What does Bujairami Maven smell like?
Neroli, bergamot, black pepper and petitgrain open the scent. Neroli is the bitter orange blossom, green and honeyed, bergamot is bitter-fresh, petitgrain is the leaf and twig of the bitter orange tree with a green, woody citrus character, and black pepper adds a dry, sharp spice.
The heart brings lavender, black pepper again, cardamom, juniper berries and sage. Lavender is herbal and camphorous, cardamom is green and resinous, juniper berries are dry and piney, and sage is herbal with a slightly bitter, nutty character. Black pepper is listed in both the top and the heart, so its spice carries from the start into the middle.
The base is vetiver, oakmoss, iris, leather and oud. Vetiver is dry, earthy and smoky, oakmoss is mossy and woody, iris is powdery and soft, leather is smoky and dry, and oud is a dark, resinous wood. Together they make the drydown heavy on dry wood, moss and smoke, with little sweetness.
Who Maven suits
Bujairami Maven is tagged for him and for her by the brand. This guide sorts it under fresh, oriental and floral, a grouping taken from its note list, which has citrus and herbs, a spiced middle and dry woods. The concentration is eau de parfum, the brand gives no sizes, and the list is set out in three tiers.
What style is Bujairami Maven?
Think clean and airy: Maven sits in the fresh family.
On paper it is built around pepper, orange blossom and bergamot.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Outlaw, which shares bergamot, lavender and cardamom.
After that: Bujairami Rockland.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Concentration and sizes
- Concentration in the brand's catalogue: eau de parfum.
- No size in the listing; the brand gives 100 ml as its standard bottle (bujairami.com.au).
- 10 ml samples: the samples page lists the scents in the shop's Sample Service. Samples and sizes
Where to buy Bujairami Maven in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Bujairami Outlaw is the closest on paper, sharing bergamot, lavender and cardamom, and its leather and vetiver base lines up with this one. Bujairami Rockland is the one listed as an extrait de parfum among these, and shares bergamot and black pepper. Bujairami Magna shares bergamot, black pepper and lavender, and adds palo santo and plum in its heart, with sandalwood and oud at the base.
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Picked by the notes they share.
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Maven and its closest neighbours
Bujairami Maven and Bujairami Outlaw share bergamot, lavender and cardamom. Outlaw opens on raspberry and green mandarin with bergamot, adds clary sage to a cardamom and lavender heart, and ends on leather, wolfwood and vetiver. Maven has neroli, petitgrain and black pepper at the top where Outlaw has raspberry, and its base adds oakmoss, iris and oud, which the other list does not list.
Bujairami Maven and Bujairami Rockland share bergamot and black pepper. Rockland opens on bergamot, neroli and black pepper, moves through rock rose, lavender, clary sage and violet, and settles on dark cocoa, patchouli, amber and vetiver. Maven's top overlaps Rockland's on neroli, bergamot and black pepper, with petitgrain added, while its base of oakmoss, iris and oud has no counterpart on the other list.
Bujairami Maven and Bujairami Magna share bergamot, black pepper and lavender. Magna opens on lavender, sage and bergamot, adds plum, palo santo and black pepper to the heart, and ends on sandalwood and oud. Maven's neroli and petitgrain top, and its oakmoss, vetiver and iris base, set it apart, since the other list has none of those three.