What does Bujairami Candlewood smell like?
Sicilian mandarin and rosemary open the list with a bright, sweet citrus and a dry herbal edge. Mandarin is a soft, juicy citrus, and the Sicilian kind is usually a little sharper than the common sort. Rosemary is camphorous and green, so it keeps the opening from sounding only sweet.
The heart is the gourmand section: amyris, iris, milk chocolate, coconut and coffee. Amyris, often called West Indian sandalwood, is a creamy, woody material that sits close to sandalwood, and iris adds a powdery, rooty softness. The chocolate, coconut and coffee form the sweet and roasted centre, with the coffee's bitterness stopping the sugar from going flat.
The base is tonka bean and oud. Tonka bean is warm, almond-like and hay-sweet, and it pairs naturally with chocolate notes. Oud is a dark, resinous wood with a slightly smoky, animal edge, and it gives the list its deepest tone. Because the pyramid ends on these two, the dark resin of the oud is the last thing the list names.
Bujairami Candlewood: style and character
Judged by its notes alone, Candlewood is a sweet and warm gourmand scent.
Mandarin, rosemary and amyris stand in front.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami Blissful Juliet comes closest, with amyris in common.
Also near: Bujairami Clara Belle.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Is Candlewood for you?
Bujairami Candlewood is tagged for her by the brand, and this guide places it in the gourmand family, a sorting it makes from the notes alone. It is an eau de parfum in 100 ml. Its list is given in full as a top, heart and base, which is the layered form most perfumers describe, so the pyramid can be followed from the opening to the close.
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 Candlewood in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
The scents of this guide closest to this one by note are Bujairami Blissful Juliet, which shares amyris and iris, Bujairami Clara Belle, which shares iris and tonka bean, and Bujairami Baccarat Oud, which shares only oud. Each of the three is built around a different centre, so the overlap is partial in every case. The milk chocolate, coconut and coffee at the heart of this scent appear in none of them.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
Candlewood compared with three similar Bujairami scents
This scent and Bujairami Blissful Juliet share amyris and iris, both in the heart. Blissful Juliet opens on lemon blossom and California orange, a brighter and more floral start than mandarin and rosemary. Its base is vetiver, musk and amber, while this scent ends on tonka bean and oud. The bases are the clearest difference between the two lists.
This scent and Bujairami Clara Belle share iris and tonka bean. The other list has iris at the top, as Florentine iris beside violet, and then a floral heart of rose, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley and orange blossom. Tonka bean sits in both bases, and the other scent adds musk and vetiver. This scent's heart is built on chocolate, coconut and coffee instead of a floral group.
The one shared material with Bujairami Baccarat Oud is oud, which this scent places at the base beside tonka bean. The other list is a single set of six materials that puts oud among rose, Turkish rose, violet, vanilla and benzoin. There the oud sits in a floral and resinous setting, while here it closes a list that begins with citrus and rosemary.