What does Bujairami Star smell like?
Caramel and Italian mandarin make a sweet, citrus opening. Caramel gives a toasted, slightly burnt sugar tone, and Italian mandarin brings a light, juicy brightness that keeps it from turning heavy.
Oud and cardamom form the heart. Oud is a dark, resinous wood with a smoky, animalic depth, and cardamom adds a green, camphorous spice that lifts the oud and gives it an airy edge.
Incense, patchouli and vetiver make the base. Incense adds a smoky resin, patchouli a dark, earthy sweetness, and vetiver a dry, grassy root that keeps the whole composition grounded.
Who Star suits
This guide sorts Star into two families, oriental and woody, which is its own reading of an oud, incense and vetiver base and not a label from the brand. The brand's audience tag is for him. The concentration is eau de parfum, and the note list is tiered into top, heart and base.
Bujairami Star: style and character
Judged by its notes alone, Star is a warm and rich oriental scent.
Caramel, mandarin and oud lead its note list.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami Void comes closest, with cardamom in common.
After that: Bujairami Royal Santal.
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 Star in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Bujairami Void shares cardamom, incense and patchouli, but opens on frankincense and carries labdanum and cedar in its base. Bujairami Royal Santal keeps cardamom and vetiver and adds bergamot, saffron, sandalwood and leather. Bujairami Alpha has incense and patchouli in common with this scent, with a fresh, grapefruit-led top and a musk and tonka base.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
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Star compared with three similar Bujairami scents
Bujairami Star and Bujairami Void share cardamom, incense and patchouli. Void opens on frankincense and cardamom, carries patchouli and vetiver in the heart, and sits on labdanum and cedar. Star starts with caramel and Italian mandarin, so the two lists part at the top, and Star's oud heart gives it a darker, more smoky centre than Void's.
Bujairami Star and Bujairami Royal Santal share cardamom and vetiver. Royal Santal opens on bergamot, cardamom and saffron, moves through sandalwood, leather and vetiver, and rests on tonka bean, amber and vanilla. Star has caramel and mandarin at the top, oud in the heart, and incense and patchouli below, so its base is drier and less creamy on paper.
Bujairami Star and Bujairami Alpha share incense and patchouli. Alpha opens on Calabrian bergamot, grapefruit, water notes and fig leaf, and its heart carries ambroxan, patchouli, black pepper, violet leaf and papyrus. Its base is incense, musk and tonka bean. Star is built on caramel and oud instead, with no citrus-led top, which sets the two apart from the first note onward.