The history of honey

Bees secrete beeswax, and they use this material to build their hives and store honey and pollen in them. It is a product with strong symbolic value. It was considered one of the nectar of the gods and was used in religious rituals and mummification. In some cultures, honey is considered the elixir of long life, and many medicinal and cosmetic properties are attributed to it.

Description of beeswax in perfumery

Beeswax brings out the taste of honey and has mouth-watering notes that add a sense of softness and refinement, the result of the amazing work of bees.

The honey component is interesting in perfumes and some perfumes show some softness. A nourishing and mature scent that adds a lot of natural feel to the fragrance. Moreover, the beeswax component has a multifaceted aroma that has a herbal, tobacco, as well as fruity aspect and some of its versions have a leathery aspect, and it pairs perfectly with orange flower, which already contains a honey overtone in orange flower absolute (Abs).

Beeswax absolute has a slightly waxy and herbal scent with overtones of tobacco, hay, anise, spice, fruit and leather, depending on the other natural scents that will surround it.

The beeswax component is very difficult to work with in fact, it can have a tendency to smell animal-like.

Some perfumers prefer to create an aromatic base that contains many substances that carry a honey-like note, rather than using beeswax alone in the composition.

This raw material is used in the heart and the aromatic base, if the honeyed aspect is important, it can permeate the entire perfume, from the opening to the base.

Note: Beeswax is not a vegetable product.

Honey notes in the perfume industry

Honey notes, like beeswax, can be natural or synthetic.

Natural Honey Ingredients:

In perfumery, natural honey scents can be found in the following products:

• Beeswax Absolute: Smells buttery, very honey, close to bromeliad (a tree with yellow flowers).
• The ultimate straw from IFF.
• Blond tobacco can also give off a hint of honey.
• Some flowers can give off honey scents, such as the absolute of bromine oil with its complex, dark notes of cinnamon blossom.
• Honeysuckle (Honeysuckle), Mimosa, Immortelle.

Artificial Honey Ingredients:

The following are the aromatic bases, or synthetic honey ingredients, used in perfumery:

• Robertet honey: base.
• White honey from Symrise: a base.
• Turkish tobacco absolute: honey, animal and leather character.
• Phenyl acetic acid : honey, fruity, slightly sloppy, close relative of black currant.
• Cinnamic alcohol .
• Aldehyde Phenyl acetic acid : very botanical, moist, cool, dewy, honeyed.
• Phenyl acetate and phenyl ethyl acetate