We don’t usually play favorites. We love all of our perfumes, and their creators, equally. Trust us, we really do. But when a perfume comes along that’s such a unanimous hit with Luckyscent staff, then we feel obliged to mention it. Bee is just irresistible! Opening with a luscious, jellied orange and a smattering of meadow flowers, the honey accord is both extremely realistic and un-animalic – a rare feat that makes Bee a real contender for the title of the baby bear’s porridge of the honey fragrance genre.

Set deep in a bombastic surround system of glittering amber and incense, the quietly golden floral honey center is magnified and broadcast until it fills the room, creating an incredible sillage that trails after you like the waves made by the Titanic. Though enormously rich and deep, the honey draws upon a doughy beeswax note to muffle its sweetness, and a softly musky, woody base of sandalwood and benzoin to keep it from sliding off into honey’s more animalic facets. Honey is such a difficult note to do well – and, in our opinion, Bee is an unmitigated triumph. If you love, the honeyed, ambery warmth of scents such as Botrytis (but could do without the booze and grape must), then this gorgeous scent by Zoologist could be the Bee in your bonnet (sorry).

Bee Fragrance Notes

orange, ginger syrup, royal jelly accord, broom, heliotrope, mimosa, orange flower, benzoin, labdanum, musks, sandalwood, tonka, vanilla

Bee Sizes Available:

60ml $210

0.7ml sample

If you like Bee Extrait de Parfum, we recommend you try:

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Here's what other people are saying about Bee...

I liked this a lot, and I love the honey scent, but there is an overwhelming undertone of baby powder.

By Juno - Shopkeeper from Austin on 11/8/2023

Ohhhh Wow!!!!!! Demasiado delicioso, es una miel embriagadora. Tiene un tono de mirra o incienso muy ligero que la hace fuera de serie! Me encantó!

By Sanya - Psicologa from Doral on 11/7/2023

Let me start with the is the first sample ever my fiancé looked at me and said to buy a full bottle! Nice and sweet syrupy opening! Beautiful soft florals! To me, the musk is a dirty musk, there's just the tiniest bit of funk, but in a good way! It’s slightly powdery! Very elegant an beautiful! Once I finish paying off my current after pay I will be buying this!

By Marie Beene - Customer service from Okc on 10/23/2023

I wanted to love this. Good lord, I wanted to. It started out so wonderfully, with those deep, rich, honey tones! It was thick and sweet and heady and intoxicating, a bit overwhelming but in a good way, at least to me. I felt as if I'd drizzled thick honey and liquidized amber (the gemstone) onto my wrists......Unfortunately, the drydown was a letdown. I don't know how it went from that luxurious scent to... well, it smelled *exactly* like pure corn starch baby powder. Everyone I asked agreed! It smelled as if I'd just dumped half a bottle of baby powder on my wrists! And while I don't mind that scent, it really isn't what I'm looking for, and I'm still absolutely baffled as to how a scent can change so drastically.

By Lex - Hobbyist Writer from Green Bay on 1/17/2023

I had wanted to love this because of the review and the honey scent. Sadly the honey smell on me became cloying and had a wet baby aroma included in the mix. Sorry!!

By Debra - Artist from New York on 10/4/2021

I hate having to give such a low star rating, because I think they did such a good job making something so rich, resinous and truly beeswax/honey like. But dear god is it headache inducing. Just a tiny bit of the sample on my wrist and within 5 minutes I feel like my temples are in a vice. And I'm not headache prone when it comes to perfumes. It makes me so sad because I actually adore how warm and unique it is, and would make it my signature winter scent if it wasn't for the darn headache.

By Mikeila - Gardener from Surrey on 9/30/2021

Not for me, but it’s a very nice resinous spiced scent. In my mind I picture an old tree sitting in a metaphysical shop (if you know what those shops smell like, you know), oozing its sap but its mixing with honey from a beehive up above. Personally, I never smelled any of the floral notes. Strong so I doubt you'd need more than 1-2 sprays. Reminds me of a much smoother but just as strong version of what I smell a lot of the east Indian men wearing in my city.

By Paige - Hobbiest from Canada on 8/10/2021

Gorgeous scent, and completely unique. Did anyone use honey dust when they were a kid? It's like a grown up, expensive, sophisticated version of that. Lasts all day. Warm, rich scent, but because of the sweetness I'm comfortable wearing in winter or summer.

By Stephanie - Attorney from San Francisco on 3/14/2021

This scent is yummy smelling and "Wow" does it project, very intense two spray's max is all you need seriously and it will last at least 6 hours or more. I honestly do not care for most honey scents because sometimes they tend to smell like cat urine on me, but Bee by Zoologist doesn't do this at all. This scent smells delish, reminds me of one of my favorite candies (Bit.O.Honey) taffy, I will be purchasing a bottle of this for sure! If you loves gourmand scents like me then you have to give the scent a try!

By Dena - Sales from Saint Louis on 2/11/2021

Sticky, syrupy sweet honey that smells like a pastry upon first spray. The sweetness is cut so nicely with the royal jelly accord and the orange/ginger! On the drydown (which lasts an ETERNITY, by the way, this is a beast mode fragrance that will last, and last, and last) I picked up a lush, warm incense and a distinct, unusual, animalic musk that really paints a picture of the bee in his hive. This is a heavy fragrance and best suited to colder weather. Don't pick this up thinking it will be a gourmand, because it isn't at all! Exquisite composition and one of the more approachable offerings from Zoologist. It's on my FB to-buy list.

By Larissa - Homemaker from Woodstown, NJ on 12/31/2020

Applied it hours ago and it's still just so HONEY. incensey, orange blossom, sure, but overall just a true true honey. I don't actually love it for myself but I'm amazed at how true it is and its longevity is beautiful. 5 stars for nailing what it set out to do.

By Anonisme - Business from Boston on 11/20/2020

I just received my Bee yesterday the packaging is very nice. It looks like a 200 fragrance(which it should). I actually gave it a wear out today. Im a heavy fragrance kinda guy. I sprayed 5 sprays in my bathroom and about killed myself..wow..potent. When I sprayed I really seemed to get an incense vibe out of it. I really didn't notice the floral. But within 2 mins this waxy honey scent came up and wow..its strong..and genuine. Its about 6 hours since I put it on and it really smells the same. Just as strong. I think as a guy wearing this fragrance it may not be a "sexy" fragrance but its a fragrance that if YOU appreciate a finely crafted piece of art of a fragrance..this is a must have. It will be in front of my winter rotation.

By Fred Tolodziecki - Retired from Cincinnati on 9/30/2020

Honey scent is there, but way too much incense. Not for me

By Camila - Professor from San Marcos, TX on 9/9/2020

Visualize a shop that sells crystals, books, and incense. Someone then smears thick manuka honey all over the shop walls, ceiling and floors. You walk in and take a big whiff of the place. That's what this perfume smells like.

By Jesus - YouTube from NY on 6/22/2020

Hoping for a complex natural honey, but this is a very generic honey syrup. I am very picky about my honey species, favorite is Acacia Honey which this is not. More for a gourmand lover looking for honey as a white sugar substitute. The only redeeming factor is the sandalwood weakly peeking out which could have been stronger. Mass appealing and safe.

By Belle - Non-profit from Nevada on 4/24/2020

Burnt honey, true mimosa, beeswax, a hint of ginger, and a lovely sweet incense. I can't get enough. I'm not a gourmand lover and I hate fragrances like Pink Sugar and fake vanilla, and that horrid selection of candles from a place that begins with a Y. Not much of this is needed. Two sprays is plenty. Summer might be too warm -if we're not stuck inside- so be careful. This is one of the best scents I've tried, and I tried a lot.

By CCCCCC - medical from NorCal on 3/28/2020

This is delicious. On me it almost melts into my skin. After the first sniff of orange and honey and sandalwood, I'm inhaling a sense of drowsy, almost joyous contentment rather than the notes of the fragrance. Like the most perfect summer day you watched from a hammock, caressed by sunshine. I did have a woman ask me what I was wearing, exclaim over how wonderful it was, and bring a friend over to smell it.

By Brighttyger - Writer from Albany on 3/12/2020

Bee is a treasure. Like the wondrous insect that affects our world in infinite ways we don't appreciate enough or comprehend enough, Bee the fragrance by Zoologist makes my life better. I've heard that many think it is too sweet, but I say it is perfect just the way it is! I get the hint of orange and a stronger aspect of the ginger syrup in the opening that puts a smile on my face. Then, the light florals, labdanum, wisp like sandalwood and vanilla. This fragrance is comforting to me and I can see myself buying multiple bottles just to make sure I have plenty of back up. Highest recommendation from me for Bee.

By RPB - Business from S.F. on 2/12/2020

The honey is unmistakable. It was supposedly in other fragrances I've tried, but I guess you have to be a fragrance snob to "smell" it in those. As the previous reviewer said, it blasts off with honey and then turns into incense. But it's not a wearable scent. Unless you just like being weird. Nobody I showed it to said they liked it or would wear it.

By Josef - Retired from DENHAM SPRINGS on 1/29/2020

I planned on joking around with this review, but decided to stay serious. At first whiff, there is a strong definite scent of honey which lasts maybe about 30 minutes or so until it dries. Then, honey and incense. After the sweet, amber honeyed smell, disappears, it smells like incense, which isn't bad, but from what I understand, people don't buy or wear perfume to just to smell like incense very often. If you like sweet honey and incense, this perfume is for you. I applied it about an hour ago and it feels like I might get around 6 - 8 hours out of it.

By Stephen - Student from West Palm Beach, FL on 1/25/2020

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