Bee Zoologist 2019

Bee is a deliciously campy, over-the-top, apian B-movie femme fatale honey trap of a scent. A real Atomic Bee Women From Beyond type of experience. Imagine, if you will, Jessica Rabbit, but instead of a slinky red dress, she’s draped in a slick, sultry cascade of golden honey, held aloft by shimmering wings, which is quite a feat considering she's a monstrous 50-foot tall intergalactic bee queen. Lusciously hovering with a dizzying buzz, she dusts a sweet, sticky, powdery vanilla and sandalwood pollen atop skyscrapers and military personnel as the city erupts in chaos. “I’m not bad; I’m just drawn from the comb that way,” she coos, delicately drilling her enormous stinger into the aromatic flowering summer gardens of mimosa and heliotrope scattered in a park at the city’s center. You realize too late as the air becomes suffused with the heady nectar of musky orange blossom water and ginger syrup’s candied fire that her squadron of sisters has breached the atmosphere, thick waxy clouds of intoxicating yellow florals announcing their arrival. The city drowned in pollen and pheromones, falls into a delirious stupor. Mankind, forgotten, dissolved into the honeyed haze, their last sighs swallowed by the incessant thrumming of a million tiny wings.

I’m convinced people come on here and lie just to seem cool and different, because literally NONE of the Zoologist scents are skin scents. They’re all extraits and perform as such. Bee is definitely no exception. (I said this out of frustration on reviews I saw on that *other* fragrance site - IYKYK)

Bee is not a basic / vague honey scent. It’s a realistic, *animalic* vanilla-honey scent that literally smells like the natural honey that bees produce + the beehive + pollen. It doesn’t get anymore realistic than this. It’s strong, it’s sweet, it’s a bit heady from the mimosa, broom, and other florals, and extremely polarizing for good reason. A queen bee in all her glory and in her natural habitat, bottled up. Personally, this is the best honey scent I’ve come across even though it’s not 100% wearable all the time. This (and all the Zoologist scents) are the definition of ‘niche’ fragrances to me because the are tricky and challenging, but extremely artistic and beautiful.

It’s not a scent for warm weather. You could get away with wearing it in the spring, but early spring when it’s still crispy and cool outside. Definitely one for the winter and fall as it can withstand the cold pretty well. Insane longevity and sillage. DO NOT OVERSPRAY unless you wanna off everyone (including yourself) within a 5 miles radius of you lol. Obviously not for everyone, but I’m happy to have a low partial bottle of this and I’ll probably wear mine soon on a colder day spent outdoors.

I believe that Zoologist perfumes are one of a kind, very artistic and made with a deep thought behind each creation.

Bee is for a good reason the most popular from them all because it is simple, sweet and natural smelling .. and even for people not used with Niche special scents, this can be a winning formula.

Even if there are many notes in the description and Cristiano Canali did a nice complex job in here, I only smell honey and more honey, but almost nothing else from the bunch.

For a honey smell, to pay the price for a niche extrait de parfum, I find it slightly overpriced .. because it is liniar and will start, develop and end with the same honey note .. and nothing else.

But for who wants a good mood scent, to spray for yourself and enjoy it in your own company, maybe with a hot tea or a glass of wine, before watching your favorite TV show .. then it is a good investment.

Give it a try.

I have been on the hunt for a fragrance that truly captures the smell that all beekeepers will recognize: the heavenly smell of bee boxes. The smoky wooden boxes lined with beeswax. The subtle smell of the honey sealed tight within. Maybe even the pollen and hay of the surrounding fields. Naturally, I had high hopes when I read about the Zoologist series and discovered that "bee" was one of the most popular fragrances in the series. I thought certainly this one would capture that special apiary magic.
However, what I got was an overpoweringly sweet honey smell. There is no subtlety or nuance. Honestly, I feel like I *taste* this fragrance more than I smell it. I don't know how anyone can stand to wear this on their body. I worry I would attract ants just having this in my house.

I kept it on my skin for a while hoping that the other scents people have mentioned would become apparent, but after a while I couldn't take it anymore and had to scrub it off.

mead from a horn - making finger covers from melted wax - air thick with pollen - warm orange juice - medievalia - softly crunchy honeycomb - a flickering sconce - gilded regalia - honeyed white tea - summer dusk - small insect wings - graham crackers and burnt marshmallows - pink and orange skies