Zoologist
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The ginger syrup hits first—candied, warm, with an orange brightness that feels like marmalade left in the sun. Royal jelly adds an unusual, almost savoury-sweet quality, something faintly animalic lurking beneath the initial burst of citrus and spice.
The hive reveals itself fully: beeswax and honey dominate, thick and golden, whilst mimosa and broom scatter pollen-dusty floralcy across the composition. Heliotrope and orange blossom weave an almond-tinged sweetness that borders on marzipan, the whole affair turning powdery and narcotic as it warms against skin.
Musks emerge with a skin-like intimacy, the benzoin and labdanum creating a resinous amber cocoon around the remaining honey traces. Tonka and vanilla add a creamy, almost edible quality whilst sandalwood provides gentle woodiness—what remains is warm, close-to-skin sweetness with an animalic undertow that lingers like the memory of a lover's neck.
Zoologist's Bee is an amber-drenched portrait of the hive rendered in thick, almost tactile strokes. Cristiano Canali has created something that hovers between confection and animal den—the royal jelly accord gives an odd, protein-rich quality to the sweetness, preventing this from sliding into simple gourmand territory. The honey here isn't the squeaky-clean variety from a plastic bear; it's dark, waxy, shot through with the dusty pollen notes of broom and mimosa. The orange blossom and heliotrope add an almond-tinged floral haze that feels sun-warmed and slightly narcotic, whilst ginger syrup in the opening provides a candied spice that keeps the whole composition from collapsing into cloying heaviness.
This is a fragrance for those who want their honey notes adult, borderline animalic, with a musky skin-warmth that emerges more forcefully in the base. The benzoin and labdanum create a resinous amber framework that holds everything together, whilst tonka and vanilla add a creamy, almost yoghurty richness that plays beautifully against the beeswax. There's something deeply comforting here—the olfactory equivalent of sticking your nose into a jar of raw honeycomb—but also oddly unsettling in its intensity.
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