Spiced Honey, Wildflowers and Golden Pollen

The first thing I smell is barberry hard candies - that very specific sweet-and-sour taste from childhood. And then, almost immediately, there is honey. So much honey: Warm, spiced, floral honey. Darker chestnut honey. Honeycomb and warm beeswax. But what makes Bee so beautiful to me is everything surrounding the honey: linden blossom, bird cherry in bloom, wildflowers and clouds of pollen hanging in the hot air of a field at the end of summer.

It feels golden. Not just sweet, but warm, floral and almost sun-drenched, as if the flowers, grasses, pollen and honey have all been heated by the same late-summer sun. There’s also a slightly vintage sweetness running through it, something soft and powdery that reminds me of old-fashioned fondant and face powder. Then, unexpectedly, I get a buttery croissant with orange jam and just a splash of whisky. Rich and delicious, but still surrounded by flowers and pollen rather than turning into a straightforward gourmand. And underneath everything is royal jelly - dense, creamy, almost milky, making the whole composition feel even richer.

Bee is sweet, floral, warm, slightly spicy and incredibly honeyed, but somehow the sweetness never becomes the whole story. I keep coming back to that field at the end of summer: hot air, wildflowers, pollen everywhere, and the thick golden smell of honey. One of the most beautiful honey fragrances I’ve ever smelled. Another masterpiece by Zoologist!