What does Bujairami Shadida smell like?
Mandarin is a sweet, slightly tart citrus, lighter and less sharp than orange, and it gives the opening its brightness. The heart is built on gardenia, a white flower with a creamy, green-edged scent, and Hedione, a synthetic material that perfumers use to give florals a transparent, airy lift. Gardenia is the centre of the heart.
Sandalwood is the base. It is a smooth, creamy woody material that rounds off the lighter top and heart, so the arc runs from citrus to flower to wood.
Bujairami Shadida: style and character
The style of Shadida is floral: soft and flowery.
Gardenia, hedione and mandarin stand in front.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami Delicate Veil comes closest, with mandarin in common.
After that: Bujairami Floralicious.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who Shadida suits
Shadida's audience tag is for her. This guide files it under citrus, a family it derives from the notes itself rather than one the brand gives. It is an eau de parfum, listed in 100 ml. The note list is tiered into top, heart and base but holds only four materials, which makes it a short pyramid.
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 Shadida in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Three scents of this guide share a material with Shadida. Bujairami Delicate Veil and Bujairami Floralicious both carry mandarin, and Delicate Veil also shares sandalwood. Bujairami Floralicious brings gardenia, which sits at the centre of Shadida's heart. Bujairami Lush Cane has only sandalwood in common, and its list is far longer, with bergamot, ylang-ylang and amber among others.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
Shadida and its closest neighbours
Bujairami Delicate Veil and Shadida share mandarin and sandalwood. Seen from Shadida, Delicate Veil adds peony, citrus, osmanthus, rose, pink pepper and patchouli, so its top and heart are broader than the single mandarin opening and the gardenia heart here. Shadida keeps its list to four materials, with gardenia and Hedione doing the floral work that Delicate Veil spreads across several flowers.
Bujairami Floralicious shares mandarin and gardenia with Shadida. From Shadida's side, Floralicious adds pear blossom, berries, jasmine, frangipani, brown sugar and patchouli to the mix. That makes it the sweeter, fuller list. Shadida keeps to a single citrus and a creamy sandalwood base, which makes it leaner.
Bujairami Lush Cane shares only sandalwood with Shadida. Seen from Shadida, its list is much fuller: a bergamot top, a heart of casablanca lily, ylang-ylang and orange blossom, and a base that adds tahitian vanilla and amber to the sandalwood. Shadida has no bergamot and no vanilla. Its single citrus and gardenia heart make it the leaner of the two.