USPS Ground Advantage* | $5 |
| Standard shipping (orders under $75) | USPS Ground Advantage* or UPS Ground (depending on destination) | $10 |
| Free shipping (orders $75 and over) | USPS Ground Advantage* or UPS Ground (depending on destination) | $0 |
| 3-day shipping | UPS 3-Day Service | Variable |
*Ship times vary. All products ship from California. Shipments can take up to 5 business days to the East Coast.
Returns
We do not accept returns of perfumes, simply because perfumes can't be resold once they've been opened and used. We encourage you to order samples before purchasing full bottles of perfume. And here's the good news — with every sample purchased, we'll send you a coupon code that allows you to redeem the cost of the sample and sample shipping if you buy a full bottle of the fragrance you tried (in other words, you get $10 off).
Please contact orders@ministryofscent.com if you have a question or issue related to your order or shipping.