What does Bujairami High Society smell like?
Two spices open Bujairami High Society, and neither smells of the kitchen cupboard. Saffron is dry, leathery and slightly bitter, with a honeyed warmth. Pink pepper is the dried berry of a tree unrelated to black pepper; it smells bright, rosy and a little fruity. Because pink pepper already has a rose tone, it works as a bridge to what follows.
The heart is three flowers, each named with some precision. Bulgarian rose is the damask rose grown in Bulgaria's rose valley, a deep, honeyed, faintly spicy rose. Jasmine absolute is the solvent extract of jasmine blossoms, richer and more animalic than a light jasmine accord. Ylang-ylang is a tropical flower with a creamy, almost banana-like sweetness. Saffron with rose is one of the oldest pairings in Middle Eastern perfumery, and the list sets it up directly.
Four notes hold the base. Vanilla sweetens. White musk is the clean, cottony kind of musk. Incense is a resin that smells cool, peppery and smoky, and patchouli is an earthy, slightly damp leaf oil that has been paired with rose for generations. A floral heart on incense, patchouli and vanilla is what puts High Society between the floral and oriental families.
What style is Bujairami High Society?
Think soft and flowery: High Society sits in the floral family.
Saffron, pink pepper and rose lead its note list.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami Tempted comes closest, with pink pepper in common.
Also near: Bujairami Executor.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who wears High Society
For him is the brand's tag, and Bujairami High Society shows how loosely such tags follow the notes: rose, jasmine and ylang-ylang are flowers found in perfumes for everyone. This guide's own sorting, from the list, is floral and oriental. The concentration is extrait de parfum. The listing is a complete pyramid of nine notes: two on top, three in the heart, four in the base.
Concentration and sizes
- Concentration in the brand's catalogue: extrait 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 High Society in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
nearest lists are these. Bujairami Powerful Lady has saffron, rose, jasmine, patchouli and musk, five notes in common. Bujairami Tempted shares pink pepper, rose, jasmine and musk. Bujairami Executor shares jasmine, vanilla and musk, with orange blossom in place of rose.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
High Society compared with three similar Bujairami scents
Bujairami Tempted has the same floral centre of rose and jasmine and the same pink pepper on top, and both lists end with a musk. Around that, Tempted is fruitier and plainer: ginger and dark berries above, woods and amber below. Bujairami High Society has saffron in place of berries, adds ylang-ylang, and bases itself on incense, patchouli and vanilla.
Bujairami Executor overlaps with Bujairami High Society in jasmine, vanilla and musk. Its flowers are white ones, orange blossom and Arabian jasmine, under pear and bergamot, and its base is modern and woody: amberwood, sandalwood and Ambrofix. High Society has no fruit or citrus on top and no sandalwood; saffron, rose, incense and patchouli give its list a darker, spicier outline.
Bujairami Powerful Lady comes closest on paper, with saffron, rose, jasmine, patchouli and musk all present. It is an eau de parfum and begins with bergamot and citrus fruits, which Bujairami High Society lacks. High Society in turn has pink pepper, ylang-ylang, incense and vanilla, where Powerful Lady has amber. The core the two have in common is saffron, rose and patchouli.
