Beeswax
At a glance
Beeswax, harvested from Apis mellifera honeycomb, is a natural wax of long‑chain fatty‑acid esters and hydrocarbons, giving a warm, honey‑sweet, slightly animalic note used as a fixative and base in perfumery.
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