What does Bujairami Oud Royale smell like?
Herbs are not what an oud name leads one to expect, yet two of the eight notes in Bujairami Oud Royale are kitchen-garden plants. Sage, in the top, is dry, aromatic and slightly camphorous, with an earthy, almost savoury warmth. Bergamot next to it is the bitter-fresh citrus that opens most classic perfumes. The second herb, rosemary, is in the heart: sharper than sage, piney and cool, the smell of the crushed needle-like leaves.
Rosemary shares that heart with Bulgarian rose. Bulgaria's rose valley is one of the great sources of damask rose oil, and the name signals that classic profile: deep, honeyed, a little spicy, with a lemony freshness on top. Rose is the traditional partner of oud, and here it has the herbs to keep it from turning jammy.
Half of the list is base. Cedar is dry and clean, like pencil shavings. Oud, the resin-soaked heartwood of the agarwood tree, is dark, woody and animalic, often with a medicinal or barnyard tone. Amber adds resinous warmth and a little sweetness. Leather brings smoke and a tanned, dry bitterness. Four heavy notes under four light ones is why this guide files the scent under two families that seldom go together, oriental and fresh: the base earns the first label, the sage, bergamot and rosemary the second.
What style is Bujairami Oud Royale?
Oud Royale reads as a warm and rich scent, filed here under oriental.
Sage, bergamot and rose carry most of the list.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami Boss Life comes closest, with bergamot in common.
Also near: Bujairami Mafia Boss.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who wears Oud Royale
Bujairami Oud Royale is tagged for him and for her. The brand lists it under both concentrations, eau de parfum and extrait de parfum, with 100 ml as the size. From the notes this guide sorts it under oriental and fresh, which is our own reading. The list is compact and concrete: eight notes, no vague terms, one named origin in Bulgarian rose, and a base as long as the top and heart together.
Concentration and sizes
- Concentration in the brand's catalogue: eau de parfum and extrait de parfum.
- 100 ml listed; the main listing names no size. The brand's standard bottle is 100 ml (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 Oud Royale in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
For oud with leather from the other scents here, look at Bujairami Boss Life and Bujairami Mafia Boss, which both share bergamot, cedar, oud, amber and leather with it, and at Bujairami Sacred Order, which has rose, oud, amber and leather.
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Bujairami Oud Royale next to similar scents
Five notes are shared by Bujairami Oud Royale and Bujairami Boss Life: bergamot on top and cedar, oud, amber and leather lower down. The difference lies in what joins them. Boss Life uses spices, lemon, tobacco and patchouli, a warmer and smokier set. Oud Royale uses sage, rosemary and Bulgarian rose, which is greener and more floral. Boss Life is an extrait.
On paper Bujairami Mafia Boss overlaps with Bujairami Oud Royale on bergamot, cedar, amber, leather and oud, which Mafia Boss lists as agarwood. Its remaining notes are spices, lemon, tobacco and patchouli. Oud Royale has none of those four; its extra notes are two herbs, sage and rosemary, and one flower, Bulgarian rose. So the base is related and the upper half is not.
Rose, oud, amber and leather link Bujairami Oud Royale to Bujairami Sacred Order. Sacred Order frames them with berries and saffron on top and tonka bean in the base, a fruitier and sweeter setting. Oud Royale has bergamot and two herbs where the berries and saffron are, and cedar in place of tonka. Sacred Order comes as an extrait.
