The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Above the Clouds arrived in 2025 from Bujairami Perfumes, composed by founder Adam Bujairami. The release reads as a deliberate move into quieter territory, where the name sets the entire agenda: weightlessness, altitude, the hush that descends when noise falls away beneath you. Lysylang and honey pomelo open the doors wide before the composition pulls the floor back, easing the wearer from brightness into something more suspended. There's an intentional restraint here, a refusal to shout when the concept is, by its nature, a whisper. The opening citrus is generous but never aggressive, and the florals that follow seem to drift rather than land. You get the sense the perfumer wanted you to feel the air thin out, to sense the temperature shift as altitude increases.
What makes this composition worth attention is the contradiction at its center. The top notes read bright, almost effervescent, with honey pomelo and pink pepper doing their bright, lifted work. Then the base lands cashmere wood, patchouli, ambergris, and a double dose of musk. That's a heavyweight structure wearing a lightweight mask. The white currant in the middle is the pivot point, a tart fruit note that bridges citrus brightness into a musky floral heart without any visible seam.
The evolution
The first fifteen minutes belong to citrus. Honey pomelo and mandarin orange arrive bright and immediate, with pink pepper adding a dry, clean lift that keeps the opening from going flat. Lysylang threads through without announcing itself, more texture than top line, lending a slightly metallic coolness that lifts the citrus instead of softening it. Within thirty minutes the citrus recedes and white currant takes over, bringing a tart, almost crystalline quality that brightens the entire composition. The jasmine emerges next, and it sits with a delicate clarity, neither indolic nor heavy, more like the scent of petals after rain than a dense white-flower bouquet. Musk arrives early in the heart, giving this phase a powdery softness that rounds the jasmine's edges and adds a creamy smoothness to the tartness of the white currant. By the two-hour mark the base fully takes over.
Cultural impact
Above the Clouds arrives as a softer register in the Bujairami catalog, an entry that trades volume for nuance. The oriental-floral architecture pulls inward rather than projecting outward, offering a close-wearing warmth that sits on the skin like a second layer. You sense immediately that this composition was designed for intimacy rather than spectacle, for the wearer who wants to feel the fragrance without announcing it to a room. The musky base anchors everything in skin-like warmth, giving the florals a softness that keeps them from feeling sharp or detached.
