What does Bujairami Blood Suede smell like?
Raspberry leads the opening with a tart, jammy fruitiness, and cinnamon adds a dry, warm spice beneath it. Bergamot gives the start a bright, bitter citrus edge that keeps the fruit from feeling heavy.
The heart is where the suede idea begins to show. Iris, usually rendered from the rhizome of an iris plant, is powdery and faintly violet-like, and osmanthus adds a fruity, apricot-tinged and slightly leathery floral note. Cedar sits alongside them as a dry, pencil-like wood that gives the middle a clean backbone.
The base is where leather does most of the work. Leather accords are usually smoky and warm, and here they sit beside vanilla, which softens them with sweetness. Oud and patchouli add a dark, resinous and earthy depth, so the base stays woody rather than turning soft.
Bujairami Blood Suede: style and character
Blood Suede is a oriental scent, warm and rich in character.
The notes that define it on paper: bergamot, cedar and cinnamon.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Oud Racer, which shares cedar and leather.
After that: Bujairami Orbit.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who wears Blood Suede
Blood Suede carries the brand's tag for him and for her, so it sits with scents meant for either. The guide's own sorting places it in the oriental, floral and woody families, drawn from the notes. It comes as an eau de parfum in 100 ml, and its ten notes split three, three and four across the pyramid.
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 Blood Suede in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
For a neighbour in this guide, try Bujairami Oud Racer, Bujairami Orbit and Bujairami Mood Swings. Oud Racer shares osmanthus, cedar and leather with Bujairami Blood Suede, and it runs on through saffron, Turkish rose and tonka bean. Orbit shares cinnamon, osmanthus and vanilla, with a shorter list built on tuberose. Mood Swings shares leather, vanilla and oud, and brings passionfruit and rose to its top. Read the note lists side by side to see which thread you want to follow.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
Blood Suede and its closest neighbours
Both lists name osmanthus, cedar and leather, so Bujairami Blood Suede and Oud Racer share a woody, leathery thread through the notes. Oud Racer opens on saffron, cardamom and Indonesian nutmeg, where Blood Suede opens on raspberry and cinnamon. Its heart adds Turkish rose and jasmine, and its base adds tonka bean, where Blood Suede has vanilla.
Orbit has the shortest list of the three, with cinnamon at the top and musk and vanilla at the base. Cinnamon, osmanthus and vanilla appear in both. Blood Suede has more layers, with raspberry and bergamot up front, iris and cedar in the middle and leather and patchouli at the base, none of which Orbit lists.
Mood Swings shares leather, vanilla and oud with Bujairami Blood Suede, though its oud sits in the heart rather than the base. Its top is passionfruit, fruity notes, rose and saffron, where Blood Suede has raspberry, cinnamon and bergamot. Its base also lists akigalawood, a name this guide cannot tie to a standard material, so that line is best read as the brand's own wording.