Zoologist · 2019 · Cristiano Canali

Bee

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionExtrait de Parfum

Honeyed orange and ginger syrup over mimosa, heliotrope and orange flower, resting on benzoin, sandalwood, tonka and vanilla.

Zoologist says

You’ll smell orange, Ginger Syrup, Royal Jelly Accord, broom, heliotrope, mimosa, Orange Flower, benzoin, labdanum, musks, sandalwood, tonka and vanilla.

More from Zoologist’s description

It also mentions Honey, Florals, Royal jelly, Beeswax and Incense.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Bee’s scent picture, a draft: sweet orange, ginger, scotch broom, heliotrope, mimosa, orange flower drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Bee, top notes: Sweet orange, Ginger, Royal jelly accord, Frankincense, Lavender

Heartas it settles

Bee, heart: Scotch broom, Heliotrope, Mimosa, Orange flower

Dry-downwhat stays

Bee, dry-down: Benzoin, Labdanum, Musks, Sandalwood, Tonka (coumarin), Vanilla (vanillin), Honey

What’s inside it

What the label names

25 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

5 citrus7 herbs & lavender5 florals1 woods3 sweet1 amber & resins3 spices

4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Interlude WomanAmouage · shares ginger, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), benzoin, cashmere knit and 4 more
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cistus, sandalwood, tonka and 3 more$115 for 75 ml · about a third of Bee’s $240
Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), benzoin, cistus, cashmere knit and 3 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Bee’s $240
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.