What does Bujairami Rush Hour smell like?
Half of this list is exact and half is a sketch. The exact half comes first. Cardamom is a cool, green spice with a lemony, slightly camphor-like lift. Lavender is the aromatic herb of barbershop perfumery, clean and a little sharp. Iris, taken from the root and not the flower, is powdery, cool and faintly earthy. Lavender with iris is a known pairing: the powder smooths the herb, and Bujairami Rush Hour puts the two alone in the heart.
The base is given in broader strokes. Vanilla is clear enough, sweet and balsamic. “Oriental notes” is a family name used as a note, and usually stands for warm resins and ambery sweetness without saying which. “Woodsy notes” likewise promises wood and names no tree. So the direction is readable, cool spice and herb above, sweet warmth and wood below, while the details of the base are not published.
What style is Bujairami Rush Hour?
Judged by its notes alone, Rush Hour is a warm and rich oriental scent.
The notes that define it on paper: cardamom, lavender and iris.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Agha, which shares cardamom, lavender and vanilla.
Also near: Bujairami Date Night.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who wears Rush Hour
At number 49 in the brand's own best-seller order when this guide read it, Bujairami Rush Hour is an eau de parfum tagged for him, listed in 50 ml. This guide files it under oriental, a sorting of its own that leans on the vanilla and on the brand's phrase “oriental notes”. The note list is the mixed kind: three named materials, one sweet anchor, and two descriptions in place of ingredients.
Concentration and sizes
- Concentration in the brand's catalogue: eau de parfum.
- 50 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 Rush Hour in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
nearest lists are two eaux de parfum with cardamom, lavender and vanilla, Bujairami Agha and Bujairami Date Night, and Bujairami Enforcer, which shares the vanilla and a general woody note.
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Rush Hour and its closest neighbours
Cardamom, lavender and vanilla occur in both Bujairami Rush Hour and Bujairami Agha, and both are eaux de parfum. Agha is the fuller list. It has clove and apple on top, cinnamon and geranium in the heart and cedar and amber under its Bourbon vanilla. Rush Hour has iris, which Agha lacks, and leaves its woods and resins unnamed.
With Bujairami Date Night the common notes are again cardamom, lavender and vanilla, though in other places: lavender is a top note there and cardamom a base note. That list also carries apple, bergamot, orange, violet, jasmine, sandalwood, pepper and patchouli. Bujairami Rush Hour is far shorter and has iris as its only flower-like note.
Bujairami Enforcer and Bujairami Rush Hour are both described partly in general terms. Enforcer has aromatic notes, spicy notes and woody notes; Rush Hour has oriental notes and woodsy notes. Vanilla is the one named material they share. Enforcer opens with pear, mandarin and citrus, where Rush Hour opens with cardamom and continues with lavender and iris.