What does Bujairami Rugged Suede smell like?
Grapefruit and rhubarb make a tart, green-sour opening. Grapefruit peel is bitter and juicy, and rhubarb adds a slightly sharp, vegetal sourness that is unusual in perfumery. Ginger and saffron follow at the top, with ginger giving a warm, peppery edge and saffron a leathery, honeyed depth.
The heart is built on suede, leather and juniper. Suede is usually built as a soft, powdery accord, leather is a smoky, dry accord, and juniper gives a green, gin-like sharpness that keeps the leather from feeling heavy.
Amber, vetiver and musk make the base. Amber is a warm, resinous material, vetiver is a dry, smoky grass with earthy roots, and musk gives a clean finish. Together they keep the list dry and grounded after the bright opening.
What style is Bujairami Rugged Suede?
Rugged Suede is a oriental scent, warm and rich in character.
Its list leans on leather, grapefruit and rhubarb.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Turn Up, which shares saffron and leather.
Also near: Bujairami Special Feeling.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who Rugged Suede suits
The brand tags Bujairami Rugged Suede for him and for her. The oriental and fresh families are this guide's own sorting of its notes, and the brand does not use that sorting. It is an eau de parfum in 100 ml. Its note list runs in three tiers, with four top notes and three each in the heart and base, so it is a fairly full composition.
Concentration and sizes
- Concentration in the brand's catalogue: eau 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 Rugged Suede in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
The nearest scents of this guide are Bujairami Turn Up, which shares saffron, leather and musk, Bujairami Special Feeling, where grapefruit, amber and musk overlap, and Bujairami The Saffron, with grapefruit, saffron and leather in common. Of the three, The Saffron is the one that also carries vetiver and leather together, so it sits closest to the dry, grounded base here.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
Rugged Suede and its closest neighbours
Bujairami Turn Up shares saffron, leather and musk with Rugged Suede, and both carry leather in the heart. Turn Up brings apple and cinnamon to the top, with papyrus, patchouli, musk and moss in the base, which makes it warmer and more fruity-spiced. Rugged Suede's grapefruit and juniper give it the drier, greener edge.
Bujairami Special Feeling shares grapefruit, amber and musk with Rugged Suede, so the citrus opening and the amber base have a counterpart. Its heart is lavender, iris and rose, a floral middle where Rugged Suede has suede, leather and juniper. Special Feeling ends on sandalwood and Virginia cedar, which keeps its base woodier and softer than the vetiver and musk of Rugged Suede.
Bujairami The Saffron shares grapefruit, saffron and leather with Rugged Suede, and it is the nearest of the three on the leather side. Its top has juniper berries and Chinese grapefruit with saffron, its heart is black violet beside leather, and its base is raspberry, cashmeran and vetiver. Rugged Suede has no violet and no raspberry, and where The Saffron has juniper berries at the top, Rugged Suede carries juniper in the heart.
