What does Bujairami Zen smell like?
Blackcurrant, rhubarb and grapefruit open the scent. Blackcurrant is dark and juicy, rhubarb a tart, green-stemmed sourness, and grapefruit a bitter, clean citrus. The start is sharp and tart rather than sweet, and that edge is what the rest of the list has to soften.
The heart is the floral part. Turkish rose is a deep, slightly honeyed rose, gardenia a creamy, heady white flower, and sandalwood a smooth, milky wood that links the two. Gardenia is the note most likely to read as rich, so the sandalwood keeps the middle from tipping over into heavy.
The base is soft and warm. Vanilla gives sweetness, ambergris a salty, mineral and animal warmth that is typically smooth, and musk a clean, soft close. Together they round the list off, so the sharp top gives way to a creamy, floral and warm finish.
What kind of scent is Bujairami Zen?
Judged by its notes alone, Zen is a soft and flowery floral scent.
The notes that define it on paper: ambergris, blackcurrant and gardenia.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Chubby, which shares musk.
After that: Bujairami Hush Money.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who is Bujairami Zen for?
The floral family is this guide's reading of the rose, gardenia and sandalwood, not a label the brand applies. The brand tags it for him and for her, and it is an eau de parfum listed at 100 ml. Its list runs three notes to a tier, which keeps the fruit, the flower and the base easy to follow.
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 Zen in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Among the scents of this guide, Bujairami Chubby is the extrait nearest the base, sharing sandalwood, vanilla and musk, with caramel opening it. Bujairami Hush Money keeps gardenia, sandalwood and vanilla, adding tuberose and peach to the top. Bujairami Lolliepop shares blackcurrant, gardenia and sandalwood with Zen, with a strawberry candy heart.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
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Zen compared with three similar Bujairami scents
Bujairami Zen and Bujairami Chubby share sandalwood, vanilla and musk in the base. Chubby is an extrait de parfum that opens on caramel where Zen opens on blackcurrant, rhubarb and grapefruit, and its heart of musk and tonka bean is a sweeter, less floral middle than the rose and gardenia of Zen.
Bujairami Zen and Bujairami Hush Money share gardenia, sandalwood and vanilla. Hush Money leads with tuberose, peach and mandarin, where Zen leads with tart blackcurrant and rhubarb, and its heart adds jasmine and iris to the gardenia. Its base adds vetiver to the sandalwood and vanilla, so it ends a little earthier than Zen.
Bujairami Zen and Bujairami Lolliepop share blackcurrant, gardenia and sandalwood. Lolliepop opens on blackcurrant and green tangerine, where Zen has rhubarb and grapefruit, and its heart of strawberry fizz candy and gardenia replaces the Turkish rose of Zen. Its base overlaps with the vanilla, sandalwood and musk of Zen, and adds amber.