What does Bujairami Blackjack smell like?
Three notes, one per tier, is about as spare as a perfume list gets, so each material has to be understood properly. Vanilla comes first, which is the reverse of the usual order. It is normally a base note, because its molecules are heavy and slow to fade, but here it is placed at the top, which suggests the brand wants the sweet, creamy, slightly smoky warmth to be the first thing named. Real vanilla smells of more than sugar; there is a woody, boozy and almost leathery side to the pod.
Lavender in the middle is the aromatic pivot of the list. It smells herbal and clean, with a camphor-like coolness and a floral sweetness behind it, and it is one of the oldest partners for vanilla: the soft and the sharp keep each other in check. A perfumer would say lavender stops vanilla from being merely sweet, and vanilla stops lavender from smelling like soap alone.
Vetiver closes it. It is the root of a tropical grass, and its oil is earthy, smoky, grassy and a little bitter, like damp soil and dried roots. After a sweet start and a herbal middle, it supplies a dry, mineral floor. The list names no flowers, fruit or spices, so the whole scent rests on that vanilla, lavender and vetiver triangle. This guide has not smelled it and describes the materials only.
Who Blackjack suits
The brand tags Bujairami Blackjack for him. This guide's own sorting of the notes, which is not the brand's, places it in the gourmand family, on the strength of vanilla. It is an eau de parfum, listed in 100 ml. The note list is the shortest kind: three notes, one for each tier.
Bujairami Blackjack: style and character
In plain words, Blackjack is bright and zesty: a citrus scent.
Its list leans on bergamot, aldehydes and cedar.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami City Life comes closest, with bergamot in common.
Next: Bujairami Oud Money.
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 Blackjack in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
of the other scents, Bujairami City Life shares lavender and vetiver, with bergamot, mint and musk added, Bujairami Oud Money shares vanilla and vetiver, and Bujairami Agha shares lavender and vanilla alongside cardamom, cinnamon and cedar.
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Blackjack compared with three similar Bujairami scents
Lavender and vetiver are shared by Bujairami Blackjack and Bujairami City Life. City Life adds bergamot and mint on top and musk in the base, so it starts brighter and ends softer. Blackjack opens with vanilla instead and has no citrus, mint or musk. Both are eau de parfum, and both put lavender in the heart.
Vanilla and vetiver are in both Bujairami Blackjack and Bujairami Oud Money. Oud Money is a bigger list, adding spices, oud, sandalwood, amber and tonka bean, so it is a resinous, woody blend. Blackjack stays with three notes and lavender in the middle. Oud Money is an extrait de parfum; Blackjack is an eau de parfum.
Lavender and vanilla appear in both Bujairami Blackjack and Bujairami Agha. Agha places Bourbon vanilla in the base and builds spice around it: cardamom, clove, cinnamon, geranium, plus apple, cedar and amber. Blackjack puts vanilla first and keeps to lavender and vetiver. Both are eau de parfum, one with nine notes and one with three.