Ormonde Jayne

Bukhara

Bukhara by Ormonde Jayne is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with bergamot, peach and blackcurrant, moves into tuberose, orange blossom and sambac jasmine and dries down to sandalwood, cedarwood, vanilla, oud and amber. Expect around 8 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.

Notes, explained

Opening

• Bergamot Sharp citrus with a faint bitter edge. The opening of about half of all men's fragrances.
• Peach Fuzzy, warm and slightly creamy. Soft rather than sharp.
• Blackcurrant Tart, dark and slightly catty. Adds bite to florals.

Heart

• Tuberose Creamy, waxy and enormous. The loudest white flower.
• Orange Blossom Sweet, soapy and sunny. Neroli's warmer sibling.
• Sambac Jasmine Greener, more tea-like jasmine. Less indolic than grandiflorum.

Dry-down

• Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
• Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
• Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
• Oud Resinous, medicinal, barnyard-adjacent wood. The most expensive note in perfumery.
• Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.

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