What does Bujairami Vanilla Waves smell like?
Salt is the one top note, and the name points to a mineral, faintly savoury character rather than a sweet one. It gives the opening an edge, so the sweetness that follows does not read as one flat note.
The heart is vanilla absolute and orchid. Vanilla absolute is a concentrated, rich form of the vanilla pod, usually darker and more resinous than the cut vanilla, and orchid, a soft, slightly powdery floral, lightens it.
The base is tonka bean, musk, sandalwood and benzoin. Tonka bean is warm, almond-like and hay-sweet, musk gives a soft skin-like warmth, sandalwood a creamy wood, and benzoin a sweet balsamic resin familiar from vanilla accords. Together they make the base where most of the sweetness sits.
What kind of scent is Bujairami Vanilla Waves?
Vanilla Waves reads as a sweet and warm scent, filed here under gourmand.
Marine notes, vanilla and orchid lead its note list.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Still Air, which shares tonka bean.
After that: Bujairami Chubby.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who is Bujairami Vanilla Waves for?
The audience tag covers both him and her, and the guide keeps it as given. This guide sorts Bujairami Vanilla Waves as gourmand alone, since the sorting leans on vanilla and tonka. It is an eau de parfum with seven named materials across three tiers, and four of the seven sit in 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 Vanilla Waves in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Three scents of this guide sit nearest to Bujairami Vanilla Waves on the notes. Bujairami Still Air shares tonka bean, musk and sandalwood, with its base holding tonka bean and musk and sandalwood moved up into the heart. Bujairami Chubby, an extrait de parfum, shares vanilla, tonka bean and musk, with caramel on top. Bujairami Sweet Escape is listed as an eau de parfum and as an extrait de parfum, and shares vanilla, tonka bean and musk with sugar cane opening it.
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How Vanilla Waves compares with similar scents
Bujairami Vanilla Waves and Bujairami Still Air share tonka bean, musk and sandalwood, though sandalwood moves to the heart in Still Air. Still Air opens on star anise and freesia, with cashmere flower and sandalwood in the heart. Vanilla Waves has no citrus, anise or freesia, and its heart is vanilla absolute and orchid, a sweeter middle.
Bujairami Vanilla Waves and Bujairami Chubby share vanilla, tonka bean and musk. Chubby, an extrait de parfum, opens on caramel alone, with musk and tonka bean in the heart and sandalwood and vanilla at the base. Vanilla Waves has salt at the top and orchid in the heart, a floral note Chubby does not have, so the caramel on top is what sets Chubby apart.
Bujairami Vanilla Waves and Bujairami Sweet Escape share vanilla, tonka bean and musk. Sweet Escape is listed as an eau de parfum and an extrait de parfum, and its notes run from sugar cane on top to vanilla and tonka bean in the heart and benzoin and musk at the base. Vanilla Waves begins with salt and carries orchid in its heart, and it has sandalwood at the base, which Sweet Escape does not list.