Collection: Beeswax Perfumes

Beeswax in perfume smells honeyed, waxy and warm, like a candle made from honeycomb. On Scendira, 130+ perfumes list beeswax as a note, from about $9 to $994.

How Beeswax Is Used in Perfumery

Beeswax is the wax bees use to build honeycomb. Solvent extraction turns it into an absolute with a sweet, waxy, slightly smoky and hay-like smell. Perfumers use it for body and warmth in the heart and base.

Perfumes people discuss in the communities Scendira tracks include L'Artisan Parfumeur Séville à l'Aube, Hiram Green Slowdive and Bvlgari Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert. Séville à l'Aube and Slowdive list beeswax in the heart, and Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert lists it in the base.

Suits: People who like honeyed, waxy warmth. Skip if: honeyed wax reads more candle than perfume to you.

If you like this, try honey perfumes or hay perfumes, or step back to warm amber perfumes.