Perfumer: Cristiano Canali
A towering, skyscraper-sized beehive, dripping with honey. See the bee, be the bee. That’s you, waggling your cute black’n’yellow striped booty in a dance through a golden flow of labdanum and leathery orange blossom with powdery mini-explosions of mimosa, tonka and heliotrope. Buzz!
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Bee suits close, animated spaces where its golden sweetness and animalic warmth can unfold without feeling heavy. It has the energy of something alive on the skin: bright, textured and slightly unruly, with a plush trail that feels intimate rather than airy.
How to wear
Best in cool weather or at night, Bee benefits from a light hand because of its extrait strength and strong projection. One or two sprays are enough to let the honeyed florals, beeswax and woods bloom gradually on skin and leave a long, warm trail.
Who it’s for
For wearers who enjoy honey accords with depth, floral resin, powdery nuance and a touch of animalic edge. It will appeal to those who like gourmand scents that are rich and textured rather than sugary or simple.
Release year
2019
The nose
Cristiano Canali is an Italian perfumer known for building textured, atmospheric compositions with a strong material focus. In Bee, he works with a royal jelly accord and rare beeswax absolute to create a scent that feels vivid, tactile and deliberately non-literal. His style here balances gourmand warmth with floral lift and animalic nuance, giving the fragrance its unusual sense of movement: bright nectar at first, then a deeper, honeyed hum of labdanum, woods and tonka. The result fits Zoologist’s taste for imaginative, character-driven perfumery.
Collaborators
Victor Wong, Zoologist’s founder and creative director, shaped the brief with a loose, animal-inspired concept and gave Canali room to translate the bee’s world into scent rather than a literal honey accord.
Zoologist’s story
Zoologist treats perfumery as narrative art, using animals as a way to explore habitat, instinct and texture rather than simple realism. The house is known for bold, imaginative compositions that are playful, strange and meticulously built.
Bee’s concept
Bee was created as an olfactory journey through the life of a bee: the disorienting rush of the hive, the gathering of nectar from flowers, and a warm return to the comb. Instead of using real honey, the composition builds a honeyed atmosphere from beeswax, florals and resinous woods, keeping the effect rich but not sticky.
Extra info
Bee is an extrait de parfum released in 2019 and was a finalist for the 2020 Art & Olfaction Awards. Its honey effect is built without real honey, using beeswax and a royal jelly accord instead.
Perfumer: Cristiano Canali
A towering, skyscraper-sized beehive, dripping with honey. See the bee, be the bee. That’s you, waggling your cute black’n’yellow striped booty in a dance through a golden flow of labdanum and leathery orange blossom with powdery mini-explosions of mimosa, tonka and heliotrope. Buzz!
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Bee suits close, animated spaces where its golden sweetness and animalic warmth can unfold without feeling heavy. It has the energy of something alive on the skin: bright, textured and slightly unruly, with a plush trail that feels intimate rather than airy.
How to wear
Best in cool weather or at night, Bee benefits from a light hand because of its extrait strength and strong projection. One or two sprays are enough to let the honeyed florals, beeswax and woods bloom gradually on skin and leave a long, warm trail.
Who it’s for
For wearers who enjoy honey accords with depth, floral resin, powdery nuance and a touch of animalic edge. It will appeal to those who like gourmand scents that are rich and textured rather than sugary or simple.
Release year
2019
The nose
Cristiano Canali is an Italian perfumer known for building textured, atmospheric compositions with a strong material focus. In Bee, he works with a royal jelly accord and rare beeswax absolute to create a scent that feels vivid, tactile and deliberately non-literal. His style here balances gourmand warmth with floral lift and animalic nuance, giving the fragrance its unusual sense of movement: bright nectar at first, then a deeper, honeyed hum of labdanum, woods and tonka. The result fits Zoologist’s taste for imaginative, character-driven perfumery.
Collaborators
Victor Wong, Zoologist’s founder and creative director, shaped the brief with a loose, animal-inspired concept and gave Canali room to translate the bee’s world into scent rather than a literal honey accord.
Zoologist’s story
Zoologist treats perfumery as narrative art, using animals as a way to explore habitat, instinct and texture rather than simple realism. The house is known for bold, imaginative compositions that are playful, strange and meticulously built.
Bee’s concept
Bee was created as an olfactory journey through the life of a bee: the disorienting rush of the hive, the gathering of nectar from flowers, and a warm return to the comb. Instead of using real honey, the composition builds a honeyed atmosphere from beeswax, florals and resinous woods, keeping the effect rich but not sticky.
Extra info
Bee is an extrait de parfum released in 2019 and was a finalist for the 2020 Art & Olfaction Awards. Its honey effect is built without real honey, using beeswax and a royal jelly accord instead.