What does Bujairami Dagger smell like?
Leather opens the scent alongside labdanum and saffron. Labdanum is a resin with a leathery, amber-sweet character, and saffron adds a dry, honeyed spice. Leather is the first thing to register, and it returns in the base, so the opening and the close share a common thread.
The heart turns earthier. Birch brings a smoky, tarry edge, and cade, an oil distilled from juniper wood, adds a dry, tar-like smoke. Patchouli ties them together with its dark, camphorous earthiness, so the middle reads as woody rather than floral.
The base comes back to leather, with oud adding a resinous, animalic depth and dark woody sweetness. Tolu balsam and benzoin, both balsams, give a vanilla-like warmth that rounds off the drydown. The combination closes on a resinous, warm note that holds the whole list together.
Bujairami Dagger: style and character
The style of Dagger is oriental: warm and rich.
Leather, labdanum and saffron stand in front.
The nearest Bujairami scent by notes is Bujairami Talon, sharing labdanum and saffron.
After that: Bujairami Rich Oud.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who is Bujairami Dagger for?
The brand tags Bujairami Dagger for him and for her. This guide files it under oriental and woody, a sorting built from the notes rather than given by the brand. It is an eau de parfum with ten notes across three tiers, and leather appears in both the top and the base, which is worth knowing when reading the list.
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 Dagger 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 to Bujairami Dagger are Bujairami Talon, Bujairami Rich Oud and Bujairami Asfahan Oud. Talon shares labdanum, saffron and birch, and carries oud and benzoin in its base. Rich Oud shares leather, labdanum and saffron, and it adds nutmeg and iris to the list. Asfahan Oud shares labdanum, saffron and patchouli, and it has rose in its heart.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
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Bujairami Dagger next to similar scents
Bujairami Talon is also an eau de parfum, and it shares labdanum, saffron and birch with Dagger. Talon has a shorter list of five notes, with saffron and labdanum at the top, birch tar in the heart, and oud and benzoin in the base. Dagger spreads its notes over three tiers with leather in two of them, and its heart rests on birch, cade and patchouli.
Bujairami Rich Oud shares leather, labdanum and saffron with Dagger, and it also has oud in the base. Its top adds nutmeg and black pepper, its heart is iris, cedar and labdanum, and its base carries sandalwood and patchouli beside the oud. Dagger's heart rests on birch and cade, not iris and cedar, and its base uses tolu balsam and benzoin where Rich Oud uses sandalwood and patchouli.
Bujairami Asfahan Oud and Dagger overlap on labdanum, saffron and patchouli. Asfahan Oud opens on labdanum alone, then moves through rose, patchouli and saffron in the heart, with oud, sandalwood and cedar in the base. Dagger has no rose in any tier, and its base brings leather and tolu balsam into the list.
