What does Bujairami Five smell like?
Aldehydes are synthetic molecules that give a fizzy, slightly soapy lift, a sparkle that classic floral perfumes have long used on top. Ylang-ylang is a heady, creamy, banana-like flower, and lemon, neroli and bergamot bring in the citrus with its bitter and sweet sides. The opening is effervescent and floral, with citrus running through it.
The heart is a full, powdery bouquet. Iris and orris root both come from the iris plant and smell cool, violet-like and powdery, rose adds a soft, rounded petal note, and jasmine gives the warm, indolic richness that holds the middle together. Lily-of-the-valley, a fresh and slightly soapy floral, sits among them, so the heart reads as a bouquet rather than one flower.
The base is animalic and woody. Civet gives a warm, musky, faintly animal depth, and amber, sandalwood, musk and moss build a dry, resinous wood. Vetiver adds an earthy smoke, vanilla makes the foot soft and sweet, and patchouli darkens it. It is the longest tier, and the place where the scent is most woody and least floral.
What kind of scent is Bujairami Five?
The style of Five is floral: soft and flowery.
On paper it is built around iris, aldehydes and ylang-ylang.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Madam, which shares ylang-ylang and orange blossom.
Next: Bujairami Crown.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Is Five for you?
The brand's audience tag on Five is for her. This guide's own sorting places it under floral, woody and citrus, drawn from the ylang-ylang and iris, the sandalwood and vetiver, and a lemon-and-bergamot start. It is an eau de parfum in 100 ml. Its list is long for the family: eighteen names in three tiers, and the base alone has eight of them.
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 Five in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
The closest scents here are Bujairami Madam, which shares ylang-ylang, orange blossom and bergamot and brings orange, mandarin and tonka bean to the mix; Bujairami Crown, which shares lemon, bergamot and amber and adds labdanum and Madagascar vanilla; and Bujairami Charmed, a longer list that shares lemon, bergamot and jasmine and holds a heart of pepper, cedar, rose and gardenia.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
Five compared with three similar Bujairami scents
Bujairami Five and Bujairami Madam share ylang-ylang, orange blossom and bergamot. Madam opens on orange, mandarin, bergamot and orange blossom, with Turkish rose, jasmine, mimosa and ylang-ylang in the heart, and a base of patchouli, white musk, vanilla, vetiver, tonka bean and opoponax. Five opens on aldehydes and lemon, has iris and orris root where Madam has Turkish rose, and ends on civet and moss, which Madam does not list.
Bujairami Five and Bujairami Crown share lemon, bergamot and amber. Crown is short, with bergamot and lemon on top, labdanum and amber in the heart, and patchouli, Madagascar vanilla, musk and sandalwood in the base. Five's citrus start adds aldehydes and neroli. Both carry musk into the base, and Five goes further into civet and moss.
Bujairami Five and Bujairami Charmed share lemon, bergamot and jasmine. Charmed opens on lemon, peach, ginger, mandarin, lavender and bergamot, and carries a long heart of pepper, cedar, patchouli, vetiver, Brazilian rosewood, rose, jasmine, gardenia and freesia. Its base runs from vanilla and tonka to leather and oakmoss. Five's heart is shorter and more powdery, with iris, orris and lily-of-the-valley, and its base leans on civet.
