With a 200-year beekeeping heritage, proprietary ingredients, scientifically proven formulas and a creative entrepreneurial founder, we have built a beauty brand rooted in nature, innovation and family tradition. The Mirsalehi Bee Gardens are the heart of Gisou and the source of our proprietary Mirsalehi Honey used in every product. 

The Garden Where It All Begins 

The Mirsalehi Bee Garden is where our story begins, built on six generations of beekeeping and a family tradition rooted in nature, care and respect for bees. When Negin Mirsalehi’s father moved from Iran to the Netherlands in the 1980s, he established his own bee garden in Almere and carried the family’s expertise and passion for beekeeping with him. 

Growing up, Negin and her sister Negar spent their summers in the garden alongside their father, learning the craft of beekeeping and developing a deep respect for bees and the natural ecosystem they support. Those early years shaped the way they understood honey, not as something distant or decorative, but as something living, seasonal and deeply connected to the land. 

Honey was part of everyday life in the Mirsalehi family. It was used across family rituals and home life, and it became a natural part of the beauty routine too. Their mother, a hairdresser by trade, discovered honey’s potential in haircare and created the original honey-infused hair oil recipe that inspired our first product 

That homemade formula became the starting point for Gisou, created by Negin to share her family’s passion for honey and her much sought-after beauty routine with the world. What began in the garden as a family tradition has grown into a globally loved beauty brand that still honors its 200-year beekeeping heritage, whilst bringing it into a modern beauty context 

What Makes Mirsalehi Honey Different 

Our proprietary Mirsalehi Honey is sourced from the Mirsalehi Bee Garden in the Netherlands. It is shaped by the season, made from nectar gathered by our bees from the wildflowers in the garden and supported by a diverse range of pollen and nectar sources. 

This is what makes Mirsalehi Honey unique. It is not just harvested; it is carefully tended to within a living ecosystem that reflects our family’s bee-first approach. For us, honey is more than an ingredient. It is a living part of our story, still produced by the family, still harvested in our own gardens and still powering every product we create today. 

From Garden to Formula: How Gisou Sources Its Honey 

Every drop of Mirsalehi Honey used in our formulas is hand-harvested in the Mirsalehi Bee Garden. Today, Mirsalehi Honey is cultivated and sustainably harvested by Negar Mirsalehi, Gisou’s Beekeeper-in-Chief, alongside Negin and their father. Negar personally tends to the bees, ensuring that their welfare is always prioritized.  

This bee-centered approach actively shapes our sourcing process. We only ever harvest surplus honey, and additional flowers are regularly planted to continue supporting diverse pollen and nectar sources across the gardens. In 2023, we opened a second garden to ensure that even at scale, every product still contains Mirsalehi Honey cultivated and sustainably sourced from our family bee gardens.  

Negin Mirsalehi: The Bridge Between Heritage and Modern Luxury Haircare 

Negin Mirsalehi created Gisou in 2015 to turn a family legacy into a modern beauty brand. As a sixth-generation beekeeper and visionary founder, she brings a rare point of view to haircare, one that blends heritage, product innovation and a clear understanding of what beauty can feel like today. 

A key part of that vision is her belief in honey as a powerful haircare ingredient. Negin has long championed honey for its ability to help attract and retain moisture, which is why it has always sat at the heart of our formulas. She understood early on that honey could become the starting point for modern, high-performing haircare. That thinking shaped our first product, the Honey Infused Hair Oil, and still guides the way we formulate today. It is the bridge Negin built: taking something deeply personal, rooted in family tradition, and translating it into a modern brand with a luxury sensibility and a clear point of view. 

Alongside Negar’s role as Beekeeper-in-Chief, Negin keeps our heritage alive while moving it forward in a way that feels personal, modern and unmistakably Gisou. It’s this balance of past and present that gives us our sense of authenticity and purpose. 

The Recognition That Validates the Heritage 

Our Honey Infused Hair Oil quickly became a globally adored beauty icon. Best-selling, award-winning and scientifically proven, it remains the product that introduced our story to the world. Since then, several of our products, including our Honey Gloss Ceramide Therapy Hair Mask, have also gone on to win industry awards. That recognition reflects more than performance. It validates the power of Mirsalehi Honey and the importance of our six-generation heritage.  

FAQ — 5 Questions About the Gisou Story 

1. Where does Gisou honey come from? Our proprietary Mirsalehi Honey is sourced from our family bee garden in the Netherlands.
2. Who founded Gisou? Gisou was founded by Negin Mirsalehi in 2015 as a way to share her family’s passion for honey and her much sought-after beauty routine. 
3. What is the Mirsalehi Bee Garden? The Mirsalehi Bee Garden is the source of our proprietary Mirsalehi Honey and the heart of our brand story.
4. How do you harvest the honey? Our honey is hand-harvested by Negar Mirsalehi, Giosu’s Beekeeper-in-Chief. We only ever harvest the surplus honey, always ensuring the bees come first.
5. Why is the Honey Infused Hair Oil important? Our Honey Infused Hair Oil was the first product we launched and is based on a family recipe that Negin’s mother created in the 1990s. 

Summer is a feeling. It’s warm skin, sun-filled days and the belief that anything is possible. It’s reminiscing on past adventures and getting excited for the ones yet to come. And no other sense brings you back there quite like scent.

That’s why we created our Honey Infused Hair & Body Mists. More than a mist, these alcohol-free, skincare-inspired fragrances are made to scent, hydrate and refresh in one effortless spritz. They bottle the moments you never want to forget and inspire the ones still waiting to happen. 

Two scents, two moods  

Unlike our other senses, scent bypasses the brain’s rational filters and connects directly to the limbic system — the center of emotion and memory. It’s why fragrance can instantly transport you to a place, a moment or a feeling more powerfully than anything else. That emotional connection is at the heart of our Hair & Body Mists. Each scent is designed to  capture a feeling, revive a memory or become part of a new one.  

Honey Dewy – The Warm & Carefree One  

This luminous, solar scent captures the freedom and joy of time spent with friends. Like sunshine in a bottle, Honey Dewy is inspired by golden days chasing the sun. Notes of honey nectar, vanilla milk and white musk create a scent that’s warm, carefree and softly sun-kissed.   

Top: Honey Nectar  
Heart: Vanilla Milk  
Base: White Musk  

Glazed Cherry – The Sweet & Flirty One  

This bright, addictive scent captures the playful moments of love—the flirting, the laughter and the stolen glances that keep you wanting more. Brought to life with notes of juicy cherry, fresh raspberry and sweet caramel, Glazed Cherry is a fun, flirty scent that’s impossible to resist.  

Top: Juicy Cherry  
Heart: Fresh Raspberry  
Base: Sweet Caramel  

The ingredients behind the glow  

Enriched with Mirsalehi Honey Water, hyaluronic acid and peptides, every mist does more than scent. The water-based, microbiome-friendly formula hydrates and refreshes, leaving hair and skin feeling soft, smooth and with a honey glow.  

Learn more about the ingredients:  

MIRSALEHI HONEY WATER: Hydrates, refreshes & supports the skin microbiome   

Skin is our largest organ, and home to a delicate microbiome that thrives in balance. That’s why we fermented our proprietary Mirsalehi Honey through a slow, traditional process that unlocks postbiotics, the bioactive compounds released by fermentation, naturally recognized and well-tolerated by the skin’s microbiome. Fermentation also transforms the honey into a lighter, water-soluble form, naturally rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Certified KIND TO BIOME®, our Hair & Body Mist is microbiome-friendly and gentle on hair and skin.  

HYALURONIC ACID: Boosts hydration & locks in moisture   

Hyaluronic acid is known for its moisture-attracting properties. It’s part of what makes our Hair & Body Mist feel hydrating on skin and hair, leaving you refreshed with every mist.   

PEPTIDE COMPLEX: Helps soften & smooth   

Inspired by the world of skincare, our Hair & Body Mists are enriched with peptides to soften and smooth the look and feel of hair and skin while keeping the formula light and wearable.  

Why did we make them alcohol-free?  

Fragrance mists often use an alcohol base to help diffuse scent. Since our Honey Infused Hair & Body Mists are designed for generous all-over use—including on skin—we took a different approach. We used an innovative water-based technology blended with our proprietary Mirsalehi Honey Water and bespoke scents to create microbiome-friendly mists that hydrate and care for skin and hair without compromising on scent performance.  

Designed for life on the go

These 100ml mists are made to move with you, from beach bag to gym kit to carry-on. They’re travel-friendly, easy to use and perfect for refreshing after a swim, during a busy day or before heading out for the evening. Wear them alone or layer with our Honey Infused Hair Perfumes to create a scent story that feels uniquely yours.  

“Our Honey Infused Hair Perfumes are loved for their long-lasting fragrance and glossy shine, but we kept hearing how our community wanted something they could mist all over. I wanted to take it a step further with captivating scents that not only smell irresistible but feel amazing on your skin too.   

More than mists, these alcohol-free fragrances are inspired by the moments and memories that stay with you. Like sunshine in a bottle, Honey Dewy is a warm, joyful scent inspired by the feeling of sun on your skin, while Glazed Cherry is fun and flirty, perfectly capturing the playful moments of love.   

Enriched with Mirsalehi Honey Water, hyaluronic acid and peptides, these skincare-inspired mists hydrate, refresh and leave a soft honey glow. Just in time for summer, they’re my new must-have mists—I can’t wait for you to try them both!”  

— Negin Mirsalehi, Founder  

FAQ – 5 Questions about Gisou Honey Infused Hair & Body Mists 

1. What makes these more than just a fragrance mist? They are designed not only to scent but to hydrate, refresh and be microbiome-friendly, while capturing feelings and memories through fragrance—like sunshine on your skin or playful moments of love—with each fragrance. 
2. How are they different from the Honey Infused Hair Perfumes? Our Honey Infused Hair Perfumes are specifically designed to be used on hair, whereas our new Honey Infused Hair & Body Mists can be misted all over both hair and skin.  The skincare-inspired, microbiome-friendly formula hydrates and refreshes while leaving an irresistible scent. 
3. How long do they last? Our Hair & Body Mist have up to 4-hour fragrance longevity*. This makes them perfect for reapplying throughout the day, or layering with your favorite Honey Infused Hair Perfume to create a unique scent   
4. How do I use the Hair & Body Mist? Shake well and mist all over hair and body. Reapply anytime for an instant scent and hydration refresh. 
5. Do they leak? No, our leak-safe bottle has been rigorously tried and tested by our team, so you can keep it in your bag and mist on the go with confidence. For extra peace of mind, we recommend keeping the stopper on to prevent any accidental spritzing. 

*Consumer perception study, 80% agreement, n=50 

If you’ve ever wondered how to use a honey hair oil, the answer is simpler than you might think. Depending on your hair type and usage moment, you can reach for our iconic Honey Infused Hair Oil or our new Honey Gloss Collagen Drops Hair Oil. Both are powered by Mirsalehi Honey and are designed to leave hair looking shinier, smoother and softer. 

What is a honey hair oil, exactly?

A honey hair oil is a cosmetic hair product designed to add shine, softness and smoothness while helping control the look of frizz. Unlike a conditioner, which is usually rinsed out, or a serum, which is often focused on a specific styling benefit, a hair oil is a flexible finishing and treatment step you can use in different ways throughout your routine. 

At Gisou, Honey Gloss Collagen Drops Hair Oil is our lighter-touch option for fine to medium hair, while Honey Infused Hair Oil is ideal for medium to thick hair. Both are powered by our honey expertise and designed as multitasking oils for pre-styling, post-styling or overnight use. Honey acts as a natural humectant, meaning it helps attract and retain moisture, which is part of why hair can feel softer and look glossier after use. 

Finding the right honey hair oil for you

To get the most out of your honey hair oil, start by understanding your hair type and what it needs. All hair is unique, varying in type, density and texture, amongst other things. Finding the right honey hair oil formula for your specific needs is key to unlocking your glossiest, healthiest-looking hair.  

Fine to medium hair   

Tends to have a smaller strand diameter, often gets oily more quickly and is more prone to looking weighed down. It benefits from lightweight oils that provide shine, softness and smoothness without leaving hair greasy or flat. Even a small amount on mid-lengths and ends is usually enough, and roots should generally be avoided to help maintain volume.  

Our honey hair oil recommendation: Gisou Honey Gloss Collagen Drops Hair Oil

Designed for fine to medium hair, our Honey Gloss Collagen Drops Hair Oil delivers instant shine while smoothing, hydrating and visibly plumping hair. Lightweight and fast-absorbing, every drop leaves hair bouncier, glossier and full of movement—never weighed down.  

Its ingredient story is all about gloss with a lighter feel. Collagen actives have long been celebrated in skincare for their ability to help skin look smoother, more supple and visibly plumper. Hyaluronic acid complements this by drawing in and retaining moisture, leaving skin visibly hydrated and glowing. Inspired by these proven skincare benefits, we explored what these actives could do for hair. Paired with Mirsalehi Honey and our proprietary Bee Garden Oil blend, they work together to visibly smooth, hydrate and add body and bounce, delivering shine without ever weighing hair down.  

Fine to medium hair types often experience heaviness, loss of volume and a greasy feel when using hair oils. That’s why we specifically designed our Honey Gloss Collagen Drops Hair Oil with these challenges in mind. The lightweight, fast-absorbing formula hydrates, smooths and adds glossy shine—without weighing hair down—so strands feel soft, bouncy and full of natural movement. 

The proven results are just as compelling: up to 3-day weightless shine, up to 93% smoother hair, up to 3-day hydration and up to 450°F/230°C heat protection*. It is made for fine to medium hair, but works for all hair types when you want shine that looks effortless and never heavy. 

Medium to thick hair  

Typically has a larger strand diameter and higher density, so it can feel coarser and drier, and be more prone to frizz. This hair type usually responds better to richer, more emollient oils that intensely hydrate, smooth and control frizz, it can also tolerate slightly heavier application from mid-lengths to ends. 

Our honey hair oil recommendation: Gisou Honey Infused Hair Oil

Honey Infused Hair Oil is our award-winning icon, powered by Mirsalehi Honey and our Bee Garden Oil Blend. It began in the Mirsalehi Bee Garden and remains rooted in our six-generation beekeeping heritage, which gives the formula its story, its soul and its signature honey-rich performance. 

Mirsalehi Honey helps support intense hydration while our proprietary Bee Garden Oil Blend helps lock in moisture and smooth frizz. That combination is why the formula feels so deeply nourishing and why it works great when hair needs a richer, more indulgent treatment moment. 

The results are scientifically proven and immediate-feeling: 2X shinier hair, up to 3-day anti-frizz and humidity control, up to 3-day hydration and up to 450°F/230°C heat protection*. Use it pre-styling, as a style finisher, as a hair mask booster, pre-shampoo treatment or overnight treatment for hair that looks glossier, smoother and more polished. 

Six ways to use honey hair oil

The beauty of a honey hair oil is that it doesn’t need to be used just one way. You can use it before washing to prevent in-shower tangles, after washing for daily shine or overnight when your hair is craving a little more hydration. Explore our hair oil application guide and get tips for adding honey hair oil to different moments in your routine. 

Method 1 – Pre-styling 

Before styling, apply your go-to honey hair oil to damp hair from mid-lengths to ends to hydrate and protect against heat. This is the perfect post-washing finishing step when you want your style to look smoother, feel softer and have glossy shine. 

Method 2 – Style finisher 

After styling, apply dry hair from mid-lengths to ends to smooth frizz and boost glossy shine. This is the easiest everyday way to use your honey hair oil, especially when you want instant polish and that signature Gisou glow! 

Method 3 – Treatment booster 

Pair your hair oil with your hair mask when you need a deeper hydration moment. Mix in a few drops to the Honey Gloss Ceramide Therapy Hair Mask and apply from mid-lengths to ends. Leave for 5-7 minutes and then rinse out.

Method 4 – Pre-shampoo treatment 

If you struggle with in-shower tangles, try using your chosen honey hair oil as a pre-wash oil. Apply to dry hair from mid-lengths to ends and let it absorb for at least 30 minutes before washing out with shampoo. It’s a great way to make your wash day feel more nourishing and more effective. 

Method 5 – Overnight treatment

Try using our Honey Infused Hair Oil as an overnight treatments when your hair is in need of some beauty sleep. Apply one full dropper to dry hair from mid-lengths to ends, adding more as needed for length and thickness. Then braid or secure your hair in your preferred protective hairstyle before going to bed.

Method 6 – On-the-go touch-ups

Our Honey Gloss Collagen Drops Hair Oil is the perfect oil to use for on-the-go touch-ups. Apply to dry hair from mid-lengths to ends to control frizz, add bounce and boost shine whenever you need a quick refresh. 

What to expect from using a honey hair oil 

The best way to choose how to use your honey hair oil is to start with the result you want. Each method supports a slightly different finish, which makes the oil feel less like one product and more like a customizable ritual. 

Honey Infused Hair Oil gives a richer, more deeply nourishing feel, while Honey Gloss Collagen Drops gives a lighter, more weightless finish. Both are designed to leave hair looking shinier, smoother and softer, with the exact result depending on how much you use and how you apply it. 

How much to use 

When it comes to hair oil, more is not always better. Start small and adjust based on your hair’s density, porosity, length and the result you want. 

For fine to medium hair, start with Honey Gloss Collagen Drops Hair Oil. For medium to thick hair, reach for Honey Infused Hair Oil. In both cases, 1 to 2 drops is usually enough to begin with, then you can build from there. 

Tips for getting the most out of your honey hair oil 

A few small habits can make a big difference in how your hair oil performs. The goal is not to saturate the hair, but to create that glossy, touchable finish that feels effortless. 

• Start with less than you think you need, then build up slowly. 
• Focus on the mid-lengths and ends 
• Warm the oil between your palms before applying so it spreads more evenly. 
• Use it on damp hair to help lock in moisture or on dry hair as the last step for added shine. 
• Leave it in for a few hours or overnight if you want a deeper nourishment moment.

Common questions 

1. How do you use honey hair oil without making hair greasy? The secret is using less and keeping the application focused on the mid-lengths and ends. Start small, because a little goes a long way.
2. Should I use honey hair oil on wet or dry hair? You can use it on both. On damp hair, it helps protect against heat before blowdrying, while on dry hair it works beautifully as a finishing touch for frizz control and shine.
3. Can I use honey hair oil every day? Yes. Honey Gloss Collagen Drops Hair Oil can be used daily on fine to medium hair, and Honey Infused Hair Oil can be used daily on medium to thick hair to hydrate, smooth frizz and boost shine
4. What results should I expect? The most noticeable results are cosmetic and immediate: more shine, a smoother-looking surface, softer-feeling lengths and less frizz. 
5. Can honey hair oil replace my conditioner? No. Honey hair oil and conditioner do two different jobs. Conditioner is designed to be rinsed out and helps soften and detangle after cleansing, while hair oil hydrates, smooths frizz and boosts shine and is primarily used as a finishing step in your styling routine.

Next step – bring honey hair oil shine to your routine 

• Try the Gisou Honey Infused Hair Oil
• Try the Gisou Honey Gloss Collagen Drops Hair Oil
• Build your full routine