What does Bujairami Rockland smell like?
The name Bujairami Rockland and the first heart note on its list point the same way. Rock rose is the common name of cistus, a shrub of dry Mediterranean hillsides whose sticky leaves yield labdanum. As a note it is resinous, warm and slightly leathery, with a herbal, sun-baked side. It is not a rose and does not smell like one.
Around it the list assembles an aromatic bouquet. Bergamot is the bitter-fresh citrus; neroli, distilled from bitter orange blossom, is green, clean and lightly honeyed; black pepper is dry and sharp. In the heart, lavender and clary sage are the two herbs, one camphorous and floral, the other softer and tea-like. Violet adds a powdery, sweet-woody note that softens the herbs.
Dark cocoa leads the base, a bitter, dusty chocolate note with no sugar implied. Patchouli has a cocoa-like facet of its own, so the two reinforce each other. Amber supplies warmth, and vetiver, a root, is dry, earthy and a little smoky. The lower third is therefore dark and dry, in contrast to the bright top.
Bujairami Rockland: style and character
Rockland is a floral scent, soft and flowery in character.
Its list leans on bergamot, orange blossom and pepper.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Mafia Boss, which shares bergamot and patchouli.
Next: Bujairami Shinko.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who wears Rockland
For him and for her, says the brand's tag on Bujairami Rockland. By this guide's sorting it belongs to three families: floral for neroli and violet, fresh for bergamot, lavender and clary sage, woody for patchouli and vetiver. Those families are derived here from the notes and are not the brand's. The scent is an extrait de parfum, listed in 100 ml, with an eleven-note pyramid: three notes on top, four in the heart, four in the base.
Concentration and sizes
- Concentration in the brand's catalogue: extrait 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 Rockland in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Of the scents on sale, Bujairami 2000 shares the most: bergamot, black pepper, lavender, a violet note and amber. Bujairami Mafia Boss has bergamot, patchouli and amber in a tobacco-and-leather setting, and Bujairami Shinko has bergamot and amber with jasmine and musk.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
Rockland and its closest neighbours
Bergamot at the top, patchouli and amber lower down: those are the three notes Bujairami Mafia Boss has in common with Bujairami Rockland. Mafia Boss is otherwise a list of spices, tobacco, cedar, leather and agarwood. Rockland contains no tobacco, leather or oud-type wood. It answers with herbs and flowers, rock rose first, and with dark cocoa and vetiver in the base.
Bujairami Rockland and Bujairami Shinko share a beginning and an end, bergamot and amber. Shinko has three more notes, jasmine, spices and musk, and is an eau de parfum. Rockland is an extrait with eleven notes, and nearly all of its character on paper comes from things Shinko lacks: rock rose, lavender, clary sage, violet, dark cocoa, patchouli and vetiver.
Bujairami 2000 is the nearest of the three in structure. It too has bergamot and black pepper on top, lavender in the heart and amber in the base, and it lists violet leaf where Bujairami Rockland lists violet. The gap is in the base and the resin: 2000 ends on musk and cedar, Rockland on dark cocoa, patchouli and vetiver, with rock rose and neroli besides.
