What does Bujairami Royal Santal smell like?
Bergamot, cardamom and saffron open the list. Bergamot is bitter-fresh, cardamom is warm, green-spiced and slightly camphorous, and saffron is a leathery, honeyed spice with a dry edge. Together they set a spiced, citrus-tinged start that leans more on spice than on fruit.
Sandalwood, leather and vetiver form the heart. Sandalwood is creamy and smooth, leather is a dry, smoky impression of hide often built from synthetic materials, and vetiver is a grassy, earthy root with a smoky-woody side. This is the woodiest part of the list, and it sits directly over the sweet base.
Tonka bean, amber and vanilla close it. Tonka bean is sweet and almond-like with a hay quality, amber is a warm, resinous and sweet blend, and vanilla is creamy and balsamic. Together they make a soft, sweet base, which is why the list sits in the oriental, woody and gourmand families on this guide's sorting.
Who is Bujairami Royal Santal for?
This guide files Bujairami Royal Santal under oriental, woody and gourmand, which is its own sorting from the notes. The brand tags it for both him and her. The concentration is eau de parfum, and the brand lists no size. Nine notes in three tiers give a list with three families, a blend of warm, dry and sweet parts rather than a single direction.
Bujairami Royal Santal: style and character
Think warm and rich: Royal Santal sits in the oriental family.
On paper it is built around bergamot, cardamom and saffron.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami Woody Oud comes closest, with cardamom in common.
After that: Bujairami Oud Dream.
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 Royal Santal in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Bujairami Woody Oud shares cardamom, sandalwood and vetiver, and its list names oud, brazilian rosewood, vanilla, tonka bean and amber as well, all in one untiered line. Bujairami Oud Dream shares bergamot, cardamom and saffron, with a rose and jasmine heart and an oud and leather base. Bujairami No Pacifier shares bergamot, cardamom and sandalwood, with mimosa and violet in the heart and vanilla and tonka bean below.
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Bujairami Royal Santal next to similar scents
Bujairami Woody Oud shares cardamom, sandalwood and vetiver with Royal Santal, and it is listed as a single group rather than in tiers. Its list also names oud, brazilian rosewood, vanilla, tonka bean and amber, all in one untiered line. Royal Santal starts on bergamot and saffron, which Woody Oud does not name, and it sets its sandalwood and vetiver in a heart with leather.
Bujairami Oud Dream shares bergamot, cardamom and saffron with this scent, all three of which open Royal Santal's top. Its top adds cypress leaf and grapefruit, and its heart is rose and jasmine, a floral heart where Royal Santal has leather and vetiver. Its base is oud, leather, cedar, sandalwood, amber, vanilla and tonka bean, a longer and more resinous base than Royal Santal's.
Bujairami No Pacifier shares bergamot, cardamom and sandalwood with this scent. Its top is cardamom and bergamot alone, a shorter opening than Royal Santal's three-note start. Its heart is mimosa and violet, which replaces the leather and vetiver here with softer, powdery floral notes. Its base is vanilla, tonka bean and sandalwood, and it has no amber, which Royal Santal does have.