Khaleeji perfumery at full depth: vintage oud, dark fruit and paste thick ambergris.

Maher Elkhaldi builds around specific, dated aged woods and thick macerated bases, so a bottle does not smell like a formula so much as like a room where a particular resin has been sitting for years. These are dense, nocturnal, unhurried scents, and heavy hitters are best met in small doses first.

• Known for Dated aged oud, macerated bases
• Here 2 fragrances

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