What does Bujairami Black Reserve smell like?
Nutmeg, clary sage and juniper berries open Bujairami Black Reserve with a spiced, herbal dryness. Nutmeg is warm and slightly sweet with a sharp edge, clary sage is a smooth herb with a faintly musky, tea-like tone, and juniper gives a clean, resinous, gin-like green bite. Those three keep the opening dry, and none of them is sweet.
The heart holds narcissus, iris, sandalwood, Madagascar vetiver and Haitian vetiver. Narcissus is a green-white, slightly animalic flower with a sharp greenness, and iris, from orris root, is powdery and cool. Sandalwood adds a creamy woody smoothness. The list names two vetivers, one from Madagascar and one from Haiti, and does not say how they are weighted against each other.
The base is the warm, sweet end of a scent that starts dry. Tobacco is sweet, dry and hay-like, Madagascar vanilla is rich and creamy, and peru balsam is a resinous, sweet balsam with a cinnamon-like warmth. The list moves from spice to wood to tobacco and vanilla.
Bujairami Black Reserve: style and character
Black Reserve is a oriental scent, warm and rich in character.
Its list leans on vetiver, spices and sage.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami After Dark, which shares sage and narcissus.
Next: Bujairami Riot.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who is Bujairami Black Reserve for?
The brand tags Bujairami Black Reserve for him and lists it in 100 ml as an eau de parfum. This guide's own sorting places it under oriental, woody and fresh, three families derived from the notes, and the fresh label comes from the herbs and juniper at the top. The list is tiered: three notes up top, five in the heart and three at the base.
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 Black Reserve in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Its sage is plain sage, where this one has clary sage on top. Bujairami Riot shares iris and sandalwood, and comes from that house too. Bujairami Rebel Heart shares sandalwood and vetiver, and is also from that house.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
Black Reserve and its closest neighbours
Bujairami After Dark shares sage, narcissus and vetiver with Bujairami Black Reserve. Those three sit in the same tiers in both lists. After Dark opens on cardamom and sage, and its base is vanilla, palo santo and cedar. Black Reserve's base of tobacco, vanilla and peru balsam is the main difference.
Bujairami Riot shares iris and sandalwood with Bujairami Black Reserve. Riot opens on green mandarin alone, with orange blossom, iris and black tea in the heart and sandalwood at the base. Black Reserve opens on nutmeg, clary sage and juniper, so the tops are the clearest contrast, and its base of tobacco and peru balsam has no counterpart here.
Bujairami Rebel Heart shares sandalwood and vetiver with Bujairami Black Reserve. Black Reserve keeps both in its heart, while Rebel Heart places them at the base. Rebel Heart opens on ginger and blood orange, and its heart is tuberose, jasmine and pimento leaf, where Black Reserve's is narcissus and iris.
