What does Bujairami Woody Oud smell like?
Because the brand lists the notes of Bujairami Woody Oud as one flat row, this guide groups them by material and not by tier. Three are woods. Oud, the resin-soaked heartwood of the agarwood tree, is the darkest: woody, leathery, a little medicinal. Brazilian rosewood is its opposite, a pale wood whose oil smells rosy, light and slightly peppery. Sandalwood is the creamy one, soft and milky. A fourth note, vetiver, is a root that behaves like a wood: dry, earthy and faintly smoky.
Cardamom is the lone spice. Cool and aromatic, it is the freshest thing on the list. The remaining three notes are the sweet group. Vanilla is creamy, tonka bean adds almond and hay, and amber is the warm resinous accord that ties such notes together. Four woody materials, one spice and three sweet ones: the name describes the list accurately, with the oud surrounded by gentler woods and softened from below.
What style is Bujairami Woody Oud?
Judged by its notes alone, Woody Oud is a warm and rich oriental scent.
Oud, rosewood and cardamom lead its note list.
Within the Bujairami range, Bujairami Oud Money comes closest, with oud in common.
After that: Bujairami Smokilla.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who wears Woody Oud
Bujairami Woody Oud is an eau de parfum listed in 100 ml and tagged for him; it was number 22 in the brand's best-seller order when this guide read it. Three families are shown here, woody, oriental and gourmand. They are worked out by this guide from the notes: the woods, then oud with amber, then vanilla and tonka bean. The note list is untiered, eight names in a row, so no order of appearance should be read into it.
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 Woody Oud in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
One scent in this guide is unusually near on paper: Bujairami Oud Money has six of the eight notes, oud, sandalwood, vanilla, vetiver, tonka bean and amber. Bujairami G Oud shares oud, vanilla, tonka bean and amber, and Bujairami Smokilla the vanilla and tonka bean.
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Woody Oud compared with three similar Bujairami scents
Six of the eight notes of Bujairami Woody Oud return in Bujairami Oud Money, more than in either of the other two. Oud Money places oud and sandalwood in the heart and vanilla, tonka bean, vetiver and amber in the base, under spices. Woody Oud alone has Brazilian rosewood, and cardamom as a named spice. The type differs too: extrait there, eau de parfum here.
Bujairami Smokilla revolves around tobacco, as leaf and as blossom, with cocoa, dried fruits, spices and woods. Vanilla and tonka bean are the notes it shares with Bujairami Woody Oud. Woody Oud has no tobacco or cocoa and names its woods one by one, oud, rosewood and sandalwood, with vetiver and amber. The two meet in their sweet notes and nowhere else.
Bujairami G Oud puts oud in the base with amber, tonka bean and vanilla, the same four notes found in Bujairami Woody Oud. Above them it has saffron and rose, the classic partners of oud. Woody Oud takes the other road and keeps the oud among woods: Brazilian rosewood, sandalwood and vetiver, with cardamom as the spice and no flower.
