The invention provides a honey-sweet type cigarette paper essence and a preparation method thereof. The cigarette paper essence comprises the components according to the total weight of 1000 parts: 1-4 parts of beeswax absolute oil, 2-5 parts of celery seed oil, 5-15 parts of ethyl vanillin, 30-50 parts of phenethyl phenylacetate, 0.5-2 parts of ethyl phenylacetate, 0.1-0.5 parts of ethyl caproate, 1-5 parts of delta-decalactone, 1-5 parts of gamma-nonanoic lactone, 5-15 parts of a cocoa extract, 5-15 parts of a coffee extract, 100-200 parts of propylene glycol, and the balance a 70% ethyl alcohol. The cigarette paper essence has the beneficial effects that: 1, the flavor is rich in hierarchy, can be coordinated with a tobacco original flavor, and can give cigarettes a unique style; 2, a small amount of addition of the essence can bring a prominent and lasting smell to the cigarettes; and 3, the loss of the aroma brought by reducing tar and harmful components is made up, a relatively good modification effect is played on the overall organoleptic characteristics of the cigarettes, and the quality of the cigarettes is facilitated to be improved.