What does Bujairami Narcotica smell like?
Three notes make the top, and two of them are peppers. Black pepper is dry, hot and woody, the smell of freshly cracked corns. Pink pepper is lighter and rosier, with a hint of resin and citrus, and not a true pepper at all. Cherry is the fruit that sets the tone: not fresh like berries but dark, a little almondy, closer to cherry liqueur or stone than to a salad.
The heart is odd, because it has only two entries and one is not a scent in the usual sense. Cognac gives a warm, boozy, dried-fruit sweetness. Hedione is a clear, airy molecule that smells of jasmine and fresh air, with no weight; perfumers use it to open space around other materials. Between them, the boozy warmth and the transparent lift keep the fruit and the spices from sitting too close together.
Tobacco and vanilla form the base. Tobacco is leafy, dry and honeyed, a smoky sweetness that sits well beside spirits. Vanilla is the cream. This guide files the scent under gourmand, which fits the cherry, cognac and vanilla, though the peppers and tobacco give the list a dry, smoky counterweight that label does not capture.
What style is Bujairami Narcotica?
The style of Narcotica is gourmand: sweet and warm.
On paper it is built around cherry, pink pepper and pepper.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami The Hype comes closest, with tobacco in common.
Next: Bujairami Gladiator.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who Narcotica suits
Narcotica, in the brand's words, is for him and for her. Gourmand is the family this guide infers from the notes, which makes it our sorting and not the brand's. Concentration: eau de parfum, size not listed. Eight notes fall into a top of three, a heart of only two, and a base of two.
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 Narcotica in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Closest among the other scents in this guide are Bujairami The Hype and Bujairami Gladiator, which share tobacco and vanilla with it, the first with saffron, spices, cedar and amber and the second with saffron alone. Bujairami Red Static shares cherry and pink pepper, with Bulgarian and Turkish rose and red fruits.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
How Narcotica compares with similar scents
Tobacco and vanilla are shared by Bujairami The Hype and Bujairami Narcotica. The Hype opens with saffron and spices, puts tobacco and cedar in the heart and ends on amber and vanilla, so it has no fruit and no spirit. Narcotica puts cherry, peppers, cognac and hedione ahead of its tobacco. Both are eau de parfum.
Bujairami Gladiator is three notes: saffron, tobacco and vanilla. Bujairami Narcotica has the last two and builds on them with cherry, pink pepper, black pepper, cognac and hedione. Gladiator's list is a straight line from a spice through smoke to sweetness, where Narcotica starts with dark fruit. Both are eau de parfum.
Cherry and pink pepper open both Bujairami Red Static and Bujairami Narcotica. After that they split. Red Static has Bulgarian rose and Turkish rose in the heart and red fruits in the base, a floral and fruit build with no tobacco or vanilla. Narcotica goes through cognac and hedione to tobacco and vanilla.