Bee

So I primarily wear jimmy choo illicit, my all time favorite scent. Lately I've been looking for other events that aren't discontinued. I love honey fragrances. But I find that many perfumes with honey notes lean towards floral, rather than Amber or gourmand. Bee is a whole story. For me, i can smell every single note as it dries down. This is definitely not a safe blind buy, because the notes are far too significant to work for everyone. When I first sprayed it I immediately smelled the rum. And a green scent in the back ground. It woke up my senses and I smiled a bit because it was rather unexpected. Then I smell the honey and cinnamon, and for a second it reminds me of illicit, because it pretty much dissipates into a Amber gourmand fragrance. You can certainly smell the cacao at the end, alone with the vanilla and the sandalwood is nearly unnoticeable. If I truly had to compare bee to any other fragrance, I would only say that the cacao note is VERY similar to the coco radiant Vaseline lotion. If you like that lotion and want a perfume that pairs well with it then I strongly recommend sampling this bad boy. Because it really goes nicely together. This is a perfume you shouldn't spray on your clothes. Because if you do there is minimal dry down and the rum sticks around all day. And the rum opening is STRONG. I mean, it's soft... But it's strong. Like you definitely know that's the exact note they're going for with that opening. In short, I think this is a cold weather fragrance. I could see wearing this on a night out too, though. If you like boozy, gourmand, honey, vanilla, you will probably like bee. It's a soft, sweet fragrance with a intense story to tell.

I can't believe I actually like this one. If I even think of honey or see it anywhere I can instantly throw up. That specific reaction to honey was caused by my mother (smother) who used to make me eat a tablespoon of this disgusting mix of honey and black onions, and this was a daily occurence. I grew up hating honey, and now as an adult, I really don't want to have anything to do with it. However, I just recently discovered Vanilla Milk, which really threw me for a loop. On the first blast I thought it was the worst perfume I have ever smelled, but it slowly transformed into pure heaven. Today I decided that I would love to test the rest of the line, and I started with Bee. Honey in Bee is truly potent and quite chemical smelling at the first spray. I found it sickening. It's like you mixed a pure honey with gasoline and turned it into lotion, just unspeakable. However, thirty minutes later, the magic started to happen. I started liking it more and more. It slowly transformed into full blown, boozy gormand with very little evidence of any honey present. Bee is really beautiful perfume, in fact, it seems that entire line is nothing short of amazing. Performance is not beastly, neither is projection, but I will have to get this for my daughter whose name is also Bee🐝

Bee is honey cinnamon sticky buns with a boozy, rummy glaze. It opens with a *strong* blast of photorealistic honey that sits just on the right side of too sweet/strong, but within the first half hour to hour, it mellows into a softer, warmer honeyed pastry as the bran and cinnamon peek through. The boozy rum note is mild and just adds to the warmth without tipping into bar floor territory. This is gourmond gourmond gourmond, so if that's not your vibe, you probably won't enjoy this, but if it is... well. Get ready to slather yourself in it. It has good longevity, moderate to strong sillage, and may be too strong for anyone who likes a lighter, fresher gourmond. This leans more winter/autumn appropriate to me and I want to give it a try later on in the year to see how that changes things, but that said, I think you could wear it year round as long as it wasn't a super, super hot day. It's the only Ellis Brooklyn scent I've tried that I truly enjoy and could consider getting a travel spray or even a full bottle of.

It's pretty crazy how polarizing this scent is if you look at the previous reviews! As for me, I own it and I actually love it. No dirty coffee mugs to my nose (!!). First off, I think you really have to like the smell of honey, and you have to like sweet perfumes in order to appreciate this. To my nose this smells like a soft honey shampoo, which is probably from the addition of the bran note (lots of shampoos from the 70's had honey and wheat germ, which is similar). I'd say it's great to wear in the Fall and Spring, maybe too sweet for hot summer days. I'd also use this as a layering scent to add honey sweetness to something. I may try layering this with BR 540. This also might layer extremely well with TF Lost Cherry. I prefer this sent to Ellis Brooklyn Sweet, which I also have, but that one is over the top sweet. I may have to do more wear tests to be sure of how I feel (I was drawn in by the marshmallow note). Bee might also smell absolutely amazing layered with a chocolate perfume. Really, skies the limit!

This is a great, big, LOVE for me! Absolutely beautiful and addicting. It's one of my longer-lasting perfumes. I have a small dabber bottle for testing but I already ordered a full bottle, I love it so much. There is almost a mint-like quality to it (am I the only one picking that up?), a brisk little zing in the dry down that balances out the honey sweetness - I'm not sure if it's the davana - I don't know much about that note - but I adore it. I plan to wear this into the spring, probably on those chillier days - it's a cozy scent but not as autumnal as many other gourmands so I think it will be really nice for springtime, with the honey being a fitting natural theme for the season. Interesting that this one seems kind of polarizing - maybe you'll either love it or hate it, but it's a LOVE in my little world! This is the only Ellis Brooklyn fragrance I have. I sampled Salt and Myth, and didn't love either of them, but that's OK - this is the one for me!