What does Bujairami 50 Shades smell like?
Chocolate and vanilla are the sweet opening. Chocolate in perfumery is usually a dark, slightly bitter cacao accord, and vanilla is a rounded, creamy sweetness. Two sweet notes at the top mean the sweetness arrives first, and this is the part of the list the guide sorts as gourmand.
The heart turns dry and woody. Cedar and sandalwood give a smooth wood with a creamy edge, and oud adds a dark, resinous richness with an animal-leaning tone. Sugar sits between the wood and the vanilla as a caramelised sweetness.
The base is amber, benzoin and tonka bean. Amber is a warm resinous accord, benzoin is a balsamic resin with a vanilla-like sweetness, and tonka bean adds coumarin, hay and almond. Those three keep the lower part of the list warm and sweet.
Bujairami 50 Shades: style and character
Think warm and rich: 50 Shades sits in the oriental family.
Amber, benzoin and cedar carry most of the list.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Tonka Drift, which shares benzoin.
Next: Bujairami Trident.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Is 50 Shades for you?
The brand tags 50 Shades for him and for her. This guide sorts it into the gourmand, oriental and woody families, which fits a list led by chocolate and vanilla over a wood heart. It is an eau de parfum listed at 100 ml. Its notes come in three tiers, so the top, heart and base can be read separately on this page.
Concentration and sizes
- Concentration in the brand's catalogue: eau de parfum.
- Size listed by the brand: 100 ml.
- 10 ml samples: the samples page lists the scents in the shop's Sample Service. Samples and sizes
Where to buy Bujairami 50 Shades in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
For Bujairami 50 Shades the nearest scents of this guide are Bujairami Tonka Drift, which shares vanilla, oud and benzoin with it; Bujairami Trident, which shares cedar, sandalwood and amber; and Bujairami Oud Money, which shares vanilla, sandalwood and oud. Tonka Drift and Trident are both eaux de parfum, while Oud Money is an extrait de parfum, the only one of the three with a different concentration.
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How 50 Shades compares with similar scents
Tonka Drift opens on pistachio, calabrian bergamot and thai oud wood, none of which 50 Shades lists at the top, and it places oud at the top where 50 Shades keeps it in the heart. Both share vanilla, benzoin, oud and tonka bean. Tonka Drift adds rose de mai and patchouli, while 50 Shades has cedar, sandalwood and sugar.
Trident opens on lemon, cardamom and rosemary, with no chocolate or vanilla. Its heart includes cedar, amber and sea salt, and its base holds oakmoss, sandalwood, tonka bean and labdanum. From the 50 Shades side, the overlap is cedar, sandalwood and amber, plus tonka bean, which both lists carry in the base.
Oud Money has a short list, with spices alone at the top. Its oud and sandalwood sit in the heart, as they do here, and it shares vanilla, sandalwood and oud with 50 Shades. It has vetiver and spices where 50 Shades has chocolate, sugar and benzoin, which the other list does not contain.