First separate what you are looking for
An interest in honey may cover different wishes: a gourmand association, wax, a link to flowers or a tobacco setting. These words work better when kept separate. If you specifically want beeswax, follow its entry; for honey, use its own list. The two perfumes in this guide make that distinction concrete through different note companions.
Take Me to the River: wax, patchouli and tobacco
4160Tuesdays publishes rum, rose and wine at the top of Take Me to the River Eau de Parfum. Its heart brings together patchouli, beeswax and tobacco; the base names musk, amber and leather. That heart trio is the useful starting point for exploring wax in a setting that also allows room for drink associations, tobacco and leather. There is no need to expect honey, absent from this selected list, to explain the fragrance for you.
Tobacco Honey: where to look for sesame
In Tobacco Honey Eau de Parfum, Guerlain describes a tobacco accord accompanied by vanilla, tonka bean and sesame, then honey associated with an aniseed accord and clove. The source names sandalwood and oud in the base. The record keeps the other references without inventing stages for them. If sesame interests you, read it within that whole setting rather than as a promise of an isolated roasted seed.
Compare a setting rather than seek an equivalent
Take both samples if your question concerns tobacco with a gourmand or waxy setting. Take Me to the River also gives published space to rum, wine and rose; Tobacco Honey offers another route around honey, sesame and spices. These differences are useful enough to organise the comparison. They cannot decide which will seem sweeter, smokier or quieter to you.
Keep the detail that makes you want to continue
On your blotters, separate the overall impression from the word you were seeking. You may enjoy the whole perfume without isolating sesame or wax. If the direction appeals, open the note that prompted your choice: beeswax, tobacco, honey, sesame or a spice. The Finder follows those separate entries; the drinks-accord guide extends Take Me to the River’s rum-and-wine route. Then try the chosen perfume alone on skin to see whether you want to live with that whole composition.
Sources and references
These links provide the references used for this article. A reference does not verify every fragrance listed elsewhere in the catalogue.