What does Bujairami Enigma smell like?
The top is a citrus with a musk. Calabrian bergamot comes from the southern Italian region where the fruit is grown for perfumery, and it is treated as a benchmark: bitter, floral and tea-like at once. Musk at the top is unusual, since it is soft and tends to hold on; here it gives the bergamot a skin-like floor rather than a thin start.
Both heart notes are geranium. Bourbon geranium refers to the type grown on Réunion, once called Île Bourbon, and its oil is rosy, minty and green. Rose geranium is the closely related variety, also rosy, with a lemon-like lift. Listing them together amounts to saying the heart is geranium seen from two sides, so the floral is as green and herbal as it is rosy.
The base is three resinous and woody materials. Benzoin is a sweet balsamic resin with vanilla and cinnamon tones. Peru balsam is related: dark, vanilla-like, with a hint of clove. Guaiac wood smells smoky, tea-like and a little sweet, and perfumers use it to give a base a soft burnt-wood edge. Sweet balsams and a smoky wood make the oriental half of the picture, which is why this guide files the scent under floral and oriental.
What style is Bujairami Enigma?
Think warm and rich: Enigma sits in the oriental family.
On paper it is built around benzoin, geranium and bergamot.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Mad Love, which shares benzoin and geranium.
Next: Bujairami Special Day.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who wears Enigma
Enigma is tagged for him in the brand's listing. Floral and oriental are the two families this guide derives from the notes, a sorting of its own: the geraniums supply the floral reading, the balsams and benzoin the oriental one. It is an eau de parfum, listed in 100 ml, with seven materials in total, which makes the list short and clearly tiered.
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 Enigma in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Bujairami Mad Love shares benzoin, geranium, musk and rose, the most overlap of the three. Bujairami Special Day and Bujairami Powerful Lady each share bergamot, musk and rose with it, so they cover the opening and the floral side but not the geranium or the resins.
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Enigma compared with three similar Bujairami scents
Benzoin, geranium, musk and rose appear in both Bujairami Enigma and Bujairami Mad Love. Mad Love is the longer, darker list: raspberry and saffron on top, rose with birch wood, suede leather and incense in the heart, then oud wood, amberwood and musk. Enigma stays with bergamot, two geraniums, balsams and guaiac wood. Mad Love is an extrait; Enigma is an eau de parfum.
Bergamot, musk and rose are shared by Bujairami Enigma and Bujairami Special Day. Special Day pairs bergamot with berries, puts jasmine beside the rose and ends on vanilla and powdery notes, a sweeter, softer list. Enigma uses geranium for its heart and finishes on benzoin, Peru balsam and guaiac wood. Both are eau de parfum.
Bujairami Enigma and Bujairami Powerful Lady share bergamot, musk and rose. Powerful Lady opens with bergamot, citrus fruits and saffron, has rose and jasmine in the heart, and ends on amber, patchouli and musk. Enigma has no saffron and no jasmine; its geraniums and its balsam-and-wood base set it apart. Both are eau de parfum.