What does Bujairami Tobacco Noir smell like?
Whiskey opens the scent with a warm, slightly sweet, grain-and-oak character, without being a literal drink. Cinnamon, coriander and spicy notes in the heart give it an aromatic bite, cinnamon the sweetest and coriander the most green and citrusy.
The base is the heart of the scent. Tobacco is dry, sweet and hay-like, the leafy warmth that gives the name its character. Oud adds a dark, animalic-woody depth, and incense a smoky, resinous lift. Sandalwood and cedar keep the wood smooth, while patchouli brings earthiness.
Benzoin and vanilla finish the list. Benzoin is a balsamic resin with a vanilla-like sweetness, and vanilla itself rounds the base toward something soft. With the wood underneath, they make the close warmer than the opening.
Bujairami Tobacco Noir: style and character
The style of Tobacco Noir is oriental: warm and rich.
Whiskey, spices and cinnamon carry most of the list.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami Nice Cherry comes closest, with cinnamon in common.
After that: Bujairami Oud Money.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who Tobacco Noir suits
Bujairami lists Tobacco Noir for him and for her. This guide sorts it into three families: oriental, woody and gourmand. That is this guide's own reading of a long base, where the wood and resin sit, with cinnamon and vanilla giving the sweeter side. It is an eau de parfum, and the list has one top note, three in the heart and eight at the base.
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 Tobacco Noir in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
The scents of this guide nearest to Tobacco Noir by note are Bujairami Nice Cherry, Bujairami Oud Money and Bujairami Rose Coffee. Nice Cherry shares cinnamon, sandalwood and patchouli with it, though it is built around sour cherry and liquor instead of tobacco. Oud Money, an extrait, shares spices, oud and sandalwood, with amber and vanilla below. Rose Coffee shares coriander, incense and sandalwood, and leads with Turkish rose and coffee.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
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Tobacco Noir compared with three similar Bujairami scents
Bujairami Nice Cherry shares cinnamon, sandalwood and patchouli with Tobacco Noir, and it is linked to the same stated house. Nice Cherry opens on sour cherry, bitter almond and liquor, then moves into plum, rose and jasmine. Tobacco Noir has no fruit, so it is the drier and smokier of the two, with tobacco, oud and incense where Nice Cherry has cherry and tonka.
Bujairami Oud Money is an extrait sharing spices, oud and sandalwood with Tobacco Noir, and it belongs to the same stated house. Its spices sit on top, with oud and sandalwood in the heart and a base of amber, tonka bean, vanilla and vetiver. Tobacco Noir adds whiskey and tobacco to that picture, so it carries more smoke and no amber.
Bujairami Rose Coffee shares coriander, incense and sandalwood with Tobacco Noir, though its opening is Turkish rose and coffee rather than whiskey. Its heart of Bulgarian rose, patchouli, cardamom, coriander and ylang-ylang is floral in a way Tobacco Noir is not. Tobacco Noir's base of tobacco, oud and benzoin gives it a darker close.
