What does Bujairami Glimmer smell like?
Coconut water is a light, watery coconut, nothing like suntan cream: clear and faintly sweet. Aldehydes are a family of molecules that perfumers use to give an opening a fizz, which can smell soapy, waxy or like freshly ironed linen depending on the dose. In Bujairami Glimmer the two sit side by side as the only top notes, and the effect is a cool, sparkling clearness.
The heart is milky musks, incense and jasmine petals. Milky musk is an accord, a soft, lactonic skin scent with a creamy edge. Incense is a smoky, resinous, slightly citrus-like note, the aroma of burned frankincense. Jasmine petals suggest the lighter, fresher side of the flower rather than the heavy indolic one. The musk makes the middle creamy, the smoke gives it a shadow, and the jasmine keeps it from going flat.
Sandalwood and cashmere wood make the woody layer. Sandalwood is smooth and milky; cashmere wood is the name for a woody, musky, slightly spicy note built on a modern molecule. Salted amber is another accord: the sweet, resinous glow of amber with a mineral, savoury touch. The list therefore moves from clear to creamy to resinous, and this guide sorts it as gourmand, oriental and woody.
What kind of scent is Bujairami Glimmer?
Glimmer is a gourmand scent, sweet and warm in character.
The notes that define it on paper: coconut, aldehydes and musk.
The nearest Bujairami scent by notes is Bujairami Dead Serious, sharing musk.
Next: Bujairami Too Damn Clean.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who is Bujairami Glimmer for?
Bujairami Glimmer is tagged by the brand for him and for her. This guide's own derivation from the notes gives three families: gourmand, oriental and woody. The concentration is eau de parfum and the size listed is 100 ml. It is a mid-length list of eight notes, with accords such as milky musks and salted amber standing alongside plain materials like jasmine and sandalwood.
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 Glimmer in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Among other scents in this guide, Bujairami Dead Serious shares amber, musk and sandalwood and comes closest on paper. Bujairami Too Damn Clean holds musk and sandalwood in a much shorter list. Bujairami Too Damn Good has amber and musk too, with blackcurrant and praline to make it noticeably fruitier.
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Bujairami Glimmer next to similar scents
Amber, musk and sandalwood appear in both Bujairami Glimmer and Bujairami Dead Serious. The other notes differ. Dead Serious begins with ambrette seed and sapote and puts magnolia and violet in the heart over cedarwood, giving a powdery floral picture. Glimmer is built around coconut water, incense and jasmine. Dead Serious is an extrait.
Bujairami Too Damn Clean shares musk and sandalwood with Bujairami Glimmer, and not much more is listed. Its entire pyramid is spices, rose and then those two notes. Glimmer adds a coconut-and-aldehyde opening, incense and jasmine in the middle, and cashmere wood and salted amber alongside the sandalwood.
Both Bujairami Glimmer and Bujairami Too Damn Good list amber and musk. Too Damn Good is a fruity, sweeter build with blackcurrant, bergamot and lemon at the top, then praline and violet, and black amber, cedarwood and vetiver at the base. Glimmer replaces the fruit with coconut water and the sweet heart with incense.