Middle Eastern vs Designer vs Niche Perfumes: What's the Difference?

• Designer: made by fashion houses (Armani, Versace, Azzaro). Widely known, often sold in mass retail. Examples we stock: Stronger With You, The Most Wanted.
• Middle Eastern: from houses based in the Gulf region such as Lattafa, Rasasi, Afnan and Ahmed Al Maghribi. Often feature notes like oud, amber, vanilla and spice. Examples: Khamrah, Hawas.
• Niche: smaller, specialised houses focused on distinctive compositions, usually at higher prices. We stock some, for example Sospiro.
• Attar: traditionally an oil-based, concentrated fragrance, different in form from sprays.

The categories overlap, and price doesn't always match quality. The best approach is to sample across all three. Our decants are poured from sealed original bottles.