What does Bujairami Musk Burn smell like?
Frankincense resin opens the scent. It is a smoky, lemony, piney resin from Boswellia trees, and in perfumery it reads as a dry incense note with a faint citrus edge rather than as church smoke. Because it is the only top material listed, the opening is dry and resinous, with no fruit or citrus to soften it.
The base holds most of the names: amber xtreme, ambrette seed absolute, ambroxan, benzoin and sinofide. Ambrette seed is a musky, warm seed with a slightly fruity, floral edge, ambroxan is a synthetic material that reads as ambergris, dry and mineral, and benzoin is a sweet, vanilla-like resin. Amber xtreme and sinofide are names of synthetic materials whose exact character the name does not reveal, so this guide keeps to the general sense of amber and musk for them.
What style is Bujairami Musk Burn?
Musk Burn reads as a warm and rich scent, filed here under oriental.
Incense, amber and ambrette stand in front.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Vicious, which shares amber and ambroxan.
Also near: Bujairami Drunk In Love.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who Musk Burn suits
The brand's audience tag covers both men and women. This guide's sorting places the scent in the oriental family, reached from the notes alone: resin, amber and musk materials make up nearly the whole list. It is an eau de parfum. The list is given as a top and a base with no heart, so the scent is built on two layers rather than three.
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 Musk Burn in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Within this guide, Bujairami Vicious shares amber and ambroxan with Musk Burn, Bujairami Drunk In Love shares amber and benzoin with it, and Bujairami New Rules shares incense, ambrette and ambroxan. Vicious opens on white flowers and bergamot rather than resin, which is the clearest difference among the three.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
Musk Burn and its closest neighbours
Bujairami Vicious is an eau de parfum with white flowers and bergamot at the top, jasmine, neroli, tonka bean and saffron in the heart, and ambroxan, vanilla, white musk, grey amber and modern woods at the base. It shares amber and ambroxan with Musk Burn. Its heart is a full floral layer where Musk Burn has none, and its base is sweeter, built on vanilla and white musk.
Bujairami Drunk In Love is an eau de parfum with cognac, red berries and citrus at the top, pepper, ginger and clary sage in the heart, and a base of vanilla, amber, sandalwood, musk, cedar, benzoin, cinnamon, patchouli and vetiver. It shares amber and benzoin with Musk Burn. Musk Burn has no heart notes and a resinous top, where Drunk In Love opens on fruit and citrus. Both end on amber, so the warm finish starts from different places.
Bujairami New Rules is an eau de parfum that opens on violet, moves through palo santo, frankincense and myrrh, and closes on ambrox and ambrette. It shares incense, ambrette and ambroxan with Musk Burn, which makes it the closest of the three by base materials. Its violet top is the main difference, since Musk Burn starts on frankincense resin alone.
