What does Bujairami Affectionate smell like?
Caramel opens Bujairami Affectionate with a sugared, slightly burnt sweetness that is closer to toffee than to candy. Benzoin sits alongside it. Benzoin is the balsamic resin of the Styrax tree, and it adds a soft, vanilla-like sweetness with a faint powdery edge, so the first impression is round and sugary.
The heart is tonka bean and patchouli. Tonka is the dried seed of a South American tree, smelling of hay, almond and a coumarin-like sweetness. Patchouli is the earthy, dark-green herb with a camphor and mint undertone, and here it pulls the sugar towards something woodier and less innocent.
Vanilla, labdanum and musk make the base. Vanilla keeps the sweetness steady. Labdanum is a leathery, amber resin from the rockrose shrub, adding a dry and slightly animal depth. Musk finishes the list as a soft, skin-like veil over everything beneath it.
Bujairami Affectionate: style and character
In plain words, Affectionate is sweet and warm: a gourmand scent.
The notes that define it on paper: caramel, benzoin and tonka bean.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami Chubby comes closest, with caramel in common.
Also near: Bujairami Sweet Chaos.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who is Bujairami Affectionate for?
Bujairami Affectionate carries the brand's for-him-and-for-her tag. This guide sorts it under gourmand and oriental, its own sorting based on the caramel, tonka and benzoin at the core. It is an eau de parfum at 100 ml. The list has seven notes across three tiers, a full pyramid rather than a single line.
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 Affectionate in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Three scents of this guide share notes with it. Bujairami Chubby is an extrait with caramel, musk, tonka and vanilla, and Bujairami Sweet Chaos is an eau de parfum built on caramel and benzoin under a powdery heart. Bujairami Sweet Escape shares tonka, benzoin and vanilla, and its listing covers both the eau de parfum and the extrait.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
How Affectionate compares with similar scents
Affectionate and Bujairami Chubby share caramel, tonka bean and vanilla. Chubby is an extrait built on a caramel top, with musk and tonka in the heart and sandalwood under vanilla in the base. It has no patchouli, benzoin or labdanum. Affectionate adds those three, which move the sweetness towards resin and a darker oriental finish.
Bujairami Sweet Chaos has caramel at the top, a powdery heart of musk, and a base of benzoin and vanilla. Affectionate shares caramel, benzoin and vanilla with it, but its heart is tonka bean and patchouli where Sweet Chaos is powdery, and its base adds labdanum and musk. Sweet Chaos has no patchouli or labdanum, so on paper its base is less resinous.
Bujairami Sweet Escape opens on sugar cane, carries vanilla and tonka bean in the heart, and rests on benzoin and musk. Affectionate shares tonka, benzoin, vanilla and musk with it. Sugar cane takes the place of caramel, and Affectionate brings patchouli and labdanum. The Sweet Escape list is shorter, with no powdery or resinous tier.
