Burvuvu January Scent Project 2018

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7.9 / 10 63 Ratings

A popular perfume by January Scent Project for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is woody-spicy. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Resinous

Floral

Earthy

Fragrance Notes

Geranium

Basil

Castoreum

Ginger

Henna

Mushrooms

Texas cedar

Tonkin musk

Virginia cedar

Amber

Honey

Patchouli

Rose

White cedar

Perfumer & Creative Guidance

John Biebel Perfume maker

Ratings

Scent

7.963 Ratings

Longevity

8.150 Ratings

Sillage

7.751 Ratings

Bottle

7.646 Ratings

Value for money

7.316 Ratings

Submitted by Johngreenink, last update on 26.04.2024.

Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/19/2022

9
Pricing 9
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

BobbyGee
220 Reviews

BobbyGee

2

January Scent Project / Burvuvu

The creator is the American niche perfumer John Biebel. I think many fans who like Slumberhouse and Pineward will like the fragrance.
Burvuvu is a fragrance in honor of the cedar tree and its many varieties, including Western red cedar. In the depths of this fragrance, we have, among others, Moroccan rose, mushrooms (great shot here), lots of greens (including patchouli, geranium), spices, as well as castoreum and musk (less noticeable) with a light hint of honey. Oh .... such a miracle and a unique fragrance and for a really good price.
Perfume more for fall, winter or early spring. Projection and durability at a good level.

I highly recommend this vision of an autumn walk through an old forest full of cedar trees and between its flora and fauna. Really great perfume.

Ingredients: notes of geranium, white Canadian cedar, red cedar, Texas cedar, Moroccan rose, patchouli, ginger, amber, tonkin musk, mushrooms, henna, basil, honey and castoreum.

12/12/2023

9
Scent

DrB1414
148 Reviews

DrB1414

2

The Smell of the Flora

Burvuvu from January Scent Project.
Such a unique and beautiful perfume that almost recalls a magical forest. It explores the earthy and more organic smells of the flora. The forest foliage, the Earth, damp cedar, and wilting roses. Shivers of glowing amber and speckles of dark musk in the background. I picture a forest during Autumn, at Dusk. Lying on the ground amid moss-covered tree logs and mushrooms. As evocative and unique, it remains poised and wearable, even elegant. A woody-rose perfume for those who shy away from roses. Moreover, one of the best uses of cedar in perfumery, a microscopic dissection of this wood's facets. The dry-down brings more warmth and purr with the musks. To me, it also bears a weird nostalgia. Old wooden wardrobes full of dusted winter coats and furs, my grandparent's house. A special and beautiful composition.

IG:@memory.of.scents

01/29/2019

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 8
Scent

Pepdal
238 Reviews

Pepdal

2

Burvuvu juju

Well as far as unexpected surprises go, I found myself being drawn to this fragrance over the last few months. Finally I have a review to describe my experience

09/26/2018

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 9
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Greenfaerie
85 Reviews

Greenfaerie

A forest full of roses

Burvuvu is my favorite lately. It reminds me of Chypre Mousse in the sense that it is such a great and true forest fragrance. Burvuvu is very woody, damp, earthy, but it has much more of a floral thing going on than Chypre Mousse. The heart smells like huge quantities of soft roses mixed with honey water, and these roses are surrounded by pristine forest. Yet it's not "a rose perfume" in the way that Smolderose is. It's very much all about the forest. Big love for this fragrance and this brand, in general.

12/31/2021

9
Pricing 9
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Bubobubo17
13 Reviews

Bubobubo17

1

A research on cedar wood

A cedar forest where bushes, shrubs and remains of trunks colonized by fungi and microorganisms tangle at the foot of the trees: this is the first image that comes to my mind as soon as I spray the perfume. But in a short time the woody and penetrating aroma of the woods and unusual elements such as henna, is mitigated and then adorned with floral and green facets, even slightly anisic (notes of geranium, rose, basil). Now the image changes and I find myself on the American east coast, in the room of a boarding house on the road, where the doors of an old wooden wardrobe creaking open to reveal clothes that are anything but decrepit, certainly impregnated with the wood that contains them, but also of an overwhelming and stimulating vital, vibrant and carnal scent (ginger, castoreum, musk Tonkin). In the finish the patchouli emerges, accompanying its aromatic earthiness with animal notes, honey, generous floral notes.
An example of American indie perfumery that I would recommend to approach for the research on woody notes in particular of cedar (this perfume comes from a long and almost obsessive research on various species of cedars by the author), linked to floral notes in a composition perfectly balanced in its whimsy.