What does Bujairami Manilla smell like?
Bergamot, mandarin leaves and fresh juniper make the top. Bergamot is a bitter-fresh citrus, mandarin leaves carry a green, slightly bitter citrus with less sweetness than the fruit, and juniper berry adds a crisp, resinous green note. Together they give a bright, herbal opening rather than a sweet one.
Clary sage, lavender bud and elemi resin form the heart. Clary sage is herbal and faintly nutty, lavender bud is green and herbal with a touch of camphor, and elemi is a resin with a light, lemony and peppery smell. The heart is the most aromatic stage of the three.
The base uses vanilla absolute, bourbon, cedarwood atlas and incense. Vanilla absolute is rich and balsamic, cedarwood atlas is dry and pencil-like, and incense adds a smoky, resinous dryness. Bourbon is listed on its own, so the name alone does not say which material is meant. Taken together, the base is warm and dry rather than sugary.
What style is Bujairami Manilla?
In plain words, Manilla is clean and airy: a fresh scent.
Its list leans on bergamot, mandarin and sage.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami Sunset Guava comes closest, with bergamot in common.
After that: Bujairami Royalty.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who is Bujairami Manilla for?
The brand lists no audience tag for Bujairami Manilla, so no for-him or for-her label appears here. This guide's own sorting places it in fresh, citrus and oriental, derived from the note list and not taken from the brand. It is an eau de parfum, and the list is a three-tier pyramid with one size, 100 ml, given by the brand.
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 Manilla in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Of the scents in this guide, Bujairami Sunset Guava has the most in common on paper, sharing bergamot and vanilla but built around guava, banana and coconut. Bujairami Royalty shares bergamot, mandarin and sage, with benzoin, cedar and patchouli underneath, and Bujairami The Rock Unleashed pairs mandarin, sage and lavender with chestnut and vanilla in its base.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
How Manilla compares with similar scents
Bujairami Manilla and Bujairami Sunset Guava overlap on bergamot and vanilla. Sunset Guava opens on guava, banana and water lily, and its heart is coconut, melon and mango blossom, so it reads fruity where Manilla reads herbal. Manilla's juniper, clary sage and incense have no counterpart on the other list, and its vanilla absolute sits in a drier, resinous base.
Bujairami Manilla and Bujairami Royalty share bergamot, mandarin and sage. Royalty opens on cardamom, tangerine and bergamot, moves through lavender, violet leaf and sage, and ends on benzoin, cedar and patchouli. Manilla has juniper and elemi where Royalty has cardamom, and its base is vanilla, bourbon, cedarwood and incense rather than benzoin and patchouli.
Bujairami Manilla and Bujairami The Rock Unleashed share mandarin, sage and lavender. The Rock Unleashed is a shorter list, with pink pepper and mandarin on top, lavender and sage in the heart, and chestnut and vanilla at the base. Manilla opens on bergamot, mandarin leaves and juniper, and its base has cedarwood and incense, which the other list does not list.
