What does Bujairami Bee Sting smell like?
Beeswax opens Bujairami Bee Sting with something closer to a warm, honeyed wax than to a candle. In perfumery it is usually a waxy, faintly animal absolute, and here it sits beside ginger, which brings a dry, peppery sparkle, and orange, which adds a bright sweetness. The opening is sunny before it is sweet.
The heart is a soft floral cluster. Mimosa is the powdery, honey-tinged flower of the acacia, and broom is a yellow, green and faintly honeyed flower that gives a slightly sharp edge. Heliotrope, sometimes called cherry pie for its almond-like sweetness, and orange blossom, which is bright and a little bitter, round the heart out. Four floral notes at this stage make the middle feel full rather than thin.
The base is the warm, resinous part of the pyramid. Vanilla and tonka bean supply the sweetness, the tonka with its hay and almond note. Benzoin and labdanum bring balsamic, resinous warmth, sandalwood gives a creamy woody dryness, and musk closes the list on a soft, skin-like note. Six materials at the base make it the heaviest layer on paper, which describes the note list and nothing about how the scent wears.
Who Bee Sting suits
Filed under for him and for her by the brand, Bujairami Bee Sting comes as an eau de parfum in 100 ml. This guide's own sorting places it under floral, gourmand and oriental, a family label drawn from the notes and not from the brand. The list has three tiers, with three notes up top, four in the heart and six at the base, so the structure is the clearest part of the scent to read off the page.
Bujairami Bee Sting: style and character
Bee Sting is a floral scent, soft and flowery in character.
Ginger, orange and mimosa lead its note list.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami Happy Feet comes closest, with sandalwood in common.
After that: Bujairami Hoot.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
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 Bee Sting in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
The closest scents of this guide are Bujairami Happy Feet, which shares sandalwood, labdanum and musk with this one, and Bujairami Hoot, which shares vanilla, tonka bean and musk. Bujairami Affectionate is the third and shares vanilla, benzoin and tonka bean. Happy Feet and Hoot come from the same stated house as this scent, while Affectionate comes from a different one.
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Bee Sting and its closest neighbours
Set beside Bujairami Happy Feet, Bujairami Bee Sting shares sandalwood, labdanum and musk, and labdanum sits in the heart of Happy Feet rather than in the base. Happy Feet opens on ozonic notes, ice and juniper, while this one opens on beeswax and citrus. The widest difference is the middle: saffron and pink pepper on one side, mimosa and broom on the other.
Bujairami Hoot differs most at the top, with calone, coconut, mint and lily-of-the-valley, against beeswax and ginger here. The two lists meet in the base, where vanilla, tonka bean and musk appear in both, and Hoot adds oakmoss, ambrette, cedar and a synthetic civet. Hoot also has a longer heart of snowdrops, iris, mate, galbanum, incense and white rose, with no mimosa and no broom.
Bujairami Affectionate has the shortest list of the three: caramel and benzoin on top, tonka bean and patchouli in the heart, vanilla, labdanum and musk at the base. Vanilla, benzoin and tonka bean appear in both lists, though benzoin sits on top in Affectionate. Its caramel top takes the place of the beeswax and citrus here.